http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog.html Diabetes watch blog From Diabetes watch blog Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT en-us http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/images/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog-720.jpg http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/diabetes-watch-blog.html 100 74 http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/gestational-diabetes-may-recur.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/gestational-diabetes-may-recur.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT There is an increased risk of recurring gestational diabetes in pregnant women who developed gestational diabetes during their first and second pregnancies, as per a Kaiser Permanente study appearing online in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology The study of 65,132 women observed that in comparison to women without gestational diabetes in their first and second pregnancies, women who developed gestational diabetes during their first but not second pregnancies had a 630 percent increased risk for developing gestational diabetes during their third pregnancy. This risk was even more pronounced 25.9-fold in the third pregnancy for women who had gestational diabetes in their first and second pregnancies........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/early-detection-of-diabetes.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/early-detection-of-diabetes.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Having discovered a dramatic increase of an easy-to-detect enzyme in the red blood cells of people with diabetes and prediabetes, Johns Hopkins researchers say the discovery could lead to a simple, routine test for detecting the subtle onset of the disease, before symptoms or complications occur and in time to reverse its course........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/for-women-with-gestational-diabetes.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2010/for-women-with-gestational-diabetes.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT A common test to diagnose gestational diabetes - a temporary condition which can harm both mother and child if left untreated - also has predictive power for Type II adult-onset diabetes, a new Tel Aviv University study finds. Dr. Gabriel Chodick of Tel Aviv University's Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine has proven that women who "fail" the glucose challenge test, a series of four blood tests conducted over a single four-hour period, have a higher chance of developing adult onset diabetes during the later part of life. In his latest research, published in the journal Diabetic Medicine, Dr. Chodick observed that nearly half the women who fail all four of the four-part tests, demonstrating an elevated blood sugar level, developed Type II diabetes within ten years........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/diabetes-patients-who-have.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/diabetes-patients-who-have.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Mistrust can exact a high toll. Being overly cautious or dismissive in relating to people, scientists are learning, may shorten the lives of people with diabetes. Diabetes patients who have a lower propensity to reach out to others have a higher mortality rate than those who feel comfortable seeking support. These are the findings of a five-year study reported by Dr. Paul Ciechanowski, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington (UW) and an affiliate investigator at Group Health Research Institute in Seattle........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/caution-in-reducing-blood-pressure.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/caution-in-reducing-blood-pressure.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT For patients with diabetes and heart disease, less isn't always more at least when it comes to blood pressure. New data show an increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death for patients having blood pressure deemed too high or too low, as per Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff, Pharm.D., an associate professor of pharmacy and medicine at UF. She reported her findings today (Sunday, March 14) at the American College of Cardiology's 59th annual scientific session in Atlanta........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/diabetes-link-to-eating-disorders.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/diabetes-link-to-eating-disorders.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Diabetics, under the gun to better manage their disease by controlling their food intake and weight, may find themselves in the sticky wicket of needing therapy that makes them hungry, scientists said. Attempts to maintain healthy blood sugar levels and prevent weight gain may suggest an eating disorder when the disease and its therapy are to blame, said Dr. Deborah Young-Hyman, pediatric psychology expert at the Medical College of Georgia's Georgia Prevention Institute........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/diabetes-drug-increases-risk-for-bone-fractures.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/diabetes-drug-increases-risk-for-bone-fractures.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT A Henry Ford Hospital study finds women with type 2 diabetes who take a usually prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance appears to be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures. After taking a thiazolidinedione (TZD) for one year, women are 50 percent more likely to have a bone fracture than patients not taking TZDs, as per study results. And those at the greatest risk for fractures from TZD use are women older than 65........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/aim-at-cure-type-1-diabetes.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/aim-at-cure-type-1-diabetes.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT A hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also associated with the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, as per JDRF- funded scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California. The findings are the latest advances to underscore the potential for regeneration as a key component of a possible cure for type 1 diabetes........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/diabetes-patients-rank-health-concerns.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/diabetes-patients-rank-health-concerns.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT About one-third of doctors and their patients with diabetes do not see eye to eye on the most important health conditions to manage, as per a survey by the University of Michigan Medical School. While both groups frequently ranked diabetes and high blood pressure among their top concerns, 38 percent of doctors were more likely to rank high blood pressure as the most important, while only 18 percent of diabetics said it was the most important. Patients were also more likely to prioritize symptoms such as pain and depression........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/diabetes-complications-in-depressed-patients.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/diabetes-complications-in-depressed-patients.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, as per a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to heart attack or stroke........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/from-biological-basics-to-diabetes-discovery.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/from-biological-basics-to-diabetes-discovery.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT In two major studies published in Nature Genetics today, scientists use biological understanding to dissect the genetics of diabetes. An international team comprising scientists from more than 100 institutions analysed vast suites of genetic data from more than 100,000 people of European descent to uncover the associations........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/sleep-apnea-and-diabetes.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/sleep-apnea-and-diabetes.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, as per a research studyconducted by scientists at the University of Chicago. The study "demonstrates for the first time that there is a clear, graded, inverse relationship between OSA severity and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes," wrote main author, Renee S. Aronsohn, M.D., instructor of medicine at the University of Chicago........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/high-blood-pressure-drugs-in-diabetic-eye-disease.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2010/high-blood-pressure-drugs-in-diabetic-eye-disease.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Researchers in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain hypertension drugs appears to be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. The study, the largest to date on proteins in the retina, could lead to new ways to prevent or treat the sight-threatening disease, they say. The findings are in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/pharmacists-improve-care-of-diabetics.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/pharmacists-improve-care-of-diabetics.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT The role of pharmacists hasn't received much attention in the debate on the cost of health care. But national and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce therapy costs and improve outcomes. A study on diabetic patients by the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences identified cost savings with improvements in a key indicator of glucose control in diabetes patients, the hemoglobin A1C measurement. The A1C provides a three-month average of the amount of excess glucose in the blood. Higher A1Cs indicate that a patient is at higher risk for developing long-term complications linked to diabetes, such as kidney disease or vision problems........ ]]> http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/rapid-acting-insulin-analogues.html http://www.diabetes-watch-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2009/rapid-acting-insulin-analogues.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:56:45 GMT Due to a lack of suitable studies, it remains unclear whether children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes benefit more or less from long-term therapy with rapid-acting insulin analogues than with short-acting human insulin. Certainly, there is no proof of additional benefit from the available results from clinical trials of maximum one year duration. This applies both in the comparison with human insulin and in the comparison between analogues only. This is the conclusion of the final report of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published on 16 November 2009........ ]]>