News tagged with diabetes patients
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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
Apr 12, 2013 |
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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
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Fractalkine: New protein target for controlling diabetes
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a previously unknown biological mechanism involved in the regulation of pancreatic islet beta cells, whose role is to produce and release ...
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Apr 11, 2013 |
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ACP unveils tools to improve care for patients with prediabetes, gout, obesity, and Alzheimer's
The American College of Physicians (ACP) today unveiled a series of interventions to help patients and physicians manage prediabetes, gout, obesity and weight loss, and Alzheimer's disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Risk of comorbidities up with hypoglycemia in T2DM
(HealthDay)—For patients with type 2 diabetes, hypoglycemia, regardless of its severity, correlates with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events, all-cause hospitalization, and mortality, ...
Diabetes
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Diabetes patients need to be consulted to improve treatment
Patients with type 2 diabetes who tailor their own treatment in cooperation with their doctor can reduce their risk of complications such as heart attack with up to 20 percent. This is the result of a new Danish study from ...
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Primary care model ups African Americans' glycemic control
(HealthDay)—A primary care strategy targeting rural, low-income, African-American patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with improved glycemic control, according to research published in March/April ...
Health
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Peer coaching model beneficial for patients with diabetes
(HealthDay)—Health coaching by peers is associated with a significant reduction in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels among patients treated in public health clinics, according to research published in the March/April ...
Diabetes
Apr 03, 2013 |
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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
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Diabetes affects improvements after lumbar spine surgery
(HealthDay) —Patients with diabetes who have longstanding diabetes, poor glycemic control, and use insulin had suboptimal improvements in clinical outcomes after lumbar spine surgery, according to research ...
Diabetes
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Diet shown to be critical factor in improving type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery
Patients with type 2 diabetes who consume a diet identical to the strict regimen followed after bariatric surgery are just as likely to see a reduction in blood glucose levels as those who undergo surgery, ...
Diabetes
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Diabetes care for African-Americans can be improved
(HealthDay)—For African-Americans with type 2 diabetes, health care-promoted interventions targeting patients, the health care system, or both, can improve the quality of care, according to a review and ...
Diabetes
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Poor 'Health literacy' keeps patients from taking meds
(HealthDay)—Adult diabetes patients who don't understand basic health information are less likely to continue taking newly prescribed antidepressants, a new study finds.
Medications
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Psoriasis tied to increased risk of new-onset diabetes
(HealthDay)—Psoriasis is significantly tied to an increased risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus (DM), according to a study published online March 14 in Diabetes Care.
Diabetes
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Vitamin D may lower diabetes risk in obese children and adolescents, study finds
Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals ...
Diabetes
Mar 26, 2013 |
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