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Poor Glycemic Control Increases Diabetics' Risk of Dementia Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Diabetic patients with HbA1c levels that are well out of control are driving down the road towards dementia.

Diabetes Treatment Benefits Dementia Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions appear to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but drugs that help regulate blood sugar may help patients with dementia as well, researchers report.

Diabetes Increases Risk of Infection in Renal Transplant Recipients Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Renal transplant graft recipients with diabetes, whether long-standing or newly diagnosed, are at heightened risk of developing infections requiring hospitalization in the posttransplant period.

Diabetes Disease-Management Programs Improve Quality of Care? Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Just how effective are diabetes management programs? The answer, according to UCLA researchers, is that they lead to better examination and testing—but not to better control of key factors associated with diabetes complications, such as blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels.

Diabetic Women at Higher Risk For Hip Fracture Need Prevention Strategy Posted: Friday, July 21, 2006

Having type 2 diabetes for 12 or more years was associated with a three-times higher risk of hip fracture.

Diabetes Has Protective Effect on Bone Density Posted: Friday, July 21, 2006

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with significantly lower bone turnover and higher results on bone ultrasound measurements, even in a largely vitamin-D-deficient, elderly, female nursing home population.

Obesity, Diabetes Drive High Rate of Kidney Failure in U.S. Posted: Friday, July 21, 2006

Study shows marked difference between Americans and leaner Norwegian patients.

Atorvastatin Lowers Cholesterol, But Does Not Prevent Cardiac Events in Diabetic Posted: Friday, July 21, 2006

Although atorvastatin therapy led to a significant reduction in mean LDL cholesterol level in patients with type 2 diabetes, there was no significant difference from placebo in cardiac events, such as cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction (MI).

Impaired Fasting Glucose Screening Could Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Finding people with impaired fasting glucose -- a prediabetic stage -- could also help identify those with risk factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

New Guidelines Target Diabetic Kidney Disease: Screen at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

New guidelines developed for the first time by the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative provide detailed information on how to improve clinical outcomes in patients who have both diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

 

 

 

 

 

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