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Impact of Soda in Childhood Seen in Adolescence

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Young children who load up on sugary soft drinks risk developing signs of heart disease and diabetes in adolescence, according to a long-term study in which doctors followed a group of girls from 5 to 13 years of age.

Diabetes Health Risks Equivalent to Ageing 15 Years

Posted: Thursday, January 04, 2007

Canadian researchers found that people with diabetes fell into the high-risk category for cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) 15 years earlier than those without diabetes.

New Potential Treatment for Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, January 04, 2007

A new potentially powerful new therapy for diabetes and peripheral vascular disease which promotes nerve development, holds potential for treating diabetes and other diseases.

Skin Autofluorescence Reflects Vascular Damage in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 14, 2006

Skin autofluorescence, as a measure of the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in tissue, may serve as an indicator of vascular damage in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new report.

Risk of Poor Outcomes From Bariatric Surgery Greater in Elderly

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

For patients aged 65 years and older, adverse event rates exceeded 20%, and in-house mortality was 3.2%.

High Blood Glucose A Major Cardiovascular Risk, Diabetes or No Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 07, 2006

Even if diabetes is left out of the equation, higher-than-optimum blood glucose is a major worldwide killer, equivalent to smoking deaths, according to researchers.

Fasting Glucose Predicts Heart Failure, Death Rate, MI and Stroke, Independent of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, November 30, 2006

Fasting Glucose Predicts Heart Failure, Death Rate, MI and Stroke, Independent of Diabetes
An analysis based on the combined interim results from two prospective randomized trials, rates of HF hospitalization over more than two years rose in tandem with baseline fasting plasma glucose levels.

Diabetes Drug Reduces Cardiovascular Risks

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

A drug commonly used to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

Diabetes Set to Wipe Out Whole Ethnic Populations by End of Century

Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2006

With one in two having diabetes, it could wipe out Maori and Polynesian Islanders by the end of the century, according to an international expert in the disease.

Raised Blood Glucose Levels Cause More Than 3 Million Deaths Each Year

Posted: Thursday, November 16, 2006

Higher-than-optimum blood glucose levels are responsible for 21% of deaths from ischemic heart disease and 13% of deaths from stroke worldwide, which, when added to the deaths from diabetes itself, puts this condition in the top five causes of worldwide mortality, accounting for 3.16 million deaths a year, a new study shows.