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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...