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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Media.aace.com: Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:10 am EDT. PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pre-diabetic patients who engage in regular aerobic exercise improve their vascular reactivity to nearly normal levels, even if no weight loss is achieved, according to research presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 21st Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress in Philadelphia. Pre-diabetes is a condition that affects nearly […]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Datadesigndiabetes.com: 5/24/2012. The two finalists were chosen by our expert panel of judges. The judges considered feedback gathered during the open voting period, and selected the finalists based on their collective evaluation of the strength of each concept, efficacy of prototype, scalability of solution, and team performance during the Demo Day that took place on May 16th […]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Cdc.gov: 5/14/2012. If you are a woman with diabetes, you still can have a healthy baby. Talk with your doctor about whether it is safe for you to become pregnant. Ask your doctor what you need to do before you get pregnant, how to prevent pregnancy while you are getting your blood sugar under control, […]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Care.diabetesjournals.org: 4/26/2012. OBJECTIVE We used a mixed-methods approach to explore the relationships between participants’ perceptions of family members’ diabetes self-care knowledge, family members’ diabetes-specific supportive and nonsupportive behaviors, and participants’ medication adherence and glycemic control (A1C). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Adults with type 2 diabetes participated in focus group sessions that discussed barriers and facilitators to diabetes management […]
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Care.diabetesjournals.org: 4/3/2012. OBJECTIVE The association between quantity of fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not clear, and the relationship with variety of intake is unknown. The current study examined the association of both quantity and variety of F&V intake and risk of T2D. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We examined the 11-year […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Census.gov: THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012. The Census Bureau today released new detailed estimates about the social, economic and housing characteristics of hundreds of race, tribal, Hispanic and ancestry groups at numerous geographic levels. This is the first time this level of statistical detail has been available for groups since the 2000 Census. The new products, based […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Diabetes.diabetesjournals.org: 4/3/2012 Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is postulated to modulate insulin action by dephosphorylating the insulin receptor signaling proteins and attenuating insulin signaling. We sought to determine the relationship of skeletal muscle PTP1B to whole-body insulin sensitivity. We studied 17 African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and 16 without diabetes. PTP1B gene expression […]
Minority Diabetes Reports
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
The Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Diabetes.diabetesjournals.org: 4/3/2012. Common genetic risk variants for type 2 diabetes (T2D) have primarily been identified in populations of European and Asian ancestry. We tested whether the direction of association with 20 T2D risk variants generalizes across six major racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. as part of the Population […]
Clinical Trial News
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Irinnews.org: 5/24/2012. LONDON, 24 May 2012 (IRIN) – The more medical successes there are, the more it costs to find the next one, prompting donors to demand more from researchers carrying out large-scale trials of drugs, vaccines and global health impacts. “As a funder, I hate clinical trial applications,” said Jimmy Whitworth, head of international activities […]
Clinical Trial News
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Nhlbi.nih.gov: Office of the Director – May 18, 2012. Dr. Neal Young talks about the importance of conducting and participating in clinical trials and the difference these studies have made in the lives of people with rare blood and bone marrow diseases such as aplastic anemia. In this video, Neal Young, M.D., chief of the […]
