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Reducing Cholesterol Levels Can Reduce Stroke Risk by 16 Percent Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

An international team of researchers has completed a study that demonstrated a 16-percent reduction in secondary strokes and 35-percent reduction in coronary events in patients who previously experienced a stroke or TIA and were given 80 mg of Lipitor®.

Chocolate Helps Aging Blood Vessels Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Flavonol-Rich cocoa improves blood vessel function.

Inhaled Insulin Effective Therapy for Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Inhaled human insulin (Exubera) is as effective as glibenclamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Postprandial Glucose Fluctuations Impair Cognitive Functioning Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Awareness and better control of postprandial glucose can help to prevent declining cognitive function.

More Then One-Third of Medicaid Patients Don’t Take Their Type 2 Drugs Properly Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Patients on metformin, regardless of race, were 62 percent less likely to adhere to their regimen.

Obese Have Higher Cardiac Risk, but Better Treatment Outcomes Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Obese individuals are at increased risk for developing an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but because they are treated more aggressively than their lean counterparts, their outcomes are actually better.

States Ask FDA to OK Generic Insulin Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Four governors, looking to ease drug costs under state programs, petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to provide guidelines for generic versions of insulin and human growth hormone.

Chromium Improves Glycemic Control When Sulfonylurea Is Insufficient Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Chromium picolinate (CrPic) supplementation improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes not adequately controlled while taking sulfonylurea, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind study.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Hones Diabetes Treatment Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

A herbal remedy Berberine used for thousands of years in traditional Chinese medicine may have a role to play in fighting Type 2 diabetes.

Treatment Guidelines Favor Early Metformin Then Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Metformin should be prescribed along with lifestyle intervention as soon as patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and if A1c cannot be brought down to below 7%, within 2-3 months, then insulin as the second-line drug.

 

 

 

 

 

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