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Reduced Blood Flow Velocity Precedes Diabetic Microvascular Disease

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Physicians Miss Signs of Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

A lot of primary care physicians need to bone up on the signs of chronic kidney disease, according to investigators.

Compound in Dairy Products Targets Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

A possible new way to treat diabetes without synthetic drugs.

Free Fat Acids Independently Associated With Cardiovascular Mortality

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Levels of free fat acids are associated with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease.

Walking Makes a Difference in Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

How much walking is needed to produce the best effects for controlling Type 2 diabetes?

Diabetes Tied to Enlarged Prostate

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Researchers report that, BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels.

Early-onset Of Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease And Death Before Age 55

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 is associated with a substantially increased risk of end-stage kidney disease and death between 25 and 55 years of age.

Vegan Diet Reverses Diabetes Symptoms

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

People who ate a low-fat vegan diet, cutting out all meat and dairy, lowered their blood sugar more and lost more weight than people on a standard American Diabetes Association diet.

Blood Sugar Control Important in Diabetics on Dialysis

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Good control of blood sugar in diabetic patients with chronic kidney disease who undergo regular hemodialysis is an independent predictor of a better prognosis, a team of Japanese researchers report.

1 In 5 Youth With Diabetes Has Heart Risk

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

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.