Aspirin resistance – a concern among patients with type 2 diabetes who may be at high risk of heart disease – may be attenuated by aggressive glucose-lowering therapy….
Read More »Foot Ulceration for Diabetes Patients Doubles Mortality Risk
Diabetic foot ulceration was associated with a nearly 2-fold increased risk for all-cause mortality above that of diabetes alone, according to a meta-analysis of 8 studies….
Read More »Sitting for Too Long Doubles Diabetes Risk
The more time people spend sitting, the greater their risk of diabetes, cardiovascular events, and death….
Read More »Latest Data Shows HRT Cuts CVD by 50 Percent
Hormone-replacement therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal women with a mean age of 50 significantly reduced the risk of the combined end point of mortality, MI, or heart failure….
Read More »Diabetic Macular Edema Responds Best to Ranibizumab
Aggressive treatment with ranibizumab during year 3 may be more effective for diabetic macular edema (DME) than less-intensive treatment, according to 3-year outcomes from an ongoing randomized published clinical trial….
Read More »Epilepsy Drug Shows Weight-Loss
Zonisamide worked for certain obese adults, but not without side effects….
Read More »Kidney Stones in Relation to Obesity and Diabetes
A kidney stone is a solid mass developed from crystals that separate from the urine within the urinary tract. Kidney stones can contain various components. The most common type of stone contains calcium in combination with either oxalate or phosphate. A less common type of stone is caused by an …
Read More »Diabetes Screening May Not Reduce Death Rates
Without the knowledge of what to do once diagnosed, nothing really happens….
Read More »It’s How You Walk That Benefits Type 2’s
Interval-walking training improved glycemic control, weight loss, and insulin sensitivity, for individuals with type 2 compared with continuous walking with equivalent energy expenditure in a small randomized trial….
Read More »Silence Is Deadly for T2D with Hypos
Arrhythmia may play a role in hypoglycemia-related deaths….
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