Living With Type 2 Diabetes
Treating High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Pays Off
An important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure improves the cardiovascular health of diabetics. As usual, the study, which appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is not conclusive. But it's full of implications for people living with Type 2 diabetes.
What implications, you ask?
Three Things You Need to Know
1. Essentially, the study compared two groups of adults with Type 2, with one group having aggressive treatment: gettin...
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...type occurs when the body doesn't make enough insulin. Adult-onset diabetes mellitus, also known as type 2 diabetes mellitus - This type of diabetes happens when the body either produces low... Read more »Stanford University Seeks Help in Patient Study
...given on the Internet. Researchers at Stanford University are currently recruiting participants with type 2 diabetes to an online self-management study. Study participants will have an... Read more »Just Diagnosed? Our expert patients give their advice
...a chronic disease, because it makes you take care of yourself. Many people who take charge of their type 2 diabetes lose weight, start exercising, eat healthy foods that are actually tastier than... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors
...a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children.... Read more »Diabetes Diagnosis Advice -- dealing with a diabetes diagnosis
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...program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
...control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
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