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Overweight Hispanic Kids Show Early Markers for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2008

Blood vessel damage sets stage for insulin resistance, heart disease, study finds.

Greater Difficulty For Hispanics To Control Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Results of an analysis of multiple studies show diabetes control is more challenging for Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites, according to researchers.

Diuretics Comparable or Better Than Other Drugs for Hypertension

Posted: Thursday, February 07, 2008

Use of calcium-channel blockers, alpha-blockers or angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors appears to offer no advantages in improving clinical outcomes compared with use of diuretics when treating hypertension among individuals with metabolic syndrome. Even more so for black patients.

Waistline For Diabetes Risk Differs By Race

Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

Currently recommended waist circumference thresholds for identifying people with an increase likelihood of having type 2 diabetes should be modified for Asian and white women and men, a new study suggests.

Metformin Cost Effective in Preventing Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, "In the Indian Diabetes Prevention Program (IDPP), a 3-year randomized, controlled trial, lifestyle modification (LSM) and metformin helped to prevent type 2 diabetes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).

An A1c of 15% Does Not Necessarily Mean Poor Diabetes Control

Posted: Thursday, December 06, 2007

If the person is African American, or comes from the Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage, he/she may have a hemoglobinopathy. Make sure you are using the right kind of A1c test.

More Black Children Dying From Diabetes

Posted: Friday, November 23, 2007

Black children with diabetes face a death rate twice as high as that for white children, new U.S. government research shows.

Comorbidities Lead to Neglected Diabetes Self-Care

Posted: Friday, November 23, 2007

When patients with diabetes have severe comorbidities, they are likely to deal with them while neglecting glucose monitoring and other self-care tasks, according to a new study.

Racial Difference In A1C May Be A Biologic Variation

Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007

One of the reasons for higher A1c's for blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Asians may be attributed to biology and the way hemoglobin is glycated across those groups, rather then differences in care of differences in glycemic control.

Survey: 13% of Adult New Yorkers Are Diabetic

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

A new citywide survey finds that nearly 13% of the city's adults have diabetes and that about one-third of them—almost 4% of city residents—do not know it.