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Patients diagnosed between 0 and 9 years of age were significantly less likely to have had a heart attack then those diagnosed between 10 and 13 years of age.

In a new report, DHEA significantly reduced oxidative stress parameters in both plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and its administration was followed by a 50% decrease in levels of pentosidine (a marker of AGE formation).

It has been scientifically proven that gulping down camel milk daily would supplement 60 to 70 per cent of insulin in Type I diabetics.

This is the third time that the FDA advisory committee has rejected Merck’s proposed otc statin Mevacor application. FDA does not feel that consumers could make an appropriate self-selection decision.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who have just one additional risk factor for heart disease should be taking medication to lower cholesterol levels, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP)

Wake up and smell the coffee. Engaging in physical activity for at least 3 hours per week was associated with a decrease in mortality risk of 27%, according to the results of a prospective study. 

An educational program is effective to encourage health-seeking behavior for infections in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Older patients treated with the diabetes medications known as thiazolidinediones (which include rosiglitazone) had a significantly increased risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure and death, compared with the use of other hypoglycemic drugs, according to a study.

One more recent study is once again suggesting that waist-to-hip ratio is more sensitive than body mass index (BMI) at predicting risk of subsequent coronary disease. In a current on-line edition of Circulation.

Down in 2006 from 222mg/dL in 1962 and 204mg/dL in 2000 to 199 for 2005-2006. An analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reports.