“Increased left ventricular muscle mass suggests the future possibility of developing heart failure.
Read More »Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Particularly Severe in Pregnancy
The clinical symptoms of pregnancy-associated fulminant type 1 diabetes appear to be much more serious than those experienced by comparable women with fulminant type 1 diabetes that is not associated with pregnancy, according to researchers.
Read More »Add-On Insulin Glargine Better Than Rosiglitazone in Type 2 Diabetes
Best to add glargine rather then rosiglitazone for type 2 patients inadequately controlled on dual oral therapy with sulfonylurea and metformin.
Read More »Physician Performance Feedback Improves Diabetes Control
A computerized system that tells primary care physicians how well they are managing blood glucose levels in their patients seems to improve diabetes control, new research suggests.
Read More »CRP Levels Increase After Statin Withdrawal
Withdrawing statin therapy results in a rapid and significant increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, researchers report.
Read More »Stable Glucose Improves Classroom Attention in Diabetes
Stabilizing serum glucose in children with type 1 diabetes appears to improve classroom attention, researchers from Arizona State University in Tempe report.
Read More »Diabetes and Breast Cancer
A retrospective population-based cohort study, showing an increase in breast cancer for women with Type 2 Diabetes
Read More »Plavix-Aspirin Combo No Better than Aspirin Alone for CVD Event Reduction
The CHARISMA trial of aspirin alone vs. aspirin plus Plavix (clopidogrel) showed no benefit over aspirin alone at preventing major cardiovascular events or death.
Read More »Researchers Reveal Mechanisms Behind TZD’s Class of Type 2 Diabetes Oral Agents
A new study by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center helps to explain how thiazolidinediones work.
Read More »Homocysteine Reduction Shows No Cardiovascular Benefit
Two large-scale trials ,HOPE-2 and NORVIT trials, have failed to find any significant cardiovascular benefit to lowering plasma homocysteine levels by supplementation with folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12.
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