Doctors at Mercy Medical Center in downtown Baltimore say emerging blood-based research could give them a sneak peek at who is headed for Type 2 diabetes years before any classic symptoms show up. The work focuses on telltale patterns of amino acids and proteins that appear long before a formal diagnosis, raising the possibility of stepping in early for people who currently skate past standard screening. Local clinicians say that kind of early warning could be especially important for older women, who already shoulder much of the city’s diabetes burden.
Mercy Clinicians Weigh In On The New Research
In coverage from Mercy Medical Center, Dr. Ernestine A. Wright, a board-certified primary care and geriatrics specialist with Mercy Personal Physicians Downtown, highlights a long-running study that followed participants for roughly 12 years. Researchers reported that elevated levels of certain amino acids and proteins were strongly tied to who went on to develop diabetes later. Wright and her Mercy colleagues say that if those markers are validated, doctors could…..