Patient-centered medical home boosts diabetes outcomes, health
A health-care delivery model called patient-centered medical home (PCMH) increased the percentage of diabetes patients who achieved goals that reduced their sickness and death rates, according to health researchers.
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Breast-Feeding May Lower Women’s Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) — A new study finds that mothers who don’t breast-feed their children are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life compared to those who do breast-feed.
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When Dottie was diagnosed, she came to Joslin Diabetes Center. Not only did the clinicians help her start managing her diabetes, they worked with her to help her achieve her goal of having a family. Now Dottie is the proud mother of five healthy children. Learn more about the pregnancy program at Joslin Diabetes Center: www.joslin.org
Amylin, Alkermes and Lilly announce exenatide tQT study meets pre-specified primary endpoint
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Alkermes, Inc. today announced results from a thorough QT (tQT) study that assessed the potential of exenatide to increase the QT interval across a wide range of plasma concentrations.
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Pre-pregnancy diet affects the health of future offspring
( Society for Experimental Biology ) Poor maternal diet before conception can result in offspring with reduced birth weights and increased risk of developing type II diabetes and obesity. Mice that were fed a low protein diet before conception (but had a normal diet during pregnancy) gave birth to offspring that had lower birth weights and increased insulin sensitivity. This work will be …
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Pollution may Raise Diabetes Risks
Increased pollutant levels in one’s blood could point to increased risks for Type 2 diabetes diagnoses, according to a new study conducted on seniors in Sweden, says Reuters. The findings are published in the journal, Diabetes Care. This is not the first study to connect pollution to the disease and, while this study does not prove [...]
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