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Sleep Expert Issues Wake Up Call To Women Who Snore-Diabetes Is A Risk

Posted: Thursday, March 01, 2007

New research shows that snoring doesn't have to be loud to cause health problems especially in women, according to sleep expert and Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney, Colin Sullivan. FDA

New Recommendations for the Management of Diabetes and CVD

Posted: Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) have together issued new guidelines on the management of diabetes, prediabetes, and cardiovascular disease. All patients with coronary artery disease should have an oral glucose tolerance test if their diabetic status is unknown and that every patient with diabetes should be screened for CAD.

Exercise Pivotal In Preventing And Fighting Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2007

A new study says that acute exercise - as little as 15 minutes a day - can have a profound influence on preventing and fighting the disease.

A First in Pre-Diabetes Intervention Programs

Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007

A hospital in Mineola begins a Pre-Diabetes Intervention Program, designed to promote lifestyle change among individuals with pre-diabetes.

Antidepressants Boost Insulin Sensitivity

Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007

Certain non-diabetic patients with major depressive disorder show improved insulin sensitivity following treatment with amitriptyline or paroxetine.

Oral Steroids Trigger 2% of All New Cases of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 14, 2006

Researchers in the December issue of Diabetes Care, found that the use of oral steroids can be a precipitating factor in some cases of new-onset diabetes.

High Blood Glucose A Major Cardiovascular Risk, Diabetes or No Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Even if diabetes is left out of the equation, higher-than-optimum blood glucose is a major worldwide killer, equivalent to smoking deaths, according to researchers.

Risk of Diabetes Reduced by 58% With Active Counseling and Continues After Counseling Stops

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

The effects of lifestyle intervention on diabetes risk do not disappear after active counseling has stopped, even after three plus years.

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Treated with Malaria Drug

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Studies of a rare genetic condition that increases cancer risk have unveiled a potential treatment for metabolic syndrome, and diabetes disorders that afflicts as many as one in every four American adults and puts them at sharply increased risk cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes.

Three Years Later, Participants in the Diabetes Prevention Study Still Benefiting

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

The effects of lifestyle intervention on diabetes risk do not disappear after active counseling has stopped, a new follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study shows.