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February 2008
International ADVANCE Study contrasts recent ACCORD announcement on intensive blood glucose treatment
ADA Diabetes World- February 7, 2008
Investigators in the ADVANCE Study, an international study involving 11,140 high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes, announced today that their study provides no evidence of an increased risk of death among those patients receiving intensive treatment to lower blood glucose (sugar). These findings contrast with those reported last week by the U.S. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute suggesting that intensive glucose lowering treatment levels had increased the death rate compared to standard glucose lowering in patients with type 2 diabetes recruited to the ACCORD trial. The ADVANCE interim results were based on more than twice as much data and similar levels of glucose control as in ACCORD. The ADVANCE trial was five years in duration and is currently ending. More definitive and final outcome results from ADVANCE should be available later in the spring.
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Docs Can Help People with Diabetes Change Lifestyle
ADA Diabetes World- February 7, 2008
(Reuters Health) Brief one-on-one lifestyle counseling by doctors during routine office visits appears to help some people with diabetes boost their physical activity levels and lose weight, according to a new study. Knowing that time constrains make it difficult for physicians to adequately address lifestyle modifications with their patients, James G. Christian, from the Pueblo Community Health Center, and his associates tested the effect of brief lifestyle counseling by physicians when patients with type 2 diabetes were seen during routine visits.
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Diabetes' Health Toll Hits $174 Billion Annually
The DiaMed Dispatch - February 2008
(Washington Post)
Diabetes-related medical and economic costs in the United States hit $174 billion in 2007, a 32 percent increase from 2002, according to a study commissioned by the American Diabetes Association. The research, found medical care costs for people with diabetes were about $116 billion, and a disproportionate percentage of those costs resulted from the treatment and hospitalization of people with diabetes-related complications.
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American Diabetes Association Updates Guidelines for MNT
The DiaMed Dispatch - February 2008
(Medscape Today)
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has updated its guidelines regarding medical nutrition therapy (MNT) to prevent diabetes, manage existing diabetes, and prevent or slow the rate of development of diabetes complications. The revised position statement is published in the January issue of Diabetes Care.
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Practice Guidelines Issued for Screening, Diagnosing, and Treating Diabetes
The DiaMed Dispatch - February 2008
(Medscape Today)
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has issued practice guidelines for screening, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions that are known or believed to improve health outcomes of patients with diabetes. An executive summary published in the January issue of Diabetes Care provides a detailed description of each of the ADA practice recommendations and suggested targets for most patients with diabetes.
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Childhood Diabetes Boosts Risk for Kidney Problems
The DiaMed Dispatch - February 2008
(Washington Post)
Children and teens diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are five times more likely to develop kidney disease later in life than those who develop diabetes as adults, a recent study found. The findings underscore the importance of preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes, doctors say.
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Statement from the ADA Related to ACCORD Trial Announcement
ADA Diabetes World- February 7, 2008
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PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX) In response to today's announcement by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which sponsors the ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Trial to stop the intensive blood glucose (sugar) control sub-study in ACCORD due to safety concerns, the American Diabetes Association strongly encourages people with diabetes not to alter their course of treatment without first consulting with their health care team. The American Diabetes Association continues to encourage good control of blood glucose for the management of diabetes and its complications.
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Activity & Nutrition Tool Kit for Children & Adolescents
Missouri Department of Health Weekly Diabetes Update- January 18, 2008
The Healthcare Work Group from the Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition (MoCAN) has developed a Tool Kit to help health care providers effectively screen, assess and treat youth with weight issues. The Tool Kit resources summarize recommendations from the scientific literature and expert work groups related to child and adolescent obesity
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Caffeine Raises Blood Sugar Level
ADA Diabetes World- January 31, 2008
Cutting down on caffeine could help people with the most common form of diabetes better control their blood glucose levels, researchers said. Giving caffeine to a small group of people with type 2 diabetes caused their levels of the blood glucose to rise throughout the day, especially after meals, researchers found. "Caffeine appears to disrupt glucose metabolism in a way that could be harmful to people with type 2 diabetes," James Lane, who led the study.
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Salsalate May Reduce Risk for Diabetes
ADA Diabetes World- January 31, 2008
An anti-inflammatory drug similar to aspirin may provide an inexpensive means of treating and/or reducing the risk for diabetes in obese young adults by reducing glycemia and lowering inflammation, a study being published in the February issue of Diabetes Care finds. This double-masked, placebo-controlled study found that salsalate substantially reduced glycemia as well as inflammation in obese, young adults, thereby likely reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
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