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Fast Food Menus with Calorie Information Lead to Lower Calorie Selections Posted: Sunday, February 07, 2010

Putting nutrition labels on fast food may lead parents to pick lower-calorie meals for their children, researchers say.

Preventing Diabetes with Lifestyle Changes Can Persist for at Least 10 Years Posted: Sunday, February 07, 2010

Ten-Year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study shows positive results.

New Data Prompt Renewed Calls for Public Health Initiative to Cut Salt in US Diet Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010

New statistical projections suggest that slashing salt in the US diet by 3 g per day would have huge benefits, reducing the annual number of new cases of coronary heart disease, strokes, and MI's and potentially saving up to 90,000 lives a year.

Obesity Screening Recommended for Children Ages 6 to 18 Years Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen children ages 6 to 18 years for obesity and refer them as appropriate to programs to improve their weight status, according to evidence-based guidelines.

Novo Nordisk receives US approval for Victoza® Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Novo Nordisk receives US approval for Victoza® (liraglutide) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

JDRF Artificial Pancreas Project Going Forward Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010

RF forms partnership with Animas to develop first-generation automated system for managing Type 1 diabetes.

It’s Final: New ADA Guidelines Urge A1C Test for Diabetes Diagnosis Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

The ADA will publish the new guidelines in the January issue of Diabetes Care. The A1c blood test may catch Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes sooner, with no fasting.

Regaining Normal Glucose Function in Patients with Prediabetes Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

Diabetes prevention likely resides in the restoration of Normal Glucose Regulation (NGR) rather than in the maintenance of a high-risk state, such as pre-diabetes. Therefore, it is encouraging to note that nearly one quarter of the study participants achieved NGR within the 3-year study window. Over half of those patients did so in the first year, so for the most part, those who succeed in having NGR restored will do so relatively quickly.

Medicine Wheel Helps Natives Cope with Diabetes Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

South Dakota State University research showed an intervention strategy based on the Native American spiritual concept of the Medicine Wheel brought positive changes for diabetics.

People with Diabetes Gain Victory Posted: Sunday, January 03, 2010

With the passing of the new healthcare reform bill, prior existing conditions such as diabetes will not prevent people from getting coverage.

 

 

 

 

 

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