Gestational diabetes was associated with higher risk among offspring for diabetes in childhood and adolescence, researchers in Canada reported. Source: Gestational Diabetes Tied to Youth-Onset Read more

Participants with relatively well-controlled type 2 diabetes experience an increased rate of gastric emptying compared with healthy controls. Source: Rate of Gastric Emptying Elevated in Read more

A US study has identified a key finding which could help people with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) avoid future damage. The Joslin Diabetes Center has identified a group of proteins which Read more

The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) demonstrated that intensive therapy reduced the development and progression of retinopathy in type 1 diabetes (T1D) compared with conventional therapy. The Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study observational follow-up showed persistent benefits. In addition to glycemia, we now examine other potential retinopathy risk factors (modifiable and... Read more Read more

Using the hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) blood test alone missed many cases of diabetes and overestimated the prevalence of normal glucose tolerance, according to researchers here. Source: Is a Widely Used T2D Test Off the Read more

Among veterans with diabetes and asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm, those who had a prescription for metformin had slower AAA growth than those who did not, according to findings in Read more

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Patients with latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood, or LADA, have lower nerve fiber density and may experience worse small fiber neuropathy than adults with type 2 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine. Source: Small fiber neuropathy more common for adults with latent autoimmune vs. type 2 Read more

Management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is labor-intensive, requiring multiple daily blood glucose measurements and insulin injections. Patients are seen quarterly by providers, but evidence Read more

There is a positive association between use of topical corticosteroids and incident type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published online April 1 in Diabetes Care. Source: Topical Read more