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Why Some Diabetes Patients Escape Complications

Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2011

Much research has been carried out on why diabetes patients develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them?

Pomegranate Juice Helps Kidney Patients

Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

Researchers in Israel report that there could be some truth to some of the many health claims for pomegranate juice, at least for kidney patients on dialysis.

Some Alcohol Use Reduces Diabetes, Mortality after Kidney Transplant

Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010

Kidney transplant recipients who consume moderate amounts of alcohol have lower mortality rates by 44% and lower levels of diabetes than transplant recipients who are abstainers or heavy drinkers, according to new research.

Drop Seen in Rate of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Diabetes Patients

Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010

However, as diabetes has surged actual number of cases rose, review of U.S. data found.

CDC: 1 in 3 Americans Could Have Diabetes by 2050

Posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010

As many as 1 in 3 American adults could have diabetes by the year 2050, according to a new analysis released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control. That would be sharp rise from one in 10 adults now currently living with the disease.

Chromium Picolinate Reduces Inflammation in Diabetic Nephropathy

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

Researchers in a new study found that taking chromium picolinate may help lessen inflammation associated with diabetic nephropathy.

New Way to Explain the Leading Cause of Kidney Failure

Posted: Friday, October 22, 2010

New reported evidence offers a completely new explanation for why people with diabetes account for more than half of all patients requiring dialysis or kidney transplantation.

Kidney Function in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy Linked to Seasonal BP

Posted: Sunday, October 10, 2010

Researchers say clinicians should consider seasonal variations in systolic blood pressure when treating patients with diabetic nephropathy, after finding seasonal variations in urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR), likely linked to blood-pressure changes.

A1c Test for Diagnosis Not Perfect: Study

Posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The limited sensitivity of the A1C test may result in missed or delayed diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, whereas the use of current OGTT criteria will fail to identify a high proportion of individuals with A1C >6.5%. Further studies and discussion are needed before revising guidelines for Type 2 diabetes diagnosis.

Urine Protein Analysis May Help Spot Diabetic Nephropathy

Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Certain urine proteomic profiles may be useful biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of diabetic glomerulosclerosis, researchers report in Diabetes Care.