March 19, 2010 11:17 AM EDT

Atorvastatin may cause insulin resistance in patients with hypercholesterolemia

Atorvastatin significantly increased fasting insulin and HbA1c levels among patients with hypercholesterolemia, study results indicated.

Researchers from several U.S. and Korean sites enrolled patients with LDL levels >100 mg/dl from Gachon University Gil Hospital in Incheo...

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April 12, 2010

Diabetes Core Curriculum Workshop

Flushing, ny United States of America

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Evidence conflicting on effect of diabetes on cognitive decline

Research has shown that diabetes may be associated with dementia in patients with and without Alzheimer’s disease. Diabetes has also been found to increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease by at least 50% in various studies. However, the exact relationship between the two remains unknown. Therefore, there was much interest in the results of a recent French study in which researchers claimed that diabetes was found to be associated with a slow...

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