Aggressive treatment with ranibizumab during year 3 may be more effective for diabetic macular edema (DME) than less-intensive treatment, according to 3-year outcomes from an ongoing randomized published clinical trial….
Read More »Kidney Stones in Relation to Obesity and Diabetes
A kidney stone is a solid mass developed from crystals that separate from the urine within the urinary tract. Kidney stones can contain various components. The most common type of stone contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate. A less common type of stone is caused by an …
Read More »Women Diagnosed at Acute MI 3 Times More Like to Die within 3 Years
Women who are diagnosed with diabetes at the time of an acute myocardial infarction are three times more likely to die over the next 3 years as are similar women without diabetes….
Read More »Peptide Predicts Diabetes, CV Disease in Women
High levels of the peptide proneurotensin are associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and death in women, but not necessarily in men….
Read More »Duloxetine Beats Pregabalin for Diabetic Neuropathy
The largest trial ever conducted for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) has shown which treatment works best….
Read More »White Matter Structural Changes Found in Children with T1DM
For young children, structural differences correlate with glycated hemoglobin values….
Read More »Duodenal Switch vs. Gastric Bypass Surgery
Patients who underwent a duodenal switch procedure lost more weight and gained better control of diabetes and hypertension compared with those who had gastric bypass surgery….
Read More »Moms with Diabetes and Low Income May Lead to Child’s ADHD
Gestational diabetes may raise ADHD risk in type 1….
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?…
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