Low-dose aspirin can reduce daytime blood pressure if taken at night, and this may delay the progression of prehypertension to true hypertension, investigators report.
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PCBs May Be Causing Diabetes’ Growth
PCBs, toxic chemicals found nearly everywhere on the planet, may be fueling the diabetes epidemic, according to a study by researchers at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
Read More »Don’t Depend on Restaurant ‘Diet’ Menus
Independent Testing Showed Far More Calories and Fat Than Advertised in Many Meals
Read More »Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Recommended
It makes better control possible, heart experts say. They recommend that more than 100 million Americans should be monitoring their blood pressure at home, according to three major health organizations that are issuing recommendations on what to do and how to do it.
Read More »Erectile Dysfunction a Predictor of Heart Trouble
Men with diabetes who are having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems according the results of a new study. It said that those with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease.
Read More »AACE: Experimental Diabetes Treatment Shows Promise
New research monitoring the effects of islet cell transplantation resulted in near-normal metabolic control and decreased hypoglycemia.
Read More »AACE: Red Wine Could Benefit Patients With Diabetes
New research suggests that resveratrol, a chemical commonly found in red wine, has the ability to lower blood-sugar levels, but it might also produce certain unpleasant adverse effects.
Read More »Blood Glucose Variability Predicts ICU Deaths
Wide fluctuation in blood glucose levels in critically ill patients is a predictor of mortality in those patients, suggests a new study.
Read More »Anti-inflammatory Medication May Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center who reported earlier this year that an inexpensive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate might prevent type 2 diabetes are now reporting that the drug may also be beneficial in the treatment of the disease.
Read More »EXENATIDE LEADS TO REDUCTION IN LIVER ENZYMES IN DIABETICS INDEPENDENT OF WEIGHT LOSS
I just got back from the AACE Annual sessions in Orlando. It was great to see a lot of you and appreciated the nice comments you had about our newsletter. I did not have a lot of time to put together an overview for out deadline but did want to …
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