Results: A total of 152 participants (102 with type 2 diabetes and 50 controls) were recruited (mean age 52 卤 8 years, 51% women). Participants with midlife type 2 diabetes were more than twice as likely to make an error on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test [incidence rate ratio ...
Type 2 diabetes is a condition of blood sugar dysregulation. In general blood sugar is too high, but it also can be too low. This can happen if you take yourdiabetes medicationsand then skip a meal. Blood sugar also can rise very quickly after a highglycemic indexmeal, and then fall a...
This latter condition affects mostly the cells of muscle and fat tissues and results in a condition known as insulin resistance. This is the primary problem in type 2 diabetes. The absolute lack of insulin, usually secondary to a destructive process affecting the insulin-producing beta cells in ...
Genetic testing may be done to check for genes that cause diabetes.How is type 2 diabetes treated?Type 2 diabetes may be treated with lifestyle changes and sometimes medicines.The goal is to help control your child's blood sugar level. A controlled blood sugar level decreases or delays compli...
Excessive testing of adults with type 2 diabetes Our fondness for treating numbers is harming patients When I began my medical training in 1980, I commonly encountered patients whose bodies were ravaged by end stage complications of diabetes. These patients often had marked visual imp... Hayward,...
The coexistence of heart failure is frequent and associated with higher mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and its management is a critical issue. The WATCH-DM risk score is a tool to predict heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We investigated whet...
Clinicians have other testing options, too, including glucose tolerance tests and random blood sugar measurements. If you do not have any obvious symptoms of diabetes, your doctor may wish to run a second test to confirm a diagnosis.Lifestyle Changes for Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes treatment...
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a low-grade chronic inflammatory diseases, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cognitive decline. We aim to evaluate associations between inflammatory markers and the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease affecting the ability to process blood sugar. Reviewed by a board-certified endocrinologist.
Objective To test whether an intensive lifestyle intervention results in equivalent glycemic control compared with standard care and, secondarily, leads to a reduction in glucose-lowering medication in participants with type 2 diabetes. Design, Setting, and Participants Randomized, assessor-blinded, single...