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Saliva A Marker for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

Saliva may be a marker for both periodontal disease activity and hyperglycemia in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

Predicting Severe Hypoglycemia

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Severe hypoglycemia often follows a specific blood glucose fluctuation pattern that is identifiable from SMBG.

Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Can Occur Soon After Diabetes Appears

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Dramatic losses of a key biochemical substance in heart muscle tissue occur in the very earliest stages of diabetes, according to a new study.

Prescriber's Letter Clarifies Avandia Heart Attack Warning With Algorithm

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Analysts at Prescriber's Letter say that crunching the study's numbers reveals only part of the story. Since this report is a meta-analysis, it is merely a study of prior study results.

Patients Need More Education on High Blood Pressure

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

New study shows that nearly a quarter of all African-Americans still believe that high blood pressure means that a person is tense or anxious.

Postprandial Glucose Levels Tied To CVD Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Postprandial glucose levels play an important and often overlooked role in cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes patients.

Oral Contraceptive Use May Raise Gestational Diabetes Risk

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

The results of this study suggest that the use of certain types of hormonal contraceptives during the 5 years leading up to a pregnancy may be associated with the risk of developing gestational diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes Often Asymptomatic in Children

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased 5-fold in the United States since the 1960s, and children and adolescents are among those affected. However, children often exhibit no symptoms.
Therefore, physicians need to be alert for this disease in children and open to the possibility that patients in their 20s might be suffering from the long-term complications of preexisting type 2 disease.

Patients with Psoriasis Prone to Diabetes and Serious Cardiovascular Condition

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

New research suggests an association between psoriasis and two potentially serious medical conditions diabetes and atherosclerosis.

Poor Diabetes Control Boosts Heart Failure Risk

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

The highest incidence of heart failure occurred in patients with a baseline HbA1c level of more than 8%.: For every 1% increase in serum HbA1c, the risk of heart failure rose by 15%.