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Cholesterol & Hypertension Uncontrolled In People With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2004

People with diabetes and their doctors are failing to give cholesterol and blood pressure control the attention needed to reduce the high risk for heart attacks and strokes in diabetes. Physicians around the world and their patients are failing to make the link science has long since proven — that two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease and stroke.”

Cholesterol & Hypertension Uncontrolled In People With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2004

People with diabetes and their doctors are failing to give cholesterol and blood pressure control the attention needed to reduce the high risk for heart attacks and strokes in diabetes,“Physicians around the world and their patients are failing to make the link science has long since proven — that two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease and stroke.”

New Onset Diabetes Increases Risk For Heart Attack 3 Fold

Posted: Friday, May 14, 2004

Compared with patients without diabetes, those with new diabetes were 2.9-times more likely to experience a heart attack or related event -- an elevated risk similar to the 3.6-fold risk seen in patients with long-standing diabetes.

Reason for Rebound Weight Gain Found

Posted: Monday, January 12, 2004

Insulin resistance one of the culprits for weight gain after losing weight.Plasma levels of norepinephrine, insulin, and leptin can help to predict which patients will rebound after a successful weight loss program, a new study suggests.

Good Diabetes Control Benefits Last Many Years

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

In diabetics, intensive control of blood sugar levels seems to slow the progression of kidney disease many years after such control has ended, new research shows. The new findings complement those reported in 2000, which showed that intensive therapy also provides a persistent reduction in the risk of diabetic eye disease. In addition to slowing the progression of Kidney disease, intensive theraphy reduced the risk of high blood pressure.

In addition to slowing the progression of kidney disease, intensive therapy reduced the risk of high blood pressure, the authors point out.