Topic: Chicago

Strict diabetes treatment does not improve memory

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Strict lowering of blood sugar in older diabetics preserved some of their brain volume, but it did nothing to slow memory loss, researchers said on Tuesday.The findings are the latest from the large U.S.-backed study to show that aggressively ...
This study is for people aged 40 to 85 with knee pain stemming from osteoarthritis despite taking medication.. The research site is in St. Petersburg, Fla.. Pediatric Flu Vaccine. The research site is in Chicago, Ill.. The research site is in Las ...

The Debate Over Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

She is average height and weight, her attire stylish but sensible.. While Illinois has the nation's 27th highest percentage of obese adults, we have the fourth highest childhood obesity rate in the country: Our local data indicate that Chicago's children are overweight ...

Make Time for Friends and Exercise

When your stress level is sky-high or you're coping with some bad news, what's the quickest way to feel better? This week on the Stress and Women message boards, cl-dlandry1 asks, "When was the last time you had a girls' night or ...
Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection. Qualified candidates for this study must be 18 or older, have type 2 diabetes, and not be on insulin.. The research site is in San Diego, Calif.. The research site is in Chicago, ...

Enjoying Ourselves to Death?

The looming menace of widespread chronic disease is a lot like the prospect of major climate change.. And, much like a future world ruined by global warming, a future burdened by millions of strokes, heart attacks, diabetes cases, kidney failures and other ...

Pharmacy-led diabetes program saves big

Chicago-area employers cut healthcare costs by almost $1,500 per person per year using Taking Control of Your Health (TCYH), a pharmacy-based treatment program for employees with diabetes. "This wasn't an untried program; it was based on the Asheville Project, which works - ...
More than 18,000 attendees from around the world, including 14,000 professional researchers, physicians, nurses, dietitians and other diabetes care team-members, met June 22-26 for the American Diabetes Association's 67th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago.. "It's been a great meeting," said Linda Cann, ...
While the U.S. incidence of gestational diabetes declined over a seven-year period, the trend is probably due to more women being diagnosed with diabetes before becoming pregnant, according to a report presented at the 67th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association ...
Hearing impairment may be yet another consequence of diabetes, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association in Chicago. Catherine C. Cowie, Ph.D., of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in ...
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