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Little Known Warning Signs Could Signal Diabetes and Prediabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

While many people assume they'll know if they develop diabetes, experts caution that the list of warning signs is long and not all the symptoms are well-known. Among other things, the disease can cause changes in vision -- for better or for worse -- and contribute to everything from gum disease to weight loss to darkening of the skin around the eyes.

PreDiabetes Is A Strong Predictor Of Mortality

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

A little bit or a touch of diabetes, now called prediabetes needs to be taken more seriously. A nondiabetic patient admitted with acute myocardial infarction and an elevated fasting glucose level is at high risk of death within a month.

Statins Are Underused and Underdosed!

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

The practice of under-dosing statins is just bad medicine and bad economics because low-dose statins do not offer the cardiovascular disease protection of higher-dose statins, so the patients have not reduced their risk of cardiovascular events.

Study: Parents Don't See Obesity in Their Children

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

Parents are so accustomed to seeing overweight youngsters that many fail to realize when their own children are obese, A third of the mothers and 57 percent of dads actually saw their obese child as normal," Quite a few parents are not recognizing it as a problem. They are not recognizing the health risks either,"

Implantable, Continuous Sensor Reduced Glucose Fluctuations in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Adults with type 1 diabetes experienced decreased periods of high or low blood sugar when using a long-term implantable, continuous glucose sensor.

It’s Not The Caffeine In Coffee

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

According to a new study, it is not the caffeine that is responsible for the addiction to it’s aromatic drink nor other benefits of coffee, it’s the chlorogenic acids, that produce many of the health benefits.

Low-Carb Diets Likely to Lead to High Calories

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Looking at published studies, she said it is clear that "calories do count, but in the short-term, studies indicate that low-carb dieters lose more weight than low-fat dieters when eating the same calories. Moreover,claims by Atkins and South Beach proponents that the diets eliminate hunger may have some validity. But the long-term attrition rate among low-carb dieters is probably the same as among low-fat dieters. We eat too much because there are too many calories available.

New Optimism For Patients Suffering From Numbness

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Everyday I see patients that complain of only one thing, pain in their hands and feet. Traditionally, these patients with neuropathy are told their numbness and pain will progress, leading to infection and ulceration in one of six people, and then to amputation in one of six of those people. Dr Dellon is the Director of the Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery, with Institutes in Baltimore, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona. Since the early 1980’s, he has been perfecting a surgical approach that decompresses nerves in the leg, ankle, and foot, relieving pressure upon these nerves

New Research Suggests Lower Chromium Levels Linked to Increase Risk of Diabetes and CVD

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

New data was announced, suggesting that high levels of chromium in the body are associated with a lower prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men.

Racial Differences Evident in Development of Insulin Resistance

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Results of a study confirm the existence of intrinsic racial differences in insulin sensitivity that are independent of obesity and pubertal progression, and may influence the development of glucose intolerance.