http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The new weight loss drug lorcaserin (Belviq) appears to improve blood sugar control in nondiabetic, overweight individuals, independent of the amount of weight they lose, a new study finds. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-weight-loss-drug-added-diet.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:35:22 EST news290687709 (HealthDay)—Even people who are slightly obese could be candidates for weight-loss surgery under new guidelines released by three U.S. medical groups. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-slightly-obese-gain-weight-loss-surgery.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:30:01 EST news285394415 (HealthDay)—A simple checklist could help doctors estimate whether an older patient will be alive 10 years from now, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-checklist-youll-alive-years.html Health Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:37:45 EST news281727457 For people with diabetes, meeting the recommended guidelines for blood pressure and cholesterol is even more important than meeting the guidelines for blood sugar control in reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-blood-pressure-cholesterol-important-indicators.html Diabetes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:29:57 EST news278587787 (HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday approved three new medications to help people battle type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fda-drugs-diabetes.html Medications Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:00:01 EST news278401620 A new therapeutic approach to diabetes that combines insulin and an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) betacellulin could limit the progression of diabetic macular edema (DME), Cleveland Clinic researcher Bela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD, said at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, on Dec. 17 in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-insulin-growth-factor-inhibitor-limits.html Diabetes Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:00:01 EST news274986876 Strategies implemented in high-income countries to improve blood glucose control in people with type 1 diabetes and so reduce complications, such as heart attacks, strokes, and early death, are working, but there is much need for further improvement, according to a study from Scotland published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-complications-people-diabetes-ongoing-poor.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:00:01 EST news268407469 (HealthDay)—New guidelines meant to provide type 2 diabetes patients with truly individualized care have been issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-diabetes-patients-voice-treatment-experts.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:28:59 EST news268399731 Tight blood sugar control in the intensive care unit for pediatric cardiac surgery patients does not improve patients' infection rate, mortality, length of stay or organ failure when compared to standard care, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-tight-blood-sugar-pediatric-cardiac.html Cardiology Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:44:26 EST news266499844 Although some studies have portrayed tight blood sugar control as a potential means of lowering infection rates in critically ill adults, a new study—led by principal investigator Michael Agus, MD, director of the Medicine Critical Care Program at Boston Children's Hospital—found no indication that the approach benefits pediatric patients undergoing heart surgery. The results of the Safe Pediatric Euglycemia in Cardiac Surgery (SPECS) trial, which was conducted at Boston Children's and at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, will appear in the September 7 online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and in the September 27 print version of the publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-tight-glycemic-proven-benefits-children.html Cardiology Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:40:02 EST news266297984 (Medical Xpress) -- Type 2 diabetes often reverses after modified weight loss surgery, especially when the duration of diabetes is less than 10 years, a new study finds. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-bariatric-surgery-remission-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:30:01 EST news259844562 Obese adults with poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes can better control their blood sugar by adding liraglutide, a Type 2 diabetes drug, to their insulin therapy, a new study finds. The results, which will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, also found that these diabetic patients lost weight and lowered their blood pressure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-liraglutide-insulin-poorly-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:00:01 EST news259835664 A new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital suggests that fructose may not be as bad for us as previously thought and that it may even provide some benefit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-evidence-fructose-debate-healthy.html Diabetes Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:33 EST news259517302 (HealthDay) -- Many Americans with type 1 diabetes fail to meet their treatment targets, according to researchers who analyzed data from a newly created registry that includes more than 25,000 patients at 67 clinics nationwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-people-diabetes-treatment-goals.html Diabetes Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:10:01 EST news258527004 (HealthDay) -- Healthier lifestyles and better disease management led to a sharp drop in death rates for Americans with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, especially deaths caused by heart disease and stroke, a new federal government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-deaths-linked-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 22 May 2012 18:40:02 EST news256929395 Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes may not benefit from taking both an oral glucose lowering drug (metformin) and insulin instead of insulin alone, a study published on bmj.com claims. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-patients-diabetes-benefit-oral-medication.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:43:03 EST news254104964 (HealthDay) -- Type 2 diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder, and treating the disease often requires a personalized, multi-pronged approach, say new expert guidelines on treating high blood sugar levels, issued Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-diabetes-groups-issue-guidelines-blood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:20:01 EST news254065273 Exercise can improve the health of cancer patients who have completed their main cancer-related treatment finds a study published in the British Medical Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-health-wellbeing-cancer-patients.html Cancer Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:30:02 EST news247247811 A study published in Nature Genetics today has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-genetic-links-body-clock-receptor.html Diabetes Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:00:15 EST news247034442 Weight loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery. Whereas some previous studies have claimed that up to 80 per cent of diabetes patients have been cured following gastric bypass surgery, researchers at Imperial College London found that only 41 per cent of patients achieve remission using more stringent criteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-scientists-reassess-weight-loss-surgery.html Surgery Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:16:13 EST news244894564 A new study suggests that young diabetics may be struggling to get a good night's sleep, resulting in worse control of their blood sugar, poorer school performance and misbehavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-poor-linked-health-behavior-problems.html Sleep apnea Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:25:21 EST news244621500 Exenatide, a drug commonly prescribed to help patients with type 2 diabetes improve blood sugar control, also has a powerful and rapid anti-inflammatory effect, a University at Buffalo study has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-exenatide-byetta-rapid-powerful-anti-inflammatory.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:35:51 EST news239452542 Intensive control of blood sugar levels beyond standard targets provides no additional protection against cognitive decline in older people with diabetes than standard treatment, according to a national study coordinated by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-blood-sugar-standard-doesnt-cognitive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:30:01 EST news236351950 An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. The study is being published in the September issue of the journal Diabetes Care. The study, one of the first to scientifically examine mobile health technology, found that a key measure of blood sugar control – the amount of hemoglobin A1c in a person's blood – was lowered by an average of 1.9 percent over a period of one year in patients using the mobile health software. The findings support the further exploration of mobile health approaches to manage many chronic conditions, including diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mobile-technology-patients-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:20:02 EST news231391880 (Medical Xpress) -- New research from academics at the University of Bristol shows that, in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes, 6.5 hours of additional dietary advice sessions leads to improvement in blood sugar control compared with patients who receive usual care.  However, increased activity conferred no additional benefit when combined with the diet intervention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-dietary-advice-blood-sugar-diabetes.html Health Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:48:01 EST news228455254 When an independent senior health program implemented new recommended diabetes blood sugar guidelines, episodes of severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) tripled among frail elderly patients, according to a study led by Sei J. Lee, MD, a geriatrician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-diabetes-guidelines-linked-severe-blood.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 23 May 2011 08:28:53 EST news225358111 Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, have uncovered a new clue for why bariatric surgery is more effective than dietary remedies alone at controlling glucose levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-bariatric-surgery-effective-dieting-glucose.html Medical research Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:01 EST news223131445 An intensive program that taught low-income, poorly educated diabetics to better manage their disease resulted in significantly improved long-term blood sugar control, according to Johns Hopkins researchers who designed and implemented the program. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-diabetes-yields-blood-sugar.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:52:48 EST news221741500