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Tool for Your Practice: Your Disease Risk

Risk Assessments developed by the Harvard Medical School for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer. Each assessment involves a brief questionnaire; your answers place you on a seven-level risk scale. When the assessment is...

Test Your Knowledge Issue 220

Insulin resistance, a primary factor present in many patients with type 2 diabetes, leads to hyperinsulinemia, which is known to prompt the development of ______________ in many patients. ...

Update on Resistin

Evan David Rosen, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Establishing a Treatment Plan THE BASIC TREATMENT PLANS AND HOW WE STRUCTURE THE

Part 1 of 4 Although there are only two major types of diabetes— type 1 and type 2—there are so many variations, particularly in type 2, that a treatment plan that works for one diabetic won’t necessarily work for another. Each plan has to be tailo...

Surgical Decompression and Diabetes Neuropathy.

Michael Jay, MD

U.S. FDA Warns Insulin Pump Distributor
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The U.S. distributor of a portable insulin pump has received a warning from regulators for failing to promptly report that its devices may have contributed to serious injuries in some diabetics.

Diet High In Carbs & Low In Fiber Increases Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
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Harvard researchers prospectively examined the association between glycemic index, glycemic load, and dietary fiber and the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Diabetic Foot Ulcers Linked With Less Steps
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The more steps taken, the less risk for foot ulcers.

Calorie Restriction Reduces Risk of MI, Stroke and Diabetes
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People who restrict their caloric intake drastically reduce their risk of developing diabetes or atherosclerosis.

Low Glycemic Index Diet Helpful in Men With Type 2 Diabetes
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The use of an LGI diet in a longer-term manner plays an important role in the treatment and prevention of diabetes and related disorders.

New Assay Reflects Glycemic Control Over Weeks and Months
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The first U.S. trial of the GlycoMark assay, demonstrated that 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) levels are a good indicator of glycemic control.

Casual & Comfortable Clothing Workdays Promote Increased Physical Activity
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Wearing casual clothing every day for 50 weeks of work translates into burning an additional 125 calories per week and 6,250 calories per year.

ACE Ihibitor Drugs Underused In Heart Failure Patients
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Almost a third of heart failure patients face an increased risk of death because they do not receive an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor.

Disturbed Eating Common in Young Diabetic Girls
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Young diabetic girls experience eating disturbances significantly more often than do those without the condition.

Hyperglycemia Predicts Poor Thrombolysis Outcome in Ischemic Stroke
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Hyperglycemia and intracranial hemorrhage are independent predictors of hyperacute clinical worsening in patients with acute ischemic stroke who are receiving thrombolytic therapy.

Confronting Hypertension In Children As Early as 3-Years of Age
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Citing the nation's rise in obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging pediatricians to routinely check children as young as 3 for high blood pressure.

Occasional Physical Activity Increases Longevity
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Staying physically active during the golden years may help seniors live longer, according to a team of Swedish researchers.

Worldwide Diabetes Will Double By 2030
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U.S. will have over 30 million,but the most significant increases are expected in the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and India.

Hypoglycemia Increases Ischemic Retinal Injury
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Hypoglycemia increases the injury associated with pressure-induced retinal ischemia in a rat model. This could have important implications for patients with diabetic eye disease.

Low HDL-C Ups Risk of Breast Cancer in Older Overweight Women
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Women with type 2 diabetes usually have low HDL-C, increasing risk for breast cancer.