September 2007
For Some, Diabetes Care Worse Than Illness Itself
Health Behavior News Digest - September 28, 2007
(HealthDay News) For some people with diabetes, the burden of adhering to their daily care regimen nearly equals that of their diabetes-related health complications, a U.S. study finds.
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Older Blacks, Latinos Struggle With Diabetes Control
Health Behavior News Digest - September 28, 2007
(HealthDay News) Black Americans and Latinos with diabetes who take drugs to control their disease are less likely to have their blood sugar under control than whites, a new study finds.
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Overweight Kids Show Heart Risks As Teens
ADA Diabetes World - September 27, 2007
Overweight kids may show a number of risk factors for heart disease by the time they are teens. Researchers found that overweight and obese 8-year-olds were seven-times more likely than their thinner peers to have multiple heart disease risk factors at the age of 15. These risks included high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol levels and high blood glucose. Along with obesity, all of these problems are components of metabolic syndrome, which in turn raises the long-term risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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Diabetes Research Fails to Produce One-Time Daily Insulin Dose
Health Behavior News Digest - September 21, 2007
(Bloomberg) Diabetes researchers have been unable to create one version of insulin for use throughout the day, forcing some patients to continue daily multiple injections, according to a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Support System Leads to Better Diet, Nutrition
Health Behavior News Digest - September 21, 2007
(HealthDay News) Could better nutrition and diet be as close as a helpful phone call away?
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Women Less Then Men to Modify Life-Styles
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 382 September 19, 2007
Smoking, eating fattening foods and not getting enough exercise are all lifestyle habits that can lead to poor health and cardiovascular disease – more so if you have a family history. But researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that women don’t change these habits as often as men, even when they have relatives with heart disease.
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Brisk Walking Restores Muscle Function in Diabetics
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 382 September 19, 2007
According to a new study in Type 2 diabetes, a moderate-intensity exercise program, such as brisk walking for 30 minutes three-to-five times a week, combined with moderate weight loss is enough to restore mitochondrial content and function to skeletal muscle.
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A Shock Ad Campaign to Educate People About The Importance of A1c
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 382 September 19, 2007
The Ad Council, the nation’s leading producer of public service announcements is launching the first every national public education campaign geared to raise awareness of A1c and what it means.
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The Best Exercise for Diabetes
Health Behavior News Digest - September 19, 2007
(Time) It's no secret that exercise is key to controlling type 2 diabetes — and many doctors already urge their diabetic patients to get active. How much exercise is enough? How often? And what kind? The simple answer is that any is better than none —that's what a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found. But it also found that not all exercise is created equal and that the combination of aerobic exercise and weight training is significantly better for controlling blood sugar than either alone.
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Under-Skin Sensors Give Diabetics Option
Health Behavior News Digest - September 19, 2007
(Associated Press) Diabetes care is undergoing a transformation: Thousands of patients are switching from a few finger pricks a day to new sensors that track their disease around the clock. In the past six months, federal health officials have approved children's use of a sensor that works for three days in a row -- and cleared the longest-lasting version yet, a seven-day model, for adults.
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Exercise Combo Improves Diabetes Control
Health Behavior News Digest - September 18, 2007
(Reuters) A combination of aerobic exercise and strength training may help control type 2 diabetes better than either form of exercise alone, researchers reported Monday.
In a study of adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers found that the exercise combination improved blood-sugar control to twice the degree that either type of exercise alone did.
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Drugs Work Synergistically in Type 2 Diabetes
ADA Diabetes World - September 13, 2007
In people with type 2 diabetes, the combination of two anti-diabetes drugs -- sitagliptin and metformin -- improves blood glucose control in a synergistic fashion, a study shows. Because sitagliptin and metformin lower blood glucose "through different, but potentially complementary, mechanisms" the combination "should provide effective, potentially additive," blood sugar control, Dr. Debora E. Williams-Herman and colleagues write in the journal Diabetes Care.
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More Studies Cast Doubt on Safety of Diabetes Drug
Health Behavior News Digest - September 12, 2007
(New York Times) Two more studies published in yet another prominent medical journal have raised questions about the safety of Avandia, a once-popular diabetes medicine.
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Can A1c Predict Diabetes?
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 381 September 12, 2007
Among healthy middle-aged and older women, Hemoglobin A1c is an independent predictor of type 2 diabetes, but not cardiovascular disease.
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Diabetics at Increased Risk of Hearing Loss
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 381 September 12, 2007
Diabetics have twice the risk of developing hearing loss as are nondiabetics.
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Depression More Damaging Than Some Chronic Illnesses
Health Behavior News Digest - September 7, 2007
(Reuters) Depression is more damaging to everyday health than chronic diseases such as angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes, researchers said on Friday. And if people are ill with other conditions, depression makes them worse, the researchers found.
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Vegetables Protect Against Diabetes
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 380 September 5, 2007
Vegetables offer more protection against diabetes than fruit or cereal, new research shows.
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Depression Care Management Can Reduce Mortality in Older Patients With Diabetes
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 380 September 5, 2007
Depression care management may reduce 5-year mortality in older primary care patients with both depression and diabetes, according to the results of a new study,
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Whole Grains Protect Against Diabetes
Diabetes In Control Newsletter Issue 380 September 5, 2007
Whole grains may help prevent type 2 diabetes, with consistent results across studies, researchers said.
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