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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.

Quality Improvement Effort Pays Off in Diabetes Care

Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

Spending 500 dollars a year to improve diabetes care is a sound investment, according to one of the first studies to examine the clinical and economic impact of quality improvement on diabetes care.

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.

iPods Can Make Pacemakers Malfunction

Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2007

The tunes pumped out by iPods may be off beat to patients with pacemakers, whose devices could be subjected to potentially dangerous interference, reported investigators.

Diabetics With Cancer Have Less Aggressive Treatment, Worse Survival

Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007

Diabetic patients with cancer are often treated less aggressively and have a worse overall prognosis than those without diabetes.

Depression Treatment Doesn't Help Diabetes Control

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

Many people with diabetes also feel depressed, which is thought to interfere with their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels well. "While clinical depression should be treated in all patients, treating depressed mood (non-clinical depression) in patients with type 2 diabetes as a strategy to improve glycemic control is not effective."

Aspirin Underused in US Adults

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

One of the factors most strongly associated with aspirin use was a discussion with a healthcare provider about its use--88% of the 41% of people who said they took aspirin regularly also said they had discussed aspirin use with their doctors.

LDL Under 100 Not Low Enough: and HDL of 60 Gains Support

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

Fully half of U.S. patients hospitalized for coronary artery disease now have an LDL cholesterol level of 100 mg/dL or less on admission.

Resistance Training Lowers Diabetes Risk in Older Adults

Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2007

Resistance training may not only help to build muscle in older people, it may also be warding off type 2 diabetes, a new study demonstrates.

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.