Extensive TV watching is associated with poor blood glucose control in children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes, say Norwegian researchers. The study examined the TV watching habits of 538 children ... of glucose in the blood an HbA1c level of 8.2 per cent. In comparison, children who watched more than four ...
Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels does not improve blood glucose control in non-insulin using...that the cost, effort and time involved in self-monitoring of blood glucose for patients with non ...
The debate about the benefit of intensive blood glucose treatment has been reignited. Tom Moberly...of blood glucose levels does not raise mortality (Diabetes Care 2010; 33: 983-90). In fact, lower HbA1c ... whose blood glucose levels remain high despite intensive treatment, researchers found. Dr Martin ... , believes the new analysis should not detract from the importance of tackling glucose control in patients ...
American Diabetes Association Conference - Novel way to control glucose...The GLP-1 analogue liraglutide can improve blood glucose control when given once a day, a study has shown.The drug is currently in development and is expected to be launched later this year. In the latest study, nearly 500 patients with inadequately controlled type-2 diabetes, who were taking metformin ...
A Swedish study suggests links between blood sugar levels and some cancers in women. Sanjay Tanday.... Participants had their fasting and post-glucose load blood sugar levels measured at the start and end of the 13-year study. Over the course of the study, an increase in blood glucose levels was observed, rising ... blood glucose levels is caused by the concomitant high insulin levels. But an increased risk of cancer ...
Combining BP control with intensive glucose lowering can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease...The ADVANCE trial randomised 11,140 patients across 20 countries to placebo or BP lowering using a fixed dosage of the ACE inhibitor perindopril and the diuretic indapamide. Patients in each group were then randomised to receive either standard blood glucose lowering or intensive treatment with gliclazide plus ...
Lowering the threshold for fasting plasma glucose levels in diabetes diagnosis could improve...It showed that 60 per cent of retinopathy cases occur in patients with fasting blood glucose ... , 60 per cent of these patients had fasting blood glucose below 7.0mmol/l, with some having level ... ). The findings come from a study of 12,664 people, aged 25-97, tested for fasting plasma glucose, BP ...
Diabetics unable to wash hands before finger-prick blood tests can get acceptable results...from Isala Clinics in Zwolle studied the reliability of blood glucose finger-prick testing in 123 people with diabetes. Even though millions of people with diabetes test their blood glucose everyday ... Current Diabetes UK guidelines on self-monitored blood testing say hands should always be washed ...
not be detected using the fasting plasma glucose test, say Canadian researchers....The use of what is known as the oral glucose stress test was found to pick up three times as many cases of pre-diabetes than the fasting plasma glucose test. The test involves taking a blood sample ... of the fasting blood glucose test they found that only 8 per cent of the children met the criteria for pre ...
Meta-analysis suggests that intensive glucose-lowering targets could cut risk of MI and heart...Intensive glucose-lowering among patients with type-2 diabetes could help to cut MI risk, research shows. The findings support lower blood glucose targets added to the QOF for 2009/10. The framework now expects GPs to aim for an HbA1c target of 7 per cent instead of the previous 7.5 per cent ...
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