ORLANDO — A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here. by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today August 08, 2014 ORLANDO — A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here. In the 15-patient DINE study, patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic […]
ORLANDO — A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here. by Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today August 08, 2014 ORLANDO — A plant-based diet may help relieve diabetic nerve pain, according to a randomized trial presented here. In the 15-patient DINE study, patients with type 2 […]
Medscape Medical News Miriam E. Tucker August 06, 2014 A couple handfuls of tree nuts a day may improve glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, a new systematic review and meta-analysis suggests. The findings, from a total 450 patients in 11 randomized trials in 5 countries, were published online July 30, 2014 in PLOS Oneby Effie […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Aug 07, S Worcester NEWS Story Source ORLANDO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – Evidence increasingly supports plant-based nutrition for preventing diabetes or improving outcomes in those with diabetes. The Adventist Health Study-2 (AHS-2), for example, demonstrated that a plant-based eating pattern – defined as ad libitum whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables, […]
Frontline Medical News, 2014 Aug 07, NS Miller NEWS Story Source ORLANDO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – They weren’t asked to sit in the lotus pose or study with the monks. Rather, a small group of older veterans were introduced to simple mindfulness meditation, and in a short period, they began doing a better job of […]
Miriam E. Tucker August 04, 2014 Walking at alternating levels of intensity improves insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes, whereas walking at a continuous pace but expending the same amount of energy does not, a new study finds. The results were published online August 4, 2014 in Diabetologia by Kristian Karstoft, MD, of the Center of Inflammation and Metabolism, Rigshospitalet, […]
Aromatherapy for stress reduction in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials Myung-Haeng Hur Maturitas Articles in Press Received: August 1, 2014; Received in revised form: August 7, 2014; Accepted: August 9, 2014; Published Online: August 20, 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.08.006 Highlights •Stress may lead to physical diseases such as heart disease, […]
Effects of Intensive Glycemic Control on Ischemic Heart Disease RESEARCH · August 01, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE To assess whether intensive lowering of glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes affects the risk for ischemic heart disease, investigators compared the outcome of intensive therapy with standard therapy over the course of about 5 years. Adults aged […]
An analysis of population-based data Sam Norton PhD The Lancet Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 8, Pages 788 – 794, August 2014 Summary Background Recent estimates suggesting that over half of Alzheimer’s disease burden worldwide might be attributed to potentially modifiable risk factors do not take into account risk-factor non-independence. We aimed to provide specific estimates […]
PracticeUpdate Editorial Team July 28, 2014, New York–Results of a systematic review of literature from 1966 of the natural history of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) revealed that the condition is being over-diagnosed and over-treated. The review was presented Sunday at the Fifth World Congress of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) […]
Tay J Diabetes Care. 2014 Jul 28. pii: DC_140845. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively compare the effects of a very low carbohydrate, high unsaturated/low saturated fat diet (LC) to a high-unrefined carbohydrate, low fat diet (HC) on glycemic control and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). RESEARCH DESIGN […]
Effects of Extended-Release Niacin with Laropiprant in High-Risk Patients The HPS2-THRIVE Collaborative Group N Engl J Med 2014; 371:203-212 July 17, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1300955 BACKGROUND Patients with evidence of vascular disease are at increased risk for subsequent vascular events despite effective use of statins to lower the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level. Niacin lowers the LDL cholesterol […]
RESEARCH · July 01, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this randomized, crossover, controlled feeding study, 30 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) consumed a low-fat control diet with low-fat/high-carbohydrate snacks and a moderate-fat diet containing pistachios (20% of total energy) for 4 weeks each, separated by a 2-week washout. A diet containing pistachios significantly reduced […]
Diabetes Risk Rises With Statin Adherence Miriam E. Tucker July 17, 2014 The risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes rises with adherence to statin therapy, providing further confirmation of the previously reported link. However, the benefits of statins still “clearly” outweigh the risks, according to a large new population-based study and analysis. The findings were published […]
Medscape Medical News > Conference News Susan Jeffrey July 16, 2014 COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Results of a randomized trial suggest lifestyle intervention that addresses a variety of risk factors simultaneously can have cognitive benefits for people at risk for cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The 2-year trial, called the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to […]
Reduced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in chronic multi-site musculoskeletal pain: partly masked by depressive and anxiety disorders – Full Text BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 07/15/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Generaal E, et al. – Studies on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA–axis) function amongst patients with chronic pain show equivocal results and well–controlled cohort studies are rare in this […]
YourHealthDetective.com Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health believe that lowering blood glucose levels could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease in both diabetics and non-diabetics. The researchers found that hemoglobin A1c ( HbA1c ) — a measure of long-term blood glucose level — predicts heart disease risk in both diabetics and non-diabetics. […]
Association between class III obesity (BMI of 40-59 kg/m2) and mortality: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective studies Full Text PLoS Medicine, 07/14/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article Kitahara CM, et al. – The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]>=40 kg/m2) has increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of […]
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