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July 2008
Pre-diabetes must be treated, doctors urge
ADA Diabetes World- July 24, 2008
(USAToday.com) Diabetes experts created the first recommendations Tuesday for the treatment of people with pre-diabetes in the hopes of curbing the diabetes epidemic.
There are now no solid guidelines for diagnosing and managing pre-diabetes, a condition in which a person's blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.
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Cultural Sensitivity May Improve Diabetes Outcomes
ADA Diabetes World- July 24, 2008
(Reuters Health) Culturally tailored diabetes education may help ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes better control their blood sugar. "There is some evidence suggesting culturally tailored health education can improve some clinical outcomes in the short-term," co-author Dr. Yolanda Robles of Cardiff University the UK told Reuters Health. However, "further research is needed to assess long-term effects," Robles said.
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Fruit Juice Tied to Modest Rise in Diabetes Risk
ADA Diabetes World- July 24, 2008
(Reuters Health)
Women wanting to ward off type 2 diabetes should load their plates with green leafy vegetables and whole fruits, but perhaps stay away from fruit juice, new research suggests. Eating an additional three servings of whole fruit daily, or one more serving of spinach, kale or similar leafy green vegetable was tied to a lower risk of developing diabetes over an 18-year period among 71,346 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study.
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Men May Need to Work Harder to Cut Diabetes Risk
ADA Diabetes World- July 24, 2008
(Reuters)
Losing weight through diet and exercise lowers diabetes risk in men and women, but men may have to work harder for the same benefit, new research suggests. In a study of more than 1,100 adults at risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers found that those who went on an "intensive" regimen of calorie-cutting and exercise lowered their risk of developing diabetes over the next year.
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NIH Study: Hearing Loss is Common in People with Diabetes
NDEP News and Notes- July, 2008
Hearing loss is about twice as common in adults with diabetes compared to those who do not have the disease, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers discovered the higher rate of hearing loss after analyzing the results of hearing tests given to a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States. NDEP encourages health care professionals to consider these findings when treating people with diabetes.
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Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic Seen Looming
ADA Diabetes World- July 10, 2008
(Reuters Health)
The current pattern of type 2 diabetes in young adults and trends in childhood obesity rates point to a dramatic impact on the future health of adults in the United States, concludes the writer of a report published Monday.
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Diabetes Drugs Face Tougher Rules
MO Department of Health and Senior Services Diabetes Weekly Update- July 4, 2008
(The Wallstreet Journal) The Food and Drug Administration is considering tougher standards for new and current diabetes drugs, raising concern in the pharmaceutical industry that the agency may ultimately raise the time and cost needed to approve of a wide array of new drugs. The FDA is weighing whether to insist that new diabetes drugs have a positive impact on cardiovascular disease and life span, which are more difficult to measure than current benchmarks such as lower blood sugar. A shift away from current research benchmarks, known as surrogate endpoints, might change the entire framework of drug approval because research on most medicines -- from anemia to cancer drugs -- relies on such interim measures.
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