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Diabetes Patients and Aspirin May Not Be Beneficial

Posted: Sunday, May 06, 2012

Diabetes patients with no history of cardiovascular disease may not benefit from daily aspirin.

Noncompliance Linked to Mortality in Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes who are noncompliant with their medication or clinic appointments face increased all-cause mortality.

Diabetes, Overweight Linked to a 64-92% Higher Risk for Breast Cancer

Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012

A new study found an association between being diabetic and overweight, and increased risk of breast cancer....

Anti-VEGF Shot Improves Sight for Diabetes Patients

Posted: Monday, April 16, 2012

Advantages in improved visual acuity seen with bevacizumab injections are maintained long term for diabetic macular edema patients compared with improvements from laser surgery.

Exercise with Weight Loss Improves Mobility in Diabetes

Posted: Monday, April 09, 2012

People with diabetes are twice as likely to have mobility problems as other people their age, and losing weight and improving fitness may ward off some of the mobility problems that older overweight people with type 2 diabetes often face....

Periodontal Treatment Saves 1800 Dollars per Year for Diabetes Patients

Posted: Monday, April 09, 2012

Patients with diabetes who are treated for periodontal disease are less likely to see a physician and less likely to be hospitalized. Furthermore, they cost the healthcare system $1800 less per patient per year....

High-fat Diet Raises Risk for Diabetes Complications

Posted: Sunday, April 08, 2012

High-fat meals increase levels of blood toxins that can cause complications in type 2 diabetes patients....

New Evidence Links Alzheimer's and Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012

An emerging body of research suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be linked to insulin resistance, constituting a third type of diabetes.

Retinopathy Can Signal Impending Cognitive Decline

Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012

In a group of healthy older women, retinopathy was associated with worsening cognitive function over 10 years and with larger ischemic lesion volumes on brain imaging.

FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label

Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012

The FDA said that all statins must carry warnings about increased risks of elevated blood sugar and possible transient memory and cognition problems, but at the same time the agency removed a standing recommendation for routine liver function tests for patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs.