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Weight Loss With Gastric Bypass Is Key to Easing Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Patients who dropped most pounds went off diabetes meds and into remission, study found.

Dietary Antioxidants and Glucose Metabolism

Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Food with high antioxidant concentrations seems to have a protective effect, improving oxidative stress-mediated detrimental effects on the vicious circle among obesity, and insulin.

Coffee Intake Not Linked to Increased Mortality in Men or Women

Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Coffee intake does not increase the risk for all-cause mortality in men or women and may decrease risk for cardiovascular mortality, according to the results of a new study.

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Plus Web-Based Pharmacy Care Improves Blood Pressure Control

Posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Patients with hypertension who monitored their blood pressure from home and received Web-based pharmacist care showed greater improvement in blood pressure control than patients who received usual care, according to a study.

Asian Spice Helps Prevent Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Can the traditional Asian spice turmeric help prevent diabetes? By reducing inflammation associated with the onset of obesity and type 2 diabetes, the answer appears to be yes.

Tai Chi as a Sleep Aid for the Elderly

Posted: Sunday, June 22, 2008

Many elderly people suffer some form of sleep disorder, and as a treatment, the majority turn to either medications that often have risky side effects, or costly psychotherapies. UCLA researchers have discovered an unexpected natural sleep-aid for the elderly, martial arts.

Further Evidence Supports Vitamin-D-Deficiency Link to CHD

Posted: Friday, June 20, 2008

Further evidence that vitamin-D deficiency may increase the risk of heart disease has come from a new case-control study.

Diabetes Prevention Hopes Revived for Thiazolidinedione

Posted: Friday, June 20, 2008

Pioglitazone (Actos) may prevent or delay progression to diabetes for patients with pre-diabetes by 81%, researchers found.

Lifestyle, Not Genetics, Most Responsible for Insulin Resistance in Identical Twins

Posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008

A unique study performed on identical twins suggests that lifestyle choices, not genetics, plays the biggest role in the development of insulin resistance.

Diabetes Linked to Hearing Loss

Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Adults with diabetes are at an increased risk for developing hearing impairment, according to a recent study. It's suggested by the study that diabetics are nearly twice as likely to suffer hearing loss compared to non-diabetics.