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Diabetes Can Complicate Untreated Depression in Pregnancy

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

These women face the risk of “decreased prenatal care, decreased ability to meet the nutritional demands of pregnancy—either because of eating too little in general or not eating healthy foods—and an increased risk of addictive substance abuse

Diabetic Retinopathy Without Diabetes?

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Over three years of subsequent follow-up of 302 DPP participants, 13% of prediabetics who developed type 2 disease were found to have diabetic retinopathy, and nearly 8% of “prediabetics” also were found to have diabetic retinopathy, though they never developed diabetes per diagnostic criteria.

Preventive Foot Care Socks Reduce In-Shoe Plantar Foot Pressure

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Altering the kind of socks patients wear is a simple, cost-effective way of protecting at-risk feet in the diabetic population.

Salt Restriction Improves Blood Pressure and Proteinuria in Blacks

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Modest reductions in dietary salt improve blood pressure and proteinuria in black patients with hypertension

Diabetes Drug Controls Blood Glucose & Cardiac Risk

Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Metformin not sulfonylurea needs to be the first treatment after diet and physical activity for Type 2 diabetes.

Maternal Hypertension Improves Outcomes in Small for Gestational Age Infants

Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Survival was nearly doubled among small for gestational age infants admitted to the NICU whose mothers were hypertensive, the results indicate

Black People More Likely to Survive a Stroke Than White People

Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Results show a clear survival advantage for blacks being 57% and whites 36%.

Changes in Food Subsidies Causes a 38% Fall In Heart Disease

Posted: Friday, August 05, 2005

In 1991 the Polish government cut subsidies for saturated fats from dairy and animal sources.
Saturated fats are found in a wide range of common foods, including meat products, hard cheese, cream and palm oil. The Study found that by 2002, deaths from coronary heart disease had dropped by over a third in the 45-64 age group - a 38 per cent drop for men and 42% for women.

Aspirin Under-Prescribed to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

No other medication is as cost-effective as aspirin for preventing cardiovascular events. However, it must be understood that low-dose aspirin is not completely harmless, as "low-dose" may imply

New Diabetes Vision Treatment

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

The initial results of the Phase III clinical trial demonstrated 32 milligrams daily of ruboxistaurin (RBX) might reduce the risk of moderate vision loss, especially in patients with diabetic macular edema.