"We found that children whose primary care arrangement between 1.5 and 4 years was in daycare-center or with an extended family member were around 50% more likely to be overweight or obese between the ages of 4-10 years compared to those cared for at home by their parents. This difference …
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Medicare to Pay for Obesity Counseling in the Name of Prevention
A recent landmark decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) represents an important first step toward addressing one of the great ironies of American health care….
Read More »Depression Predicting Onset of Diabetes Shown in New Study
We have known that people with diabetes are at risk for depression, but now we are seeing that those with depression are at greater risk for diabetes….
Read More »Clinicians and Patients Online Relationships Increase Office Visits
Letting patients email their clinician and access their records online was associated with more, not fewer, telephone calls, office visits, and clinical services in general….
Read More »Diabetes Drug Can Restore Memory Loss from Alzheimer’s
A drug that was initially used to treat insulin resistance in diabetes patients has shown promise as a way to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s sufferers….
Read More »Four-Fold Increase for Chronic Liver Disease for Type 1’s
Patients with type 1 diabetes displayed a greater risk for developing chronic liver disease, including a fourfold prevalence for cirrhosis, compared with the general population….
Read More »Diabetes Tied to Hearing Loss
People with diabetes may have a higher risk of hearing problems than those without the disease….
Read More »More on EU’s Approval of Dapagliflozin
Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca stated they have received approval from the European regulators for the first in a new class of diabetes medicines that work independently of insulin to control blood sugar….
Read More »Can Drinking Black Tea Reduce Diabetes Risk?
Study found lower rates of type 2 disease in countries where beverage is most popular….
Read More »Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses to Increase by 12%
The new threshold for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes may overwhelm the healthcare system….
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