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SAN DIEGO – The World Health Organization’s widely used, Web-based fracture risk assessment tool, known as FRAX, seriously underestimates the risk of major osteoporotic and hip fractures in patients with diabetes, according to a large Canadian study. This finding indicates diabetes is a risk... »
Ischemic Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Elderly Diabetes Patients
SAN DIEGO – The risk of ischemic stroke more than triples in patients with a 10-year history of diabetes, according to results of the population-based Northern Manhattan Study.
Ischemic stroke has long been associated with diabetes but a large, longitudinal study enabled investigators to explore... » HONOLULU – Diabetes can be a challenge to control, depression can be difficult to treat and keep in remission, and growing evidence suggests that the combination can be especially problematic.
And as if this adverse synergy were not bad enough, having these two conditions more than doubles the... » A national effort since 2002 to reduce pressure ulcers among at-risk nursing home residents appears to have had little effect among black Americans, while the prevalence of such wounds in the overall nursing home population declined, according to a study published in JAMA. The authors found the... » The AMDA Foundation has received a grant to study outcomes in diabetes care in the long-term care setting. Long-time Foundation Research Network member T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, will serve as principal investigator for the study, titled "A Roadmap for the Conversion from Sliding Scale to Basal... »
Diabetes, Depression, Dementia Synergy Supported
Black Residents Have More Pressure Ulcers
Foundation Obtains Key Grant to Study Diabetes Care
SAN DIEGO – The risk of ischemic stroke more than triples in patients with a 10-year history of diabetes, according to results of the population-based Northern Manhattan Study. Ischemic stroke has long been associated with... »
FRAX Tool Badly Underestimated Diabetics’ Fracture Risk in Study
SAN DIEGO – The World Health Organization’s widely used, Web-based fracture risk assessment tool, known as FRAX, seriously underestimates the risk of major osteoporotic and hip fractures in patients with diabetes, according... »
Diabetes, Depression, Dementia Synergy Supported
HONOLULU – Diabetes can be a challenge to control, depression can be difficult to treat and keep in remission, and growing evidence suggests that the combination can be especially problematic. And as if this adverse... »
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