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Using A1c Test is Cost-Effective to Diagnose Prediabetes Posted: Monday, March 26, 2012

Using A1c to catch prediabetes is cost-effective if the threshold for diagnosis is set at 5.7%.

Less than Half of New Diabetes Patients Achieve A1C Goals Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2012

Those starting with lower A1C levels more likely to achieve A1C goal within five months.

Type 1 Develops More Slowly Than Thought Posted: Monday, February 27, 2012

Study finds gradual decline in insulin production, which could extend treatment options.

New NIH fact sheet explains test for diabetes, prediabetes Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012

A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

New Early Warning for Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Sunday, January 01, 2012

Hebrew University researchers have found the first proof of molecular risk factors for type 2 diabetes that indicate susceptibility to the disease.

Free Screenings Can Show One in Four Has Hidden Prediabetes or Diabetes Posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011

Free screening by trained volunteers can pick up cases of dysglycemia and other diabetic conditions in the general population.

NIH Urges You To Make a Plan To Prevent Diabetes, Complications Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011

In observance of National Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, the National Institutes of Health urges people to set goals and make plans to prevent diabetes and diabetes-related complications.

Using Muffins to Diagnose Diabetes Posted: Monday, October 31, 2011

The "muffin test" -- an alternative to the oral glucose tolerance test for detecting impaired glucose tolerance.

Children Destined to Be Obese and Eventually Diabetic Identified by Age 3.5 Posted: Sunday, October 09, 2011

A prospective analysis of body mass index (BMI) in 1957 children from ages 5 months to 8 years reveals that an "atypically elevated BMI trajectory" that leads to obesity is identifiable by age 3.5 years.

Men Develop Diabetes with Less Weight Gain than Women Posted: Sunday, October 09, 2011

Men apparently develop type 2 diabetes with less weight gain than women a finding that may help explain why men have higher rates of diabetes in many parts of the world.

 

 

 

 

 

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