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Short People Have Less Cancer and Diabetes Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011

A 22-year study of abnormally short individuals suggests that growth-stunting mutations may stunt two of humanity's worst diseases, diabetes and cancer.

Children at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes More Likely to Develop Osteoporosis Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011

Children who develop risk factors for Type 2 diabetes before hitting puberty may also be more likely to have weak bones in adulthood.

Prediabetes and Prehypertension in Healthy Adults Are Associated with Low Vitamin D Levels Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011

This study strengthens the plausibility that low serum vitamin D levels elevate the risk for early-stage diabetes and hypertension.

A Hemoglobin A1c of Greater than 5% Can Be a Predictor of Incident Diabetes Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011

The incidence of diabetes progressively and significantly increased among patients with an HbA1c greater than 5.0%.

Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Memory Loss in Older People Posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011

Older people with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at a higher risk for memory loss.

Children Need More Sleep to Prevent Diabetes Posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011

If your children are getting less than 9 hours of sleep per night, they need more to avoid metabolic factors that predispose them to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Diabetes Care Will Cost $336B by 2034 Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

More than 44 million Americans will have diabetes within 25 years under current trends, and the annual cost of caring for them will triple to $336 billion in constant 2007 dollars.

Why Some Diabetes Patients Escape Complications Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?

Why Don't People Take Their Insulin as Prescribed? Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011

Risk factors differed between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetic patients, with diet nonadherence more prominent in Type 1 diabetes.

Only 7% of the 60 Million with Prediabetes Are Aware Posted: Sunday, January 23, 2011

Measuring glycated hemoglobin levels may be an appropriate means of catching patients with prediabetes.

 

 

 

 

 

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