Diabetes
Preventing diabetes at the office
For people who already have high blood sugar, preventing diabetes could amount to just another day at the office.
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Diabetes
Putting exercise under the microscope
According to the Centers for Disease Control, newly diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes have quadrupled since 1980, when 4.5 million cases were diagnosed, to 20.9 million in 2011.
Nov 11, 2015
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Diabetes
Study suggests use of insulin pumps has improved blood sugar control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
An analysis of three large diabetes registries from the USA, Germany/Austria and England/Wales suggests that use of insulin pumps in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes is contributing to improvements in blood sugar ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Cardiology
FIGHT study proves type-2 diabetes therapy ineffective in the treatment of high-risk heart failure patients
In an attempt to correct defects in the energy generation that contributes to poor pump function among heart failure patients, researchers examined whether the diabetes drug liraglutide, could improve the condition of patients ...
Nov 8, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
High post-pregnancy BMI raises pelvic organ prolapse risk
Maintaining a normal body mass index (BMI) is important for good cardiovascular health and blood sugar control, but maintaining it after pregnancy can also be key to preventing pelvic organ prolapse, according to a new study ...
Oct 26, 2015
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Diabetes
Study finds mechanisms of early insulin treatment for diabetes may produce better outcomes
A pilot study of 23 adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes found early insulin therapy to be as effective as 15 months of oral therapy and may improve the body's ability to produce insulin.
Oct 17, 2015
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Diabetes
Melatonin and mealtime: Common genetic difference could put some at greater risk of diabetes
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the University of Murcia, Spain, have shed new light on why people who carry a common genetic mutation may be more at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. By carefully ...
Oct 6, 2015
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Diabetes
Study links marijuana use to poor blood sugar control in middle age
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that current and former users of marijuana are more likely to have prediabetes—the state of poor blood sugar ...
Sep 13, 2015
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Diabetes
Years of good blood sugar control helps diabetic hearts, study finds
Day in and day out, for years on end, millions of people with diabetes prick their fingers to test their blood sugar level. And many may wonder if all the careful eating, exercise and medication it takes to keep those levels ...
Jun 3, 2015
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Diabetes
Leading-edge diabetes treatment program hits milestone
An Edmonton health care team has cemented its status as global leaders in a groundbreaking diabetes treatment.
May 29, 2015
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