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Small Lifestyle Changes Improve Outcomes for Diabetes Patients

Posted: Monday, March 25, 2013

Small changes have big impacts and knowledge is golden.

Vitamin D Supplement Beneficial for CV Health in Diabetic Patients

Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013

Daily dose of vitamin D supplement can decrease adverse cardiovascular events as the level of adiponectin...

Higher Risk of Diabetes with Diet Drinks

Posted: Monday, February 18, 2013

A study with more than 66,000 women confirms a link between sweet soft drinks and type 2 diabetes and reveals for the first time that, contrary to received wisdom, there is a higher risk of diabetes from so-called 'diet' or 'light' drinks than from 'normal' sweetened soft drinks.

Office Wellness Programs Work

Posted: Monday, February 11, 2013

Sixty-two percent of workers believe workplace wellness programs are successful in improving health and reducing health risks.

New First-ever Guidelines for Type 2 Kids

Posted: Monday, February 04, 2013

Step One – Start on insulin, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics which has issued guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetes in children and teenagers aged 10 to 18.

Never Too Young to Get Healthy

Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Obesity rates in children call for early patient education on healthy lifestyles.

Preventing Chronic Disease Can Reduce Medicare 10%

Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Medicare can cut 5% to 10% of its total spending if it focuses on chronic disease prevention and coordinated care for those with chronic conditions.

Weight Loss Achieved by Two Lifestyle Interventions

Posted: Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Two different lifestyle interventions modeled after those delivered in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) produced significant weight loss among overweight or obese adults in a primary care setting.

Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Linked

Posted: Monday, January 07, 2013

Type 2 diabetes exhibited an even stronger association with risk of periodontitis among those who consumed few fruits and vegetables, noted the study authors, from the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry.

New ADA Guidelines for Blood Glucose Self-monitoring

Posted: Monday, January 07, 2013

The new ADA blood glucose self-monitoring recommendations do not prescribe how many tests should be done but rather focus on the individual situations in which testing should occur.