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Oral-lyn Results for Type 1s

Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006

Results Demonstrate Metabolic Control in Diabetes Showed a Significant Improvement When Compared to Standard Therapy

Type 2 Diabetics’ Acidity Heightens Risk for Kidney Stones

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

People with type 2 diabetes have highly acidic urine, a metabolic feature that explains their greater risk for developing uric-acid kidney stones.

Three-Week Diet/Exercise Study Shows 50% Reversal in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

The study shows, contrary to common belief, that Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome can be reversed solely through lifestyle changes." This regimen reversed a clinical diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome in about half the participants who had either of those conditions.

Rimonabant Lowers Weight, Helps Correct Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Results from new 2-year study shows the agent also improved cardiometabolic risk factors even more than the amount of weight loss would have predicted

French Paradox a Myth

Posted: Friday, February 24, 2006

French headed for similar obesity, diabetes and heart problems as U.S.

73% of People Don’t Know About Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

A survey of 1,329 people aged from 30 to 59 from January 13 to 17. The survey showed that only 2.9% answered that they know of metabolic syndrome, 23.3% said that they have heard about it. Meanwhile, 73.8% do not know about the syndrome

Diabetes Reduces Cognitive Ability in Middle Age

Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2005

Other studies have demonstrated poorer cognitive function in order adults with type 2 diabetes, but a new study extends this also to middle-aged adults also

Skin Cholesterol Levels A New Marker of Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Friday, November 04, 2005

A study reveals that patients with high levels of skin sterol (STC) in combination with high levels of C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are at almost twice the risk of having metabolic syndrome

New Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, September 29, 2005

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have issued guidelines for the diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome The panel found that the metabolic syndrome is a complex disorder, with no single factor as the cause. However, the most important risk factors were abdominal obesity and insulin resistance.

Metabolic Syndrome Patients Need Iron Monitoring

Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2005

The addition of serum ferritin to routine evaluation of metabolic syndrome patients would help identify a subgroup of patients at risk for iron-related tissue damage.