What is the role of C peptide in managing uncontrolled type 2 diabetes? —Ndukwe H. Odeluga, MD, Bakersfield, Calif. Cleaved from proinsulin to make mature insulin, C peptide can be considered a marker ...

C-peptide, a 31–amino acid peptide originally regarded as an inert by‐product of insulin synthesis, is emerging as a key modulator of diabetic complications. Secreted in equimolar amounts with insulin ...

Patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes present similar symptoms, however, the causes are not the same. Type 1 diabetes, which is characterized by deficient insulin production, is considered to be ...

NORFOLK, Va. — No matter how hard we can work to look and feel younger, there is nothing we can do to turn back the clock physically. Recently, new federal parameters have come down for a growing ...