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Six per cent of patients with a BMI of more than 30 died in the first year after transplant, compared with three per cent of patients with a BMI of less than 30.

Once daily, oral investigational therapy reduced sustained Moderate vision loss by 40% over three-year period for patients with moderate to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Acording to a report in the November issue of Diabetes Care, Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) given orally improves symptoms in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy.

Tall people, regardless of whether they have diabetes or not, are at increased risk for peripheral insensate neuropathy.

Since 85% of people with type 2 diabetes also may have elevated blood pressure, they should be given an ACE inhibitor to protect from kidney failure.

Elderly nursing home patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have higher bone mass and lower bone turnover than those without diabetes.

Patients with Type 2 diabetes and periodontal disease who receive periodontal therapy see levels of oxidative stress, a condition in which antioxidant levels are lower than normal, reduced to the same levels as nondiabetic patients.

If French scientists are to be believed being obese is linked to a decline in a person’s cognitive function.

Nearly one out of two women with gestational diabetes also have periodontal disease.

Many people with diabetes also have psoriasis, which increases their risk even more then the 3 times greater risk for heart attacks then those without diabetes.