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Predicting How Diet and Exercise Affect Weight
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2011
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Researchers have created a mathematical model—along with an accompanying online weight simulation tool—of what happens when people of varying weights, diets and exercise habits try to change their weight. The model challenges long-held assumptions about weight loss.
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Start Obesity Screening as Early as Age 2
Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2011
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Screening children as young as 2 years for obesity may be more successful in weight control and preventing metabolic abnormalities than waiting until they are older.
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Using Electronic Heath Records Leads to Better Diabetes Care
Posted: Friday, September 09, 2011
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Use of electronic health records (EHRs) for patients with diabetes improves achievement of care and outcomes targets, researchers found.
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NIH Research Model Predicts Weight With Varying Diet, Exercise Changes
Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011
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Findings challenge one-size-fits-all weight assumptions.
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Insulin Pumps Can Increase or Decrease Insulin Dose when Flying
Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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Changes in cabin pressure during flights may cause insulin pumps to deliver too much or too little of the medication -- possibly putting sensitive diabetes patients at risk, researchers report.
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New Technology Helps Patients Manage Diabetes
Posted: Monday, August 08, 2011
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An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new study.
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HbA1C Test Poorly Predictive in Dialysis Patients
Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Conventional glucose control monitoring methods may not be as meaningful in diabetes patients with end-stage renal disease, researchers found. Patients on dialysis will normally show a lower A1c than they actually have, giving patients and physicians a false sense of security.
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Common Test Predicts Early Death in Diabetes
Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011
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New findings out of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveal that a common test may be useful in predicting early death in individuals with diabetes.
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Gastric Bypass Increases Risk for Alcohol Abuse
Posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
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Patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery are at greater risk for alcohol abuse than similar obese patients undergoing restrictive procedures.
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Weight Loss Surgery May Benefit Older Adults
Posted: Monday, May 23, 2011
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Age does not appear to significantly increase the risks associated with having weight loss surgery.
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