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Identifying Patients Who Can Benefit from Preventive Interventions
Posted: Sunday, March 20, 2011
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A1c and cardiovascular risk scores identify those who can benefit from preventive interventions, according to the ADDITION study.
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Short People Have Less Cancer and Diabetes
Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
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A 22-year study of abnormally short individuals suggests that growth-stunting mutations may stunt two of humanity's worst diseases, diabetes and cancer.
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Prediabetes and Prehypertension in Healthy Adults Are Associated with Low Vitamin D Levels
Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
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This study strengthens the plausibility that low serum vitamin D levels elevate the risk for early-stage diabetes and hypertension.
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Study Reveals How Omega 3's Work in Preventing Several Forms of Blindness
Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
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A follow-up study from Children's Hospital Boston, now reveals exactly how omega-3's provide protection, and provides reassurance that widely used COX-inhibiting drugs like aspirin and NSAIDs don't negate their benefit.
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Study Calls for Greater Awareness of Connection between Diabetes and Kidney Disease
Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
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The first time that many patients realize that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services.
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Nitrates in Spinach Counteract Components of Metabolic Syndrome
Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
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Nitrates reduce oxygen consumption during physical exercise; however, they are also of potential significance to diseases involving mitochondrial dysfunction, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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A Hemoglobin A1c of Greater than 5% Can Be a Predictor of Incident Diabetes
Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
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The incidence of diabetes progressively and significantly increased among patients with an HbA1c greater than 5.0%.
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Children Need More Sleep to Prevent Diabetes
Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011
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If your children are getting less than 9 hours of sleep per night, they need more to avoid metabolic factors that predispose them to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Diabetes
Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011
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When should aspirin be considered for the prevention of complications.
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Why Some Diabetes Patients Escape Complications
Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011
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Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?
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