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People With Diabetes Benefit More From Exercise Than Healthy People

Posted: Wednesday, December 01, 2004

People at high risk for heart disease benefit more from exercise than healthy people who exercise,
Even moderate physical activity can sharply reduce the chance of dying among people with diabetes, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors.

First OTC Cholesterol Drug Launched

Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2004

Britain became the first country in the world to sell a cholesterol-lowering drug without a prescription on Thursday when a low-dose "over-the-counter" (OTC) form of Merck & Co Inc's Zocor was launched

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.

Statins Are Underused and Underdosed!

Posted: Thursday, March 18, 2004

The practice of under-dosing statins is just bad medicine and bad economics because low-dose statins do not offer the cardiovascular disease protection of higher-dose statins, so the patients have not reduced their risk of cardiovascular events.

Need for More Aggressive in-Hospital Glucose Control

Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2003

Blood glucose is often ignored by nurses and physicians who focus only on the reason for admission, not the underlying disease. Better control can help decrease length of stay and reduce morbidity and mortality, especially in diabetics admitted for cardiovascular conditions, according to the statement, issued at the Consensus Development Conference on Inpatient tes and Metabolic Control.

Beta-Blockers Improve Survival Outcomes In Diabetics With Heart Failure

Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Beta-blockers provide substantial benefits to heart failure patients when given with other drugs called ACE inhibitors, the authors explain. However, many doctors are reluctant to give beta-blockers to diabetics out of concern for possible side effects on blood sugar levels. Still, based on the present analysis, it is possible to conclude that heart failure patients, with or without diabetes, should probably receive a beta-blocker unless they have strict reason not to, the researchers state.

New Study Backs Low-Carb Diets

Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2003

A study by doctors at Christiana Care Health System shows that patients with medical problems lost weight safely on a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, similar to the popular Atkins plan.Patients lost 5 percent of body weight in six weeks safely."The really surprising thing to me is that this very high fat intake appears not only to reduce weight but to control risk factors for heart disease and diabetes,"

New Drug Mimics HDL “Good Cholestrol to Clear Coronary Arteries In 2 Weeks

Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2003

A synthetic form of "good cholesterol" has been shown to quickly shrink blockages clogging coronary arteries, offering for the first time the possibility of a drug that could actually rapidly reverse heart disease.

Diet High in Dairy Products Reduces Risk of Insulin Resistance

Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2002

Overweight individuals who consumed the highest amount of dairy products were 72% less likely then those with a low-diary diet to develop insulin resistance syndrome (IRS).