News tagged with hemoglobin level
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
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Teen type 1 diabetes outcomes up with internet interventions
(HealthDay)—Internet-based psycho-educational programs are beneficial for young patients with type 1 diabetes as they transition into adolescence, according to a study published online April 11 in Diabetes Ca ...
Diabetes
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Intensive glucose control improves CVD risk factors
(HealthDay)—Intensive glucose-lowering therapy (INT) is associated with favorable changes in lipoprotein levels and inflammatory risk factors even though it does not lower the incidence of cardiovascular ...
Diabetes
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Despite free health care, household income affects chronic disease control in kids
Researchers at the University of Montreal have found that the glycated hemoglobin levels of children with type 1 diabetes followed at its affiliated Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital (CHU Sainte-Justine) ...
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Apr 04, 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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New model predicts hospital readmission risk
Hospital readmissions are a costly problem for patients and for the United States health care system with studies showing nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days ...
Health
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Barrier assessment improves care for elderly with diabetes
(HealthDay)—For older adults with diabetes, an active intervention involving assessment of barriers to self-care and development of strategies to cope with these barriers is superior to usual care, according ...
Diabetes
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Study examines global management of anemia in children on dialysis
Children on dialysis who have anemia and who require high doses of drugs to treat it have an increased risk of dying prematurely, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 07, 2013 |
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Midway waist circumference better than iliac crest measure
(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 ...
Diabetes
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Peginesatide safe for anemia in patients undergoing dialysis
(HealthDay)—Peginesatide, a peptide-based erythropoiesis-stimulating agent, is safe and effective in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and anemia as long as they are undergoing dialysis, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 24, 2013 |
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TPN-linked hyperglycemia ups death for non-critically ill
(HealthDay)—Non-critically ill hospitalized patients who develop hyperglycemia after total parenteral nutrition (TPN) are more than five times more likely to die in the hospital, according to research published ...
Diabetes
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Restrictive transfusion strategy safe for acute GI bleeding
(HealthDay)—For patients with severe acute gastrointestinal bleeding, a restrictive transfusion approach is safe and effective compared with a liberal approach, according to a study published in the Jan. ...
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Jan 03, 2013 |
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Study: Blood transfusion associated with increased risk of death for patients with heart attack
A meta-analysis of 10 studies suggests that receipt of a blood transfusion among patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) was associated with increased all-cause mortality compared with not receiving a blood transfusion ...
Cardiology
Dec 24, 2012 |
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Different genes behind same adaptation to thin air
Highlanders in Tibet and Ethiopia share a biological adaptation that enables them to thrive in the low oxygen of high altitudes, but the ability to pass on the trait appears to be linked to different genes in the two groups, ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Resistance exercise offers more prolonged glycemic control
(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 ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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