Atacand is the first angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) shown to reduce the risk of diabetes in heart failure patients compared to placebo.
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Psychotherapy Helps Teens With Poorly Controlled Diabetes
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes in chronically poor metabolic control improve with multisystemic therapy, an intensive, home-based, family-centered psychotherapy.
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Having diabetes apparently raises men’s risk of developing colorectal cancer.
Read More »Patients on Antipsychotics Need Screening for Diabetes
Testing fasting blood glucose and measuring abdominal obesity is a cost-effective approach to identifying patients taking second-generation antipsychotics with metabolic syndrome.
Read More »Rosiglitazone Plus Insulin For Type 1 Improves Glycemic Control, BP Without Incr
Rosiglitazone Plus Insulin For Type 1 Improves Glycemic Control, BP Without Increasing Insulin Needs “Rosiglitazone in combination with insulin resulted in improved glycemic control and blood pressure without an increase in insulin requirements, compared with insulin- and placebo-treated subjects.
Read More »FDA Issues Nationwide Alert for “Liqiang 4” Due to Potential Health Risk
Warning consumers not to take Liqiang 4 Dietary Supplement Capsules because they contain glyburide – a drug that could have serious, life-threatening consequences in some people.
Read More »Talking mini- blood glucose meter – a breakthrough for the visually impaired
Talking mini- blood glucose meter – a breakthrough for the visually impaired "Your blood glucose levels are…." The SensoCard Plus blood glucose meter is the size of a credit card and can easily slip into a pocket or handbag. Will come in multiple languages. A unique accurate pocket sized blood …
Read More »Diuretics Best First-step for High BP in Diabetics
Diuretics are just as effective for lowering high blood pressure (BP) in people with type 2 diabetes as newer, and more expensive, types of drug, a study shows.
Read More »Gene Trait Increases Diabetes Risk
A University of Alberta study has discovered a variation of a common gene trait that could increase risk of type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Diabetic Women’s Heart-Disease Risk Higher
Women suffering from type 2 diabetes are at significantly higher risk of suffering a fatal heart attack than their healthy counterparts, Swedish researchers report. Topical
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