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US News & World ReportTop 10 Hospitals for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Cleveland Clinic, Ohio Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle (tied) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, …

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Diabetes Screenings Can Be Cost-saving for High Risk Population

Five screening tests were performed on 1,573 participants with no known diabetes status. Costs of screening were measured over three years and researchers compared costs for no screening, screening everyone for diabetes or high-risk prediabetes, and screening those with risk factors based on age, BMI, blood pressure, waist circumference, lipids, …

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Type 2 Diabetes a Risk Factor for Falls in Elderly

In a study of older patients, both diabetic and non-diabetic, poor balance and diabetes were shown to be independent risk factors. According to multivariate logistic regression models, diabetes was found to be a major risk factor even after poor balance is corrected. "Systematic medication reviews, specific balance exercises and cognitive …

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