Melissa Glim

Women who have trouble sleeping have a much greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study found.

Patients with elevated blood sugar after heart surgery may need treatment tailored to their initial diabetes status.

Drug that treats dementia shows promise in reducting falls in people with Parkinson's.

People who take a common drug for type 2 diabetes may be at risk for serious drug interactions if they add the blood thinner warfarin to the mix.

Not only do women with type 2 diabetes have double the risk of cardiovascular disease compared with men, but they also need more frequent and intense physical activity to lower that risk.

Diabetic ulcers and necrosis on the foot may be associated with cognitive decline.

A powerful new drug discovery technique may have uncovered a candidate compound for treating type 2 diabetes.

Having a gene associated with Alzheimer's may also mean a higher risk for depression.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the left hemisphere can be recovered on the back right side of the brain, contradicting the 130-year-old belief that the right hemisphere interferes with recovery

Seniors with dementia use the emergency department more often than those without cognitive impairment, garnering higher costs but worse outcomes, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh lead the large-scale Eurotherm3235 Trial, which found that although hypothermia worked well in reducing pressure, it actually contributed to worse disability and more deaths six months later. The findings were significant enough that investigators halted the study early for safety reasons.

Forty percent of workers surveyed reported significant symptoms of depression. But more than 50 % of those with symptoms never recognized the need to seek help, Canadian researchers found.

Simple reading test for concussion on the playing field reported.

Elevated levels of a postsynaptic protein called neurogranin may be predictive of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease.

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Commission on Classification and Terminology and the Commission on Epidemiology have developed a new definition and classification of the seizure disorder status epilepticus.

Cognitive decline may occur faster than previously shown in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Ultrasound may be an excellent diagnosis tool for gout, if doctors can agree on what they are looking at.

A new model may help researchers better understand a key function that affects autism and other behavioral and neurological disorders.

A set of gene of genes or "gene signature" may predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease and other disease of older age years in advance, report researchers in the September 6 online issue of Genome Biology.

Boys are diagnosed with autism with far more frequency than girls, at a ratio of roughly one to four. Could differences in core symptoms explain some of this variation?

The rising sun and moon may not be the only opposite partners when it comes to sleeping and waking. A research team at Northwestern University recently discovered a pair of opposing ion channels may be turn circadian neurons in the brain on and off on a daily cycle.

Video games have come under attack from those who instinctively feel they are related to violent behavior. But two new studies find they can be therapeutic.

November may be peak season for gout flares, researchers at the Reading Health System in Reading, Penn., and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis reported in the August issue of Clinical Rheumatology.

The connection between diabetes and gout is more complicated than thought. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of developing gout, but not because they have diabetes.

In autoimmune diseases, one size doesn't fit all when it comes to tools to encourage adherence to treatment..

Depression and anxiety may color patients' reports of sleep quality, researchers report in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Insurance status and initial severity of symptoms may impact satisfaction scores after spinal surgery, Vanderbilt researchers found.

It may not be a surprise that having more gout flares in a year is more costly, but a recent study has quantified just how much more expensive they are.

Children can have difficulty deciphering their own emotions. But a psychology experiment in Utah showed that four- and five-year-olds know when they have a right to be proud. The finding establishes a developmental milestone and can be useful in helping children discuss complex emotions.