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Preop Glycemic Control Decreases Infection Risk

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

Tight control of glucose in the postoperative period results in fewer complications, including infections, and decreased mortality in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Low-Carb Diet Has Lasting Benefits in Obese Type 2 Diabetics

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

In motivated, obese type 2 diabetic patients, a low-carbohydrate diet with some caloric restriction has lasting benefits on body weight and glycemic control, often reducing the need for medication.

Exenatide Reduces Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetics

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

Exenatide therapy results in weight loss and a substantial decrease in insulin doses in some of the most difficult-to-manage patients with type 2 diabetes.

Report: Gardenia Fruit Compound Starting Point For Diabetes Therapy

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

A Gardenia fruit extract traditionally used in Chinese medicine to treat the symptoms of type 2 diabetes does indeed contain a chemical that reverses some of the pancreatic dysfunctions that underlie the disease, researchers report in the June 7, 2006, Cell Metabolism. The chemical therefore represents a useful starting point for new diabetes therapies, they said.

LDL Cholesterol Below Recommended Levels Is Better

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

Lowering LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels substantially below currently recommended levels significantly reduces the chances that people with diabetes and heart disease will suffer a stroke or heart attack, researchers report.

AHA Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations Revised June, 2006

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

The 2006 AHA diet and lifestyle recommendations include guidelines for a healthy diet; healthy weight; cholesterol, BP, and fasting blood sugar control; use of supplements; physical activity; and avoidance of tobacco.

Diabetes Incidence in US Doubled in Last 30 Years

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

A new report from the journal of Circulation says that obesity is to blame and consequences will overwhelm U.S. health-care system, experts say.

Digital Organizers Can Help Diabetics With Diet

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

New research suggests that handheld digital organizers could help people with diabetes follow a "low-GI" diet -- a potentially effective but complicated eating plan for controlling blood sugar.

High Blood Sugar Deadly After Heart Attack

Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

Death was 15 times more likely in patients with hyperglycemia, with just one milligram per declliter above normal.

India and China Overtakes the US in Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has put India, along with China and the U.S., on notice as the spread of diabetes worldwide is assuming alarming proportions. According to an estimate, China and India reported 39 million and 30 million cases respectively. The U.S. follows with 21 million sufferers of the more common Type 2 diabetes.