Diabetes among older adults imposed an estimated $133.5 billion cost in 1990's
...sability, early retirement, and premature death of diabetic Americans born between 1931 and 1941 cost the country almost $133.5 billion by the year 2000, according to a new estimate by researchers with the University of Michigan (U-M) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This analysis is the first to ...Close control of blood pressure associated with fewer eye problems in patients with type 2 diabetes
...ship between tight blood pressure (BP) control and diabetic retinopathy (a type of eye disorder associated wit... period. "High BP is detrimental to each aspect of diabetic retinopathy and a tight BP control policy reduces the risk of clinical complications from diabetic e...New study to use electronic medical records to improve care of patients with diabetes
...view all of the important measures in all of their diabetic patients and, with a click of a button, update and...tes as well as view information about all of their diabetic patients and how they're doing. In addition, we're studying how the patients' involvement in care t...Coronary stents do not improve long-term survival
...ious study has also suggested this may be true for diabetic heart patients with extensive disease, who appear ...nt with drug-eluting stents with bypass surgery in diabetic patients," he said. The study was supported by the Cordis Corp., Miami Lakes, Fla., which develops s...Embark on a 'journey to better vision' at UH
...lated macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy. "Research shows that nothing is more devastating and life changing than the loss of vision," said Randy Jose, associate professor at the UH College of Optometry and CSE director. "Our capabilities to do things as simple as reading o...Northwestern University receives $7.5 million for regenerative medicine
...ike to help paralyzed people walk again and enable diabetic individuals to lead a normal life without daily treatments or organ donations, are using regenerative medicine as their approach to achieving these goals. "Regenerative medicine is one of the great biomedical challenges of this century as we seek to...Heat-controlled drug implants offer hope for future
...logy," said Lyon. "When the monitor detects that a diabetic patients has high blood sugar, it could send a signal to the chip to heat the film and release insulin into the bloodstream." Patients undergoing hormone therapy, chemotherapy or other treatments requiring periodic medication could conceivably get th...Isolated soy protein shown to benefit type 2 diabetics, study indicates
...a result, the rate also increases tremendously for diabetic complications, which include diabetic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease." The human findings confirmed those of a study published ...Jefferson-based technology promises to help find hard-to-diagnose appendicitis cases
...nknown origin, bone infections (osteomyelitis) and diabetic foot infections."...Grants from Research to Prevent Blindness to support eye researchers surpassed $8 million in 2003
...the development of laser surgery now used to treat diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, myopi... diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; reanimating paralyzed eye muscles; and more....Studies show ACTOS(R) (pioglitazone HCl) has positive effects on various components of dyslipidemia
...sterol levels, a condition commonly referred to as diabetic dyslipidemia. In this study of 859 patients with type 2 diabetes, 736 were taking statins and 123 were taking fibrates, both of which are established therapies to treat dyslipidemia. These patients were matched with controls that were not taking li...May/June 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ophthalmoscope, a new technology for screening for diabetic retinopathy, family physicians were fairly accurate in screening patients for diabetic retinopathy. Whereas this technique is not sufficiently accurate to replace routine referral to an ...Increasing co-payments may reduce use of essential and non-essential medications
...cause of the large price effects, especially among diabetic patients."(JAMA. 2004; 291:2344-2350. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com )...Oxygen therapy may improve vision worsened by diabetes
...through the nose may improve poor vision caused by diabetic macular edema, fluid buildup in the part of the ey...and the National Eye Institute. In a study of five diabetic patients with persistent macular edema, breathing supplemental oxygen for three months reduced fluid...Interventional procedures significantly improve quality of life for obese patients
...c drugs were selected when appropriate. Costs for diabetic supplies and monitoring were not included in the analysis. Marked Improvement of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Hypertension, Diabetes, and Other Obesity-Related Illnesses Following a Gastric Restriction Procedure with an Adjustable Band (...Mechanism found that may protect kidneys in early stages of diabetes
...lly manifests some, but not all, features of human diabetic nephropathy. In eight-week old db/db mice, which ...ought to play a pivotal role in the progression of diabetic nephropathy, we suggest that decreased renal ACE activity coupled with increased renal ACE2 expressi...'Good guy' blood cells are now suspects in heart disease, diabetes
...d may even be a key cell in the body that promotes diabetic complications, the origin of which remains unknown. Furthermore, the team found that when platelets change from "good guys" to inflammatory villains, they could be doused with a common Type II diabetes drug that was developed to make tissue more ins...Women and heart disease: The role of diabetes and hyperglycemia
...ors that contribute to a higher risk for CVD among diabetic women, including hypertension, dyslipidemia (an im...on (MI, or heart attack) is 150 percent greater in diabetic than in nondiabetic women but only 50 percent greater in diabetic than in nondiabetic men, according...Novel findings about neovessel formation
...ence of blood-vessel abnormalities associated with diabetic retinopathy. We are now looking for substances that can attenuate these altered structures in tissue factor, says Mattias Belting. He performed his studies during his stay at the prestigious Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, and is currently...Could autoantibodies predict future disease in healthy people?
...but treatable conditions could be avoided, such as diabetic coma as well as severe, acute complications of untreated Addison's disease (adrenal-gland failure) or Graves' disease (overactive thyroid gland). For all these diseases, except type 1 diabetes, further work is needed to assess the natural history of...