A new simple mathematical model performs as well as the OGTT to predict a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes and could change diabetes care.
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Issue 105 Item 5 WHO vs. ADA Criteria for Diagnosing Diabetes
Identifying diabetes and glucose abnormalities is better achieved with the World Health Organizations (WHO) criteria then the ADA criteria, says researchers.
Read More »Heart Risk for Diabetes ‘Less Than Previously Thought’
Diabetics are not in the same league as heart disease patients for the risk of heart attack
Read More »Researchers Pave Way for Stem-Cell Approach to Diabetes Cure W
First step in understanding how insulin-releasing cells develop
Read More »Issue 106 Item 9 Mevacor Approved for Kids – But Wait!
There is still little long-term safety and efficacy data in children
Read More »Chicken Diet Better Than Red Meat in Type 2 Diabetes
A conventional diet rather than a very-low caloric diet produced more sustained weight loss.
Read More »Issue 105 Item 15 Hyperglycemia May Raise Stroke Risk, Results from Three Studie
Hyperglycemia may make people more susceptible to strokes and appear to worsen the outcomes of stroke patients after thrombolytic therapy.
Read More »Not All Glitazone Drugs Toxic to Liver
Diabetes Drug Avandia Poses Minimal Harm to Liver
Read More »Issue 105 Item 4 Insulin Prevents Thrombosis Leading To Heart Attack and Stroke
Insulin exerts a significant anti-inflammatory effect on blood vessel walls.
Read More »Do We Need the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test to Identify Persons
Persons at high risk for diabetes mellitus are better identified by using a simple prediction model than by relying exclusively on the results of a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test
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