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What Is Diabetic Neuropathy?
Diabetic neuropathy is damage that affects the peripheral nerves of the body. The damage is specifically to the nerves of the ganglia, outside of the skull, the spinal cord, and some other nerves that
Read More »Targeted Strategy To Prevent Obesity Could Avert Hundreds Of Thousands Of Diabetes Cases
A study presented by Australian researchers at the 19th European Congress on Obesity in Lyon, France, demonstrates that 220,000 cases of type 2 diabetes could be averted by 2025 in Australia by using a
Read More »‘Diabetes Insulin Guidance System’ Automatically Updates Weekly Insulin Dosage For Better Glycemic Control, Fewer Hypoglycemic Events
Newly published results from a clinical study of the Diabetes Insulin Guidance System (DIGS™), under development by Hygieia, Inc., demonstrate DIGS’ potential to improve blood glucose control for insulin-using patients with type 2 or
Read More »An Asian’s Unique Physiology Is Key To Diagnosing And Treating Diabetes
As the diabetes epidemic spreads worldwide, there is growing concern for Asian American populations, who are nearly twice as likely to develop diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes. Compounding the problem, many of the standard
Read More »Diagnosing And Treating Diabetes In Asian Patients – Unique Physiology Is Key
According to a new study, Asian Americans have an almost 50% higher risk than other Americans to develop diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes. George L. King, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center
Read More »Study Proposals Could Reduce Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Costs By Around 25 Percent
Research carried out at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, has concluded that it would be a safe and cost-effective strategy to screen people with type 2 diabetes who
Read More »Good News And Bad News In Fatty Liver Disease And Diabetes
A Penn research team, led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, reports in Nature Medicine that mice
Read More »Men With Low Testosterone Levels May Be At Increased Risk For Diabetes
Low levels of testosterone in men could increase their risk of developing diabetes, a study suggests. Scientists have found that low testosterone levels are linked to a resistance to insulin, the hormone that controls
Read More »Metformin For Diabetes May Treat Uveitis, A Leading Cause Of Blindness
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world’s leading causes
Read More »Possible Protective Blood Factors Against Type 2 Diabetes Identified By Study
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in collaboration with Nurses’ Health Study investigators have shown that levels of certain related proteins found in blood are associated with a greatly reduced
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