Primary Prevention For Diabetes
Aspirin and diabetes and primary prevention
For many years, it's been a standard recommendation that PWD take aspirin to help protect against heart attacks and strokes, both if they've already had such an event (in which case, it's called "secondary prevention"), or even if they have never had either a heart attack or stroke (which is called "primary prevention"). The recommendation for use of aspirin in primary prevention is now being questioned.
According to an article recently published in the British Medical Journal, researchers fo...
Expert & Community Posts
Stopping Aspirin
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...contents of my pill boxes. While I don't need any diabetes drug any more, I still need to take a... Read more »
ACCORD and ADVANCE again
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertSeveral months ago, I wrote about two diabetes trials: ACCORD and ADVANCE. Both studies involved... Read more »
Confusion and Hysteria Reign Over New Study Showing Limited Aspirin Benefits
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...First of all, the study looked only at patients with diabetes and asymptomatic PAD as... Read more »
The Politics of Prevention Part 2: Where the Candidates Stand
By Cynthia Haines , Health Expert...the Republicans: John McCain"Childhood obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure are all on the... Read more »
Innovative Research and Type 1 Diabetes: “Of Mice and Men”
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Health Guide
Type 1 Diabetes: Prevention
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Related News
Aspirin and Diabetic Cardio Risk
November 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Low-dose aspirin has been recommended as a primary prevention strategy for patients with an increased cardiovascular risk, but... Read summary »
Statins--plus healthy habits--recommended to prevent strokes
October 02, 2008The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have issued new "primary prevention guidelines" for strokes, emphasizing healthy... Read summary »
Heart Screenings for Diabetics
April 21, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? New research shows screening diabetic patients for coronary arterial disease (CAD) does not reduce the rate of coronary events.... Read summary »
Predicting Type 1 Diabetes Better
March 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have uncovered a fourth antibody that can better predict who is at risk for type 1 diabetes. Type-1 diabetes is an... Read summary »
Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes
August 12, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »
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