Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
A new University of Leicester study reveals that screening people who are at risk of developing diabetes could be a cost-effective health policy and improve the lives of patients. Their study, funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant program will fund STOP Diabetes, a project to be implemented and studied in Australia. The STOP project is designed to reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes in women by encouraging healthy behaviours. The STOP Diabetes project was created by investigators ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Vermont Clinical Decision Support, LLC, announced that the company has been selected by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) to provide central elements of its patented Vermedx® technology to assist in the city's diabetes intervention pilot program. San Antonio's diabetes death rate was the second-highest of the 54 largest ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The American Medical Group Association announced its support of the National Diabetes Goal that by 2015, 45 percent of Americans will know their blood glucose level and what actions to take. AMGA joined more than 20 national organizations as an inaugural supporter of this goal, which was unveiled today at ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Diabetes UK welcomes a new study showing that, as a group, people with diabetes who use insulin do not have more car accidents than those without the condition.People with diabetes are subject to tighter regulations, and in some instances to discrimination, when it comes to being granted driving licences. This ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
May 8 -- Reduced activity of an important gene during fetal development appears to increase vulnerability to type 2 diabetes later in life, new research suggests.Intrauterine growth retardation , which causes low birth weight in newborns, has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes and other diseases ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The Unintended Consequences of Pay-for-Performance ProgramsAt a time when pay-for-performance programs are proliferating, this study finds that while such programs may succeed in improving clinical outcomes and increasing physician income, they also change the nature of patient consultations and the way doctors and nurses work together. In-depth interviews with 41 ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), a world leader in diabetes research, information, and advocacy and Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) is pleased to announce that the World Health Organization's (WHO) HINARI Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) is now delivering the ADA's event knowledge to participating institutions via Ekatius™, CAI's new online ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.Researchers were able to examine the immune cells from isolated insulin-making structures in the pancreas known as the islets of ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
MedImpact unveiled a model that predicts the probability of inpatient hospital utilization among Medicaid recipients who suffer from diabetes. Modeling results showed that improving compliance with medications that control diabetes, along with encouraging the use of statins, may be associated with a reduction in inpatient hospitalizations. In a separate but ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A new Gunther von Hagens Body World exhibition which includes a diabetes perspective is now on in Manchester - and Balance readers are eligible for a discounted admission charge. 'Body Worlds 4: The Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies' is taking place at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Increasing maternal blood sugar levels during pregnancy can cause issues such as high birthweight or a need for Caesarean sections, even if the woman's blood sugar levels are far below the risk of developing gestational diabetes, according to a study published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The American Optometric Association (AOA), representing over 34,000 members in more than 6,500 communities nationwide, joined with other health care provider groups, government officials and leaders from the business and academic communities to announce a new national effort to stem the tide of diabetes in the United States. Unveiled ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
About half of US adults with diabetes also have arthritis, which appears to be a barrier, in addition to lack of time and being too busy with other things, because they are not sure what exercise is appropriate and they are concerned about aggravating joint pain and causing further damage. ...
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