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  2. Advanced glycation end-product - Wikipedia

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    Hemoglobin-AGE levels are elevated in diabetic individuals [24] and other AGE proteins have been shown in experimental models to accumulate with time, increasing from 5-50 fold over periods of 5–20 weeks in the retina, lens and renal cortex of diabetic rats. The inhibition of AGE formation reduced the extent of nephropathy in diabetic rats. [25]

  3. Diabetes management - Wikipedia

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    Such mechanisms are inter-related, as one's thoughts (e.g. one's perception of diabetes, or one's appraisal of how helpful self-management is) is likely to relate to one's emotions (e.g. motivation to change), which in turn, affects one's self-efficacy (one's confidence in their ability to engage in a behaviour to achieve a desired outcome). [64]

  4. Doctors Explain How to Lower Your A1C Level

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    Normal A1C for people without diabetes is below 5.6 percent, Dr. Peterson says. Levels between 5.7 percent and 6.5 percent suggest prediabetes, and an A1C of 6.5 percent or higher puts you in the ...

  5. Diabetes medication - Wikipedia

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    A combined result of 5 RCTs enlisting a total of 238 patients aged 65 or older (mean baseline HbA1c of 8.6%) receiving 100 mg/d of vildagliptin was shown to reduce HbA1c by 1.2%. [46] Another set of 6 combined RCTs involving alogliptin (approved by FDA in 2013) was shown to reduce HbA1c by 0.73% in 455 patients aged 65 or older who received 12. ...

  6. Dark chocolate may help lower type 2 diabetes risk

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    Experts are interested in aspects of diet that can decrease someone’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A study examining the data of three cohorts suggests that eating dark chocolate may ...

  7. Type 1 diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms can begin at any age, but onset is most common in children, with diagnoses slightly more common in 5 to 7 year olds, and much more common around the age of puberty. [ 122 ] [ 20 ] In contrast to most autoimmune diseases, type 1 diabetes is slightly more common in males than in females.

  8. The study — published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature Aging — analyzed over 135,000 types of molecules affected by aging in 108 adults aged 25 to 75. These molecules were tracked for age-related ...

  9. Complications of diabetes - Wikipedia

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    Retinopathy is the most common cause of blindness among non-elderly adults in the developed world. Diabetic nephropathy , damage to the kidney due to increased glomerular pressure and hyperfiltration can lead to end-stage chronic kidney disease that may require renal dialysis . [ 27 ]