Topic: The New England Journal Of Medicine

TV and soda: small habits cause weight creep

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just a few bad habits -- watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night -- can add up to a steady creep of pounds over the years, U.S. researchers ...

Diabetics have higher risk of death from cancer

LONDON (Reuters) - Doctors know that diabetics have a higher than normal risk of dying of heart attacks or strokes, but new research on Wednesday showed that having diabetes also ups the risk of dying from many cancers and other diseases.The findings ...

Choosing A Hot Tub

According to a recent study conducted by The New England Journal of Medicine, hot tubs are also beneficial to diabetic patients because the warm water helps decrease blood sugar levels and blood pressure as well as aid in weight loss.

Teens and Diabetes

According to a study by the Natural Institutes of Health a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it has been proved that many obese adolescents and teen have impaired glucose tolerance. This is a condition called being pre-diabetic which ...
Doctors: Vitamin E shows promise for treating obesity-related fatty liver diseasePeople with a common, obesity-related liver disease that has no known treatment got a surprising benefit from vitamin E pills, researchers reported Wednesday.It appears to be the first time that a vitamin ...
In patients with impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors, neither valsartan nor nateglinide reduces the incidence of cardiovascular outcome measures, but valsartan does lead to a modest reduction in the incidence of diabetes, according to the results of ...

Test Category - 122010

March 15, 2010 In patients with impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors, neither valsartan nor nateglinide reduces the incidence of cardiovascular outcome measures, but valsartan does lead to a modest reduction in the incidence of diabetes, according to ...
In patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a four-dose course of rituximab helps preserve some beta-cell function after a year, according to a study in the Nov. 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.. Mark D. Pescovitz, M.D., of ...
In both men and women, sex hormone-binding globulin may play a key role in the development of diabetes and low circulating levels may be an important predictor of disease risk, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in the New England ...

England's Pay-for-Performance Scheme Faulted

The 2004 pay-for-performance scheme for family practices in England resulted in short-term quality of care improvements for asthma and diabetes, but not for heart disease, and ultimately was associated with a long-term slowing in the rate of improvement for all three conditions, ...
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