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Just Moderate Adiposity at Age 18 Is Associated with Twice the Risk of Premature Death
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
During 12 years of follow-up, the risk ratio was 1.66 for a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9.

Diabetic Youths Have Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Children and adolescents with diabetes commonly have additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new report.

High Blood Glucose Boosts Short-Term Mortality in Heart Failure Patients
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
An elevated blood glucose level on hospital admission is associated with increased 30 and 60-day mortality in nondiabetic patients with heart failure.

Diabetes in Pregnancy Does Not Motivate to Better Health
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
They have less healthy diets and are more likely to smoke than women whose pregnancies were free of diabetes, a large new study shows.

New Study Shows A Low-carb Diet Helps Control Diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Researchers in Sweden say a follow-up study of patients on a low-carbohydrate diet showed stable improvement and reduced need for medication.

Inhaled Insulin Effective Therapy for Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Inhaled human insulin (Exubera) is as effective as glibenclamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Postprandial Glucose Fluctuations Impair Cognitive Functioning
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Awareness and better control of postprandial glucose can help to prevent declining cognitive function.

More Then One-Third of Medicaid Patients Don’t Take Their Type 2 Drugs Properly
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Patients on metformin, regardless of race, were 62 percent less likely to adhere to their regimen.

Cognitive Dysfunction Linked With Poor Diabetes Control in Elderly
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Elderly diabetics with poor glucose control have a high prevalence of undiagnosed cognitive dysfunction, depression and functional disabilities.

Obese Have Higher Cardiac Risk, but Better Treatment Outcomes
Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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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