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Cognitive Function Preserved with Tight Glucose Control

Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

Researchers reported that concerns that hypoglycemia from tight glucose control could lead to impaired cognitive function can be laid to rest.

Diet of Adolescents With and Without Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

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.

Pregestational Diabetes Linked to Higher Rates of Perinatal Death and Anomalies

Posted: Friday, June 23, 2006

The offspring of women with pregestational diabetes, either type 1 or type 2, are at a three-fold increased risk for perinatal mortality, and a two-fold increased risk for congenital anomalies, compared with the general population.

Women with Preeclampsia Have Double the Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Researchers reported that preeclampsia is an independent risk marker for type 2 diabetes, even when gestational diabetes is taken into account.

Extended-Release Metformin Tablets (Fortamet) Linked to Risk for Lactic Acidosis

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

The FDA approved safety labeling revisions for metformin HCl extended-release tablets (Fortamet, made by Andrx Labs, LLC) to warn of the risk for lactic acidosis associated with metformin accumulation during treatment.

Startling New Data for Infection-Induced Amputation and Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Persons with diabetes who develop an infection are at a 55-fold greater risk for hospitalization, and an alarming 154-fold greater risk for amputation.

Type 2 Diabetes Teens Have Higher Complication Risk Then Type 1’s

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Young people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to have high blood pressure and signs of kidney damage than their counterpart who have type 1 diabetes, even though type 2 diabetic have had the disease for a much shorter time.

Viagra Improves Sex Life of Diabetic Women

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse.

New Diagnostic’s for Early Identification of Patients at High Risk of Rapid Loss of Kidney Function

Posted: Friday, June 09, 2006

Project aims to develop new diagnostic approaches for early identification of patients at high risk of rapid loss of kidney function.

Pollution Increases Risks in People with Diabetes

Posted: Friday, June 02, 2006

People with diabetes, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at increased risk of death when they are exposed to particulate air pollution, for one or more years.