April 2004 Articles
April 2004 News Article Index
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Pre-diabetes Is Far More Common In America Than Previously Believed (04/30/04) About 40 percent of U.S. adults ages 40 to 74 -- or 41 million people -- currently have the condition, which is marked by blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet diabetic. Many people with pre-diabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years. "Every 25 seconds, someone in America is diagnosed with diabetes," HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said. |
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41 Million Americans at Risk of Diabetes (04/30/04) Forty-one million Americans have blood sugar levels high enough to put them at risk of developing diabetes -- more than twice the previous estimate.The new number means two of every five adults aged 40 to 74 is now considered to have pre-diabetes, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported. |
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Analysis: More Diabetes Awareness Needed (04/29/04) Over 10,000 dollars is spent on every person with diabetes annually. The healthcare industry still must educate people more about risk factors for the disease and the importance of testing. Editor's note: take the Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test. More than 1.8 million Diabetes Screening Tests have been distributed to over 3800 schools in all 50 states. |
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Fat Cell Hormone Increases Metabolism And Causes Weight Loss (04/29/04) Adiponectin rapidly decreases blood glucose and lipids, while burning fat, beneficial in the treatment of diabetes and heart disease associated with obesity. In contrast to leptin, a related hormone, adiponectin can cause weight loss by raising metabolic rate while not affecting appetite. This finding may have future implications in understanding and treating obesity and metabolic disorders like diabetes. |
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Dairy Can Help Burn Fat (04/29/04) Adults on a reduced-calorie diet who ate 3-4 servings of dairy foods each day lost an average of 24 pounds. the study indicates that 3-4 daily servings of milk, cheese or yogurt help people lose more weight by helping them burn more fat in the abdominal region, when compared to those who just cut calories or took calcium supplements. |
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Insulin Patch In Pipeline For Diabetes (04/29/04) Patients with depression and diabetes may soon join those getting pain relief, birth control hormones and help quitting smoking through skin patches that can deliver medication for days at a time. Advances in technology, the advantages of continuous drug delivery and rising patient acceptance are helping drive the growth of patches. |
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Study Blames Corn Syrup for Rise of Diabetes in US (04/29/04) A study of nearly 100 years of data on what Americans eat show a huge increase in processed carbohydrates, especially corn syrup, and a large drop in the amount of fiber from whole grains, fruits and vegetables. It parallels a spike in the number of cases of type-2 diabetes, caused by the body's increasing inability to properly metabolize sugars. |
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Many Patients With Diabetes Skip Their Medicine (04/29/04) A sizable share of diabetics who have health insurance used no medicine at all to control their condition, leading to higher costs and more frequent hospitalizations. One conclusion of the study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America: Prescription drugs should be used more often to treat diabetes and other chronic illnesses. |
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New Treatment Guidelines For Statins and Diabetes (04/29/04) The American College of Physicians has announced new treatment guidelines that recommend that those over 55 with type 2 diabetes should be on a statin and the same advice goes for younger patients with type 2 and at least one risk factor for heart disease (e.g., hypertension, smoking). |
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How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes! (04/29/04) When do you think your blood sugars are higher? Before you eat or after you eat? Everyone answered, after you eat! It is amazing to see the look on a patients face when they realize that they are telling me diabetes causes the most damage when their blood sugars are high after they eat, and yet they never check it then. Most reply that their doctors never explained it to them. |
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Low-Calorie Diet May Lengthen Life And Prevent Diabetes (04/29/04) A small group of people who are drastically restricting how much they eat in the hope of slowing the aging process have produced the strongest support yet for the tantalizing theory that very low-calorie diets can extend the human lifespan. In addition, their blood sugar levels were very low and their body's response to insulin was extremely high, indicating they were at very low risk for diabetes. |
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Clot-busters Don't Work Well for Diabetics (04/29/04) Heart attacks are routinely treated with clot-buster drugs to open up blocked coronary arteries, but Greek researchers report that this approach is not very effective for people with type 2 diabetes. Better option to treat with balloon angioplasty and/or a stent to open coronary arteries. |
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Helpful Hints For Your Hospital Stay (04/23/04) Having surgery can be a traumatic experience for anyone. For a diabetic, the consequences can be more serious. If you take certain steps ahead of time and know what to expect during and after surgery you will be better prepared to handle your situation. |
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Cinnamon A Natural Version Of Insulin (04/22/04) Cinnamon might be a natural -- and inexpensive -- treatment for diabetes because of its molecular similarity to insulin, scientists report. "Cinnamon itself has insulin-like activity and also can potentiate the activity of insulin," said Don Graves of UCSB. "The latter could be quite important in treating those with type II diabetes. Cinnamon has a bio-active component that we believe has the potential to prevent or overcome diabetes." |
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What To Expect From an Eye Examination – Part I (04/22/04) All eye examinations should start with a detailed ‘case history.’ Diabetics, in particular, should be asked about how long they have had diabetes, the specific medications they are using for diabetes treatment, the previous diagnosis of any diabetes complications (eye, kidney, nerve or vascular), the frequency and range of home blood glucose readings, the most recent home reading, and the results of their last glycosylated hemoglobin test. |
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Type 2 Diabetes and Children The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Fats (04/22/04) The Good: Macadamia nut oil; Olive oil; Flaxseed oil; Evening primrose oil; and Borage oil. The Bad: Peanut oil; Sesame oil; Safflower oil, Corn oil, Soybean oil, and Cottonseed oil. The Ugly: Canola oil; Margarine; and Palm and coconut oils. |
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A1c Screenings Uncover 25% of People With Hidden Diabetes Risk (04/22/04) Blood tests done in churches, community centers, shelters and busy street corners of the Bronx reveal that nearly a quarter of those tested had previously undiagnosed diabetes or were at high risk for developing the disease, according to a new report.Hemoglobin A1c tests are a good way to uncover disease risk in a community-based study because unlike other common diabetes tests, hemoglobin levels do not depend on how recently a person ate. |
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Diabetic Retinopathy a "Major Public Health Problem" in US (04/22/04) In the US, approximately 8% of diabetics develop potentially blinding retinopathy before the age of 40, epidemiologists report in the Archives of Ophthalmology. In a second report, researchers found that diabetic retinopathy threatens the vision of nearly 30% of adults with type 1 diabetes before 30 years of age. |
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ERI Patents Treatments For Insulin Resistance In Diabetes Accompanying Obesity (04/22/04) Type II diabetes occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin, preventing it from storing glucose. Because melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) causes the pancreas to secrete glucagon, MSH must be present for type II diabetes to develop. The new process is for treatment of diabetes by administering an antagonist of MSH. Previous treatments for type II diabetes have focused on altering the amount of glucose in the bloodstream. Brennan and Hochgeschwender instead focused on regulating insulin resistance in genetically engineered mice by manipulating the amount of MSH in the bloodstream. |
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Researchers One Step Closer To Creating Oral Insulin (04/22/04) University of Toronto researchers have shown that "designer molecules" can interact with the body's insulin receptor, a step toward the development of an oral medication for diabetes. |
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Activity Keeps Diabetes at Bay During Pregnancy (04/22/04) Women who engaged in any physical activity during the year prior to their pregnancy had a 56 percent reduced risk of pregnancy-related diabetes compared with inactive women. |
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New Insulin Classification System Announced (04/22/04) 'Clear' and 'Cloudy' vs Time Course of Action!! Insulins have hitherto been distinguished as clear (short-acting) and cloudy (long-acting). However the introduction of glargine, which is a clear long-acting insulin, has prompted the need for reclassification. |
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Long-Term Diabetes Control Pays Off for the Heart (04/22/04) A mean HbA1c of 8.4% or greater predicted cardiac autonomic dysfunction. They have found that good long-term glucose control by type 1 diabetic patients preserves the automatic responses of the heart to varying situations, while a lack of adequate glycemic control leads to poor so-called cardiac autonomic function. |
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Blood Glucose Monitoring Pre and Post Surgery Is Cost-Effective (04/22/04) Researchers have found monitoring blood sugar of diabetes patients before and after surgery protects their health and does not increase costs. |
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Cleanliness 'Leads To Diabetes' (04/22/04) Diseases such as diabetes could be caused by children being too clean, researchers have suggested. Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in California, say being exposed to too few germs means the immune system is not stimulated enough. |
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Dick Clark's Diabetes Disclosure Leads To Becoming Spokesman for AADE, American Association of Diabetes Educators (04/22/04) A secret that Dick Clark has kept for a decade has been revealed--he has type 2 diabetes. The seemingly ageless former American Bandstand host was diagnosed with diabetes in 1994, but told no one, save close family and friends. |
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New Link Between Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes (04/22/04) The implications of this new information is far reaching for millions, particularly women since, according to the study, young women (under age 45) with type 1 diabetes are highly susceptible to fatal heart disease. Furthermore, in the study’s 20-39 age group, the risk of cardiovascular death for type 1 diabetics was proved to be more than seven times higher for women and five times higher for men. |
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Pre-Diabetes Increases Colon Cancer Risk (04/16/04) As people get fatter, their bodies begin to resist the effects of insulin. To compensate, their pancreases make more and more of the sugar-lowering stuff. Ma and colleagues now show that people whose bodies make the most insulin because of insulin resistance have the highest risk of colon cancer. |
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Diet Prevents Type 2 Diabetes (04/16/04) Researchers in Finland looked at the health records and diets of more than 4,000 men and women aged 40 to 69 showed that eating foods rich in vitamin E, such as nuts and wheat germ, could help reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. |
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Intensive Diabetes Management Yields Positive Results (04/16/04) Increasing diabetes awareness and integrating a multi-faceted, approach to improve patient care and education, results in significantly improved patient outcomes, according to a report in the April issue of Clinical Diabetes. |
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Limited Joint Mobility May Play a Role in Diabetic Foot Ulcers (04/16/04) In diabetic patients with neuropathy, limited joint mobility may contribute to the development of foot ulcers, according to a report in the April issue of Diabetes Care. |
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Child Obesity Mainly Caused By Lack Of Exercise (04/16/04) Lack of physical activity found to be the most significant factor in contributing to childhood obesity, that from researchers who assessed the exercise and eating habits of nearly 900 children. Researchers also found that fiber intake, and not fat calories, was more closely related to a child’s weight. |
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Pain-Free Insulin Patch For Diabetes (04/16/04) Starbridge Systems of Swansea, the company behind a "diabetes patch" which will allow insulin-dependent patients to take the hormone painlessly hopes that within five years the patch - which looks like a cross between a credit card and a first-aid plaster - will be helping thousands. |
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Voiding Difficulty Common in Diabetic Women (04/16/04) Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly five times more likely to have unrecognized voiding difficulty compared with nondiabetic control subjects. |
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Diet and Exercise Helps Reverse Vascular Dysfunction in Obese Children (04/16/04) Obesity in children is associated with vascular dysfunction and wall thickening, early events in atherogenesis, but these harmful effects can be partially reversed with diet and exercise. |
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Poor A1c Tests Related to Low Health Literacy in America (04/16/04) As many as 90 million American adults lack the reading and math skills needed to understand basic health information and navigate the U.S. healthcare system, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). |
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Longer Breastfeeding Can Help Prevent Type 1 Diabetes (04/16/04) Early weaning diet, early introduction of breast milk substitution and cow's milk have been shown to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes later in life. Longer exclusive and total breastfeeding appears as an independent protective factor against type 1 diabetes. |
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How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes! Part 3 (04/15/04) One of the first things we discussed was the A1c test and the results. asked them if they understood what the A1c number meant? Over 98% could not answer the question. The Quality of Life Number also known as the A1c tells them how well they are controlling their diabetes. The A1c tells them their risk for getting all the complications from diabetes, and it also tells if we are more susceptible to every other disease and chronic illness. |
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Childhood Obesity Leads To Adult Diabetes (04/10/04) Both diabetes and obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions as the fast-food restaurants are geared mostly to children and families. One example of the problem she cites is from a colleague who reported the case of an obese five-year-old diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, a disease that previously had a typical age of onset in the early 40s. "This child cannot understand diabetes or its consequences," she adds. |
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The Today Study Will Identify Best Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes In Youth (04/10/04) The TODAY (Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) study is the first clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Department of Health and Human Services, to focus on type 2 diabetes in youth. A clinical study comparing three treatments of type 2 diabetes in children and teens has begun in 12 medical centers and their affiliated sites around the country. |
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Medical School Establishes Obesity Course (04/10/04) Duke Medical School is setting up a course in treating obesity, saying that with nearly two thirds of Americans overweight, doctors need specialized knowledge of the condition. Coursework will include the underlying causes of obesity and how to treat it. |
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Walnuts Improve Endothelial Function (04/10/04) "This is the first time a whole food, not its isolated components, has shown this beneficial effect on vascular health," lead author Emilio Ros, MD, from the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain, says in a news release. "Walnuts differ from all other nuts because of their high content of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a plant-based omega-3 fatty acid, which may provide additional anti-atherogenic properties." |
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Family Stress Puts Kids At Diabetes Risk (04/10/04) This disease occurs when the immune system mistakenly destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, a hormone that allows the body to use the sugar glucose for energy. Children of parents experiencing a high level of stress were more likely to show warning signs of diabetes. |
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Cancer Warning For Obese Children (04/10/04) A health expert has warned that tens of thousands of overweight children are in danger of dying before their parents. Dr Colin Waine, of the National Obesity Forum, in London, said obese children were up to 20% more likely to develop cancer as adults than those of a healthy weight. |
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Diabetes & Depression: Letter from a Reader: Focusing on “The Can’ts” (04/10/04) My problem is I either cry on the way to the grocery store or get really depressed while shopping. Today my mind focused on the can't and the loss that comes with improved eating. 1) You’re In Mourning. You’ve lost the freedom to let your impulses govern your food choices. 3) Restriction of choice and loss of things we like are universal and common experiences. |
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New Effect of Leptin Discovered (04/10/04) New studies show that the appetite-regulating hormone leptin causes rewiring of neurons in areas of the brain that regulate feeding behavior. |
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Holidays Can Be Dangerous for Diabetics (04/10/04) The lack of long-term control of blood sugar levels that puts diabetics at risk of complications stems largely from lapses in eating and exercise habits during the winter holiday season, new research indicates. A1c’s rise during the holidays and remain elevated. |
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New Method To Reduce Insulin Resistance (04/10/04) A new method to reduce insulin resistance that could lead to potential treatments for diabetes accompanying obesity has been patented. Because melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) causes the pancreas to secrete glucagon, MSH must be present for type II diabetes to develop. The new process, is for treatment of diabetes by administering an antagonist of MSH (melanocyte-stimulating hormone). |
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Relationship Between Obesity-Associated Diabetes And Heart Disease Pinpointed (04/10/04) A major link between obesity and insulin resistance is a high level of free fatty acids, which cause insulin resistance and seem to simultaneously set off inflammation, which can be the missing link to heart disease. |
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Diabetes Susceptibility Gene Discovered (04/10/04) Researchers have known for decades that diabetes runs in families and that that environmental factors, such as obesity and physical inactivity, also play a big role. Several lines of research are coming together and point to a common culprit. Many cases of type 2, or adult onset, diabetes can now be traced, at least in part, to common variations near the same gene. This gene, known as HNF4a, serves as a master switch that controls many genes that are active in both the pancreas and liver. |
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Childhood Vaccines Show No Relationship with Development of Type 1 Diabetes (04/10/04) Using data from the Danish Civil Registration System, researchers assessed any association between childhood vaccinations and the development of type 1 diabetes among all children, those with a sibling with type 1 diabetes, and whether a clustering of diabetes cases occurred 2 to 4 years after vaccination. Analysis of all children born in Denmark between 1990 and 2000 shows no causal relation between childhood vaccinations and development of type 1 diabetes. |
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Type 2 Diabetes and Children: Sugar Alcohols, Fats and the Low Carb Craze for Children (04/05/04) From my clinical experience that most diabetic patients in my practice do not do well with products made from these (sugar alcohol) as ingredients. Blood sugar is not as well controlled and they tend to get hungrier between meals.The short-sighted thinking that tried to ban most fats from the diet has failed millions of Americans and it will fail our children, given the chance. A carbohydrate is a carbohydrate is a carbohydrate for the most part. |
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Diabetes Important Factor In Osteoporosis Management (04/05/04) Diabetes plays a role on the incidence of osteoporosis in older women, and care of patients with diabetes should include a careful assessment of bone health. Hip fractures are recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Women with type 1 diabetes had a 6.9- to 12-fold increase in relative risk. The data are less clear in type 2 diabetes. |
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Foot Care In Diabetes (04/05/04) Two risk factors come together to make the feet particularly vulnerable in people with diabetes. Injury to your feet can come from many different sources. If your daily foot inspection shows anything you are not comfortable with (a new sore, an irritated spot that isn't getting better, a break in the skin) see your doctor or health care professional. |
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Helping Your Feet Last a Lifetime (04/05/04) One of the biggest of those challenges is the fact that many people with diabetes eventually develop a condition called diabetic neuropathy.That's the technical name for the nerve damage that seems to be caused in part by high blood glucose.If you have lost some or all protective sensation, you really have to pamper your sweet feet. |
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Foot Ulcers (04/05/04) A foot ulcer is an open sore on the foot. Some foot ulcers are a superficial, shallow, red crater that involves only the surface skin. Other foot ulcers are very deep and produce a crater that extends through the full thickness of the skin, sometimes involving tendons, bones and other deep structures. In vulnerable individuals, especially those with diabetes or poor circulation, even a small foot ulcer may become infected if it is not treated quickly and effectively. |
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One More Reason to Consider High-Protein Diet (04/05/04) Researchers at the University of Minnesota say a high-protein diet lowers after-meal blood glucose 40 percent in type 2s and improves overall glucose control. However, they say longer-term studies are necessary "to determine the total magnitude of response, possible adverse effects and the long-term acceptability of the diet." |
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New Way To Test Blood Sugar Levels (04/05/04) Gerard Cote, associate professor at Texas A&M , is in the process of developing new ways to test blood sugar levels in patients with type two diabetes. He said he came up with the idea to implant particles underneath the skin that would fluoresce in the presence of glucose and could be monitored with an "external watch-type of device." |
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A New Oral Insulin (04/05/04) New delivery agent allows absorption of insulin from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. No adverse effects were detected during the trial or several weeks after the trial. |
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New Possible Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes (04/05/04) The discovery could make a treatment for diabetes - transplants of islet cells from a healthy pancreas - more widely available. Around 80 per cent of diabetes patients who have received islet transplants in Australia, Canada, Europe and the US have been freed of daily insulin injections. The researchers have used a molecule called SOCS1 to completely prevent type 1 diabetes in mice. |
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Longer Diabetes Means Higher Heart Risk (04/05/04) Investigators found that for every 10 years a person has diabetes, his or her chance of developing heart disease increases by 38 percent. Furthermore, after 10 years of diabetes, the risk of dying from heart disease increases by nearly 90 percent. |
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High Mortality Among Young Hospitalized Diabetics (04/05/04) People under 30 who are admitted to hospital for diabetes type 1 are at substantially increased risk of dying from natural causes and suicide. |
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Program Aims For Self-Diagnosis Test For Diabetes – Diabetes Detection Initiative (04/05/04) Called the Diabetes Detection Initiative, the project's core is getting thousands of people to ask themselves if they are at risk for diabetes. Some 250,000 fliers with a brief questionnaire are being distributed throughout Oakland -- one of 10 cities nationwide chosen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to participate. |
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New Diabetes Treatment : Portion Size (04/05/04) The more food that's on our plate, the more we eat. It makes sense, and now researchers have the science that confirms this. Researchers say bigger portion sizes are contributing to our obesity epidemic. They suggest we listen to our bodies signal that we're full. |
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How To Impact Your Patients Lifestyles in 20 Minutes! Part 2 (04/05/04) Over the next few weeks I will share with you my experiences in traveling to 15 small towns in central Illinois and providing diabetes education for over 450 patients. There are a number of stories I will share with you and provide you information from what I learned and used to help patients with diabetes take better control. |
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Antibiotic Can Cause Hypoglycemia (04/05/04) If you take a sulfonylurea and your doctor wants to prescribe clarithromycin, tell your doctor about these cases. Any time you´re prescribed a new medication, ask your pharmacist whether the drug is known to affect blood glucose levels and how often you should check your glucose levels while on the new medication. |
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