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Maria Emanuel Ryan, DDS, PhD; Oana Carnu, DMD; Angela Kamer, DMD, PhD The pathogenesis of periodontal disease is complex because it reflects a combination of the initiation and maintenance of the chronic inflammatory process by a diverse microbial flora and its numerous bacterial products. The subsequent host response to this infection mediates …

Sitagliptin yielded similar glycemic results as sulfonylureas, but with less hypoglycemia and improvements in body weight among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes….

Psoriasis, especially more severe cases, may raise the risk of developing diabetes, a population-based study determined…. 

In patients with type 2 diabetes taking metformin, vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with higher levels of peripheral neuropathy….

Long-term lifestyle intervention helps women with impaired glucose tolerance live longer but the same cannot be said for men….

The remission rates of type 2 diabetes after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are influenced by the duration of disease, according to interim results from the APEX study…. 

Gastric bypass results in greater loss of lean muscle mass…. 

Two years of treatment with an investigational combination of phentermine plus topiramate (Qnexa, Vivus) resulted in improved cardiometabolic risk factors, in addition to weight loss….

Minimally invasive approach might have applications for weight-loss procedures, cancer care in humans….

Metabolic risk factors, including prediabetes, could be related to neuropathy….