August 19, 2008 03:50 PM EDT

Weight loss plan may improve risk factor control after type 2 diabetes diagnosis

Developing a weight loss strategy following type 2 diabetes diagnosis may improve glycemic and blood pressure control despite regaining weight, according to recent data.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine th...

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September 7, 2008

13th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections (ISSSI 2008)

Cairns, Australia

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"I wonder just how many patients there are out there with a blood glucose >500 mg/dL and feeling perfectly well..."

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After ACCORD, ADVANCE, and the VA Diabetes Trial, clinicians question intensive glucose control

For clinicians who treat patients with type 2 diabetes, tight glycemic control has long been a staple of good disease management. Results from the ACCORD, ADVANCE, and VA Diabetes Trial, all presented at this year’s American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting, however, have shaken up the current thinking about intensive glucose control. “My ‘religion’ for 30 years has been [that] the tighter the control the better,” said David S. H. Bell, MB, FACE, a professor of medicine at ...

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