Focus Shifts for Long-Term Diabetes (WebMD)

People with longstanding diabetes should focus on lowering blood pressure and cholesterol rather than intensive blood sugar control, recent studies suggest.

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Joslin Receives $1 Million to Support Type 1 Diabetes Research (Newswise)

Joslin Diabetes Center today announced it has received a $1 million gift from the Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation to support type 1 diabetes research.

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Vitamin B12 deficiency linked to diabetes (SciDev.net)

[CHENNAI] Diabetes experts have called for vitamin B12 to be added to food for young girls and expectant mothers, having discovered a possible link between low levels of the vitamin in mothers' diets and the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in India.

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Texting Diabetes Patients (FOX 23 News Albany)

An Albany health clinic is getting millions of dollars to help get the message out to diabetes sufferers.

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University Lecturer Warns Of Rising Prevalence Of Type 2 Diabetes, UK (Medical News Today)

With the New Year inevitably comes the resolution of millions to get in shape. But shedding the pounds is now more important than ever - being overweight is the top factor in developing Type 2 diabetes.

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Diabetes Can Affect the Mind (KARK Little Rock)

Diabetes can take its toll on the body, but now new research finds it could affect the mind as well. A new study measured patient’s cognitive skills for three years -- they found those who had mild cases of type 2 diabetes, were slower at tasks requiring rapid response.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Glucose Control and Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes (New England Journal of Medicine)

In this study, 1791 military veterans with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to receive either standard or intensive glucose control. Other cardiovascular risk factors were treated uniformly. The glycated hemoglobin goal was an absolute reduction of 1.5 percentage points in the intensive-therapy group. There was no significant difference between the two groups for the ...

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