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Three international diabetes groups have taken the first step toward developing a global initiative to improve diabetes care for older people…. 

Being older, male, or black significantly raised the risk for weight-loss failure after gastric bypass in a single-center study of more than 1,200 patients…. 

Predictive factors for type 2 diabetes remission following gastric bypass include insulin use and preoperative glucose disposition index….

  Women who take antipsychotic medications while pregnant may have an increased risk of developing diabetes…. 

Oral Disease TREATMENT Can Help Control High Glycemic Levels San Francisco, CA (June 6, 2008) – Critical links between periodontal (gum) disease and the development of type 2 diabetes, as well as the development and progression of its complications, were reported here today in the first ever symposium presented by …

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….