Diabetes
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Psoriatic arthritis raises diabetes risk
Psoriatic arthritis boosts the risk of diabetes, with higher disease activity magnifying that effect.
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Atherosclerosis severity in diabetes can be predicted by select biomarkers
Plasma levels of specific advanced glycation end products and oxidation products are associated with future severity of subclinical measures of...
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Hypertensive disease of pregnancy linked to earlier mortality
LAS VEGAS - Women who develop any form of hypertensive disease during pregnancy are at a higher risk of death, at least until age 50.
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Rapid deterioration of type 2 diabetes may be marker for early pancreatic cancer
AMSTERDAM – Rapid deterioration of type 2 diabetes may signal an underlying pancreatic lesion.
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Sickle cell trait artificially lowers HbA1c
HbA1c levels systematically underestimate glucose levels in black patients who carry the sickle cell trait, researchers say.
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Toddlers’ neurodevelopmental deficits linked with maternal diabetes
Children born to obese mothers with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes showed neurodevelopmental deficits at age 2 years.
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Semaglutide compares well with sitagliptin
NEW ORLEANS – Semaglutide, a GLP-1 agonist for type 2 diabetes that’s dosed weekly, was superior to daily sitagliptin in improving glycemic...
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Continuous glucose monitoring benefits patients with type 1 diabetes
A 6-month course of continuous glucose monitoring modestly reduced HbA1c levels in patients with type 1 diabetes who used multiple daily insulin...
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Unique microbiota mix found in guts of T1D patients
Researchers have found unique microbiota and indications of abnormal inflammation in guts of patients with type 1 diabetes.
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CKD death rate highest in Mexico
A global measure of chronic kidney disease dropped by 3.9% from 2005 to 2015, but CKD remains a top-10 burden in 63 countries.
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Type 2 risk increases with number of GDM pregnancies
In women with prior mild gestational diabetes, subsequent pregnancies did not increase the frequency of metabolic syndrome but did increase the...