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Comorbidities Lead to Neglected Diabetes Self-Care

Posted: Friday, November 23, 2007

When patients with diabetes have severe comorbidities, they are likely to deal with them while neglecting glucose monitoring and other self-care tasks, according to a new study.

Actos Showed Improvement in Diabetes and Macrovascular Disease

Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

Long-term therapy with pioglitazone in patients with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes not only reduces risk of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke, but it also has favourable effects on lipid markers in patients on statin therapy.

Increased Risk Of Death In Patients Who Stop Using Statins After Stroke

Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007

Patients who stop taking cholesterol-lowering drugs within a year of surviving a stroke had a two-fold increased risk of death, researchers reported.

Antioxidant Vitamins Don't Provide CardioVascular Protection

Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007

Taking vitamin C, vitamin E, or beta-carotene supplements had no apparent effect on the long-term risk of major cardiovascular events, including stroke or death, in a trial that randomized thousands of women considered at high cardiovascular (CV) risk and followed them for an average of about nine years.

Risk of Stroke is High Within 5 Yrs. of Treatment of Diabetes

Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2007

Risk of stroke is high within 5 years of treatment for type 2 diabetes and more than double that for the general population. More Reason to recommend an aspirin a day.

Prevalence of Diabetes Rose 5% Annually Since 1990

Posted: Saturday, June 30, 2007

CDC statistics highlight need for improved prevention efforts.

Predictors of Stroke in Type 2 Diabetics Identified

Posted: Friday, April 20, 2007

Researchers have identified several risk factors for stroke in type 2 diabetic patients, with the two strongest being older age and a prior stroke.

More Diabetes, More Heart Disease: Study

Posted: Thursday, April 05, 2007

Two-thirds of diabetics will die from heart attack or stroke, researchers warn. Yet, just 30 minutes of physical activity reduced the risk by 58%!

Cocoa Extract 'Targets Big Four'

Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Epicatechin, a compound found in cocoa, could target four of the major health problems, it has been claimed. New research argues that the nutrient helps to target the risk of stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes.

Internal Clock Causes Morning Blood Pressure Changes

Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2007

It has been known for decades that heart attacks and strokes occur most frequently in the early-morning hours. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have provided the first evidence for the role of our body's internal molecular clock in controlling blood pressure and a mechanism by which this occurs.