http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Consuming grapes may help protect against organ damage associated with the progression of metabolic syndrome, according to research presented Monday at the Experimental Biology conference in Boston. Natural components found in grapes, known as polyphenols, are thought to be responsible for these beneficial effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-grape-intake-metabolic-syndrome-related.html Health Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:30:00 EST news285848993 As global rates of diabetes escalate, a new computerised self-care system for people with Type 2 diabetes has been shown to significantly improve diabetes control and mental health-related quality of life, according to a global health expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-trial-high-tech-approaches-diabetes-related.html Diabetes Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:11:13 EST news284361044 Work groups at Technische Universität München (TUM) under Prof. Peter Schieberle and at the University of Vienna under Prof. Veronika Somoza studied four different edible fats and oils: Lard, butterfat, rapeseed oil and olive oil. Over a period of three months, the study participants ate 500 grams of low-fat yoghurt enriched with one of the four fats or oils every day – as a supplement to their normal diet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-olive-oil-full.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:44:38 EST news282483229 Patients with diabetes were no more likely to suffer infection, deep vein thrombosis (a deep vein blood clot) or other complications following total knee replacement (TKR) than patients without diabetes, according to new research published online today, in advance of its publication in the March 2013 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-patients-diabetes-greater-infection.html Diabetes Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:30:01 EST news281190108 Hypoglycemia may be a much larger problem among patients with diabetes than is currently realized, according to a study of members of a diabetes-focused social network conducted by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's Informatics Program (CHIP). The study shows how engaging patients in research through social networking may help augment traditional surveillance methods for public health research, while simultaneously offering opportunities to promote healthy behaviors among participants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-social-networking-approach-health-hypoglycemia.html Diabetes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:08 EST news279805431 (HealthDay)—Holiday eating and drinking could pose a risk for people who do not know that they have type 2 diabetes, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-holidays-folks-unaware-theyre-diabetic.html Diabetes Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:12:42 EST news275677952 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers under ETH-Zurich professor Martin Fussenegger have created a new genetic network that could cure the various symptoms of so-called metabolic syndrome in one fell swoop. It already works in mice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clever-gene-combats-metabolic-syndrome.html Medical research Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:03:20 EST news275036594 (HealthDay)—Patients with diabetes who were treated with the popular oral medication metformin face a lower risk of heart attack, stroke or death than those taking sulfonylureas, another common option, according to a large, multi-year study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-popular-diabetes-meds.html Diabetes Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:20:01 EST news271441451 Mayo Clinic researchers are presenting new findings on the early treatment of child and adolescent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder this week at the American Academy of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting in San Francisco. They include a method to get better input from parents and teachers of children who are being diagnosed with ADHD for the first time—allowing for more effective treatment upon the first consultation. Researchers also showed how a tool can help clinicians better diagnose and treat children who have both ADHD and oppositional defiance disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-tools-adhd-patients-early-stages.html Attention deficit disorders Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:50:01 EST news270469605 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 The increasingly common condition of gestational diabetes can have serious consequences for both the mother and child if left untreated. Prompt diagnosis and therapy can protect against these consequences. A new testing method developed at the MedUni Vienna now makes diagnosis easier and also cheaper. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-newly-simple-gestational-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:40:03 EST news268389596 Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who also have obstructive sleep apnea have at least three times the risk of having prediabetes compared with women who do not have PCOS, according to a new study. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-apnea-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-prediabetes.html Sleep apnea Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:00:03 EST news259925726 The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-hba1c-glucose-poorly-dialysis-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 31 May 2011 11:04:04 EST news226058621