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Walking Exercise Improves Mental Sharpness

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

A simple cardiac fitness regime of walking 45 minutes three times a week could be rewarded with a higher degree of mental sharpness.

Antiretroviral Therapy Raises Risk of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Exposure to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) appears to raise the risk of diabetes among HIV-infected men, a new study shows

Body Language, Attitude and Being A Good Listener In Your Patient Sessions

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

With the U.S. population as a whole aging, there's going to be a giant need for training in doctors and educators to learn about being a good listener.

Depressive Symptoms Predict Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

"Depressed individuals are less likely to be compliant with dietary and weight loss recommendations and are more likely to be physically inactive and nonadherent with medications."The researchers observed a positive association at baseline between depressive symptoms and body mass index, fasting insulin, systolic blood pressure, caloric intake, physical inactivity, and current smoking.

Diabetes Doubles Risk of Liver Disease and Liver Cancer

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

In the largest study of its kind, researchers have shown that diabetes can cause chronic liver disease and cancer of the liver.

Iron Storage Raises Diabetes Risk and Gives Rise to New Diagnostic Test

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

A simple blood test which measures ferritin levels can be used to predict the development of type 2 diabetes in otherwise healthy people.

"The results provide the strongest evidence to date that increased iron stores in the body are an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes.

Leptin, The Answer to America's Obese Problem??

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

New study found that leptin gene therapy caused a 26% loss of body weight. Increasing leptin, a protein involved in regulating body weight, in laboratory animals transforms fat-storing cells into unique fat-burning cells, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report. They speculate that these findings could provide "a quick and safe solution" to the obesity problem in humans.

New Lower Guidelines for Salt Consumption

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

New recommendations lowered from 2400mg to 1500mg/day, and less as we get older. Americans eat more than twice the salt they should but don't get enough potassium, an imbalance that fuels high blood pressure.

New Study To Test Drug For Preventing Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Preventing diabetes rather than treating diabetes a new concept in medicine. Dr. Ralph DeFronzo is a researcher at the Texas Diabetes Institute in San Antonio and he is directing a national study on a new diabetes drug researchers hope can prevent onset of the disease.The San Antonio study will test the drug pioglitazone, which is one of several drugs that can make diabetics more sensitive to the insulin that their bodies naturally produce.

Obesity Experts To Docs: Start 'Prescribing' Exercise

Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2004

Doctors trying to get patients to lose weight should write a "prescription" for physical activity, obesity experts proposed. Studies have found patients are more likely to follow a doctor's order to exercise if it's written in a prescription.