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Medication Nonadherence Prevalent in Diabetics is Associated with Adverse Outcom

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Medication nonadherence was significantly associated with increased risks for all-cause hospitalization and for all-cause mortality.

High Blood Glucose A Major Cardiovascular Risk, Diabetes or No Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Even if diabetes is left out of the equation, higher-than-optimum blood glucose is a major worldwide killer, equivalent to smoking deaths, according to researchers.

Exubera Slow to Catch On

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Jury is still out on Exubera. Diabetics are holding their breath, and that may not be good news for the Pfizer, the world's biggest drugmaker. It's been nearly a year since the FDA approved Exubera, the first inhalable form of insulin for diabetics. Some analysts hail the device as a potential blockbuster, but Exubera doesn't appear to have caught on.

Fasting Glucose Predicts Heart Failure, Death Rate, MI and Stroke, Independent of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Fasting Glucose Predicts Heart Failure, Death Rate, MI and Stroke, Independent of Diabetes
An analysis based on the combined interim results from two prospective randomized trials, rates of HF hospitalization over more than two years rose in tandem with baseline fasting plasma glucose levels.

Anemia Often Develops in Type 2 Diabetics: Study

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

In patients with type 2 diabetes, a decrease in hemoglobin (Hb) is insidious and occurs predominantly in older people with chronic kidney disease and damaged large blood vessels, research suggests.

Sitagliptin Role As Monotherapy, Adjunct

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

The newly licensed glucose-lowering agent sitagliptin phosphate (Januvia) appears safe and somewhat effective. It could become a replacement for sulfonylurea, due to its ability to control blood sugars without weight gain and hypoglycemia.

Metabolic Syndrome Classification of Little Help in Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

A diagnosis of metabolic syndrome does not appear to provide additional prognostic information in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Study Links Job Stress to Doubling the Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Workers suffering from job burnout are more prone to develop Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

More Evidence Showing Breastfeeding Protects Against Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Breastfeeding in infancy appears to be associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes later in life, according to a quantitative analysis of published evidence.

One in Six Americans Have Pre-Diabetes and Most Don't Know It

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Fifty-four million Americans, that's one in six of us, have pre-diabetes and most don't even realize it. Mark Schutta, MD, medical director of the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center, is urging at-risk patients to be proactive and ask your doctor to give you a simple blood test for pre-diabetes, to arm yourself with information before the damage is done. It means you have blood glucose levels that are higher than normal and you could one day reach a high enough level that you would be diagnosed with having diabetes.