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Physical Activity in Postmenopausal Women

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

The relationship between physical activity dose and fitness is poorly understood.

Prescriber's Letter Clarifies Avandia Heart Attack Warning With Algorithm

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Analysts at Prescriber's Letter say that crunching the study's numbers reveals only part of the story. Since this report is a meta-analysis, it is merely a study of prior study results.

Resistance to Daily Aspirin Therapy Seen in Diabetics

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Diabetic patients exhibit a higher prevalence of aspirin resistance at a dosage of 81 mg/day than do nondiabetics with coronary artery disease.

Type 2 Diabetes Devastating for Teens

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

"The complications associated with adolescents' type 2 diabetes seems to behave differently than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes."

These complications may be present at the time of diagnosis, and their rate of progression may be higher than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Duct Tape and Moleskin Similarly Effective in Treating Common Warts

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

We found no statistically significant difference between occlusive therapy with transparent duct tape and therapy with moleskin alone for treatment of common warts in adults."

Fish-Oil Supplements Plus Regular Aerobic Exercise Benefit Overweight Patients

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

In overweight patients, fish oil supplements and regular aerobic exercise reduced body fat and improved cardiovascular and metabolic health, according to the results of a new study.

Patients Need More Education on High Blood Pressure

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

New study shows that nearly a quarter of all African-Americans still believe that high blood pressure means that a person is tense or anxious.

Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Patients diagnosed with sleep apnea had more than two-and-one-half times the risk of developing diabetes and increases a person's risk of having a heart attack or of dying by 30 percent compared with those without the nighttime breathing disorder.

Postprandial Glucose Levels Tied To CVD Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Postprandial glucose levels play an important and often overlooked role in cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes patients.

Impaired Glycemic Control Reversible When Stopping Diuretics

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Results from a six-month extension study have shown that impairment in glycemic control after one year of diuretic-based combination treatment is reversible by switching to treatment not involving a diuretic, in this case, an ACE inhibitor and calcium-channel blocker.