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Can Prediabetes Cause Neuropathy?

Posted: Monday, September 10, 2012

Neuropathy can be found developing eventually in approximately 50% of all diabetes patients. What about in prediabetes?

Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Rates Increase Significantly among American Youth

Posted: Monday, June 11, 2012

The prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 increased among young people substantially over the past decade. Researchers also found that complications such as nerve damage are…

Flavonoid in Strawberries May Limit Diabetes Complications

Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2011

Researchers have shown that fisetin, a type of flavonoid found in strawberries and to a lesser extent in other foods, reduces neurologic complications and kidney damage in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes.

People with Diabetes Twice as Likely to Lose Hearing as They Age

Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011

Age-related hearing loss is more common in people with diabetes than those who don't have it.

New Guidelines on Best Treatments for Diabetic Nerve Pain

Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011

The American Academy of Neurology has issued a new guideline on the most effective treatments for diabetic nerve pain.

Why Some Diabetes Patients Have No Complications Even After 50 Years

Posted: Sunday, April 10, 2011

Some people who have survived diabetes for many decades exhibit remarkably few complications, a discovery that points toward the presence of protective factors that guard against the disease's effects.

Why Some Diabetes Patients Escape Complications

Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?

People with Diabetes Are Unaware of Risks

Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Despite the large number of cases of diabetes diagnosed in the United States, many Americans still lack basic knowledge about the disease. Less then 50% of those diagnosed with diabetes know that diabetes is a risk factor for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U.S.

EASD: Lidocaine Patch Beats Pregabalin for Diabetic Nerve Pain

Posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

A dermal patch containing 5% lidocaine (Lidoderm) proved as effective as pregabalin (Lyrica) in relieving neuropathic pain in diabetic patients with dramatically fewer side effects.

Diabetes History

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!