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Simple Blood Test Predicts Who Might Develop Type 2 Diabetes Among Healthy Women

Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010

Doctors may have identified a new and simple way to predict risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. The result of a simple blood test may be the earliest alert to doctors and patients to implement lifestyle changes that may delay or prevent the onset of the disease.

First-Void Urine Predicts Renal Events

Posted: Sunday, July 25, 2010

A morning urine test is superior to all other tests for detecting declining kidney performance in patients with diabetic kidney disease. "From a clinical point of view, these results are very important, because they imply that collection of first morning voids, which is clearly more convenient than collecting a 24-hour urine, can be used for assessment of proteinuria.

Pre-existing Conditions Covered by New High-Risk Insurance Pools

Posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010

Beginning July 1, individuals with pre-existing health conditions as diabetes are eligible to enroll in a temporary high-risk insurance pool, courtesy of the health care reform law.

Insulin Peptide Points to a Solution for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010

Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have identified the precise protein fragment, or peptide, that can trigger diabetes in mice.

The finding, supports an emerging theory about the origins of autoimmunity, and may lead to new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in humans.

Simple Blood Test May Predict Who Might Develop Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010

Doctors may have identified a new and simple way to predict risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

World-Wide Standards for Glucose Test Coming Soon

Posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010

Global standardization is in the works for hemoglobin A1c measurement, according to a consensus statement by the major diabetes associations.

Earlier Screening for Diabetes Worthwhile

Posted: Sunday, June 06, 2010

It's currently recommended that people be screened for Type 2 diabetes starting at age 45, particularly if they are overweight. But a new study suggests that it would be worthwhile to start Type 2 diabetes screening earlier -- between the ages of 30 and 45.

Experts Advise Beginning Daily Aspirin Later

Posted: Sunday, June 06, 2010

In a change, heart and diabetes groups push age threshold up from 40, to 50 for men, 60 for women.

Using A1c to Define the Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Sunday, June 06, 2010

Using A1c instead of FPG to define MetS is feasible. It also identifies individuals with increased cardiovascular risk.

Death from Diabetes will Change from 5th Leading Cause of Death to __?

Posted: Sunday, May 09, 2010

More than 70,000 Americans a year die from complications of diabetes, making it the country's fifth-largest medical killer. While that sounds dire, Novo Nordisk says the real picture is much worse.