This comes from a study of 13,877 people; clinicians are missing golden opportunities to identify heart disease before patients start displaying symptoms..
Read More »The US Obesity Epidemic is Due Solely to Increased Food Intake
The amount of food Americans eat has been increasing since the 1970s, and that alone is the cause of the obesity epidemic in the US today [1]. Physical activity–or the lack thereof–has played virtually no role in the rising number of expanding American waistlines, according to recent research.
Read More »More Time in the Sun Reduces Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
Spending more time in the sunshine could help older people to reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes…
Read More »Cardiac Abnormalities Seen in Young Females with Poor Diabetes Control
According to the results of a new study, adolescent girls with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers or even girls with Type 1 diabetes.
Read More »Nonstop Insulin Improves Vascular Surgery Outcome
Continuous perioperative insulin infusion reduces the incidence of major cardiovascular events in patients who undergo vascular surgery, researchers report.
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes Rears its Ugly Head Ten Years before Diagnosis
Signs and symptoms of Type 2 diabetes can present themselves as long as 10 years before diagnosis and most people have no idea before the damage is done. Education and better screening prior to diagnosis is critical if we are going to prevent Type 2 diabetes.
Read More »Walnuts Found to Benefit Diabetes Control
A new study has found that keeping the diet for Type 2 diabetes under control gets a lot of help from including daily amounts of foods with the right kind of fats such as walnuts.
Read More »Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Retinopathy Linked in Diabetes
According to new research, patients with diabetes who have retinopathy should also be screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
Read More »Is anyone listening out there?
This week we have a special feature for you from the AACE meeting. David Kliff, editor of the DiabetesInvestor.com has shared with us an overview of the AACE session “Updates and Advances in T2DM and Incretin Therapies” Presented by 4 of the top research professors in Diabetes, including David Kendall, …
Read More »Diabetes Affects Women’s Sex Life
According to a new study, over one-third of women with Type 1 diabetes have some form of sexual difficulty and depression is one of the key factors.
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