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By testing for cytoplasmic islet-cell antibodies (ICAs) along with other biomarkers of type 1 diabetes mellitus, researchers have found that the ability to predict which first-degree relatives are likely to develop type 1 diabetes themselves is greatly improved

A history of type 2 diabetes is not associated with more aggressive prostate cancer, but it does predict worse long-term survival from the disease.

Patients having a colonoscopy often object to the bowel prep most of all, and now it appears that there’s another good reason to dislike it.

“We think that erectile dysfunction represents the ‘tip of the iceberg’ of a systemic vascular disorder; thus potentially preceding severe cardiovascular events and should be part of any cardiovascular risk assessment.”

Adiponectin levels correlate with insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents and are lower among African Americans.

Study indicates that giving 1,000 patients pioglitazone (Actos) would avoid 21 first heart attacks, strokes or deaths over 3 years.

Researchers have found that a long-suspected molecule helps cause diabetic retinopathy, one of the leading causes of vision loss in the United States and the world.

Bone marrow cells that produced insulin adversely affected nerve cells or neurons.

New study suggests an oversupply of a simple blood sugar could be a major cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic men.

People in their 70s have a more than 60 percent higher risk of fractures if they also have type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease, according to new study findings.