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Waistline For Diabetes Risk Differs By Race Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

Currently recommended waist circumference thresholds for identifying people with an increase likelihood of having type 2 diabetes should be modified for Asian and white women and men, a new study suggests.

New Insulin Sensitivity Index From The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

A new insulin sensitivity index was devised on the basis of an autoregressive model and its validity was investigated.

Metformin Cost Effective in Preventing Diabetes Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, "In the Indian Diabetes Prevention Program (IDPP), a 3-year randomized, controlled trial, lifestyle modification (LSM) and metformin helped to prevent type 2 diabetes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

Flu Vaccine Has No Benefits for the Elderly? Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

A study published online in the journal Vaccine found the influenza vaccine had no impact on emergency admissions in the elderly.

Only Biennial Exams Needed to Prevent Blindness? Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

"Biennial screening examinations suffice in both type 1 and type 2 patients with diabetes without retinopathy is effective.

New Method To Take Insulin Orally Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

Diabetes treatment could get a whole lot easier to swallow. Dr. Robert Doyle, assistant professor of chemistry at Syracuse University has designed, tested, reproduced and patented a system for delivering insulin through an oral pill.

Neuropathic Pain Effectively Treated by Cannabis Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

Smoked cannabis eased pain induced in healthy volunteers, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR.) However, the researchers found that less may be more.

ADA's new Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosing, and Treating Diabetes Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

ADA has issued new practice guidelines for screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions that are known or believed to improve health outcomes of patients with diabetes.

Mental Health Linked to Amputation Risk in Diabetics Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

For U.S. veterans with diabetes, lower scores on a test of mental health functioning are associated with an increased risk of major amputations, according to a new study.

2008 ADA Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy Posted: Thursday, January 03, 2008

ADA has updated its guidelines regarding medical nutrition therapy (MNT), including the use of low-carbohydrate diets to prevent diabetes, manage existing diabetes, and prevent or slow the rate of development of diabetes complications.

 

 

 

 

 

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