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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.…

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.