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Family Bonds Tied to Diabetes Control

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

The results of a study show that families play an important role in how well African-Americans with diabetes manage their disease.

Getting Enough Sleep Can Help Reduce Weight Gain

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Sleep deprivation alters hormones and increases appetite, according to the results of a brief randomized study.

Have Low Blood Pressure? Drink Water

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

According to research published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, drinking two glasses of water can raise blood pressure, potentially providing a solution for patients with low blood pressure while standing, caused by autonomic failure.

Metabolic Syndrome Does Not Predict Mortality In Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

The risk of cardiovascular mortality was similar in patients with and without the metabolic syndrome

More Exercise And Less Research Needed

Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 2004

The results are in, in addition to greater fitness, 8 weeks of aerobic exercise improves HDL cholesterol and endothelial function in overweight children and adolescents

A Nutty Way To Improve Cholesterol In Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Thirty grams of walnuts/day (8-10) delivering substantial amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acid improved the lipid profile of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes in Midlife Linked to Later Dementia

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Middle-aged people with diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia in old age than people without diabetes.

Diabetes Tests 'Offer Cure Hope'

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a shortage of donor pancreases to harvest the cells from.
Now National Institute of Health scientists say they have found a way to make more of the cells required.

High Cholesterol in Diabetes Can Harm Vision

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Harvard researchers found that individuals with the highest levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol, had twice the risk of developing a visual problem called macular edema, or fluid in the macula of the eye, compared with those with the lowest LDL levels

Low-Dose Antioxidants May Lower All-Cause Mortality in Men

Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2004

Low-dose antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplementation lowers all-cause mortality in men but not in women.The investigators suggest that this may be due to the lower baseline status in men.