Unconditionally treating all asymptomatic diabetics with statins would be cheaper and prevent more cardiovascular events than routinely screening the same subjects for subclinical atherosclerosis and treating only those with a positive test.
Read More »Low-fat Dairy Foods Can Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Study finds men who consume more dairy products have lower incidence of diabetes
Read More »Antioxidant Achieves a 64% Reduction In the Onset of Diabetes
Succinobucol, a novel antioxidant with anti-inflammatory properties, achieved a 64% reduction in new-onset diabetes in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome.
Read More »iPods Can Make Pacemakers Malfunction
The tunes pumped out by iPods may be off beat to patients with pacemakers, whose devices could be subjected to potentially dangerous interference, reported investigators here.
Read More »Diabetes and Heart Failure Is Double Trouble for Older Women
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that the effect of diabetes on the severity of illness and risk of death for patients with heart failure is much worse in women than men. The effect is even more pronounced in older patients.
Read More »New Communication Method Helps Families Change Lifestyle Behaviors
The average body mass of participants who received motivational interviewing had decreased by 2.6 points on the body mass index scale.
Read More »Long-Term Adult-Strength Aspirin Use May Reduce Overall Cancer Incidence
Adult-strength aspirin taken daily for 5 years or more was associated with a 15% reduced overall cancer incidence, according to the results of a large cohort study.
Read More »Coronary Calcification Independently Predicts All-Cause Mortality
The results of a new study show that, the coronary artery calcification (CAC) score, measured by electron beam tomography, provides incremental information independent of traditional risk factors on all-cause mortality risk.
Read More »Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Weight Control and Exercise
Sherri Shafer, R.D., CDE returns to Diabetes in Control after an extended hiatus. In keeping with our publisher’s focus on prevention she has contributed a feature on Preventing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Weight Control and Exercise. Weight Matters Weight control has been shown to reduce the risk of …
Read More »The Ever Expanding Evidence for Diabetes Prevention
When you read Diabetes in Control you have to know that we are first and foremost diabetes professionals and secondly journalists. Often I share my heart on my shirtsleeve with you. This week our Publisher, Stephen Freed, BSPharm, has prepared a compelling feature The Expanding Evidence for Diabetes Prevention that …
Read More »
Diabetes In Control. A free weekly diabetes newsletter for Medical Professionals. News and information for Medical Professionals.