News tagged with fasting glucose
Elderly patients admitted with high glucose levels are more likely to die in hospital
A two-country hospital study of 808 elderly patients found a strong association between high, undiagnosed blood glucose in non-diabetic patients and increased hospital death rates, according to the March issue of IJCP, the In ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Hemoglobin A1c outperforms fasting glucose for risk prediction
Measurements of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) more accurately identify persons at risk for clinical outcomes than the commonly used measurement of fasting glucose, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2010 |
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'Short-sleepers' may develop blood sugar abnormality that can lead to diabetes
People who sleep less than six hours a night appear to have a higher risk of developing impaired fasting glucose — a condition that can precede type 2 diabetes, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 49th ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Is there a relationship between sleep-wake rhythm and diabetes?
The gene mediates insulin secretion indirectly via the release of melatonin, which implicates a previously unknown relationship between the sleep-wake rhythm and the fasting glucose level. The finding could open up new possibilities ...
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Should children undergo surgery without a long period of fasting after feeding?
Blood glucose levels in a lot of patients fed normal liquid food (NLF) and a high calorie diet (HCD) were high. There was no significant difference in the blood prealbumin levels. There was a significant increase in the blood ...
Oct 28, 2009 |
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