The expanding waistline and increasing cholesterol levels many women face after menopause may be a factor in the stiffening of their arteries, increasing their risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Lifestyle changes are more effective than drug treatment in preventing metabolic syndrome, the cluster of disorders that can lead to diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study.
People with diabetes are 1.6 times more likely to seek out complementary and alternative medicine than those in the general population. That’s the conclusion of a recent study from the Medical University of South Carolina based on information from a nationally representative sample of the US population.
A measure of blood glucose control all too familiar to people with diabetes apparently fluctuates of its own accord throughout the year, researchers report.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Symlin, an injectable medicine to control blood sugar for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Symlin is to be used in addition to insulin therapy in patients who cannot achieve adequate control of their blood sugars on intensive insulin therapy alone.
Pre-diabetes – the term, recently coined by health officials, indicates a partly elevated blood sugar level that will likely develop into full diabetes within 10 years if nothing is done to stop it.
Middle-aged people with diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia in old age – chronic loss of mental capacity due to an organic cause. Dementia may involve progressive deterioration of thinking, memory, behavior, personality and motor function, and may also be associated with psychological symptoms such as depression and apathy.
Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases have induced human insulin-producing cells of the pancreas to revert to islet precursor cells. These precursor cells are capable of expansion and appear to naturally and efficiently differentiate into clusters of islet-like cells. This work may help to clarify the natural lifecycle of the beta cell and may eventually have applications for diabetes treatment. The study appears on-line today in Science Express, the rapid publication web site of the journal Science.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Cymbalta, a drug for managing pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.