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Monday, December 01, 2008
| Study Sheds Light on Participants in National SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study |
| University of South Carolina public health researchers have examined the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study to characterize its participants. The findings could help other scientists understand how to recruit children and teens into future studies. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Researchers Fear Sports May Be Hazardous to Fans’ Health |
| Die-hard sports fans may be risking heart attack, stroke, diabetes, cancer and premature death because of unhealthy lifestyle choices that seem to go along with rooting for favorite sports teams. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Exercise, Calcium-Rich Diet Could Cut Risk of Metabolic Syndrome |
| Adopting daily exercise sessions and a calcium-rich diet could reduce the risk of a group of health risk factors called the metabolic syndrome, finds a new study of Illinois adults. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that together signal a significantly higher risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Depression Can Hamper Glucose Control in People With Diabetes |
| Depression can cause diabetes patients to suffer from higher glucose levels over time compared to those who are not depressed, finds a study of older veterans with the disease. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Low-Dose Aspirin Does Not Appear to Reduce Risk of CV Events in Patients with Diabetes |
| Low-dose aspirin as primary prevention did not appear to significantly reduce the risk of a combined end point of coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study in JAMA. However, aspirin did significantly reduce the combination of fatal coronary and fatal cerebrovascular events. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| New Nanomaterial Could Be Breakthrough For Medical Implants |
| A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough with a new material that can be used to create devices that can be implanted into the human body – including blood glucose sensors for diabetics and hemo-dialysis membranes that can scrub impurities from the blood. |
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Posted on 24-Nov-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Modified Insulin Most Effective for Controlling Post-meal Blood Sugar Levels |
| Pre-mixed insulin analogues, a modified form of conventional pre-mixed human insulin, are more effective than long-acting analogues for controlling high blood sugar levels after meals in patients with type 2 diabetes. |
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Posted on 9-Oct-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Metabolic Syndrome Ups Colorectal Cancer Risk |
| In a large U.S. population-based study, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer compared to those without metabolic syndrome. |
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Posted on 9-Oct-2008 Read Full News Article |
| Discovery May Help Diabetic Gastric Problem |
| Mayo Clinic researchers have found what may provide a solution to one of the more troubling complications of diabetes -- delayed gastric emptying or gastroparesis. |
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Posted on 9-Oct-2008 Read Full News Article |
| New Target for Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance, Type 2 Diabetes |
| Researchers have identified a particular subset of cells that are linked to obesity-associated insulin resistance, and that offer a promising new target for the treatment of diabetes. |
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Posted on 9-Oct-2008 Read Full News Article |
| New Study Demonstrates Glucose Device Rapidly Alleviates Major Symptom of Type 1 Diabetes in Children |
| Hypoglycemia is difficult to treat, particularly in children younger than five years of age, because of difficulties in administering the correct glucose dose as well as patient compliance. Researchers presented data that demonstrated how a new approach that could change the way this disorder is managed in millions of pediatric diabetes patients worldwide. |
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Posted on 9-Oct-2008 Read Full News Article |
