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Checking Foot Temperature Curbs Diabetic Sores

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

Type 2 patients who monitor their foot temperatures at home may be able to ward off developing leg and foot ulcers -- and the infections and amputations that can result.

Diabetes Increases Risk For Liver, Pancreatic Cancers

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

People with type 2 diabetes have three to four times the risk of developing liver cancer, and more than twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer than non-diabetic individuals

First Human Trial of Bioartificial Kidney Shows Promise

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

The first test in humans offers hope of the device’s potential to save the lives of people with acute renal failure,While the phase I/II study was designed primarily to look at the safety of using this device on humans, the results also suggest improvement in kidney function

Gene Linked To Greater Risk Of Heart Disease In Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

Joslin Diabetes scientist have found variations in a gene that helps explain why people with type2 diabetes are at miuch greater risk for coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death for this group.

Atherosclerosis Begins Early in Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

New study findings provide more evidence that atherosclerosis begins early in young persons with type 1 diabetes and underscore the need to monitor BP and lipid levels in adolescents with the disease. Study shows that atherosclerosis, begins early and that it relates to abnormalities of lipids and to diabetes complications.

Diabetes Increases Risk of Dementia

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

Diabetes increases the risk of dementia, especially vascular dementia, in the elderly, according to new data from the Kungsholmen Project, a community-based longitudinal study on aging and dementia.

The hazard ratios for dementia and vascular dementia were even higher in patients taking oral antidiabetic agents.

Nearly 60% of American Adults Have Elevated Blood Pressure

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

One-third are not aware of their condition, and among those who were aware, only 31 percent had their blood pressure controlled at target levels.

New Possible Neuropathy Drug

Posted: Monday, November 08, 2004

An experimental drug has been shown to combat the underlying cause of nerve damage that occurs in people with diabetes. Compared with the placebo treatment, AS-3201 reduced average nerve sorbitol concentrations by 65 percent to 84 percent depending on the dosage given, the researchers report

Abnormal Fasting Plasma Glucose Linked With Ischemic Stroke

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2004

Ischemic stroke risk increases by 2.82 times when the fasting blood glucose is greater than 140 mg/dL

Hypertension Linked to Cognitive Decline at All Ages

Posted: Thursday, October 21, 2004

Young adults are as susceptible to longitudinal blood pressure-related decline in cognitive performance as are older adults.