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Most patients with Type 2 diabetes are not receiving care as per the ADA guidelines released in 2004 for diabetic nephropathy.

People with type 2 diabetes who have progressed to kidney failure don’t gain much benefit from treatment with a statin drug like Lipitor.

Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds. Insulin resistance the culprit.

The hazard ratios for dementia and vascular dementia were even higher in patients taking oral antidiabetic agents.

Treatment with sildenafil (Viagra) or tadalafil (Cialis) results in increased levels of testosterone in men with erectile dysfunction (ED). However, increases are more marked with tadalafil.

Diabetes may be a previously unrecognized risk factor for the progression of parkinsonian-like signs in older persons.

Paul Chous, M.A., O.D. Doctor of Optometry Type 1 diabetic since 1968 Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new blindness for persons under age 74 in the US. Recognized risk factors for the development and progression of diabetic retinopathy include disease duration, poor glycemic control, hypertension and disease sub-type. …

The reduction in HbA1c of 1.1% was maintained to one year, with no reported weight gain.

Older women with diabetes or impaired fasting glucose tend to have worse cognitive function than those with normal blood sugar, and are at greater risk of cognitive decline over time.

93% of patients reported a positive clinic visit and said they would use the video telemedicine technology again in the future.