Prediabetic and diabetic men may have increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Results from recent research showed that men with pre-diabetes or type 2 diabetes had a higher risk of sudden cardiac death (death from heart-related causes soon after symptoms start), compared to men with normal blood sugar levels. As …
Read More »Monthly Archives: January 2013
What Does It Cost for the Care of a Person with Diabetes?
Diabetes care costs increased with poorer control….
Read More »New ADA Guidelines Ease Blood Pressure Target
New guidelines from ADA include recommendations for a less stringent systolic blood-pressure target and greater individualization with regard to the frequency of blood glucose self-monitoring….
Read More »New ADA Guidelines for Blood Glucose Self-monitoring
The new ADA blood glucose self-monitoring recommendations do not prescribe how many tests should be done but rather focus on the individual situations in which testing should occur….
Read More »Intensive Program Reverses Diabetes
Researchers find that intense lifestyle-based weight-loss interventions were associated with a remission of diabetes….
Read More »A Few Extra Pounds Does Not Increase Mortality
Severe obesity is associated with an increased risk for death from all causes, but lesser amounts of excess weight either do not increase the risk or may be protective….
Read More »Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Linked
Type 2 diabetes exhibited an even stronger association with risk of periodontitis among those who consumed few fruits and vegetables, noted the study authors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry….
Read More »Metformin or Glipizide to Prevent Cardiovascular Events?
Compared with glipizide, long-term therapy with metformin leads to a reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes….
Read More »Never Too Young to Get Healthy
Obesity rates in children call for early patient education on healthy lifestyles….
Read More »Autoantibodies Found in 10% of Adult-Onset Diabetes Patients
Nearly 10% of patients with adult-onset diabetes were found to have diabetes-associated autoantibodies….
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