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    cardiovascular disease risk

    http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-12/wfbm-ssh122012.php Study shows heart calcium scan predictive of diabetes-related death from cardiovascular disease Current medical guidelines recommend treating all diabetes patients as high risk, but the Wake Forest Baptist study found that CAC...
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    self_management_experiences_among_men_and_women

    http://7thspace.com/headlines/428604/self_management_experiences_among_men_and_women_with_type_2_diabetes_mellitus_a_qualitative_analysis.html An interesting small sample study more to do with psych than phys but some differences male to female.... "Analyses revealed five themes: disclosure...
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    Statins again... DM Patients May Not Receive Best Treatment

    For some people with diabetes, there may be such a thing as too much care. Traditional treatment to reduce risks of heart disease among patients with diabetes has focused on lowering all patients' blood cholesterol to a specific, standard level. But this practice may prompt the over-use of...
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    Buying Drugs Online Can Be Very Risky

    http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=254160 Not specific to DM but interesting... The number of people buying prescription drugs online without a prescription is increasing significantly, according to a report by Pfizer and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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    formation of dicarbonyl sugars enhanced in diabetics

    http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=254010 Serianni points out that biological compounds known as dicarbonyl sugars are produced inside the human body from the natural breakdown of the simple sugar, glucose. The formation of these sugars is enhanced in diabetic patients because...
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    Pancreas Size May Be Marker for Diabetes

    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Diabetes/36405 A small study found that the pancreas weighed significantly less in organ donors with type 1 diabetes than in those without the disease. Note that the study was limited by a low incidence of subsequent type 1 diabetes in patients who were...
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    Antidepressant Could Do Double Duty as Diabetes Drug

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121214091616.htm Here is another topical example of alternative uses of established drugs. "University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that the commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also become a therapy...
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    Drug for diabetes appears to restore memory

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211145234.htm Continuing the theme of the redirecting efforts and how a drug meant for one thing may find a use elsewhere, this one is a little different in that the DM drug never "made it" - Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have...
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    adding aliskiren may have negative effect on T2s

    A double-blind study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that the addition of aliskiren to standard therapy in patients with Type 2 diabetes is not supported and may even be harmful. http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=30443 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliskiren
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    How ketogenic diet may delay effects of ageing

    Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have identified a novel mechanism by which a type of low-carb, low-calorie diet -- called a "ketogenic diet" -- could delay the effects of aging. This fundamental discovery reveals how such a diet could slow the aging process and may one day allow...
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    aspirin resistance

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/coating-on-buffered-aspirin-may-hide-its-heart-protective-effects.html The authors of the new study, from the University of Pennsylvania, claim that they did not find a single case of true aspirin resistance in any of the 400 healthy people who were...
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    Trajenta study - helps mices with stroke...?

    http://www.pharmafile.com/news/176316/trajenta-may-reduce-stroke-damage Double plus good eh? Another example of DM meds having beneficial "side-effects"... Those poor mices need all the help we can give them... yes, I've read HHGTTG! 8) "Boehringer Ingelheim’s diabetes drug Trajenta could...
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    link between flu virus and diabetes onset

    http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=35304 Researchers in Italy have discovered that the flu virus could contribute to the onset of diabetes. This finding could help scientists uncover a way to prevent some forms of this condition. The study was funded in part by...
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    To Fast or Not to Fast

    http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Dyslipidemia/36205 The days of fasting prior to a lipid test may be fading, according to two-thirds of MedPage Today readers.A total of 63% of the more than 6,300 readers who voted in our survey indicated they would be fine if their patients ate before a...
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    HFCS and DM... study seems to confirm connection

    http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121129/Highe28093fructose-corn-syrup-use-linked-to-diabetes.aspx Sometimes research reveals the most surprising things... other times... Countries that have opted to use high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in their food and drink industry have a 20% higher mean...
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    Metformin reduces depression claims study

    Common therapies reduce depression in diabetics, study finds November 29, 2012 in Diabetes A 12-year study based on a Taiwanese adult population cohort has shown the onset of diabetes increases the risk of mood disorders, mainly depression, by more than two and a half times. However the...
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    Simvastatin Shown to Accelerate Wound Healing

    Time to rethink statins? Interesting how every few weeks it seems now new abilities of statins are found... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121127130157.htm "Delayed wound healing is a major complication of diabetes because the physiological changes in tissues and cells impair the...
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    Carbs Are Bad, but Are Fats Good for Brain?

    Another told you so study? 8) http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/333/7228/1463650.html Older people who load their plates with carbohydrates have four times the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment -- often a precursor to Alzheimer's disease -- a new study at Mayo Clinic...
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    Surgery Helps Diabetes but Doesn't Cure It

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121126142957.htm Sorry folks, some not so good news today! :( ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2012) — After gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people -- often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery "cures"...
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    genetic cause of hypertension?

    http://www.dundee.ac.uk/pressreleases/2012/november12/hypertension.htm End the week on a high? "A multinational research project led by the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow has identified a genetic determinant of hypertension, which could inform treatment of the condition for thousands of...