Factors other than postprandial hyperglycemia may be greater determinants of progression of diabetes.
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Weight Loss Should be the Primary Intervention for Risk of Diabetes
In a randomized trial with 1079 participants, for over 3 years it was found that for every 2 pounds of weight loss there was a 16% reduction in risk.
Read More »Gestational Diabetes Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Among women with a family history of type 2 diabetes, those with prior GDM were more likely to have CVD risk factors.
Read More »Scientists Learn How Roughage Keeps You “Regular”
If you ever wondered just how a high-fiber diet helps keep you, well, “regular,” scientists may have the answer.
Read More »Two Strokes and You’re Done
Having a stroke is bad enough. But having another one after surviving the first one is especially bad, more than doubling a person’s risk of dying in the next two years, a new study finds.
Read More »What You Can Expect by Increasing Your Physical Activity!
Physical Activity effects every cell in your body.
Read More »Blacks Have Poorer Control of Diabetes Than Whites
A new review of the data from 56,000 patients shows that blacks with diabetes tend to have worse control of the disease than whites.
Read More »Possible Diabetes Cure Via Destruction of Targeted Killer T Cells
It began as an idea that is now closer to getting started, a new concept for preventing the destruction of beta cells and possibly curing diabetes. Professor Nora Sarvetnick, PhD, at the Scripps Research Institute will be the principal investigator in collaboration with Richard K. Bernstein, MD.
Read More »Study Compares Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding Surgeries
July 2006 : Extremely obese patients who undergo gastric bypass procedures may have fewer complications, a greater reduction in obesity-related diseases, more weight loss and a higher level of satisfaction than those who have gastric banding procedures, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery, one …
Read More »Diabetic Youths Have Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Children and adolescents with diabetes commonly have additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new report.
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