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Diabetes and advanced breast cancer linked

Written by | 14 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Diabetes and advanced stage breast cancer appear to be linked and diabetic women need better screening, Canadian researchers reported online on March 24, 2015  in… read more.

Spontaneous preterm delivery linked to higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Written by | 3 Apr 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Compared to women who deliver at full-term, women with a history of spontaneous preterm delivery appear to have a doubled risk of developing heart disease,… read more.

ACC Report 2015: Long-term Ticagrelor protective against post-heart attack events for beyond one year

Written by | 24 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: The addition of antiplatelet drug ticagrelor to aspirin for long-term post-heart attack therapy has reduced  the rate of mortality from subsequent cardiovascular causes, heart attack… read more.

Patients with active asthma at higher risk for heart attack

Written by | 13 Mar 2015

Patients with active asthma — such as any use of asthma medications, and unscheduled office or emergency visits for asthma — are at a twofold risk of having… read more.

New study helps explain links between sleep loss and diabetes

Written by | 27 Feb 2015

Lack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty acids in the blood, accompanied by temporary pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men, according to new research published.

Ranibizumab appears to reverse diabetes-related vision loss in some populations

Written by | 26 Feb 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) therapy appears to have efficacy in reversing diabetes-related vision loss in some populations, researchers reported online on Feb. 19 in the journal Opthalmology.

World Health Matters: Canada: Heart risk linked to pneumonia hospitalisation

Written by | 17 Feb 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Researchers in Canada have found that the chance having a heart attack or stroke increases significantly if a patient has been hospitalised for pneumonia –… read more.

World Health Matters: Belgium: GM mice cast doubt on diabetes research

Written by | 16 Feb 2015

by Gary Finnegan: Could years of diabetes research have been in vain? That is the question occupying scientists after the publication of a new study by researchers in… read more.

Migraine may double risk for facial paralysis

Written by | 2 Feb 2015

Migraine headache may double the risk of a nervous system condition that causes facial paralysis, called Bell’s palsy, according to a new study.

Midlife diabetes onset tied to significant cognitive decline in ensuing 20 years

Written by | 22 Jan 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Onset of diabetes raises the risk of significant memory and cognitive problems during the following 20 years researchers reported in the Dec. 2 issue of… read more.

World population gains more than 6 years of life

Written by | 15 Jan 2015

Despite global improvements in life expectancy, death rates for some causes — including drug use and liver cancer — continue to rise.  Global life expectancy increased by 5.8… read more.

Insulin dosage for type 2 diabetes linked with increased death risk

Written by | 5 Jan 2015

In a report published today in the journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, researchers from Cardiff University were also able to show a correlation between patients treated with a… read more.

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