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An Inexpensive, Effective Approach to Diabetes Management
Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Diabetes control with reciprocal peer support versus nurse care management...This randomized trial compared the effects of a reciprocal peer support (RPS) program with nurse case management (NCM) in 244 US veterans with diabetes.
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Almonds Help Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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Incorporating almonds into your diet can help treat and possibly prevent Type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease.
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New Guidelines for Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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New guidelines stress the crucial role that physical activity plays in the management of Type 2 diabetes: physicians should prescribe exercise.
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"The United States of Diabetes"
Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Diabetes will threaten the nation's economy as much as it does the health of individuals and the U.S. will spend $3.35 trillion on diabetes-related care in the next decade.
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New Report Ties Diabetes to Shortened Life Expectancy
Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Despite medical advances, a 50-year-old with the disease still can expect to live 8.5 years fewer years, on average, than a 50-year-old without the disease.
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Half of U.S. Could Have Diabetes or Prediabetes within Ten Years
Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010
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More than half of Americans will have diabetes or be prediabetic by 2020 at a cost to the U.S. health care system of $3.35 trillion if current trends go on unabated, according to analysis of a new Report "The United States of Diabetes: Challenges and Opportunities in the Decade Ahead."
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Curbing the Diabetes and Prediabetes Epidemic
Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010
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By the year 2020, 52% of adults in the U.S. could be prediabetic or diabetic, up from about 40% today according to a new report.
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World Comparison Shows U.S. Healthcare Lacking
Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010
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A third of Americans say they have gone without medical care or skipped filling a prescription because of cost, compared to 5% in the Netherlands, according to study.
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Glycemic Control Better with Combined Exercise
Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010
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The HART-D trial showed that people with diabetes should mix aerobics with weight training to get the best results in lowering blood sugar and also worked best for weight loss.
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Some Alcohol Use Reduces Diabetes, Mortality after Kidney Transplant
Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010
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Kidney transplant recipients who consume moderate amounts of alcohol have lower mortality rates by 44% and lower levels of diabetes than transplant recipients who are abstainers or heavy drinkers, according to new research.
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