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Data on more than 54,000 participants who were at least 45 years old revealed those who slept for six hours or less and those who slept for 10 hours or more showed higher prevalence of coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes, as well as obesity and anxiety, compared with those …

A new study linked bedtime dosing of antihypertensive drugs to improved nighttime and 24-hour systolic blood pressure levels in type 2 diabetes patients with nocturnal hypertension. Data also showed bedtime dosing did not significantly affect daytime readings, morning surge or arterial stiffness in patients. The results suggest that bedtime dosing …

Scientists have discovered that the BNST gaba neurons are an outcropping of the amygdala, the part of the brain associated with emotion. The BNST also forms a bridge between the amygdala and the lateral hypothalamus, the brain region that drives primal functions such as eating, sexual behavior and aggression. The …

New guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes state that if a patient doesn’t have diabetes on the basis of an HbA1c reading, then he or she should be screened with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The new guidance also …

People with type 1 diabetes were less likely to get a university degree and earned less money than their peers who didn’t have the condition, a Swedish data study showed. Both men and women with type 1 diabetes had lower odds of getting a university degree than matched controls without …

Low testosterone levels predicted a greater risk of acute myocardial infarction in Swedish men with type 2 diabetes, researchers found. Higher total testosterone levels were associated with a 25% reduced risk of acute MI in that group. But no such relationship was seen in men without diabetes or in women …

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Data on over 500 men with impaired glucose tolerance showed 18% of those who underwent a text-messaging intervention developed type 2 diabetes, compared with 27% of those who received standard care. Patients in the intervention group also showed better good cholesterol levels and lower total dietary energy intake than those …

Family members of type 1 diabetes patients with hypoglycemia unawareness curtail their regular lives to help patients detect and treat low blood glucose levels. They also reported feeling physically afraid of their relative or partner during hypoglycemic episodes because of personality changes and aggressive behavior, which can also cause difficulty …

A new survey revealed the number of overweight and obese baby boomers rose from 61% in 2003 to 72% in 2012, while younger adults ages 18 to 47 saw just a 2% increase in obesity rates during the same period, in the Sacramento, CA, area. Researchers also found one-fifth of …