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The Death of the A1c Test Results - Coming Soon Average Blood Glucose Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

After the first of the year, the A1c results will probably get reported to patients as an average blood glucose. Will this will help the 75% of diabetics who don't know what an A1c test is?

Fetus At Risk At Lower Levels of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

New Findings Likely to Lead to More Diagnoses of Gestational Diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetes Often Asymptomatic in Children Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased 5-fold in the United States since the 1960s, and children and adolescents are among those affected. However, children often exhibit no symptoms. Therefore, physicians need to be alert for this disease in children and open to the possibility that patients in their 20s might be suffering from the long-term complications of preexisting type 2 disease.

Fish Pollutants Linked to Diabetes Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

A new study linking pollutants found in fish to insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes may further turn people off fish and boost the omega-3 supplements market.

Americans Fear Being Diagnosed with Diabetes Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007

More than half of Americans fear developing diabetes, but many continue the unhealthy behaviors that boost their odds of getting the blood sugar disease, a new survey shows.

Heart Bypass Surgery Vs. Angioplasty Depends on Age, Diabetes Posted: Saturday, April 07, 2007

What type of life-saving heart operation you should undergo — bypass surgery or angioplasty — largely depends on your age and whether you have diabetes, according to the largest-ever assessment of the two rival procedures. Stanford University researchers found significantly lower death rates among patients….

Lower Cutoff for Impaired Fasting Glucose Identifies Those Without High CVD Risk Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Risk of CVD mortality among people with IFG largely explained by conversion to diabetes.

New Test Predicts Diabetic Nephropathy Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007

Urine proteomic profiling can predict the development of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetic patients with normoalbuminuria well before the condition arises, according to a new report.

Diabetes Risk Factors Develop Earlier in Women Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007

The "diabetes clock" may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of the disease, new research has shown.

Diabetes Soars in the Under Fives Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007

The number of under-fives with the condition increased five-fold - meaning it affected one child in every 1,000 by 2004.

 

 

 

 

 

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