TIAs: A sweet connection
People who have transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) have a higher risk of glucose intolerance afterwards. On monitoring 98 TIA sufferers, 24 were diabetic, and another 27 were glucose-intolerant, a state often considered to lead to diabetes. On average, patients became glucose-intolerant within 105 days of a TIA (Arch Intern Med, 2005; 165: 227-33).