LIVERPOOL — C-peptide testing a few years after a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes should be a routine procedure as it can help pinpoint occasional patients who have been misdiagnosed and actually have ...

A simple and inexpensive test to measure the body's insulin levels is helping clinicians to determine what type of diabetes a patient has, meaning many people with diabetes can change treatment. This ...

A single blood test measuring C-peptide at 90 minutes after a mixed-meal challenge was a sensitive and specific measure of endogenous insulin secretion among children with new-onset type 1 diabetes, ...

Fructose Consumption Impairs Insulin Sensitivity For children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, the 90-minute mixed-meal tolerance test (MMTT)-stimulated C-peptide (CP; 90CP) is a highly sensitive ...

UC Davis chemist Marie Heffern is pioneering a new field, metalloendocrinology, exploring how metals such as iron, zinc and copper influence hormones. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) Metals such as zinc, ...

Determining the type of diabetes a patient has at diagnosis can be challenging, and health care professionals should focus on each patient’s clinical condition when determining initial treatment, ...

The most prevalent type of diabetes is T2D, which accounts for approximately 90% to 95% of cases. 1 Therefore, it is easy to suppose that middle-aged and older adults who present with new-onset ...