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Metabolic Syndrome Classification of Little Help in Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

A diagnosis of metabolic syndrome does not appear to provide additional prognostic information in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Study Links Job Stress to Doubling the Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Workers suffering from job burnout are more prone to develop Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

One in Six Americans Have Pre-Diabetes and Most Don't Know It

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Fifty-four million Americans, that's one in six of us, have pre-diabetes and most don't even realize it. Mark Schutta, MD, medical director of the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center, is urging at-risk patients to be proactive and ask your doctor to give you a simple blood test for pre-diabetes, to arm yourself with information before the damage is done. It means you have blood glucose levels that are higher than normal and you could one day reach a high enough level that you would be diagnosed with having diabetes.

Risk of Diabetes Reduced by 58% With Active Counseling and Continues After Counseling Stops

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

The effects of lifestyle intervention on diabetes risk do not disappear after active counseling has stopped, even after three plus years.

Panic Attacks Exacerbate Diabetes Symptoms

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Repeated panic attacks in people with diabetes can lead to poorer control of the illness, more severe health complications, and a reduced quality of life.

Children's Belly Fat Increases More Than 65 Percent Since 1990's

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

Abdominal obesity increased more than 65 percent among boys and almost 70 percent among girls between 1988 and 2004. The finding of growing girth is significant because abdominal obesity has emerged as a better predictor of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes risk than the more commonly used Body Mass Index, a weight to height ratio that can sometimes be misleading.

Three Years Later, Participants in the Diabetes Prevention Study Still Benefiting

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

The effects of lifestyle intervention on diabetes risk do not disappear after active counseling has stopped, a new follow-up of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study shows.

Born in the USA, One in Three Will Develop Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 09, 2006

Fifty-four million Americans - that’s one in six of us -- have pre-diabetes and most don’t even realize it.

Antihypertensives Cut New-Onset Diabetes by a Third

Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006

A new analysis of the ASCOT study shows the clearest proof so far that antihypertensive treatment with an ACE inhibitor and calcium channel blocker limits new-onset diabetes, while treatment with a ß-blocker (atenolol), and thiazide diuretic (bendroflumethiazide) helps cause it.

Diabetes is Now Diagnosed in 1 in 523 Young People

Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2006

This places diabetes among the more common chronic illnesses of youth, the researchers report, striking 1.82 children per 1,000, compared with 1.24 per 1,000 with cancer and 120 per 1,000 with asthma.