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Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.3 Symptoms and their Representation Because the symptoms of diabetes in older adults are often slow to develop, less severe and longer lasting, and because they appear against a more complex background of somatic sensations, older persons …

Type 2 diabetes is associated with greater relative risk of CHD in women than in men, according to The British Regional Heart Study and British Women’s Heart Health Study.…

Decaf coffee was found to improve glucose energy metabolism in the brain in mouse studies.…

Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition, and the likelihood is linked to the mother’s glucose level.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Diabetes in Older Adults 4.1 Introduction  Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder affecting older adults.

A new study links the diabetes drug metformin to fewer cases of pancreatic cancer — at least in women — but finds other diabetes medications are associated with a higher risk of the disease.…

According to the results of two 12-year studies, levels of circulating tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and 2 (TNFR1 and TNFR2) predicts kidney disease in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes….

A multivariate analysis showed that men with diabetes are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer.…

Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner Psychological Issues in the Management of Diabetes and Pregnancy 3.1 Introduction Pregnancy has a significant impact on most women with diabetes mellitus.

Dietary flavonoids found in foods such as berries and chocolate may reduce the risk of women with type 2 diabetes developing heart disease.…