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Clinical Trial News
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
October 10, 2011 — Three studies of diabetes disease management programs indicate that intensive behavioral and educational interventions may improve patient outcomes. The 3 studies analyzed different intervention programs in different patient populations, and the results were published online October 10 in the Archives of Internal Medicine as part of the journal’s Health Care Reform series. One […]
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Diabetes News
Friday, October 28th, 2011
By Laura Kennedy, Contributing Writer Research Source: Health Services Research Health Behavior News Service Among patients with diabetes, Latinos and African-Americans are more likely to miss scheduled primary care appointments than Filipinos, Asians or Caucasians, according to a new study. Patients who often miss primary care appointments have poorer control of blood sugar, blood pressure and […]
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Diabetes News
Friday, October 28th, 2011
By Don Finley – dfinley@express-news: Study included test groups of S.A. Hispanics A new study that included hundreds of San Antonio Hispanics found that that a person’s genes play a strong role in how the immune system responds to 13 common infections. And while the findings might provide some clues to why some people are better […]
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Diabetes News
Friday, October 28th, 2011
By ICTMN Staff: All people with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, are at risk for diabetic eye disease, a leading cause of vision loss and blindness. “The longer a person has diabetes the greater is his or her risk of developing diabetic eye disease,” said Dr. Suber Huang, chair of the Diabetic Eye Disease […]
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Diabetes News
Friday, October 28th, 2011
By Jody Smith – Empow Her: Hispanic American women are two or three times more likely than non-Hispanic American women to develop diabetes. When the body is unable to create or use insulin properly, the result is diabetes. The body needs insulin to transform food into energy. When it’s unable to perform this function, a variety of […]
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Diabetes News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Stephen Palacio- Executive Vice President, Director Hispanic Practice – Huffington Post: High sugar consumption is a large contributor to Hispanic diabetes. States may be forced to look at various “consumption” taxes to curb disease rates. How will Texas, with 38% of Hispanics uninsured, and California, with 29% of Hispanics uninsured, handle the coming influx of Hispanic […]
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Diabetes News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
By Kaiser Permanente Published: Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 – 2:47 pm PASADENA, Calif., October 20, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — African American women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy face a 52 percent increased risk of developing diabetes in the future compared to white women who develop GDM during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the journalDiabetologia. African American women are […]
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Clinical Trial News
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Joint Commission Journal Findings Show Need for Automation to Improve Safety, Quality OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL, Oct 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Differences in the quality and safety of medical treatment that minorities receive could be reduced through the better use of health information technology (HIT), according to a new article published in the October […]
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Clinical Trial News
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Breast cancer unites women under a common banner of hope. But different minority populations, as well as subgroups within those populations, face distinct challenges and risk factors when it comes to breast health. “We tend to (group) everything in terms that ‘one size fits all’ as opposed to looking at the disease as it impacts […]
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Clinical Trial News
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Complications that arise from diabetes are more prevalent among minorities, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (Jose Luis Pelaez/Getty Images) Although more and more people are living longer with colorectal cancer, new research has found that black people with the disease aren’t living as long as whites. In an analysis of more […]
