In diabetic men treated with statins, particularly atorvastatin, evaluating androgen status using total testosterone may cause diagnostic error, according to the results of a cross-sectional study.
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Read More »Severe Hypoglycemia Associated with Increased Risk of Dementia for Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study.
Read More »Intensive Therapy Compromises Regulatory Response to Hypoglycemia in Diabetics
According to a recent study, both intensive oral combination therapy and antecedent hypoglycemia blunt the body’s physiological defenses against later hypoglycemia in people with Type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Cost-Effective for Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Bariatric Surgery
Induced weight loss by surgery is cost-effective relative to conventional therapy for the management of Type 2 diabetes in obese patients, both in the short term and projected over a patient’s lifetime. And the return on investment of surgical therapy is fully recovered through
Read More »Proteinuria Independently Related to Stroke in Type 1 Diabetes
Several possible illness-related neuropathological processes, including gliosis, demyelination, and altered osmolarity, can develop in young Type 1 diabetes patients 12 years after
Read More »Zinc Intake Linked to Lower Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
The study results suggest that a diet with high zinc-to-heme iron ratio is significantly associated with lower risk of Type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
In a new report, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a gene that may be involved in the link between Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research has found that healthy elderly people with Type 2 diabetes are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but …
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Understanding barriers to diabetes self-care is the first step in facilitating providers to identify their role in enabling patients to
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