The UK National Diabetes Audit has just released some stark statistics on the effects of diabetes….
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Diabetes Risk Tied to Duration and Timing of Obesity
Whether your patients are young or old, being obese can boost their chances of developing diabetes….
Read More »Blood Sugar Drops, Heart Problems Rise
Hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes may increase risk of cardiovascular events and death….
Read More »Maintaining Weight Loss as Important as Losing
When you’re postmenopausal and overweight, losing weight is a good thing, but gaining back just a few pounds may actually be detrimental to your cardiovascular health….
Read More »AliveCor’s iPhone ECG Application Approved by FDA
The novel iPhone application and device could be used to prevent strokes….
Read More »Diabetes vs. Cancer
People with type 2 diabetes who are diagnosed with cancer ignore their diabetes in favor of cancer treatment but uncontrolled high blood sugar weakens their immune systems and is more likely to kill them than cancer….
Read More »Target Identified that Can Protect Kidney Patients
Blocking the endothelin receptor reduces risk factors for heart disease, the most common cause of death in kidney disease patients….
Read More »Extending Patients’ Lives by Five Years
Adults who engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity each week can mean living up to five years longer than inactive adults….
Read More »Microaneurysm Turnover Predicts Retinopathy Progression
Automated analysis of microaneurysm (MA) turnover predicted the development of clinically significant macular edema (CSME) among patients with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (MNDR)….
Read More »Turning Off Carb-to-Fat Conversion
Discovery of a protein involved in the conversion of dietary carbohydrates into fat could have implications down the road for treatment of fatty liver disease, diabetes, and obesity….
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