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Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured? (AP)

Diabetes? Some beat it, but are they cured?

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- JoAnne Zoller Wagner's diagnosis as prediabetic wasn't enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.


Researchers link blood sugar to normal cognitive aging

Researchers link blood sugar to normal cognitive aging

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created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Maintaining blood sugar levels, even in the absence of disease, may be an important strategy for preserving cognitive health, suggests a study published by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center ...





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People with type 2 diabetes improved muscular strength

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physical therapist-directed exercise counseling combined with fitness center-based exercise training can improve muscular strength and exercise capacity in people with type 2 diabetes, with outcomes similar to those of supervised ...


Emotional, Not Just Physical Weight, Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk

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created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combination of stress and obesity may significantly influence the development of type 2 diabetes among African-American women, with stress having a potentially greater role, according to researchers from ...


Diabetes patients should have regular exercise, weight training

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created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

To reduce their cardiovascular risk, people with type 2 diabetes should do at least two-and-a-half hours per week of moderate-intensity or one-and-a-half hours per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic exercises, plus some weight ...


Twin study: Diabetes significantly increases risk for Alzheimer's disease and other dementia

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diabetics have a significantly greater risk of dementia, both Alzheimer's disease — the most common form of dementia — and other dementia, reveals important new data from an ongoing study of twins. The risk of dementia is ...


Finnish study identifies factors that increase death in stroke patients ages 15 to 49

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created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heavy drinking, being 45 to 49 years old, type 1 diabetes or having a preceding infection are associated with more than twice the risk of death in stroke patients 15 to 49 years old, according to a Finnish study.


Sleep apnea occurring during REM sleep is significantly associated with type 2 diabetes

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A multi-ethnic study in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that there is a statistically significant relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) episodes occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and ty ...


Hospital diabetes care standards not met by US academic medical centers

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices are suboptimal and do ...


Low blood sugar: A killer for kidney disease patients?

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, poses a serious health threat for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN ...


FDA reviewing safety of Sanofi's Lantus insulin

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing data on the safety of Lantus, a synthetic insulin made by Sanofi-Aventis SA.


Adult-onset diabetes slows mental functioning in several ways, with deficits appearing early

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given the sharp rise in new cases of diabetes, this ...



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