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FDA Approves Chip Implant That Can Prevent Treatment Errors

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2004

A computer chip that is implanted under the skin won U.S. approval for use in helping doctors quickly access a patient's medical history.

Diabetics Benefit From More Frequent Monitoring

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004

A team at Johns Hopkins University shows a link between elevated blood sugar of more than 150 milligrams per deciliter and complications. They look at previous evidence covering nearly 10,000 people with diabetes and learned that every one per cent rise in blood sugar was linked to an 18 per cent increase in heart disease complications.

Extra Pay Motivates Physicians To Better Diabetes Outcomes

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Several big employers in Cincinnati and Louisville say they might have found a novel way to control the ever-rising costs of health care: paying doctors a bonus for providing high-quality care. Employers get lower costs and patients get better care.

Extra Pay Motivates Physicians To Better Diabetes Outcomes

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Several big employers in Cincinnati and Louisville say they might have found a novel way to control the ever-rising costs of health care: paying doctors a bonus for providing high-quality care.

Skipping Diabetes Meds Ups Risk of Hospitalization

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Type 2 diabetic patients who take their oral medications only part of the time have an increased risk of being hospitalized within a one-year period.

Cholesterol Drugs Lower Glaucoma Risk

Posted: Monday, September 20, 2004

Researchers found a 40 percent decrease in glaucoma among long-term statin users". So there are a couple of good reasons to suspect that statins might actually be protective for patients against developing glaucoma, or perhaps in the future against the worsening of glaucoma if someone has already developed it."

Researchers Devise Way To Detect Brain Swelling In Diabetic Children

Posted: Thursday, September 16, 2004

A rare swelling of the brain that is nonetheless the most common diabetes-related cause of death for children with the disease could be caught earlier - if practitioners learn to recognize key signs.

VA Treatment Tops Managed Care for Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2004

Diabetic patients treated by the country's long-maligned VA health system got better care than diabetics under managed health care plansThe VA has instituted system-wide standards, integrated care, and a way to track and monitor how their patients are doing. Other organizations can learn from the VA and how they achieved their quality

Hypoglycemia Increases Ischemic Retinal Injury

Posted: Tuesday, August 17, 2004

So how does hypoglycemia interact with low blood flow to make eye damage worse? When low blood flow occurs, cells often become more reliant on sugar as an energy source, the authors note. Therefore, if sugar levels are low, the cells may not be able to meet their energy requirements, possibly resulting in cell death

Type 2 Diabetes: Silent Heart Problems

Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2004

1 In 5 People With Type 2 Diabetes at High Risk for Heart Disease Despite Lack of Symptoms. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes yet, unlike other people, these patients have few symptoms until the advanced stages -- until their first heart attack