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Read More »More Strokes in Middle-Age than in Elderly
Data from a regional stroke registry suggest that stroke may be shifting from a disease of the elderly to a midlife health concern….
Read More »Elevated Sugars Linked to Brain Shrinkage
People whose blood sugar is on the high end of the normal range may be at greater risk of brain shrinkage that occurs with aging and diseases such as dementia….
Read More »Can Prediabetes Cause Neuropathy?
Neuropathy can be found developing eventually in approximately 50% of all diabetes patients. What about in prediabetes?…
Read More »Moveable Magnets Used to Do Minimally Invasive Gastric Bypass Surgery
Minimally invasive approach might have applications for weight-loss procedures, cancer care in humans….
Read More »Retinopathy Can Signal Impending Cognitive Decline
In a group of healthy older women, retinopathy was associated with worsening cognitive function over 10 years and with larger ischemic lesion volumes on brain imaging….
Read More »Unnecessary, Expensive Tests Used to Diagnose Neuropathy
The high cost of diagnosing peripheral neuropathy could be greatly reduced if doctors ordered the right tests.…
Read More »Decaffeinated Coffee Might Boost Brain Power for Type 2 Diabetes
Decaf coffee was found to improve glucose energy metabolism in the brain in mouse studies.…
Read More »Tight Control No Help for Cognitive Loss in Diabetes
Tight glucose control won’t mitigate the cognitive effects of type 2 diabetes, an ACCORD subanalysis found.…
Read More »Post Prandial Elevations Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
Dementia risk may rise when glucose gets out of control, particularly after meals, according to a longitudinal study.…
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