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Dramatic Benefits in Diabetes for Small Blood Pressure Drops to Below Normal

Posted: Friday, September 07, 2012

Even normotensive patients with diabetes can reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, and renal failure by lowering blood pressure.

Using Antibiotics in Babies May Increase Risk for Obesity and Diabetes

Posted: Friday, August 31, 2012

New research suggests that giving babies antibiotics between the ages of 10 months and 3 years may increase their chances of being overweight in childhood.

Death Risk Drops by 50% for Diabetes Patients Using Statins

Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012

Type 2 diabetes patients on statin drugs have lower mortality risk.

Tasty Berries Decrease Blood Sugars

Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Scientists have found compounds that inhibit enzymes responsible for carbohydrate absorption and assimilation similar to the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. And that could mean a tasty way to help people with diabetes decrease their blood sugar.

Cocoa Can Boost Cognitive Function

Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

By improving glucose-insulin metabolism, regular consumption of cocoa flavonol may improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

New Drug for Diabetes-Related Vision Loss Approved

Posted: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The new drug Lucentis has been approved to treat diabetic macular edema.

New Strategies for Diabetes Treatment

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012

Researchers are trying new approaches to treat type 2 diabetes amid widespread uncertainty about the most effective therapies and concerns that current strategies might be doing some patients more harm than good.

A New Diabetes Drug Improves Blood Sugar

Posted: Saturday, July 07, 2012

Gevokizumab, a new diabetes drug, may improve fluctuations in blood sugar and reduce inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes....

Diabetes Patients' Use of Aspirin May Not Be Effective

Posted: Monday, July 02, 2012

Many patients with type 2 diabetes may be aspirin resistant and a standard aspirin dose may not protect them against blood clots that can cause heart attacks and strokes....

Sulfonylureas Increase Mortality by 50 Percent

Posted: Sunday, July 01, 2012

Data from a large retrospective cohort study suggested that, diabetic patients treated with three commonly prescribed sulfonylurea drugs had a 50% higher mortality risk compared with patients treated with metformin....