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Drinking low-fat chocolate milk after a tough workout provides the right mix of carbohydrates and high-quality protein, U.S. researchers found. Researchers in three related studies compared the recovery benefits of drinking low-fat chocolate milk after exercise to a carbohydrate beverage with the same calories — similar to a typical sports …

Dr. Christian Holscher and his University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK, team have already found the drug can enhance brain cell growth and protect memory formation in mice, as well as reducing levels of amyloid — a hallmark protein in Alzheimer’s — in the brain. The research team focused on …

HbA1c has a low sensitivity to diagnose diabetes in older Asian subjects and caution is required when using HbA1c in isolation. This raises the possibility that a different cut-off value for different age groups may be more appropriate. Patients were stratified into 4 age groups in a cross-sectional study of …

It has taken less than nine years for healthcare costs to double for the average family of four covered by a preferred provider organization. And there’s more bad news: employers are passing more of the costs on to their employees. The 2011 MMI healthcare cost is $19,393, a 7.3% or …

Mood improves more after vigorous exercise, researchers find. Vigorous exercise offers more of a mood boost than less strenuous exercise, a new study finds. Researchers compared 11 sedentary people who did moderate and high-intensity exercise. Their mood was assessed before, during, immediately following, and 20 minutes after they did the …

Multiple pregnancies may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and the buildup of plaque in the arteries, suggests new research in mice. Scientists from the University of Cincinnati and colleagues studied mice late in gestation in either their first or fourth pregnancy. Those in their fourth pregnancy had severe glucose …

A diabetes education program significantly improved long-term blood-sugar control among patients. The program taught low-income, poorly educated people with diabetes to better manage their disease. Researchers divided 56 participants into two groups, providing one group with an intensive problem-solving course that spanned more than nine sessions and covered standard diabetes …

A diet high in fructose may lead to higher blood pressure new research shows. While fructose is also the main sugar in fruit, fruit contains vitamins and fiber that in most cases, block the negative effects of this dietary sugar. In the study, men took a daily pill that contained …

The percentage of poor, minority, inner-city diabetes patients 40 and older who received recommended testing annually declined from 2002 to 2007, a national healthcare survey found. The percentage of these patients who received annual foot, eye, and blood glucose exams fell from 39% to 23%; testing in middle-income patients fell …

A new study has found that bedtime plasma glucose level can serve as a predictor of long-term blood glucose control outcome in patients undergoing insulin lispro mixture-50 (Mix 50) three times daily monotherapy. There was a significant improvement in HbA1c, from 10.1% at baseline to 7.8% at 6-8 weeks and …