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Diet Rich in Omega-3 Fats May Reduce Risk of Obesity-Related Disease

Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2011

A study of Yup'ik Eskimos in Alaska, who on average consume 20 times more omega-3 fats from fish than people in the lower 48 states, suggests that a high intake of these fats helps prevent obesity-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

Prediabetes and Prehypertension in Healthy Adults Are Associated with Low Vitamin D Levels

Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011

This study strengthens the plausibility that low serum vitamin D levels elevate the risk for early-stage diabetes and hypertension.

A Hemoglobin A1c of Greater than 5% Can Be a Predictor of Incident Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011

The incidence of diabetes progressively and significantly increased among patients with an HbA1c greater than 5.0%.

Diabetes Care Will Cost $336B by 2034

Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

More than 44 million Americans will have diabetes within 25 years under current trends, and the annual cost of caring for them will triple to $336 billion in constant 2007 dollars.

Only 7% of the 60 Million with Prediabetes Are Aware

Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011

Measuring glycated hemoglobin levels may be an appropriate means of catching patients with prediabetes.

Preventing Diabetes: All We Have to Do Is Ask!

Posted: Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Why are we missing chances to prevent diabetes? Physicians in the United States are rarely diagnosing prediabetes.

"The United States of Diabetes"

Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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.

Loud Snoring, Insomnia Symptoms Linked to Risk for Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Loud snoring, difficulty falling asleep and "un-refreshing" sleep may each predict development of the metabolic syndrome.

Half of U.S. Could Have Diabetes or Prediabetes within Ten Years

Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

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."

Curbing the Diabetes and Prediabetes Epidemic

Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

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.