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Chocolate Linked to Lower Stroke and Stroke Mortality Risk

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010

A new systematic review suggests higher chocolate consumption may be associated with a lower risk for incident stroke and stroke-related mortality.

LifeScan Recalls Specific Lots of Consumer and Professional OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips Due To Inaccurate Readings at High Levels

Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010

LifeScan, Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall in the United States of eight lots of OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips, used by people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose levels at home. The test strips are being recalled because they may provide falsely low glucose results when the glucose level is higher than 400 mg/dL.

Diabetes Tied to Poor Impulse Control

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010

Patients with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes were significantly more likely to show poor impulse control in psychological testing than healthy people, researchers said. The findings could help explain why diabetic patients find it difficult to make the recommended lifestyle adjustments such as avoiding high-fat foods and maintaining daily exercise.

Effect of Periodontal Treatment on Glycemic Control of Diabetic Patients

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010

There is growing evidence that periodontitis may affect general health. This study by university researchers from the Netherlands was assigned to explore the robustness of observations that periodontal therapy leads to the improvement of glycemic control in diabetic patients.

Childhood Obesity and Pre-Diabetes Linked with Premature Death

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010

Obesity, glucose intolerance, and hypertension in childhood are strongly linked with premature death from endogenous causes in young adulthood and middle age, according to the results of a new epidemiological study.

Monitoring Helps Stop Drug-Associated Hyperkalemia Events in Diabetics

Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010

Potassium monitoring can help prevent drug-associated hyperkalemia events in patients with diabetes, according to a report.

Diabetes Drug Avandia: Off the Market! FDA Documents, Senate Committee

Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010

Controversial medicine raises users' heart risk, leaked files suggest.

Key to Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer.

Aggressive Treatment for Type 2's Should Begin at Diagnosis

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

A year and a half ago, San Antonio's Dr. Ralph DeFronzo stood before thousands of doctors and told them the way most treat their diabetic patients just doesn't work very well and we need to be more aggressive. What we are doing now is just not working. A lengthy paper signed by DeFronzo and 15 other diabetes experts from the United States and Europe, slated for publication, also argues against the current ADA guidelines.

Use of Metformin in Type 1's

Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Metformin reduces insulin-dose requirement in Type 1 diabetes. As adding metformin to insulin therapy has been advocated in Type 1 diabetes, researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen, U.K., conducted a systematic review of published clinical trials and clinical trial databases to assess the effects on HbA1c, weight, insulin-dose requirement and adverse effects.