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Chocolate Helps Aging Blood Vessels
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Flavonol-Rich cocoa improves blood vessel function.
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Inhaled Insulin Effective Therapy for Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Inhaled human insulin (Exubera) is as effective as glibenclamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Postprandial Glucose Fluctuations Impair Cognitive Functioning
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Awareness and better control of postprandial glucose can help to prevent declining cognitive function.
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More Then One-Third of Medicaid Patients Don’t Take Their Type 2 Drugs Properly
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Patients on metformin, regardless of race, were 62 percent less likely to adhere to their regimen.
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High Blood Pressure Lowers Walking Ability in Elderly
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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A study of elderly clergy, both men and women, found a significantly accelerated decline in leg function in those with higher blood pressures-about 30% more loss per year at a systolic pressure of 160 mm Hg compared with 120 mm Hg.
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Cognitive Dysfunction Linked With Poor Diabetes Control in Elderly
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Elderly diabetics with poor glucose control have a high prevalence of undiagnosed cognitive dysfunction, depression and functional disabilities.
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Obese Have Higher Cardiac Risk, but Better Treatment Outcomes
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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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.
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`Mr. Diabetes®' Talks the Talk and Walks the Walk
Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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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?"
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Early-Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Early Death
Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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The onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 was associated with an increased risk of early kidney failure and death between ages 25 to 55, according to researchers.
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Compound in Dairy Products Targets Diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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A possible new way to treat diabetes without synthetic drugs.
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