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Black children with diabetes face a death rate twice as high as that for white children, new U.S. government research shows.

People who suffer from high blood pressure who are also found to have an abnormal enlargement of the heart’s main pumping chamber — the left ventricle — are at an increased risk of developing diabetes, results of a study indicate.

There has always been the question as to whether tighter control, treating to normal A1c’s In type 2 diabetic patients is beneficial. This study showed that even in Type 2’s with good glycemic control, additional reduction of postprandial hyperglycemia with nateglinide prevents the progression of atherosclerosis.

A review of previous studies indicates that use of a pedometer, especially with a daily step goal, is associated with significant increases in physical activity (additional walking of about a mile a day) and decreases in body mass index and blood pressure.

When patients with diabetes have severe comorbidities, they are likely to deal with them while neglecting glucose monitoring and other self-care tasks, according to a new study.

Compared to conventional treatment, intensive treatment of diabetes is associated with a reduced rate of peripheral arterial calcification, according to researchers.

Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels have a high risk of developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome, possibly because of other associated risk factors, including obesity, insulin resistance, and hyperglycemia,

Exercise boosts the number of progenitor cells in people with heart failure, and those cells in turn repair and rebuild weakened muscle and blood vessels, researchers report.

Hemoglobin variability over time in dialysis patients proved a strong predictor of death from any cause, according to a new study.

Measuring patients’ glycosylated hemoglobin levels (A1C) could be used to screen for diabetes, according to California-based researchers. It was shown to be more effective then using fasting blood sugars.