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Lifestyle activities impact development of spinal stenosis

(HealthDay)—Increased loading of the lumbar spine, arising from lifestyle activities (such as lifting heavy objects, more frequent pregnancy, and higher body mass index), could contribute to the degenerative ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New method improves ability to continuously measure glucose in diabetic patients

Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universitat de Girona have developed a new method for continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes. It is based on a new calibration algorithm ...

Diabetes created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Added benefit of saxagliptin/metformin combination is not proven

The fixed combination of the drugs saxagliptin and metformin (Komboglyze) has been approved in Germany since November 2011 for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In an early benefit assessment pursuant to the "Act ...

Medications created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamins may ease diabetes symptoms, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Vitamin therapy is a promising avenue to improving symptoms of pain, tingling and numbness in hands and feet typical of diabetic neuropathy, a study by Tulane University researchers concluded.

Diabetes created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows US diabetes care improves, potential gaps remain

(Medical Xpress)—According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Americans with diabetes had increasingly better control of their blood sugar and cholesterol levels and at ...

Diabetes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes target achievement up from 1999 to 2010, more needed

(HealthDay)—For U.S. adults with diabetes there has been an improvement in achievement of targets from 1999 to 2010, but many still do not meet the recommended goals, according to research published in ...

Diabetes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AMA reveals first step toward improving health outcomes

(HealthDay)—The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced the first stage of its improving health outcomes initiative, which aims to optimize the health of the nation with a focus on preventing cardiovascular ...

Diabetes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diabetes self-care improves slowly, US report finds

(HealthDay)— More Americans are meeting diabetes care goals, but nearly half still aren't achieving major targets for controlling blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol, government health officials ...

Diabetes created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Grape intake may protect against metabolic syndrome-related organ damage

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 ...

Health created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Factors weighing in on long-term diabetes survival studied

(HealthDay)—Those able to survive with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) for more than 40 years are more likely to have better glycemic control, lower blood pressure, and more favorable lipid profiles, according to ...

Diabetes created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cardiac function unaffected by prior intensive insulin therapy

(HealthDay)—There was no effect of intensive versus conventional insulin therapy during the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) on cardiac parameters as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance ...

Diabetes created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calorie reduction, not bypass surgery, ups diabetes control

(HealthDay)—Calorie reduction rather than the actual Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery seems to account for the improvement in glucose homeostasis in obese patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo ...

Diabetes created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss surgery not only shrinks waists but also affects genes

Gastric bypass surgery can drastically reduce the body weight of obese individuals in a short timeframe. For reasons that are not entirely clear, the surgery also leads to early remission of type 2 diabetes in the vast majority ...

Medical research created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Trial shows 'high tech' approaches help reduce diabetes-related complications

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, ...

Diabetes created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Medication duloxetine helps reduce pain from chemotherapy

Among patients with painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, use of the anti-depressant drug duloxetine for 5 weeks resulted in a greater reduction in pain compared with placebo, according to a study in the April ...

Cancer created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0