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Rimonabant Effective For Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, October 07, 2005

About 50% of those with Pre Diabetes prevented from becoming diabetic. Since two key drivers behind the development of type 2 diabetes are abdominal obesity and insulin resistance, and rimonabant improves both of these, this investigational drug could have an important role in therapy for the prevention of both type 2 diabetes and indeed cardiovascular disease,"

Risk of Death After Bypass Surgery Increases For Pre Diabetics

Posted: Monday, September 19, 2005

The most conclusive findings of this study are that diabetes mellitus was associated with increased early mortality compared with patients with normal fasting blood glucose and with a tendency towards increased mortality within 1 year among survivors of 30 days," More important, however, is that similar results were obtained for patients with impaired fasting glucose, although based on small numbers

Weight Loss Strategies Work In People With Pre-Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, February 09, 2005

In nine studies that included a total of 5,168 participants, they found that pre-diabetics using weight-loss interventions could drop between 2 and 3 kilograms, or four to six pounds, in one to two years. Although small, even modest loss can have serious health benefits

Using A1c To Predict Diabetes Risk Was More Predictive Than Obesity

Posted: Friday, February 04, 2005

HbA1c testing helps predict the likelihood that patients will develop diabetes in the future. Obesity was not as strongly predictive of diabetes as HbA1c.

Millions of Hispanics at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2004

Without intervention, one in three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in his or her lifetime. For some of us, the risk is even higher. If that child is Hispanic and female, she has a one in two chance of developing diabetes in her lifetime. We need to get the word out that type 2 diabetes prevention is proven, possible, and powerful."

While diabetes is a growing epidemic for Hispanics, a recent landmark study found that type 2 diabetes

HRT Speeds Progression of Heart Disease in Diabetics

Posted: Wednesday, July 07, 2004

Hormone therapy can contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women with diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Using hormones to ease menopausal symptoms -- such as hot flashes or vaginal dryness -- in women with diabetes or prediabetes should be an individualized decision made in close consultation with a woman's physician, the study authors stressed

Pre-diabetes Is Far More Common In America Than Previously Believed

Posted: Friday, April 30, 2004

About 40 percent of U.S. adults ages 40 to 74 -- or 41 million people -- currently have the condition, which is marked by blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet diabetic. Many people with pre-diabetes go on to develop type 2 diabetes within 10 years. Every 25 seconds, someone in America is diagnosed with diabetes," HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said.

Analysis: More Diabetes Awareness Needed

Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004

Over 10,000 dollars is spent on every person with diabetes annually.The healthcare industry still must educate people more about risk factors for the disease and the importance of testing

Pre-Diabetes Increases Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004

As people get fatter, their bodies begin to resist the effects of insulin. To compensate, their pancreases make more and more of the sugar-lowering stuff. Ma and colleagues now show that people whose bodies make the most insulin because of insulin resistance have the highest risk of colon cancer.

PreDiabetes Is A Strong Predictor Of Mortality

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

A little bit or a touch of diabetes, now called prediabetes needs to be taken more seriously. A nondiabetic patient admitted with acute myocardial infarction and an elevated fasting glucose level is at high risk of death within a month.