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Screen for PAD and Treat as CAD Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007

Screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) should be performed routinely in all elderly patients and younger ones with cardiovascular risk factors, and should be aggressively treated just as coronary artery disease (CAD).

Increased Risk Of Death In Patients Who Stop Using Statins After Stroke Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007

Patients who stop taking cholesterol-lowering drugs within a year of surviving a stroke had a two-fold increased risk of death, researchers reported.

Perindopril/Indapamide for All Type 2's? Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007

If the benefits seen in the study were applied to just half the population with diabetes worldwide, more than a million deaths would be avoided over five years.

Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Increased Risk of Hip Fracture Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Men and women with diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are more likely than the general population to sustain a fractured hip, according to a meta-analysis report.

Primary and Secondary Interventions for Diabetic Retinopathy Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

A systematic review in the August 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association provides an overview of primary and secondary interventions for diabetic retinopathy (DR).

Diabetes Can Impair Tuberculosis Treatment Response Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes do not respond as well to tuberculosis therapy as those who are non-diabetic, Dutch researchers report.

Discovery Paves Way for a New Class of Diabetes Drugs Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes.

Brain Link Seen in Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Glucose Problems in Certain Brain Cells May Be a Red Flag of Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Another Cause of Type 2 Diabetes Found Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

U.S. scientists have discovered a third abnormality that might play a role in the development of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes. The development of type 2 diabetes -- or at least part of it -- may be in your head, researchers said.

Intensive Diabetes Treatment Can Lower Resting Heart Rate Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Intensive blood glucose control in type 1 diabetic patients is associated with a lowering of resting heart rate, according to a new report.

 

 

 

 

 

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