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Thinner, Fitter Teens Less Likely to Have Precursor to
Diabetes
(03/28/03) Fatness and
fitness contribute independently to changes in insulin sensitivity that could
predispose teenagers to diabetes.
The researchers found that race and gender were related to insulin
sensitivity, which was highest among white girls and lowest among black girls.
They found that boys had higher cardiovascular fitness than girls, as well as
lower percent body fat.
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Primary Care Weight-Loss Initiative Cost-Effective
(03/28/03)
A project designed to improve
obesity management programs offered through primary care
clinics has been a success, according to preliminary results.
By six months patients had dropped
an average of 10.5lbs, with 43% shedding 5% or more of their original weight,
and 13% losing 10% or more.
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Premenopausal
Diabetics Have 30 Times Higher Risk of CVD Death
(03/28/03)
Premenopausal women with insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes have a greatly
increased risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease.
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Key Findings: Diabetes Is Caused By A Virus
(03/28/03)
There is strong evidence suggesting that diabetes is caused by
a virus, and if true, a vaccine could prevent Type 1
diabetes. UK scientists have found a marked difference between the way the
bodies of healthy individuals respond to a virus known as Coxsackie B4 and
those of newly diagnosed diabetics. Dr. Peakman hopes the study will open up
new paths of research: firstly the mechanisms involved in the immune response;
and secondly how we can prevent it or control it.
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Spouses of Patients With Type 2 at Increased Risk of
Developing Diabetes
(03/28/03) Diabetes Type
2 for Two: One in five spouses of patients
with diabetes had evidence of glucose intolerance.
s the spouses were genetically different (though ethnically
similar), our results show that shared environmental factors or
exposures during married life may contribute to the risk of
developing type 2 diabetes. Our study also showed a trend toward
higher blood pressure in spouses of diabetic patients, in addition
to significantly higher levels of serum triglycerides and BMI
in these spouses.
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Metformin Reduces Risk of Gestational Diabetes in PCOS
(03/28/03)
Treatment with metformin appeared to
cut the risk of gestational diabetes in a study of 72 women with polycystic
ovary syndrome. The drug was well tolerated and did not appear to have an
adverse effect on any of the children who were delivered.
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Low-Dose
Doxycycline Effective for Periodontitis in Diabetics
(03/27/03)
A subantimicrobial dose of
doxycycline effectively controls periodontitis in
diabetics, reducing A1c
and resulting in a significant decrease in tooth pocket depth.
Researchers reported that this
treatment is actually more effective in diabetics than nondiabetics with
periodontal disease.
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Diabetic Teaches
Prevention Skills With U.S.A. Trek
(03/26/03)
57-year-old
has walked more than 3,000 miles across the country to raise awareness about
the disease he and millions of other people have.
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Diabetes
Treatment Studied in Mice
(03/19/03)
New research shows bone
marrow may be the key to a treatment for diabetes. The
research shows bone marrow cells can act like insulin-producing cells.
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Unfit Kids by Race and Gender Develop Insulin Resistance
(03/19/03)
Researchers have found that overweight and unfit children are
at an increased risk of developing insulin resistance,
an early symptom of diabetes, thus suggesting that improving fitness or
reducing body fat could protect such high-risk children.
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Exercise (VERB)
The Answer to Preventing, Diabetes, CVD and Cancer
(03/19/03)
Active people live
longer, healthier lives. CDC begins new program “VERB”. Do
something - anything - as long as you're active.
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Diabetes The Disease of
the Century for UAE - Wanted Diabetes Specialists
(03/19/03)
26 per cent of
UAE nationals suffer from diabetes.As a result, The Ministry of Health is
carrying out an educational program targeting local medical staff to raise
awareness about prevention and management of diabetes.
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Women with a
Parental History of Hypertension, Diabetes Tied to Preeclampsia Risk
(03/19/03)
The findings indicate that women
with this parental history are 3.2 times more likely to develop
preeclampsia than women whose parents have neither
diagnosis. Although a parental history of type 2 diabetes raised the
preeclampsia risk when combined with a parental history of hypertension,
parental diabetes alone was not an independent risk factor for preeclampsia
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Baboon Behavior Offers Clues in Battle of the Bulge
(03/19/03)
Lack of exercise - and not diet - causes obesity and diabetes
among those who are predisposed to the conditions, suggests new research on
wild baboons. In addition, researchers discovered that
obese animals were NOT the ones with the highest cholesterol levels,
suggesting cholesterol problems and obesity are triggered by different
mechanisms.
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New Stem-Cell Discovery Can Help Diabetes Patients
(03/19/03)
Stem cells
from a persons own bone marrow can repair the pancreas and produce insulin.
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Whole Grains Fight
Diabetes
(03/19/03)
Men with a high consumption of whole
grains reduces their risk of type 2 diabetes.
Compared with
simple carbohydrates, fiber-rich carbohydrates are slowly digested and
absorbed, leading to less insulin demand. Insoluble fiber passes through the
intestines more rapidly, leaving less time for carbohydrates to be absorbed.
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Breakfast Reduces
Chances of Obesity and Diabetes
(03/19/03)
People
who eat breakfast are up to 50% less likely to be
obese and diabetic than those who usually do not.
"We have started looking at what people are eating when they
eat breakfast, which led to our finding that eating wholegrain cereal each day
was associated with a 15 per cent reduction in risk for the insulin resistance
syndrome."
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Depression, A Precursor for Diabetes
(03/17/03)
A recently published article suggested that people suffering
from depression could have a higher likelihood of
contracting diabetes. The doctors in the study claimed that depression has
been linked to excess glucose in the blood, which in turn promotes obesity and
Type II adult-onset diabetes. After diabetic patients in the study were
treated for depression, it was reported that their glucose levels became
better controlled.
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Many Obese Youth Have Condition That Precedes Type 2
Diabetes
(03/19/03) Many obese
children and adolescents have impaired glucose
tolerance, a condition that often appears before the development of type 2
diabetes. These results strongly imply that intensive efforts to reduce
obesity in children and youth who have impaired glucose tolerance will help to
prevent their developing type 2 diabetes.
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‘Being Fat’ May Take On
New Meaning
(03/17/03)
The number of people worldwide who are
officially regarded as overweight or obese may increase by
600 million, almost 50 per cent, as scientists move to adopt a new definition
of abnormal body weight. WHO’s traditional definition put the threshold for
overweight at a BMI of 25 and obesity at a BMI of 30. The new threshold for
Asians would be a BMI of 23.3.
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Body Fat Distribution May Be A Key Determination In
Health Issues For Elderly People
(03/17/03) Large amounts
of muscle fat or visceral abdominal fat may put elderly men
and women with normal body weight at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Even
though they're not overweight, they may still be at risk for developing
diabetes, says a University of Pittsburgh study in the February issue of
Diabetes Care. An important factor in that risk is where their body fat is
stored.
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Halting Diabetes
(03/17/03)
While it's not a cure,
a new short-term therapy for type 1 diabetes appears to
halt the progression of the disease, with no serious side effects. That's
promising news for the 1 million Americans with what is also known as insulin
dependent diabetes.
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Overcoming
Bell's Palsy
(03/17/03)
Each year, 40,000
Americans find themselves unable to move a portion of their face. This type of
paralysis is called Bell's palsy. It can affect anyone,
but those who are pregnant, diabetic or who have an upper respiratory illness
are more likely to develop it. The condition causes facial paralysis. It can
often be treated, but patients are sometimes left with a condition called
synkinesis -- or unwanted motion. With or without treatment, most patients
begin to improve within two weeks, and about 80 percent recover completely
within a few months.
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Lipid Soluble Thiamine May Benefit Diabetes Patients
(03/17/03)
New research results point to a possible role for lipid soluble
thiamine in preventing some of the most common side
effects of diabetes. Researchers reported that diabetic retinopathy damage may
be avoided through the use of high doses of lipid soluble thiamine.
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Vitamins May Help
Prevent Infections in Diabetics
(03/17/03)
Taking a vitamin and mineral supplement did not prevent
infections in people without diabetes, but the study's lead author did not
rule out that some people without diabetes might see a drop in infections if
they take a supplement.
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Diagnosing Diabetes
in the Dentists Office
(03/17/03)
The first indication can be a pesky mouth
sore that will not go away, or an unusual oral dryness. Diabetes, which
frequently shows signs in a person's mouth, is something that your dentist
wants you to be aware of.
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Global Report Urges Less Sugar to Stem the Epidemic of
Obesity-Linked Diseases
(03/17/03) People should
get no more than 10 percent of their calories from
sugar. That from experts says in a major new report last week on how to stem
the global epidemic of obesity-linked diseases. Although concerns about sugar
intake are not new, very few experts have recommended a specific limit.
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New Study Shows Fast Food and TV, Triple Obesity Risk,
Except for Blacks?
(03/17/03)
Whites who eat fast food twice
or more a week have a 50 percent greater risk of obesity than do those who eat
this way once or less.
Their risk of abnormal glucose control, an inability to break down sugar
efficiently that often foreshadows diabetes, is double.
Whites who eat fast food more than twice a week and also spend at least 2 1/2
hours a day watching television have triple the risk of both obesity and
abnormal glucose control.
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Short Thighs of 15.1 Inches Linked to Greater Risk of
Diabetes
(03/17/03) The study
seems to support the hypothesis that factors
influencing growth in the womb and during childhood may contribute to the
development of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. Some factor that
affects leg length may also affect the development of diabetes.
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Multiple Benefits to Group Diabetes Model in Physicians
Office
(03/17/03)
Over time,
patients develop relationships with others in a
way that is very difficult with the 15-minute drop-in visit a couple of times
a year.
Group visits in one St.
Petersburg family practice residency program are providing patients with
better care and residents with an innovative learning experience.
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Blood
Pressure Strongly Associated with Insulin Resistance in African Americans
(03/17/03)
Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are the leading contributors
to end-stage renal disease. African Americans suffer
higher rates of renal failure as well as other vascular morbidities associated
with hypertension and diabetes.
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Excess Weight for Older People with Diabetes Predicts
Better Survival
(03/17/03)
In older type II diabetic patients, a
moderate excess weight predicts a better survival,
while obesity is a negative prognostic factor in patients younger than 65
years. In the latter patients, the effect of obesity on mortality seems to be
partly mediated by hypertension, duration of diabetes, and fasting plasma
glucose.
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Get Enough Sleep and Avoid Diabetes
(03/17/03)
Sleeping five hours or less or nine
hours or more each night may increase your risk of developing diabetes. Too
little sleep may reduce levels of leptin, possibly causing people to gain
weight and develop diabetes. One theory why too much sleep may increase
diabetes risk is that people who sleep a lot tend to have poorer health in
general.
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Even Attempted Weight Loss Reduces Mortality
(03/14/03)
Subjects who reported intentional
weight loss were 24% less likely to die than subjects who
did not try to lose weight and did not lose weight.
Still, the researchers found that persons who
attempted to lose weight, regardless of actual success, were less likely to
die than were their peers who did not
even attempt to lose weight. The findings indicate that intent plays a key
role in determining whether weight loss will be beneficial.
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Metabolic
Syndrome Affects 1 in 5 Americans
(03/14/03)The
metabolic syndrome includes high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol
level, high triglyceride level, high plasma glucose concentration, and
obesity; the syndrome is defined by three or more of those conditions. Its
prevalence in the US was previously uncertain.
Metabolic syndrome is most sensitive to treatment in the 'overweight'
range, so even if you are few pounds overweight you may have great health
benefits from small weight loss.
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Why Protein-Rich Diets Aid Weight Loss
(03/10/03)
A diet with plenty of high-quality protein
may promote weight loss by increasing the amount of leucine, an amino acid, in
the diet. In turn, this will help a person to reduce body fat and maintain
muscle mass during weight loss. Muscle mass is an important part of weight
loss, as it helps the body to burn more calories.
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Severity of Diabetic Neuropathy
Predicts Charcot Foot Risk
(03/10/03)
Charcot foot can be a serious
problem in diabetic patients. If left untreated, the deformity can lead to
problems, such as ulceration, that may require amputation. In diabetic
patients with peripheral neuropathy, the severity of numbness is directly
related to the risk of Charcot foot deformity.
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Fat And Unfit Kids Develop Insulin Resistance
(03/10/03)
Researchers have found that overweight and
unfit children are at an increased risk of developing insulin resistance,
an early symptom of diabetes, thus suggesting that improving fitness or
reducing body fat could protect such high-risk children. The researchers found
that race and gender were related to insulin sensitivity, which was highest
among white girls and lowest among black girls. In addition, boys had higher
cardiovascular fitness than girls, as well as lower percent body fat.
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Short Thighs Link To Diabetes
(03/10/03)
Having short thighs is associated with a
greater risk of insulin resistance or diabetes. The link between shorter
thighs and diabetes was most pronounced for white women and Mexican-American
women. The researchers think that thigh length is a good marker of growth in
the womb and during childhood and is influenced by both genetic and
environmental factors. Clearly, in some groups, this affects susceptibility to
disease in later life.
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Study Claims Coffee Combats Diabetes
(03/10/03)
Greater consumption of coffee tends to lower the blood
sugar count, reducing the risk of contracting adult onset diabetes.
Researchers feel that caffeine is unlikely to combat diabetes, but other
substances in coffee such as magnesium or chlorogenic acids, the substances
that give the beverage its tangy taste, could prove handy in fighting the
disease.
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Sustained High Blood Sugar Levels May Damage Brain's Key
Memory Center
(03/10/03) An inability to
quickly bring down high levels of sugar in the blood is associated with poor
memory and may help explain some of the memory loss that occurs as we age,
according to a new study. The Study raises the possibility
that exercise and weight loss, which help control blood sugar levels, may be
able to reverse some of the memory loss that accompanies aging. The study is
the first to show an association between the size of the hippocampus, a key
brain structure for learning and memory, and the ability to control blood
sugar levels in the body, according to the researchers.
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Good Advice From Our Friends In The U.K.
(03/10/03) Many
serious illnesses are a consequence of the way we live and
research now shows how much we can do to prevent them. A study in the Journal
of the American Medical Association found eating nuts cuts diabetes risk.
Those who ate 5 oz. or a small handful a day were 27 per cent less likely to
develop diabetes. Exercise three times a week: This will reduce your diabetes
risk by more than 70 per cent. Scientists believe two or three cups of coffee
daily can act as protection.
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Many Obese Youth Have
Condition That Precedes Type 2 Diabetes
(03/04/03)
Many obese children and adolescents
have impaired glucose tolerance, a condition that often appears before the
development of type 2 diabetes. Once seen only in adults, type 2 diabetes has
been rising steadily in children, especially minority adolescents — African
Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans, according to reports from
clinics around the country.