Researchers with Deakin’s Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research surveyed more than 1200 families to find out if parents had concerns about their children’s weight and if they took any preventative action to avoid obesity in their children.
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Strong Evidence Links Soft Drink Consumption to, Diabetes
Those who consumed one or more soft drinks per day were twice as likely as those who consumed less than one per month to develop diabetes
Read More »Pioglitazone Linked to Drug Interactions With Gemfibrozil, Rifampin
Te FDA approved safety labeling revisions for the antidiabetic agents pioglitazone and pioglitazone/metformin to warn of interactions associated with concomitant use of the pioglitazone component and drugs known to induce or inhibit the cytochrome P (CYP) 450 isoenzyme 2C8 (CYP 2C8).
Read More »How A Specific Fat Protects Against Obesity and Diabetes
A new study from Joslin Diabetes Center sheds light on why some people can eat excessive amounts of food and not gain weight or develop type 2 diabetes, while others are more likely to develop obesity and this most common form of diabetes on any diet.
Read More »Diabetes-Related Eye Disorder Signals Stroke Risk
Damage to the retina that sometimes comes with diabetes is associated with an increased risk of having a stroke, researchers report.
Read More »Intensive Treatment of Periodontal Disease Improves Endothelial Function
A new study appears to suggest that treating periodontal disease can improve endothelial dysfunction, with investigators showing that aggressively treating periodontal disease, a potential source of low-grade inflammation, results in a long-term improvement in vascular function.
Read More »Glargine Aids Glycemic Control in Elderly Diabetics
Adding a single daily dose of glarine to oral antidiabetic agents is an effective treatment in controlling blood sugars.
Read More »Lack of Communication To Primary Care Physicians After Hospital Discharge
Primary care physicians often do not receive adequate patient information from the hospital-based physician following discharge.
Read More »Type 1 Diabetics May Sleep Through Nocturnal Hypoglycemia
Research shows that patients with type 1 diabetes often sleep through overnight episodes of hypoglycemia, increasing the risk that they will experience prolonged hypoglycemia.
Read More »EASD’s New Recommendations for the Management of Diabetes and CVD
The European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) have together issued new guidelines on the management of diabetes, prediabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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