T2 patients had higher lactate levels and score higher on Rating of Perceived Exertion scale.
Read More »Pregnant Women With Elevated Blood Sugars Are At Greater Risk of Having Children With Heart Defects
Higher glucose levels associated with odds of tetralogy of Fallot and serum glucose.
Read More »Obese Children At Greater Risk of Developing Heart Disease and Diabetes
Severity of obesity associated with higher value of low HDL cholesterol level, high blood pressure and hemoglobin A1C levels.
Read More »New Recommendation: Screen for Abnormal Blood Glucose in ALL Overweight Adults between 40 and 70
This is an update from a 2008 recommendation that only mentioned hypertension.
Read More »Diabetes Increases Risk of Surgical Site Infections
A meta-analysis reveals that the risk is present for most surgeries.
Read More »Reducing Sugar Improves Metabolic Syndrome Markers in Obese Children
Benefits seen after nine days despite lack of weight loss.
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Diabetes Thought to Increase Risk for Hepatic Cancer
Read More »Once-Weekly Dosing DDP-4 Inhibitor Effectiveness in Japanese Diabetes Patients
Oral med approved by the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PDMA) for type 2 treatment.
Read More »Doctors and Age
At what age should doctors be tested for competence? Follow the link to offer your opinion!
Read More »Question #806
If diabetes were a country how big would it be? Federal Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt from the IDF says that “if diabetes diagnosed and undiagnosed was a country, it would be the ___th largest country in the world.” The ten countries with the largest population in the world are China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia and Japan. If those with diagnosed diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes were a country, which country’s population would it be closest to? Follow the link to answer!
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