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Diabetics Have Increased Heart Muscle Mass That Increases Risk

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Increased left ventricular muscle mass suggests the future possibility of developing heart failure.

Homocysteine Reduction Shows No Cardiovascular Benefit

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Two large-scale trials ,HOPE-2 and NORVIT trials, have failed to find any significant cardiovascular benefit to lowering plasma homocysteine levels by supplementation with folic acid and vitamins B6 and B12.

Implantable Gastric Stimulation (IGS)

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Transcend™ Implantable gastric stimulation (IGS) system for weight loss is currently available in Europe and Canada and is now a part of Medtronic. This system uses gentle electrical stimulation of the stomach to enhance the normal feeling of fullness (satiety). Patients can expect to lose 30-40% of excess weight over a period of 24 months

Physician Performance Feedback Improves Diabetes Control

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

A computerized system that tells primary care physicians how well they are managing blood glucose levels in their patients seems to improve diabetes control, new research suggests.

Plavix-Aspirin Combo No Better than Aspirin Alone for CVD Event Reduction

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

The CHARISMA trial of aspirin alone vs. aspirin plus Plavix (clopidogrel) showed no benefit over aspirin alone at preventing major cardiovascular events or death.

In addition to finding no significant benefit for the combination in a randomized trial in more than 15,000 patients, Plavix plus aspirin for patients with multiple risk factors was associated with increased risk for moderate and serious bleeding

Pregravid Physical Activity Predicts Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Women who are physically active before pregnancy are less likely to develop gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and the GDM risk also rises with the amount of pre-pregnancy television viewing, a new study shows.

Rapid Rise of Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Chronic kidney disease is rising rapidly worldwide and is becoming a global healthcare problem, warn experts in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Short, Maximal Sprint Prevents Postexercise Hypoglycemia in Type 1’s

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

a 10-second maximal sprint immediately following the moderate-intensity exercise stopped a further decline in blood glucose levels for the next 2 hours, the results indicate. In contrast, moderate-intensity exercise followed by a rest period led to a further decrease in blood glucose levels

Stable Glucose Improves Classroom Attention in Diabetes

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Stabilizing serum glucose in children with type 1 diabetes appears to improve classroom attention, researchers from Arizona State University in Tempe report

What is Peripheral Arterial Disease?

Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is a condition similar to coronary artery disease and carotid artery.
Most people with PAD have a markedly increased short-term risk of death from stroke and heart attack.If a blood clot forms and blocks a narrowed artery to the heart, a heart attack results. If the clot blocks an artery to the brain, a stroke results.