Serum prostate-specific antigen level in men with type 2 diabetes
The aims of this study were to examine if serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are lower in men with type 2 diabetes compared with those in healthy men, and to investigate what factors may be associated with serum PSA levels in ...
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Outcome after leg bypass surgery for critical limb ischemia is ...
We identified 1840 patients in the Swedish Vascular Registry who had their first leg bypass procedure for critical lower limb ischemia from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2003, 742 with, and 1098 without diabetes. ...
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Long Term N-Acetylcysteine and L-Arginine Administration Reduces ...
Reactive oxygen and nitric oxide (NO) have recently been considered involved in the cardiovascular complications of patients with type 2 diabetes as NO is supposed to loose its physiological beneficial effects, due to the presence of ...
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The inclusion of educational messages in laboratory reports aids ...
this message was printed on the lab reports of individuals with a FPG between 5.5-6.9 mmol/L: "A FPG between 5.5 and 6.9 mmol/L is considered abnormal by the American Diabetes Association (impaired fasting glucose). ...
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Biphasic insulin aspart 30 three times daily is more effective ...
To assess efficacy and safety of twice- (BID) and three-times daily (TID) biphasic insulin aspart 30 (BIAsp 30) in Chinese subjects with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs). ...
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Sleep Disordered Breathing and Impaired Glucose Metabolism in ...
To characterize the association between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG), impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), combined IFG + IGT, and occult diabetes mellitus (DM) in individuals of different body ...
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Inverse Correlation Between Heart Rate Recovery and Metabolic ...
Objective:. Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a marker for survival. Little is known about the association between HRR and metabolic risks in healthy children or adolescents. Research Design and Methods:. We examined 993 healthy children and ...
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Determinants for the effectiveness of lifestyle intervention in ...
Intensive lifestyle intervention reduced significantly diabetes incidence among the participants of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. We investigated whether and to what extent risk factors for type 2 diabetes and other baseline ...
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Does Preventive Care Save Money? QALYs, New England Journal and ...
According to a very interesting article in the New England Journal of Medicine, candidates for US President are naively assuming that increased health care quality will translate into bazillions of dollars of savings that will reduce ...
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Leptin does not directly regulate the pancreatic hormones, amylin ...
Objective:. Leptin and the pancreatic hormones, amylin and pancreatic polypeptide (PP), are being evaluated alone or in combination for the treatment of obesity, but their physiological regulation has not yet been fully elucidated. ...
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Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose and Peripheral Insulin ...
OBJECTIVE—In a recent consensus statement, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) concluded that individuals with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) have "normal muscle insulin sensitivity." To subject this conclusion to further validation ...
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Salsalate Improves Glycemia and Inflammatory Parameters in Obese ...
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the efficacy of the anti-inflammatory drug salsalate to improve glycemia by reducing systemic inflammation in obese adults at risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. ...
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High Serum Uric Acid as a Novel Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes
RESULTS—The age- and sex-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) (95% CIs) for diabetes were 1.30 (0.96–1.76) for the second, 1.63 (1.21–2.19) for the third, and 2.83 (2.13–3.76) for the fourth quartile of serum uric acid, in comparison with the ...
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Soluble CD36 and Risk Markers of Insulin Resistance and ...
OBJECTIVE—We investigated the relation between soluble CD36 (sCD36), risk markers of atherosclerosis and body composition, and glucose and lipid metabolism in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Thirty PCOS ...
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Is Your Teen Fat?
These findings are "important" and "troublesome," the researchers say in their report in the medical journal Diabetes Care, because recognition that a child is overweight is a critical first step to making diet and lifestyle changes to ...
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The Avandia Spin Cycle Continues
Jean-Pierre Garnier, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, the UK-based pharmaceutical group, on Wednesday lashed out at a leading medical journal for ‘mixing science with politics’ in publishing articles attacking its diabetes drug ...
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Diabetes journal study shows KCI’s product effective in treating ...
... a reduction of time to healing and fewer amputations than advanced moist wound therapy. The study will be published in the April 2008 issue of Diabetes Care, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Diabetes Association. ...
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Opportunities and Challenges for Diabetes Prevention at Two ...
Community health centers (CHCs) provide unequaled opportunities to prevent diabetes among poor and minority high-risk groups. This formative study sought to assess structural, processes-of-care (health care quality domains), ...
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Effective Treatment With Oral Sulfonylureas in Patients With ...
OBJECTIVE—Neonatal diabetes can result from mutations in the Kir6.2 or sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) subunits of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel. Transfer from insulin to oral sulfonylureas in patients with neonatal diabetes due to Kir6.2 ...
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Impact of Diabetes on Physical Function in Older People
Subjects with diabetes had more comorbidities than control subjects (mean 2.5 vs. 1.9, P < 0.0001) and were more likely to have severe functional impairment (4 vs. 1%, Barthel score <5, P < 0.001). Health status pertaining to physical ...
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Fully Automated Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery vs. Semi-Automated ...
The most promising beta-cell replacement therapy for children with type 1 diabetes is a "closed-loop" (CL) artificial pancreas incorporating continuous glucose sensors and insulin pumps. The Medtronic MiniMed ePID System combines an ...
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Race/Ethnicity and Economic Differences in Cost-Related Medication ...
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We surveyed 5086 participants from the multicenter Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes Study. Respondents reported whether they used less medication because of cost in the past 12 months. ...
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Evaluation of a System for Automatic Detection of Diabetic ...
... is such that evaluation on validated, publicly available datasets should be pursued. If algorithms can be improved, such a system may in the future lead to improved prevention of blindness and vision loss in patients with diabetes.
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Objectively Measured Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and ...
OBJECTIVE—We examined the associations of objectively measured sedentary time and physical activity with continuous indexes of metabolic risk in Australian adults without known diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—An accelerometer was ...
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Impact of Autonomic Neuropathy on Left Ventricular Function in ...
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is one of the most serious complications of diabetes and has been weakly linked with left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. Previous studies that explored this association either suffer ...
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Accuracy of Perceptions of Overweight and Relation to Self-Care ...
OBJECTIVE—To examine how adolescents with type 2 diabetes and their parents/primary caregivers perceive the adolescents’ weight and the relationship of those perceptions to diet and exercise behaviors and perceived barriers to healthy ...
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Metabolic and Clinical Outcomes in Nondiabetic Individuals With ...
RESULTS—In participants with metabolic syndrome, at 4 years of follow-up, the incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes (fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dl) was 17.1% for chlorthalidone, 16.0% for amlodipine (P = 0.49, chlorthalidone vs. ...
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Bone Fractures and Hypoglycemic Treatment in Type 2 Diabetic ...
... outpatients with a follow-up of 4.1 ± 2.3 years was performed, comparing 83 case subjects of bone fractures and 249 control subjects matched for age, sex, duration of diabetes, BMI, A1C, comorbidity, smoking, and alcohol abuse. ...
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Detection of a Meal Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring ...
OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to introduce a novel meal detection algorithm (MDA) to be used as part of an artificial β-cell that uses a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We developed our MDA on a ...
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Hispanics Have Higher Levels On Test That Measures Blood Sugar ...
Among those with diabetes, Hispanics had higher levels than non-Hispanic whites on a test that indicates how well patients are controlling their blood sugar, according to a study in the February issue of Diabetes Care, the Winston Salem ...
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Journal of Adolescent Health, 42, 2 1054139X_00420002_cov150h.gif ...
... Managed Care Organizations’ Performance in Delivery of Adolescent Immunizations, HEDIS®, 1999–2002; The Parental Monitoring of Diabetes Care Scale: Development, Reliability and Validity of a Scale to Evaluate Parental Supervision of ...
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Wanted: “cultural competence” in diabetes care
We all know how important it is to feel like you “click” with your diabetes doctor or educator. Things never go well if the individual you’re seeing doesn’t seem to “get you.” Now imagine that they didn’t speak the same… ...
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Teens, parents may not see a weight problem
These findings are “important” and “troublesome,” the researchers say in their report in the medical journal Diabetes Care, because recognition that a child is overweight is a critical first step to making diet and lifestyle changes to ...
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Does Vaccination Disable the Immune System?
Since the committee’s report, a large ecological study in New Zealand revealed that an epidemic of diabetes followed a massive campaign to vaccinate children against hepatitis B. This report, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal ...
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Is More Always Better? - the ACCORD Study Results
These companies have also lavishly contributed to professional societies and not-for-profit organizations that are positioned to influence diabetes care. For example, the American College of Cardiology and American Diabetes Association, ...
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Cinnamon does not control blood sugar or fat levels
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cinnamon does not appear to have any impact on blood sugar or cholesterol levels in people with diabetes, Connecticut-based researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care. "The preponderance of evidence ...
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Grants Awarded To Study Cancer Care Access Among Asians, Improve ...
Center for Pan Asian Community Services: The group has received a $600000 grant from the WK Kellogg Foundation and the Original post by Allergy News From Medical News Today.
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Wanted: “Cultural Competence” in Diabetes Care
How could you possibly discuss a workable diabetes regimen with no common ground? A reader recently called my attention to a provocative article that appeared in the journal Insulin last April. It explains why "cultural competence" is ...
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Diabetes control is harder for Hispanics (Winston-Salem Journal)
Lack of access to health care is making it harder for Hispanics to control diabetes than non-Hispanics, according to a study released yesterday by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The study also was reported in the ...
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Health Effects of Child Abuse Continue for Decades
Abuse was not associated with other chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes or asthma. The research examined data from 3333 women who belonged to Group Health, a health care system in the Pacific Northwest. ...
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Salsalate May Help Reduce Risk for Diabetes, Heart Disease
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center are reporting that an inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin, salsalate, may prevent type 2 diabetes by lowering blood glucose and reducing inflammation. Diabetes Care, Feb-2008 ...
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Lumetra Program Improves Diabetes Care Among Latinos
... Disparities in care of diabetes patients in California decreased with the implementation of culturally-appropriate, community-based interventions, according to a new study published in the February American Journal of Public Health. ...
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Intensive Diabetes Care Brings Long-Term Benefits
... medications and behavior modification can lead to lasting improvements in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in people with type 2 diabetes, according to research published in the Feb. 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Links of the Day: February 20, 2008
Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well- “The behaviors are abstaining from smoking, weight management, blood pressure control, regular exercise and avoiding diabetes.” Basically, don’t smoke, eat less, and exercise more. ...
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Important Foot Care for People with Diabetes
According to a new study published in the American Journal of Medicine, this kind of care may reduce the risk of foot ulcers by more than 30%.Constant blood sugar elevation causes the nerve damage (neuropathy) responsible for diabetic ...
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Cinnamon shown to lower blood sugar, fats and cholesterol
Reporting in the journal Diabetes Care, Anderson and his team found that all cinnamon-takers experienced a drop in blood levels of glucose, fats and cholesterol by up to 30 percent. No change was seen in the people taking placebo. ...
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Robert Kuttner on Health Care Costs
[C]onsistent application of standard protocols for conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and elevated cholesterol levels, use of clinically proven screenings... and changes to diet and exercise can improve health and prevent larger ...
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The Cholesterol Con--Where Were the Doctors? Part I
Finally, “there is no evidence of any benefit for women who don't already have heart disease or diabetes,” says Abramson. According to a 2004 article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association which reviewed all trials ...
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