News tagged with low blood sugar
Calories, not protein or carbs, are key to weight loss for people with diabetes
(Medical Xpress) -- Overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes are more likely to reduce weight if they focus on cutting back on total calorie intake, rather than specific high protein/high carbohydrate diets according ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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ACP recommends metformin to treat type 2 diabetes based on CE analysis of oral medications
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Severe hypoglycemia cause identified
Cambridge scientists have identified the cause of a rare, life-threatening form of hypoglycaemia. Their findings, which have the potential to lead to pharmaceutical treatments for the disorder, were published today in the ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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3 die at UK hospital where saline was contaminated
(AP) -- British police are investigating whether three hospital patients died as a result of receiving saline solution contaminated with insulin.
Jul 17, 2011 |
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Outpatient electronic prescribing systems don't cut out common mistakes
Outpatient electronic prescribing systems don't cut out the common mistakes made in manual systems, suggests research published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).
Jun 30, 2011 |
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New measurement important complement to GI
Many people are careful to follow a low glycemic index (GI) diet. However, the glycemic index concept has some shortcomings, in the view of one young researcher, who has developed a complementary method, "glycemic profile," ...
Jun 28, 2011 |
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Diabetes guidelines linked to severe low blood sugar in frail elderly
When an independent senior health program implemented new recommended diabetes blood sugar guidelines, episodes of severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) tripled among frail elderly patients, according to a study led by Sei ...
May 23, 2011 |
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In-car device monitors blood sugar for diabetic drivers
People with diabetes and their caregivers know that careful and constant monitoring of their blood sugar levels is critical to managing the disease. But even while driving?
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May 19, 2011 |
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Artificial pancreas in pregnancy promises fewer diabetes deaths
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge research funded by the health charity Diabetes UK has for the first time successfully demonstrated the potential of an artificial pancreas in pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes. ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Combining exenatide with insulin may be 'best result ever' for diabetes patients: UNC expert
A new study finds that combining the newer diabetes drug exenatide with insulin provides better blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes than insulin alone and helps promote weight loss.
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Nutrition's potential to save sight
While 20/20 vision is a symbol of visual acuity, between now and the year 2020, more and more people will experience some extent of vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other sight-robbing diseases.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Benefits outweigh risks associated with newborn screening for disorder
Newborn screening for a metabolic disorder could lead to false positives -- adding stress to parents, costing money and possibly subjecting a baby to unnecessary follow-up treatment and dietary restrictions.
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Low blood sugar in hospital linked to higher death risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) found that diabetics hospitalized for noncritical illnesses who develop hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) during hospitalization have ...
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Severe hypoglycemia linked with higher risk of dementia for older adults with diabetes
Having hypoglycemic (low blood sugar level) episodes that are severe enough to require hospitalization are associated with a greater risk of dementia for older adults with type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the April ...
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Low-carb diets prove better at controlling type 2 diabetes
In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University ...
Jan 05, 2009 |
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