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(HealthDay)—A fasting plasma glucose value of 4.4 mmol/L is the optimal cut point for determining which pregnant Chinese women need a 75-g 2-h oral glucose tolerance test offered at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation, according to a study published online March 27 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mmoll-optimal-fasting-glucose-cutoff.html Diabetes Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:00:02 EST news285308125 (HealthDay)—Women with gestational diabetes mellitus treated with metformin or insulin have similar changes in markers of metabolic status and no differences in offspring birth weight, according to a study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-neonatal-size-unaffected-gestational-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:30:01 EST news281977659 (HealthDay)—Waist circumference measured midway (WC-mid) between the lowest ribs and the iliac crest better defines risks associated with central obesity than does waist circumference measured at the iliac crest (WC-IC), according to a study published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-midway-waist-circumference-iliac-crest.html Diabetes Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:30:01 EST news279386720 (HealthDay)—Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices vary in performance characteristics, according to a comparative effectiveness study published online Dec. 28 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-differences-glucose.html Diabetes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:07:07 EST news278341614 (HealthDay)—For patients without diabetes undergoing coronary angiography (CAG), fasting plasma glucose (FPG) performs better in diabetes screening than glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), according to a study published online Dec. 13 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-fasting-plasma-glucose-hba1c-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:01 EST news277660139 (HealthDay)—Children with high-risk A1C (hrA1C) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) define different populations, with differentially increased risk markers, according to research published online Nov. 27 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-distinct-high-risk-diabetes-populations-idd.html Diabetes Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:20:01 EST news275134151 (HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled by metformin alone, addition of the new oral anti-diabetes agent imeglimin improves glycemic control with good tolerability and safety, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-imeglimin-beneficial-add-on-metformin-t2dm.html Diabetes Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:08:47 EST news274684120 (HealthDay)—For patients with type 1 diabetes, resistance exercise is associated with a smaller initial decline in blood glucose compared with aerobic exercise, but offers a more prolonged reduction in post-exercise glycemia, according to research published online Nov. 19 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-resistance-prolonged-glycemic.html Diabetes Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:30:01 EST news273946590 While it is well recognized that patients with diabetes are at risk of developing Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), on World Diabetes Day the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) highlights the fact that patients with CAD are also at great risk of developing diabetes mellitus (DM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-esc-dont-screen-diabetes-cad.html Diabetes Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:41:05 EST news272090457 (HealthDay)—Using a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) threshold of ≥6.5 percent is a specific but not sensitive early indicator of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in high-risk children and young adults, according to a study published in the September issue of Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-hba1c-percent-specific-sensitive-t1dm.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 02 Sep 2012 04:50:02 EST news265778778 A sub-study of the Outcome Reduction with an Initial Glargine Intervention (ORIGIN) trial, designed to investigate the effect of insulin glargine and omega-3 fatty acids on atherosclerosis progression, has found that, compared to standard care, only insulin glargine (a long-acting insulin) had a "modest" statistically non-significant reducing effect on the primary outcome of rate of change in maximum carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) at 12 carotid sites. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-effect-insulin-glargine-fish-oil.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:03:18 EST news265287788 A new diabetes study at the University of Leicester has discovered that South Asians (people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lanka origin) have higher levels of blood sugar than white Europeans independent of risk factors that influence sugar levels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-blood-sugar-diabetes-south-asians.html Diabetes Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:44:52 EST news262345482 (HealthDay) -- Implementation of the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) recommendations for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) screening in Israel would increase GDM diagnoses by approximately 50 percent, with risk stratification recommended to reduce over-treatment, according to research published online July 11 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-screening-guidelines-ups-gdm-diagnosis.html Diabetes Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:20:01 EST news262008762 (HealthDay) -- For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), those with metabolic syndrome (MetS) have increased arterial stiffness but no increase in endothelial dysfunction, compared to those without MetS, according to a study published online May 29 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-metabolic-syndrome-linked-arterial-stiffness.html Diabetes Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:38:17 EST news258050289 (HealthDay) -- Levels of some amino acids are associated with glycemia and insulin resistance and predict the development of type 2 diabetes in men, according to a study published online May 2 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-amino-acid-linked-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 09 May 2012 14:30:01 EST news255786955 As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary behavior is known to have adverse effects on cardiovascular and metabolic health, the impact of long commutes by automobile are less understood. A new study has found that greater commuting distances are associated with decreased cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), increased weight, and other indicators of metabolic risk. The results are published in the June issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-commutes-hazardous-health.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:01 EST news255629146 (Medical Xpress) -- A new Iowa State University study confirms your mom was right, you should chew your food thoroughly. Mom's logic was that proper chewing would ease digestion, but the ISU research found that chewing food thoroughly -- 40 times before swallowing -- also reduces food intake in healthy young adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-additional-food-intake-young-adults.html Health Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:30:01 EST news253930042 A recent study has found that a childhood behavioral intervention to lower dietary intake of total fat and saturated fat and increase consumption of foods that are good sources of dietary fiber resulted in significantly lower fasting plasma glucose levels and lower systolic blood pressure when study participants were re-evaluated in young adulthood. The study was accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-childhood-diet-fat-higher-fiber.html Health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:59:51 EST news238921178 In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine found that dental visits represented a chance to intervene in the diabetes epidemic by identifying individuals with diabetes or pre-diabetes who are unaware of their condition. The study sought to develop and evaluate an identification protocol for high blood sugar levels in dental patients and was supported by a research grant from Colgate-Palmolive. The authors report no potential financial or other conflicts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-dentists-people-undiagnosed-diabetes.html Dentistry Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:44:38 EST news229880665