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Just how effective are diabetes management programs?

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing among older persons with heart failure, and diabetes is a significant independent risk factor for death in these patients

Renal transplant graft recipients with diabetes, whether long-standing or newly diagnosed, are at heightened risk of developing infections requiring hospitalization in the posttransplant period.

Patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapy and oral anti-platelet agents for coronary artery disease (CAD) have a greater degree of platelet dysfunction than do similar patients who receive other anti-diabetic therapies.

Bush adopts the so-called moral high ground and chooses to ignore scientific advice.

Now, a new systematic review shows that exercise helps regulate blood glucose (sugar) levels, increases the body’s sensitivity to insulin and decreases blood lipids (fats) while also helping to burn body fat.

But lifestyle changes, such as exercise, counteract effects of this gene, study suggests.

For super morbidly obese patients, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is a better approach than gastric banding, according to researchers..

The investigators suggest that with the current recommended daily allowance, the optimal level is not attainable for most.

Diabetic patients with HbA1c levels that are well out of control are driving down the road towards dementia.