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Aggressive Treatment for Type 2's Should Begin at Diagnosis Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

A year and a half ago, San Antonio's Dr. Ralph DeFronzo stood before thousands of doctors and told them the way most treat their diabetic patients just doesn't work very well and we need to be more aggressive. What we are doing now is just not working. A lengthy paper signed by DeFronzo and 15 other diabetes experts from the United States and Europe, slated for publication, also argues against the current ADA guidelines.

Preventing Diabetes for Ten Years Plus Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Ten-year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.

US Health-Risk Surveillance Results Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Results from January 2007 to December 2007 from the Behavioral Risk Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing telephone survey of US adults on health-risk behaviors and the use of preventative healthcare services related to the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, were reported last week.

Caloric Restriction with or without Exercise: The Fitness versus Fatness Debate Posted: Sunday, February 14, 2010

There is a debate over the independent effects of aerobic fitness and body fatness on mortality and disease risks.

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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