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Walking Makes a Difference in Controlling Type 2 Diabetes
Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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How much walking is needed to produce the best effects for controlling Type 2 diabetes?
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1 In 5 Youth With Diabetes Has Heart Risk
Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006
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Overall roughly 20 percent of young people with diabetes (92% in those with type 2 and 14% in those with type 1) experience at least two additional cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new study.
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Millions of Teens Have Precursor for Diabetes
Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006
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Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose levels among US adolescents.
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Gastric Bypass Superior to Banding for Super Obese
Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006
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For super morbidly obese patients, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is a better approach than gastric banding, according to researchers.
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Impaired Fasting Glucose Screening Could Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006
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Finding people with impaired fasting glucose -- a prediabetic stage -- could also help identify those with risk factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Diabetes Is The Clinical Equivalant of Aging 15 Years
Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006
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Having diabetes can take away 15 years of a persons life. Diabetes is the clinical equivalent of aging 15 years, thrusting men and women with the disease into a high-risk category for cardiovascular disease while still in middle-age.
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AHA Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations Revised June, 2006
Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006
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The 2006 AHA diet and lifestyle recommendations include guidelines for a healthy diet; healthy weight; cholesterol, BP, and fasting blood sugar control; use of supplements; physical activity; and avoidance of tobacco.
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High Blood Sugar Deadly After Heart Attack
Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006
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Death was 15 times more likely in patients with hyperglycemia, with just one milligram per declliter above normal.
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Diet of Adolescents With and Without Diabetes
Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006
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Adolescents with type 1 diabetes consume fewer calories from carbohydrates but more calories from fat than adolescents without diabetes and exceed the recommended levels of fat intake, which increases the risk for cardiovascular disease.
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Many Doctors Aren't Treating Diabetes Aggressively Enough
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006
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FOUR studies find that this is true for patients with high blood pressure, and elevated blood sugar.
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