News tagged with diabetes care
New, inexpensive paper-based diabetes test ideal for developing countries
With epidemics of Type 2 diabetes looming in rural India, China and other areas of the world where poverty limits the availability of health care, scientists are reporting development of an inexpensive and ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2012 |
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Half of Americans will be diabetic or pre-diabetic by 2020
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study by US health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. predicts that by 2020 over half of Americans will have either pre-diabetic conditions or type 2 diabetes if current trends ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Taking diabetes medication helps lower medical costs, slightly
A new study in the journal Health Services Research shows that diabetes patients who do a better job of taking their medication have slightly lower health care costs.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Male obesity linked to low testosterone levels, study shows
Obesity, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes, now appears to be associated with another health problem, but one that affects men only -- low testosterone levels.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 03, 2010 |
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Physicians bust myths about insulin
People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes often resist taking insulin because they fear gaining weight, developing low blood sugar and seeing their quality of life decline.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Obstructive sleep apnea may worsen diabetes
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Exploring group checkups for diabetes, Parkinson's
(AP) -- Wait a minute, Doc. You want me to share my appointment with 10 other patients?
May 02, 2011 |
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Early signs of heart disease in preadolescent children with type 1 diabetes
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without diabetes. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Leptin resistance may prevent severe lung disease in patients with diabetes
Resistance to leptin, a protein that plays a key role in regulating metabolism and appetite, may help prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI) in individuals with type ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Disabilities strike the middle-aged: Sedentary lifestyle, obesity among major reasons
Lucille Morris was in her mid-50s when she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Not long after, she began experiencing pain and numbness in her feet from neuropathy. Walking felt painful and wobbly.
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Diabetes raises risk of death in cancer surgery patients
People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operations than those who have cancer but not diabetes, an analysis by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Severe complications of diabetes higher in depressed patients
Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Book provides simple checklist for health at every age
Can a young doctor's advice to his mother save 100,000 lives a year?
May 06, 2010 |
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Diabetes most prevalent in Southern US
Diabetes prevalence is highest in the Southern and Appalachian states and lowest in the Midwest and the Northeast of America. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Population Health Metrics have used t ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Difficulty trusting and reaching out to others may shorten diabetes patients' lives
Mistrust can exact a high toll. Being overly cautious or dismissive in relating to people, researchers are learning, may shorten the lives of people with diabetes.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Diabetes Care (journal)
Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1978 by the American Diabetes Association. A monthly publication, Diabetes Care is a journal for the health care practitioner that is intended to increase knowledge, stimulate research, and promote better management of people with diabetes. To achieve these goals, the journal publishes original research on human studies in the following five categories: 1) clinical care/education/nutrition/psychosocial research, 2) epidemiology/health services research, 3) emerging treatments and technologies, 4) pathophysiology/complications, and 5) cardiovascular and metabolic risk. The journal also publishes clinically relevant review articles, letters to the editor, and commentaries. Topics covered are or interest to clinically oriented physicians, researchers, epidemiologists, diabetes educators, and other health professionals.
The impact factor of the journal is 7.851 (2007), ranking fourth in the field of Endocrinology/Metabolism out of 92 journals.
International editions of the journal include Asian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Middle Eastern, Chinese, and Polish editions.
For more information about Diabetes Care (journal), read the full article at
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