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Glycemic Index Predicts Blood Glucose Level After Meal

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Assessing a meal using the glycemic index, which lists the quality of carbohydrates contained in many common foods, appears to be a good way to predict the effect a meal will have on blood sugar levels.

Degree of Obesity Correlates With Mortality Risk

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

In women, the risk of all-cause and coronary heart disease mortality continues to increase as body mass index (BMI) rises above 30, according to the latest findings from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study.

Evening and Bedtime Second Dose Equal for Long-Acting Insulin Levemir

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Patients who take Levemir (insulin detemir) twice daily can chose a convenient evening time for their second dose.

Impaired Glucose Tolerance Raises Risk of Stroke in TIA Patients

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Impaired glucose tolerance is independently linked to an elevated stroke risk in non-diabetic patients who have already experienced a TIA or minor stroke.

Impaired Fasting Glucose Screening Could Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Finding people with impaired fasting glucose -- a prediabetic stage -- could also help identify those with risk factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Common Infections A Possible Link to Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

A major study has added weight to the theory that environmental factors such as common infections may be a trigger for diabetes in children and young adults’.

A1c A Better Screening Tool for Diabetes and Prediabetes Than Oral Glucose

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

A high normal A1c (HbA1c) reading might be a better, cheaper, and easier-to-use screening tool for prediabetes and diabetes than the laboratory-based oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Kidney Stone Therapy Increases Risk for Hypertension and Diabetes

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Beware! Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for renal calculi patients may increase the risk of hypertension and diabetes in long-term follow-up.

Diabetes Is The Clinical Equivalant of Aging 15 Years

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

Having diabetes can take away 15 years of a persons life. Diabetes is the clinical equivalent of aging 15 years, thrusting men and women with the disease into a high-risk category for cardiovascular disease while still in middle-age.

New Guidelines Target Diabetic Kidney Disease: Screen at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

New guidelines developed for the first time by the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative provide detailed information on how to improve clinical outcomes in patients who have both diabetes and chronic kidney disease.