Neurology

Their odds of an attack double soon after diagnosis, study finds.

Young adults with generalized epilepsy of unknown origin have a four-fold excess risk of having type 1 diabetes.

Differences in the Skin of Patients with Diabetes Can Detect Ulcerative Foot Disease Before it Develops.

This relationship could not be completely explained by the effect of statins on lowering of serum cholesterol.

Its increased consumption is recommended, due to its benefits for improving many of the risk factors associated with heart disease.

European regulators said they were reviewing the safety of two popular oral diabetes drugs, Actos and Avandia following rare case of eye problems that may be associated with the medicines.

Other studies have demonstrated poorer cognitive function in order adults with type 2 diabetes, but a new study extends this also to middle-aged adults also.

By testing for cytoplasmic islet-cell antibodies (ICAs) along with other biomarkers of type 1 diabetes mellitus, researchers have found that the ability to predict which first-degree relatives are likely to develop type 1 diabetes themselves is greatly improved

Adiponectin levels correlate with insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents and are lower among African Americans.

Study indicates that giving 1,000 patients pioglitazone (Actos) would avoid 21 first heart attacks, strokes or deaths over 3 years.