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Elderly people with the metabolic syndrome defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease, had an increased risk of CKD….

Impaired glycemia (IG) is not a risk factor for typical or atypical diabetic polyneuropathy, according to the findings of a population-matched prospective study.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults   Physical disability Diabetes is also associated with greater risks of disabilities related to mobility and daily tasks among older adults.58,59

The high cost of diagnosing peripheral neuropathy could be greatly reduced if doctors ordered the right tests.…

In a reversal of two decades of medical reports, a Mayo Clinic study finds the frequency of nerve damage called diabetic polyneuropathy is similar in prediabetic patients and healthy people….

Millions of people with diabetes won’t die from that disease but instead from heart disease.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults   Microvascular complications The specific microvascular complications of diabetes may be less prominent in type 2 diabetes than in type 1 but they still provide cause for concern.

A protein kinase known as ROCK1 can exacerbate an important process called fission in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells, leading to diabetic kidney disease.…

Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c. Having dentists find those patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes and then referring them to their primary care doctor could have a major impact on finding those patients much earlier in the progression of …

Sweat gland innervation index associated with glycated hemoglobin levels.…