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More Then One-Third of Medicaid Patients Don’t Take Their Type 2 Drugs Properly

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Patients on metformin, regardless of race, were 62 percent less likely to adhere to their regimen.

Cognitive Dysfunction Linked With Poor Diabetes Control in Elderly

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Elderly diabetics with poor glucose control have a high prevalence of undiagnosed cognitive dysfunction, depression and functional disabilities.

Obese Have Higher Cardiac Risk, but Better Treatment Outcomes

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Obese individuals are at increased risk for developing an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but because they are treated more aggressively than their lean counterparts, their outcomes are actually better.

`Mr. Diabetes®' Talks the Talk and Walks the Walk

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Walking down Commonwealth Avenue, on approximately the 7,500th mile of his perimeter walk around the United States, Andy ``Mr. Diabetes®" Mandell spotted his latest target.

``Hi, may I talk to you for a minute?" Mandell asked the young man walking toward him. ``Do you know anyone with diabetes?"

Chromium Improves Glycemic Control When Sulfonylurea Is Insufficient

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Chromium picolinate (CrPic) supplementation improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes not adequately controlled while taking sulfonylurea, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind study.

Compound in Dairy Products Targets Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

A possible new way to treat diabetes without synthetic drugs.

Treatment Guidelines Favor Early Metformin Then Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Metformin should be prescribed along with lifestyle intervention as soon as patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and if A1c cannot be brought down to below 7%, within 2-3 months, then insulin as the second-line drug.

Diabetes Prevalence Outstrips National Growth Rate and More

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a 50% increase in the prevalence of diabetes from 1997 to 2004.

Walking Makes a Difference in Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

How much walking is needed to produce the best effects for controlling Type 2 diabetes?

Diabetes Tied to Enlarged Prostate

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Researchers report that, BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels.