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Being Overweight in Middle-Age Linked to Poor Health in Later Years

Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Having a higher body mass index in middle age may be associated with a poorer health and quality of life in older age.

Susceptibility Genes Explain High Rate of Diabetic Kidney Failure in Blacks

Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2003

New evidence found that genetic variations in regions of certain chromosomes are linked to severe kidney disease in younger African Americans with diabetes. The findings may ultimately lead to new drugs to prevent kidney failure in diabetics.

The Many Faces of Diabetic Eye Disease

Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2003

“Glaucoma” is the term used to describe a group of eye diseases that share the following characteristics: progressive, structural damage to the optic nerve, often but not always associated with an increase of internal eye pressure, resulting in a progressive and characteristic pattern of visual field (peripheral and then central vision) loss.

Diabetes Cure 'In Sight After Major Breakthrough'

Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Injection Leads to Islet Regeneration in Autoimmune Diabetes. A possible cure for insulin-dependent diabetes is in sight following a major medical breakthrough. Scientists in the United States have not only halted the disease in mice mimicking human type 1 diabetes, but reversed it. The MGH scientists injected diabetic mice with the spleen cells. The cells migrated to their pancreases, prompting the damaged organs to regenerate into healthy, insulin-making organs, ending their diabetes.

New Drug Mimics HDL “Good Cholestrol to Clear Coronary Arteries In 2 Weeks

Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2003

A synthetic form of "good cholesterol" has been shown to quickly shrink blockages clogging coronary arteries, offering for the first time the possibility of a drug that could actually rapidly reverse heart disease.

Resistance Training Improves Glucose Disposal in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Resistance training added to aerobic training significantly improved glucose disposal in postmenopausal obese type 2 diabetics.The improved insulin sensitivity is related to loss of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue and to increased muscle density.

Weight Management a Therapeutic Priority for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Weight management may be the most important therapy for obese individuals with type 2 diabetes, according to a recent American review. Obesity and weight gain are important risk factors for the development of diabetes and can significantly influence the outcome for those already diagnosed with the disease. Obesity is also a known risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), which is responsible for 70% to 80% of deaths in diabetics.

Prediabetes Diagnosis Guidelines Changed from 110 to 100mg/dL

Posted: Monday, November 17, 2003

A blood glucose reading of 100mg/dL is Prediabetes. The newer threshold or cut-off point for fasting plasma glucose will increase those with Prediabetes to 5 million more with Prediabetes.

Anemia in Diabetics Often Unrecognized, Undetected, and Untreated

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

Although anemia is a key indicator of renal disease, a significant complication caused by diabetes, most diabetics are not tested for anemia and remain unaware of an association between anemia and kidney disease. The authors conclude that raising awareness of anemia among diabetic patients and their physicians is of paramount importance to help improve the quality of life of these patients by providing easy treatment of anemia.

Need for Postpartum Screening of Women With Gestational Diabetes by Family Physicians

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

Family physicians frequently fail to adequately screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational diabetes occurs in about 5% of pregnancies in the United States and "as many as 69% of women diagnosed with GDM are at risk for recurrence in subsequent pregnancies," he said. Additionally about half of the women diagnosed with GDM will develop type 2 diabetes.