News tagged with undiagnosed diabetes
Undiagnosed diabetes takes economic toll
Approximately 6.3 million adults—or one fourth of the people in the U.S. with diabetes mellitus—are unaware they have the disease, and this undiagnosed population accounts for an estimated $18 billion in health care costs ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Diabetics in the US, 6 other countries ineffectively treated for diabetes and related risk factors
Millions of people worldwide may be at risk of early death from diabetes and related cardiovascular illnesses because of poor diagnosis and ineffective treatment, a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2011 |
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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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New diabetes treatments aim for never-ending honeymoon
Type 1 diabetes worsens over time – but like most marriages, it starts with a honeymoon. In type 1 diabetes the honeymoon follows diagnosis. The disease is caused by the loss of insulin-secreting beta ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Home-use blood sugar monitors not ideal in hospital surgical situations, researchers say
In surgical situations, fluctuation in patients’ blood glucose levels can be harmful, so physicians take frequent measurements to guide treatment decisions.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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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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China has world's highest number of diabetics: report
China has the highest number of diabetics in the world with 92.4 million with the condition, but 61 percent of them do not know they have the disease, state media reported Monday.
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Nov 15, 2010 |
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New NIH data show gains in COPD awareness
The number of Americans who report being aware of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, increased by 4 percentage points between 2008 and 2010, but many people at risk are still unaware of the disease, according ...
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Nov 09, 2010 |
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80.5% of hospital patients are at high risk for sleep apnea, study finds
Eighty-one percent of hospital patients are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, a Loyola University Health System study has found.
Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Penn State researchers take on the epidemic of diabetes and obesity
Michelle Obama is worried, and she’s not alone. On Feb. 9, the First Lady kicked off a national initiative called "Let's Move" that aims to end childhood obesity within a decade. "The truth is we don’t have a moment ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Number of diabetic Americans could triple by 2050
(AP) -- Federal officials estimate that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by the year 2050.
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Oct 22, 2010 |
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