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Diabetes-Related Education Cuts Hospitalizations and Charges

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007

Diabetes education, especially counseling from nutritionists, can reduce hospitalizations and lower hospital charges by 14 thousand dollars, for urban, low-income patients.

Teach Doctors To Cook And Walk

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007

Walk two miles and call me in the morning. That's what doctors could soon prescribe if the new leaders of two major medical groups have their way.

Cheap Fructose May Exact High Metabolic Price

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

Fructose in sodas and other beverages -- but not glucose -- can set patients on the fast track to atherosclerosis, investigators here reported.

Pramlintide Curbs Fast Food Consumption and Binge Eating

Posted: Friday, June 22, 2007

The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.

Hormone Linked to Stored Fat Could Explain Atkins Diet

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007

In a discovery that may explain the successes of the Atkins diet, investigators have found that a single hormone may switch on the use of stored fat for fuel when all else fails.

Pear Cactus Helps to Control Blood Sugars

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Eating nopales along with a traditional Mexican breakfast can help people with diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, a new study shows.

High-Carbohydrate Diets Are Linked to Higher Blood Pressure

Posted: Friday, June 08, 2007

Carbohydrate-rich diets are associated with slightly higher blood pressure than diets rich in cis-monounsaturated fat, according to recently published findings.

Fish-Oil Supplements Plus Regular Aerobic Exercise Benefit Overweight Patients

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

In overweight patients, fish oil supplements and regular aerobic exercise reduced body fat and improved cardiovascular and metabolic health, according to the results of a new study.

Insulin Levels Can Predict Weight Loss on Certain Diets

Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

Individual differences in insulin secretion may explain why some individuals respond well to either a low-fat diet or low-glycemic-load diet, whereas others do not. The findings imply that a simple, baseline oral glucose tolerance test to assess serum insulin concentration may help clinicians and dieticians choose weight-loss strategies for obese subjects.

Being Thin, Doesn't Mean You Are Not Fat

Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Because internal deposits can cause trouble then really is what's on the inside that counts and a lot of thin people might be in trouble.