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Women who had been on hormonal contraceptives before conception were 1.43 times more likely to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy compared to women who were not on contraceptives, researchers found….
Read More »Does Diabetes Increase Risk for Head and Neck Cancer?
The risk for head and neck cancer (HNC) was almost 50% higher in patients with diabetes….
Read More »Painful Neuropathy and Increasing Blood Pressure
Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDPN) has been associated with higher nocturnal blood pressure in patients….
Read More »Using Corneal Microscopy to Detect Neuropathy in Prediabetes
Corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) could be used and adopted as a surrogate marker for small-fiber neuropathy in patients with diabetes or risk of diabetes….
Read More »Gastric Bypass Has Quality of Life Benefits
According to research done in the SLIMM-T2D randomized trial, gastric bypass surgery may have additional benefits for patients with diabetes and obesity….
Read More »Too Much Medication for Elderly Diabetes Patients?
As patients become older, they become more vulnerable to the risk of side effects that are present with diabetic medications….
Read More »Effects of Type 1 Diabetes on Neurocognition in Children and Adolescents
Dominant-hand psychomotor impairment in speed was significantly associated with poor glycemic control….
Read More »One Possible Answer to Healing Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Polydeoxyribonucleotide (PDRN), an adenosine A2A receptor agonist, improves wound healing….
Read More »Association between Diabetic Foot Ulceration and Premature Death
Evidence is emerging that diabetic foot ulceration is associated with greater risk of premature death….
Read More »Tapentadol-ER for the Treatment of Diabetes Associated Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN)
The FDA recently approved tapentadol-ER (Nucynta ER) for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy in diabetics….
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