A lifestyle intervention incorporating exercise training and diet counseling in primary health care settings appears to improve quality of life among adults at moderate to high risk for heart disease and appears cost-effective compared to standard care, according to a report…
Read More »Roche Suspends Dosing in Drug Trials for Its GLP-1 Compound
A higher rate of hypersensitivity and GI intolerability was seen with taspoglutide…
Read More »Inflammatory Factors Induced by Bacterial Infection May Be Reduced by Insulin
Treating intensive care patients who develop life-threatening bacterial infections, or septicemia, with insulin potentially could reduce their chances of succumbing to the infection, if results of a new preliminary study can be replicated in a larger study…
Read More »Short Sleepers at Higher Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease
People who sleep less than six hours a night may be three times more likely to develop a condition which leads to diabetes and heart disease, according to researchers…
Read More »Insulin Implicated in Cell Survival, Cell Metabolism and Stress Response
Researchers at the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato, CA, have discovered a novel way in which insulin affects cell metabolism and cell survival…
Read More »AADE Stresses the Treatment of Obesity as a Means of Preventing Diabetes
The American Association of Diabetes Educators has issued a formal position statement and set of recommendations urging diabetes educators to proactively address obesity as a means of preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes, managing complications for those who already have the disease, and creating a savings for the overall …
Read More »Chocolate Lowers Heart Failure Risk by 26%
A chocolate habit may protect women from heart failure later in life — but only when enjoyed in moderation, researchers found…
Read More »Teen Weight Problems Predict Overweight Adults
Dramatic shifts in the prevalence of overweight and obesity occur between adolescence and young adulthood, a prospective cohort study of Australian youths showed….
Read More »A1c Test for Diagnosis Not Perfect: Study
The limited sensitivity of the A1C test may result in missed or delayed diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, whereas the use of current OGTT criteria will fail to identify a high proportion of individuals with A1C >6.5%. Further studies and discussion are needed before revising guidelines for Type 2 diabetes …
Read More »Factors Linked to Cognitive Deficits in Type 2 Diabetes
Older adults with diabetes, who have high blood pressure, walk slowly or lose their balance, or believe they’re in bad health, are significantly more likely to have weaker memory and slower, more rigid cognitive processing than those without these problems, according to a new study…
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