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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Care.diabetesjournals.org: August 24, 2012 Both stressful intrauterine milieus and genetic susceptibility have been linked to later-life diabetes risk. The current study aims to examine the interaction between low birth weight, a surrogate measure of stressful intrauterine milieus, and genetic susceptibility in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The analysis included […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Care.diabetesjournals.org: August 21, 2012 OBJECTIVE To examine the longitudinal effects of medication nonadherence (MNA) on key costs and estimate potential savings from increased adherence using a novel methodology that accounts for shared correlation among cost categories. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Veterans with type 2 diabetes (740,195) were followed from January 2002 until death, loss to follow-up, or December […]
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Diabetes News
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
News.aces.illinois.edu: AUGUST 20, 2012 URBANA – In evaluating the bioactive compounds of Illinois blueberry and blackberry wines, University of Illinois scientists have found compounds that inhibit enzymes responsible for carbohydrate absorption and assimilation. And that could mean a tasty way to help people with diabetes decrease their blood sugar. “We’re thinking about a dealcoholized fermented fruit […]
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Diabetes News
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Cdc.gov: 8/20/12 Make a plan to help your child manage diabetes at school. Start by meeting with school staff and by making sure your child has the necessary supplies for routine care and blood sugar emergencies. You may already have bought the basic school supplies for sending your child back to school. But if your child […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Ehp03.niehs.nih.gov: 8/10/12 Background: Diabetes affects an estimated 346 million people globally. Total deaths from diabetes are projected to increase > 50% in the next decade. Understanding the role of environmental chemicals in the development or progression of diabetes is an emerging issue in environmental health. In 2011, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) organized a workshop to […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
atvb.ahajournals.org: 9/1/12 Insulin resistance is a characteristic feature of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus and impacts the heart in various ways. Impaired insulin-mediated glucose uptake is a uniformly observed characteristic of the heart in these states, although changes in upstream kinase signaling are variable and dependent on the severity and duration of the associated obesity […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
hhs.gov: August 21, 2012. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Nicholas Garlow with HHS HealthBeat. More people have diabetes now than ever before. People with diabetes often have other health risk factors, like obesity and high blood pressure. But data from the National Health Interview Survey shows that death rates are declining […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
tde.sagepub.com: August 15, 2012. Glucose variability leading to suboptimal glycemic control is common among people using injection therapies. Advanced technology and new studies have identified important issues related to injection technique: needle length and gauge, body mass index, skin and subcutaneous tissue thickness, adequate resuspension of cloudy insulins, leakage, choice of injection site and rotation, pinching […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
biomedcentral.com: 8/14/12 Structured education programmes for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions are being widely adopted. However, follow-up studies suggest that course graduates may struggle to sustain the self-care practices taught on their courses over time. This study explored the support needs of patients with type 1 diabetes after attending a structured education programme promoting […]
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Diabetes News
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
bmj.com: August 10, 2012 To evaluate the efficacy and safety of currently used drug eluting stents compared with each other and compared with bare metal stents in patients with diabetes. Design Mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis. Data sources and study selection PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched for randomised clinical trials, until April 2012, of four durable polymer drug […]
