Market Watch: March 27, 2012, 8:00 a.m. EDT. Updated Algorithm Makes Test Simple to Take; Facebook Makes It Easy to Share ALEXANDRIA, VA, Mar 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Today marks the 24th annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day(R) and the Association has released a new and improved Diabetes Risk Test to help Americans […]
Care.diabetesjournals.org: William T. Cefalu, MD, March 23, 2012. As a scientific and medical community, we are clearly in a position to take the next logical steps toward the ultimate goal to reduce progression to type 2 diabetes for our populations at risk. One can argue that we no longer need to debate on the incredible increase […]
Tde.sagepub.com: Antoinette M. Schoenthaler, EdD, Brian S. Schwartz, Craig Wood, Walter F. Stewart, March 22, 2012. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of patient and physician psychosocial, sociodemographic, and disease-related factors on diabetes medication adherence. These factors were also examined as effect modifiers of the association between quality of the patient-physician relationship […]
Eurekalert.org: March 20, 2012 An emerging body of research suggests that Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to insulin resistance, constituting a third type of diabetes. This model is based on several observations including an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease for diabetic patients, and reduced insulin levels in the brain tissue of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Though […]
An evaluation of the Piette and Kerr framework Care.diabetesjournals.org: Sri Ram Pentakota, MD, MPH1,2⇓, Mangala Rajan, MBA1, B. Graeme Fincke, MD3,4, Chin-Lin Tseng, DRPH1, Donald R. Miller, PHD3,4, Cindy L. Christiansen, PHD3,4, Eve A. Kerr, MD, MPH5,6 and Leonard M. Pogach, MD, MBA1, March 19,2012. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between diabetes care and types of comorbidity, […]
Tde.sagepub.com: Lisa L. Sumlin, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, Alexandra A. Garcia, PhD, RN, March 27, 2012. The purpose of this systematic review is to synthesize research that tested culturally competent food-related interventions designed for African American women with type 2 diabetes, to review the current state of the literature and suggest recommendations for future research. Many African American […]
Tde.sagepub.com: March 27, 2012. The purpose of this study was to explore physical activity-related experiences, perceptions, and counseling expectations among urban, underactive, African American women with type 2 diabetes. Methods Participants were recruited via flyers and endocrinologist referral. A professional, African American female moderator led 2 focus groups among 11 participants. Focus groups were conducted […]
Tde.sagepub.com: Stephania T. Miller, PhD1, Khensani Marolen, MSPH2, March 27, 2012. The purpose of this study was to explore physical activity-related experiences, perceptions, and counseling expectations among urban, underactive, African American women with type 2 diabetes. Methods Participants were recruited via flyers and endocrinologist referral. A professional, African American female moderator led 2 focus groups among 11 […]
Tde.sagepub.com: Qiuping (Pearl) Zhou, PhD, Robin Remsburg, PhD, RN, Kristin Caufield, MSN, Elizabeth W. Itote, CNM. The purposes of this study were to assess differences in lifestyle behaviors and other health-related factors between black and white adults with pre-diabetes and to identify predictors for lifestyle behaviors. Methods Using the 2007 and 2009 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance […]
Care.diabetesjournals.org: March 23, 2012. OBJECTIVE To examine diabetes screening, predictors of screening, and the burden of undiagnosed diabetes in the immigrant population and whether these estimates differ by ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A population-based retrospective cohort linking administrative health data to immigration files was used to follow the entire diabetes-free population aged 40 years and up […]
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