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There seem to be two schools of thought on the relationship of diabetes and Alzheimer’s. The traditional school suspects that diabetes may be a cause, and possibly a significant one, of Alzheimer’s. The newer school hypothesizes that Alzheimer’s is itself actually a kind of diabetes, a Type 3 diabetes, or diabetes

In patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease, a combined pancreas/kidney transplant was associated with significantly better 15-year survival than a single kidney graft alone. Patients who got the simultaneous transplant were 30% more likely to survive to 15 years than were those who received a living donor

Closed-loop insulin therapy improves glycemic control in children under age seven who have type 1 diabetes. “Children with high HbA1c or frequent episodes of hypoglycemia, despite all attempts at optimizing open-loop control, are most likely to benefit from the approach,” Dr. Garry M. Steil from Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,

The #DOC is a wonderful place where support springs up at the drop of 140 characters, where feelings are emulated and where you feel stronger than your Diabetes… yet rarely do you know the face behind the kind words and oozing empathy. “The DOC is an embracing community” – Renza Scibilia (diabetogenic.wordpress.com). As

The cardiovascular benefits of statin treatment for primary prevention outweighed the risk of developing diabetes, even among those at risk for the condition, an analysis of the JUPITER trial showed. Taking into account several outcomes, statin therapy prevented 134 cardiovascular events or deaths for every 54 cases of new-onset diabetes

The researchers analyzed 6,400 patients from the University of Waterloo’s optometry clinic in 2007 to 2008. Of those participants, 452 were struggling with type 2 diabetes. While controlling for factors such as sex, high blood pressure, and smoking, the experts evaluated diabetes and statin treatment as possible risk factors. While 56%

In an observational study, glycosylated hemoglobin between 8% and 9% was best. Experienced clinicians have long recognized that tight glycemic control can be perilous in frail older patients with type 2 diabetes. Now, an observational study addresses that concern. Researchers in San Francisco studied 367 community-dwelling, older patients (mean age,

A tuberculosis vaccine in use for 90 years may help reverse Type 1 diabetes and eliminate the life- long need for insulin injections, say Harvard University researchers raising money to conduct large, human studies. Patients with Type 1 diabetes must inject insulin daily to control their blood sugar because their bodies

Surprisingly, researchers found that overweight and obese people who get diagnosed with the blood sugar disorder tend to live longer than their leaner peers. This so-called “obesity paradox” has been observed before in chronic diseases like heart and kidney failure, said Mercedes R. Carnethon of the Feinberg School of Medicine

OBJECTIVE To assess complication prevalence and identify protective factors in patients with diabetes duration of ≥50 years. Characterization of a complication-free subgroup in this cohort would suggest that some individuals are protected from diabetes complications and allow identification of endogenous protective factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Cross-sectional, observational study of