News tagged with diabetic patients
Diabetic patients require global care
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Diabetes mellitus-associated coronary artery disease (CAD) is assuming epidemic proportions, especially in western countries. Both coronary revascularization and medical management have improved tremendously over the last ...
Study finds link between atrial fibrillation and an increased risk of death in diabetic patients
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Results from a large, international, randomised, controlled trial have shown that there is a strong link between diabetics who have an abnormal heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) and an increased risk of other heart-related ...
Study shows potential for resolving type 2 diabetes with bariatric surgery
Mar 03, 2009 |
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As the incidence of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus continues to increase worldwide, medical research indicates that surgery to reduce obesity can completely eliminate all manifestations of diabetes. In a study published ...
Portuguese scientists discover new mechanism that regulates formation of blood vessels
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Researchers in one of the external groups of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, have discovered a novel mechanism which regulates the process whereby new blood vessels are formed and wounds heal, including ...
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Diabetic episodes affect kids' memory
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Children who have had an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis, a common complication of diabetes, may have persistent memory problems, according to a new study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain.
Extreme glucose levels in diabetic patients with heart failure linked to increase risk of deaths
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Compared with patients with moderately controlled glucose levels, diabetic patients who have heart failure and either too high or too low glucose levels may be at increased risk of death, said researchers at Baylor College ...
FDA reviews diabetic and HIV medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 27, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced safety reviews of the FDA-approved medications Regranex Gel, Ziagen and Videx.
Medications plus dental materials may equal infection for diabetic patients
Mar 12, 2008 |
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People who live with diabetes on a daily basis are usually instructed to eat right, maintain regular physical activity, and if necessary, take medication. What many may not know is that these medications that help control ...
NPs-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP signal pathway is involved in diabetic gastroparesis
May 13, 2009 |
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The natriuretic peptide (NP) receptor type B (NPR-B) gene was expressed in gastric smooth muscles of normal and diabetic rats and the expression was increased in diabetic rats. These results suggest that natriuretic peptide-dependent ...
Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics
Aug 22, 2008 |
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The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Diabetes medication associated with slower progression of retina disease
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Patients with diabetes who take the medication rosiglitazone may be less likely to develop the eye disease proliferative diabetic retinopathy or to experience reductions in visual acuity (sharpness), according to a report ...
Uric acid may provide early clues to diabetic kidney disease
Mar 18, 2008 |
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For patients with type 1 diabetes, increased levels of uric acid in the blood may be an early sign of diabetic kidney disease—appearing before any significant change in urine albumin level, the standard screening test, reports ...
Some patients may not need insulin for long-term control of type 2 diabetes
Jun 15, 2008 |
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Some patients with type 2 diabetes can control their disease for years yet avoid insulin injections by using multiple classes of oral diabetic medications, a new study found. The results were presented Sunday, June 15, at ...
Diabetes associated with different types of brain injury in patients with dementia
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Patients with dementia and diabetes appear to display a different pattern of injuries in their brains than patients with dementia but without diabetes, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the March ...
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