Prevention

Women had higher expectations of the benefits of self-management along with more depressive symptoms

Candesartan and amlodipine are similarly effective in preventing cardiovascular events in high-risk hypertensive patients, the results of a study suggest. However, candesartan is more effective for the prevention of new-onset diabetes.

A lifestyle implementation trial was designed for the primary care setting. The goal was to determine whether findings from the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS),[1] which demonstrated a 58% reduction in diabetes with lifestyle intervention, could be replicated in a real-world clinical setting.

Aspirin does not prevent heart attack for women to the same extent that it does for men, researchers affirmed.

More evidence that lower doses of aspirin are just as effective in preventing cardiovascular events as higher doses comes from a systematic review.

When you read Diabetes in Control you have to know that we are first and foremost diabetes professionals and secondly journalists. Often I share my heart on my shirtsleeve with you. This week our Publisher, Stephen Freed, BSPharm, has prepared a compelling feature The Expanding Evidence for Diabetes Prevention that …

Lifestyle intervention has lasting benefits in those at risk of diabetes.

Lifestyle Intervention Remains the Most Effective and Safe Method for Diabetes Prevention. Even thought the Dream Study showed that rosiglitizone can reduce the risk for diabetes by 62%, it also increased the risk of heart failure by 5-fold compared with placebo.

Every kilogram of weight loss resulted in 16% reduction of diabetes risk.

Suspending basal insulin during exercise in children with type 1 diabetes can effectively control hypoglycemia.