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Neighborhoods Can Increase the Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Individuals living in neighborhoods conducive to physical activity and providing access to healthy foods may have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 38% in a five-year period, according to a report.

New Definition of Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

A new joint statement from a number of professional organizations has identified specific criteria for the clinical diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, tightening up the definition, which previously differed from one organization to the next.

Excess Weight Gain in Small Children Raises Metabolic Risk Factors by Age Four

Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Very young children who gain more weight, relative to their height, than their peers have more metabolic risk factors at 4 years of age, according to study findings.

Low Rates of Postpartum Diabetes Screening

Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The rate of postpartum diabetes screening is low, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study.

Diabetes History

Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Diabetes treatments are sure much better today than they were hundreds of years of even several years ago. I would have hated to have had diabetes back even several years before, when meters where big and hard to use, and insulin needles were huge sources of pain when injecting. I'd like to take a look back at what diabetes was like many years ago, and tell you just how far diabetes treatments have come!

New Program Offers Community Pharmacies an Expanded Role in Diabetes Self-Management Training + Provides Hours to Become a CDE

Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) today announced a partnership that will expand counseling options for patients while offering community pharmacies a path to be compensated by Medicare and other insurers for diabetes management.

Ninety-three Percent of Type 2's Not Following Nutritional Recommendations?

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Ninety-three percent of participants exceeded the recommended percentage of daily calories from fat, 85 percent exceeded the saturated fat recommendation and 92 percent consumed too much sodium in their regular diets.

New Link Shows that We Are Not "Victims of Our Genes"

Posted: Wednesday, September 09, 2009

A new study may give new meaning to the adage, "You are what you eat." The DNA isolated from the muscles of people with diabetes bears chemical marks not found in those who respond normally to rising blood sugar levels, according to the report. The discovery shows that we are not "victims of our genes."

New Recommendations for Intake of Sugars by AHA

Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

New recommendations for maximum dietary intake of "added sugars," released by the American Heart Association, are probably far more healthful than the much-higher current average intake in the U.S.. But without educating the patient, it will have little or no effect.

Weight Gain During Early-Pregnancy Can Lead to Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Posted: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Greater gestational weight gain before second-trimester glycemic screening may increase a pregnant woman's risk for impaired glucose tolerance, according to two papers.