Diabetes Hastens Death For Older Women

Postmenopausal women with diabetes had two to three times the risk of dying over an average of 10 years of follow-up than those without diabetes, regardless of race or ethnicity, analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) showed. Among white women, the hazard ratio for all-cause mortality on an adjusted analysis for those with diabetes was 2.2 (95% CI 2-2.36), while among blacks it was 2.11 (95% CI 1.83-2.44), according to Yunsheng Ma, MD, PhD , of the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, and colleagues. Similar risks also were seen for Hispanic women (HR 2.3, 95% CI 1.72-3.23) as well as for those of Asian ancestry (HR 2.12, 95% CI 1.43-3.15), the researchers reported online in the American Journal of Epidemiology. “Among people with diabetes in the United States, blacks and Hispanics are 2.1 times and 1.5 times more likely than whites to die of all causes, respectively, whereas total mortality among Asians is considerably lower compared with that among whites,” they noted. Because the potential for disparities in mortality among women with and without diabetes according to race or ethnicity has not been established, Ma and colleagues analyzed data from 158,833 participants in the ongoing WHI, which enrolled women between 1993 and 1998. The participants’ mean age was 63. A total of 84.1% were white, 9.2% were African American, 4.1% were Hispanic, and 2.6% were Asian.
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Egypt has 8th highest rate of diabetes

Abbas Oraby, a professor of endocrinology and diabetes at the University of Zagazig, said in his speech to the Conference held on Thursday, that the incidence of diabetes in Egypt rose to 16.5 million people, half of which do not know they suffer from this disease, while the other half receives treatment. Oraby said the disease has risen 83 percentover the past 15 years, which is a very large increase compared to international rates. The number of people suffering diabetes around the world is 360 million and is expected to increase to 500 million by 2030. Middle East and the Arab world are the countries suffering from diabetes the most, specifically Egypt and the Gulf countries. The increase of the disease is due to unhealthy lifestyles and poor nutritional habits, in addition to genetic factors.
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Text messages help patients manage diabetes, researchers find

However, hospital emergency departments are designed to handle emergencies and acute problems not chronic conditions. Consequently, these caregivers struggle to help diabetes patients stay healthy. Text messages that trigger healthier habits Sanjay Arora Public health care authorities and private industry professionals are increasingly exploring and endorsing mobile health text-messaging programs to help with issues ranging from smoking cessation to mass casualty emergencies, according to TeXT-MED investigator Sanjay Arora , associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. In the study, researchers regularly sent patients text messages about food and diet, medication adherence, weight control, exercise and mental outlook the cornerstones of successful diabetes management.
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Automated Phone Calls To Have Blood Pressure Checked Effective

Lead author Teresa Harrison, a research associate at Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Department of Research & Evaluation in Pasadena, Calif., said the study involved 64,773 adult members of Kaiser Permanente Southern California with uncontrolled hypertension, or high blood pressure. Roughly half of these Kaiser Permanente members received automated phone messages encouraging them to have their blood pressure measured at a Kaiser Permanente clinic, while the other group received no calls. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, found four weeks after Kaiser Permanente delivered the telephone messages, 32.5 percent of the patients who received automated calls had controlled hypertension, while 23.7 percent of patients who did not receive a call had controlled hypertension. “This study provides new information about how an automated telephone message can lead to improved blood pressure control among patients with hypertension,” Harrison said in a statement.
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Program tied to system-wide blood pressure benefits

Doctors were given regularly updated evidence-based guidelines on blood pressure medicines that included which drugs to try first and sequential treatment alternatives if the initial treatment didn’t work. In 2005, a combination drug offered in a single pill was added to that list. Starting in 2007, all patients were offered a follow-up visit with a medical assistant a few weeks after their medications were adjusted, with no co-pay. The number of patients with a diagnosis of hypertension grew from about 350,000 to 653,000 during the study period.
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High Blood Pressure In Childhood Could Signal Future Risk

“This study highlights the need for pediatricians to regularly check blood pressure and weight ,” study researcher Wanzhu Tu, Ph.D., a professor of biostatistics at the university, said in a statement. “An occasional increase in blood pressure does not justify treatment, but it does justify following these children more carefully.” High blood pressure is a known risk factor for heart disease , heart attack and stroke. The study, presented at the American Heart Association High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions this year, is based on data from 1,117 adolescents in Indianapolis who were followed for 27 years. All the participants had their blood pressure taken during doctor office visits or by a school nurse. By the end of the study period, when the participants had become adults, 119 had high blood pressure. Researchers also found links between weight and high blood pressure in adulthood: 59 percent of those with high blood pressure in adulthood were obese or overweight in childhood.
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Nutrition Labels Aimed To Dupe Consumers—and How To Tell What You’re Really Eating

Exasperated, the mom put both boxes side-by-side and proposed they review the nutrition labels and buy the more nutritious of the two. When Cary passed the family again in another aisle, they had two boxes of Count Chocula in their cart. As it turns out, in a 100-calorie portion, sugary Count Chocula actually packs more of many vitamins than Grape Nuts (although it does have less protein and fiber). Like the Grape Nuts-loving mom, many health-conscious Americans rely on nutrition labels to inform their food choices. The number of calories, fat, protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals on the label can determine which box of cereal, loaf of bread, or energy bar one chooses to buy. Unfortunately, sometimes even the most conscientious label-reader can be misled. Calories A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.
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Nutrition and healthy eating

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