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11/4/09 - FDA warns Type 2 diabetes drug Byetta side effects: kidney function problems

11/4/09 FDA warns Type 2 diabetes drug Byetta side effects: kidney function problems

Examiner.com 

The FDA is warning both physicians and patients to be aware of possible kidney function problems with the type 2 diabetes drug, Byetta. ...

10/29/09 Research and Markets: Hospitals in a Medical Home: Partners in Enhancing...

10/29/09 Research and Markets: Hospitals in a Medical Home: Partners in Enhancing ...

Reuters

... The multiple roles of the hospital in the medical home network; * Deploying disease management and chronic care to a financially vulnerable population; ...

10/22/09 American Academy of Pediatrics Pushes NHLBI Guidelines with New Initiative

10/22/09 American Academy of Pediatrics Pushes NHLBI Guidelines with New Initiative

news Stories

“Children with asthma and their families often need professional support from pediatricians to manage asthma: a complex, chronic disease,” said Floyd ...

10/19/09 - Diabetic Episodes Affect Kids' Memory

10/19/09 Diabetic Episodes Affect Kids' Memory

Science Daily (press release) 

ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2009) — Children who have had an episode of diabetic ketoacidosis, a common complication of diabetes, may have persistent memory ...

10/14/09 - Diabetes Care Shifting to Earlier, Expanded Insulin Use, Scientia Advisors Finds

10/14/09 Diabetes Care Shifting to Earlier, Expanded Insulin Use, Scientia Advisors Finds

Reuters 

(Business Wire)-- Diabetes care is undergoing a paradigm shift in which insulin is being prescribed earlier, for more conditions, in order to delay the ...

10/12/09 - Lack of Exercise Increases Risk of Death Among Patients With Kidney Disease

10/12/09 Lack of Exercise Increases Risk of Death Among Patients With Kidney Disease

DG News 

WASHINGTON, DC -- October 12, 2009

Getting off the couch could lead to a longer life for patients with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in ...

10/7/09 - Smoking a major risk for diabetes patients

10/7/09 Smoking a major risk for diabetes patients

The Boston - Bay State Banner - Margarita Persico 

He was diagnosed with fatty pancreas disease and diabetes. His blood glucose was measured at 994; it was supposed to be less than 100. Rivera was surprised. ...

10/6/09 Study Links Electronic Health Records to Improved Quality in...

10/6/09 Study Links Electronic Health Records To Improved Quality In ...

Science Daily (press release)

"Our results suggest that increasing their adoption may help improve the quality of care in important areas of preventive care and chronic disease ...

10/1/09 Mild Diabetes Treatment In Pregnant Women Reduces Risks

10/1/09 Mild Diabetes Treatment In Pregnant Women Reduces Risks

RedOrbit ‎

Treating even the mildest forms of gestational diabetes among pregnant women can reduce the risk of complications during pregnancy, according to new ...

9/28/09 - Dialysis Patients Not Given Transplant Option

9/28/09 Dialysis Patients Not Given Transplant Option

eMaxHealth - Denise Reynolds 

In addition, those with lifestyle behaviors such as alcohol and tobacco use or being morbidly obese might not qualify for available organs. ...

9/25/09 - Poor math skills may worsen diabetes control

9/25/09 Poor math skills may worsen diabetes control

Reuters 

A number of studies have found that compared with their white counterparts, African Americans with diabetes tend to have poorer blood sugar control -- as ...

9/21/09 - Metabolic syndrome risk factors increased health care costs by ...

9/21/09 Metabolic syndrome risk factors increased health care costs by ...

Endocrine Today 

When stratified by diabetes, the average annual total costs varied by a magnitude of 1.3. Among people with diabetes the average annual costs for those with ...

9/18/09 - Most Pediatric Emergency Asthma Cases Not Followed Up Education ...

9/18/09 Most Pediatric Emergency Asthma Cases Not Followed Up Education ...

ModernMedicine 

18 (HealthDay News) -- In reference to children with asthma who are seen at a hospital emergency room, most cases are never followed up and the mother's ...

9/17/09 - Electronic Diaries for Diabetes Monitoring Improve Adherence

9/17/09 Electronic Diaries for Diabetes Monitoring Improve Adherence

Renal and Urology News - Jill Stein

This finding, presented here at the 69 th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), demonstrated that patients with type 1 or type 2 ...

9/11/09 - Disability.gov Adds Social Media Tools, Disability Resources and a ...

9/11/09 Disability.gov Adds Social Media Tools, Disability Resources and a ...

LiteracyNews.com 

... three categories: employers and the workplace; workforce systems; and employment-related supports, which include education and training, health care, ...

9/11/09 Report: Mobile Tools Can Imporve Chronic Disease Management

9/11/09 Report: Mobile Tools Can Improve Chronic Disease Management

iHealthBeat

Mobile platforms and applications can help chronic disease patients manage their health care at home or elsewhere, according to a new report from the ...

9/10/09 - Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes incidence, mortality rates narrowed

9/10/09 Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes incidence, mortality rates narrowed

Endocrine Today 

Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes is present in 2% of children, 19% of adolescents and 45% to 50% of adults aged older than 30 years, according to a review ...

9/2/09 Research Supports Improving 'Scoring' of Costs and Benefits of...

9/2/09 Research Supports Improving 'Scoring' of Costs and Benefits of ...

istockAnalyst.com (press release)

1 /PRNewswire/ -- For economists and policy-makers to understand the true value of the costs and savings of preventive health programs for chronic disease, ...

9/1/09 - National Changing Diabetes Program Supports Improvements in Health ...

9/1/09 National Changing Diabetes Program Supports Improvements in Health ...

Reuters 

But in many cases, for chronic, progressive diseases such as diabetes, the true value of prevention and improved treatment outcomes become apparent only ...

8/26/09 - FDA reports health problems with stolen insulin

8/26/09 FDA reports health problems with stolen insulin

The Associated Press - Matthew Perrone 

People with type 2 diabetes have trouble breaking down carbohydrates because their bodies have become resistant to insulin, a protein which occurs naturally ...