Worst Diet Promotions Of 2008 Snag, 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards
Worst diet promotions of 2008 snag 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards- Each year the Healthy Weight Network evaluates all the fad diets and programs and selects the worst of the worst. Check out this years list.
Test Your Knowledge Issue 450
A 52-year-old man has had type 2 diabetes for 10 years. His most recent annual eye examination showed evidence of early diabetic retinopathy. His blood pressure is 130/82 mm Hg and hemoglobin A1C value is 7.1%. He takes...
Your First Year with Diabetes: What to Do, Month by Month
For the past 5 years Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, has brought us some great laughs with her diabetes cartoons. But all those letters after her last name also means she knows something about diabetes care. She has just completed the book...
Diabetes-Related Eye Diseases Expected to Soar
The number of Americans with major eye diseases is expected to drastically increase over the next several decades as more Americans are diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study.
Schools Near Fast-Food Restaurants Increase Obesity and Diabetes Risk
If a school is just down the block from a fast-food restaurant, students are more likely to be overweight or obese, researchers reported.
Absence of Beta-Cell Function Tied to Earlier Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy occurs earlier in type 1 diabetics when beta-cell function is undetectable within 10 years of disease onset, researchers report.
Obese Siblings of Diabetic Children at Risk
Compared with other overweight children, overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes have a significantly higher prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance, a risk factor for diabetes, according to researchers at the Children's Hospital of...
Metformin Prevents Postpartum Diabetes
New research shows that following gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that developments during pregnancy and usually goes away after pregnancy, treatment with metformin or intensive lifestyle interventions can prevent or delay diabetes from...
Hyperglycemia Not Hypoglycemia Alters Neuronal Dendrites and Impairs Memory
Hyperglycemic component of diabetes has a greater adverse effect on brain functioning than does intermittent hypoglycemia.
Diabetes More Prevalent In Rural Population
Rural residents are more likely to suffer from diabetes by 16% than their city-dwelling counterparts, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.
Using Osteocalcin To Treat Diabetes
Osteocalcin is one of Leptin's mechanism to curb insulin release
Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Outcome Not Consistent in Overweight Pediatric Patients
The oral glucose tolerance test shows poor reproducibility in overweight children and adolescents, according to Pennsylvania-based researchers. Intra-individual variability is associated with a higher risk of developing diabetes.
Novel Gene Associated With Variations in A1c Levels
Variation in glycosylated hemoglobin levels has been associated with a gene that is involved in the start of the body's breakdown of sugar, according to researchers.
Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease Share A Common Genetic Origin
A Genetic susceptibility to both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease shares common alleles in their genetic makeup.
Treating Gum Disease Lowers Medical Costs for Diabetics
The study also showed that combined medical and pharmaceutical monthly costs were 10 percent lower for patients who received one or two periodontal procedures annually.
Lower-Weight Babies At Greater Risk For Diabetes Later In Life
Babies who weighed less than average at birth were more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life than those who were born weighing more, an analysis of previous research found.
Sleep Duration Linked to Cardiovascular Health
Each additional hour of sleep was associated with a 33% reduced risk of coronary artery calcification, a subclinical predictor of coronary heart disease, found Diane Lauderdale, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues.
40 Million Americans Not Filling Their Prescriptions
Nearly 40 million U.S. adults decided not to fill a prescription medication from a doctor in the past year because of the cost. Ask your patients if they are filling and taking their medications.
