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In a study of 82 patients who were evaluated 12 or more years after undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for morbid obesity, a majority of patients reported that…

The finding may eventually lead to new ways to fight neuropathy, a condition that often accompanies other diseases including HIV/AIDS, diabetes and circulatory disorders….

Patients headed toward blindness because of diabetic macular edema showed substantial gains in visual acuity after two years of treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor drug ranibizumab (Lucentis), its manufacturer said….

The definition of a healthy waistline may have a bit more room for African-American women than for white women….

Despite significant advances in kidney care over the past 20 years, efforts to improve therapy for Type 1 diabetes patients with kidney dysfunction remain unsuccessful….

Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to “significantly accelerate” wound closure in diabetic mouse models…. 

Older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss….

Metabolic: Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome Steve V. Edelman, MD Robert R. Henry, MD This acute metabolic complication is a life-threatening crisis with a high mortality rate that usually is seen in: Elderly patients with Type 2 diabetes (particularly those in nursing homes without access to free water) People with undiagnosed …

Gait speed correlated with expected years of life remaining to people aged 65 years and older, with increased walking speed predicting longer life expectancy….

Men with long index fingers have a lower risk of prostate cancer….