Individuals With Diabetes Have Increased Risk for Falls
TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with diabetes have an increased risk for falls, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for t...
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Individuals With Autism at Risk for Other Health Conditions
MONDAY, Sept. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with autism have increased health risks even when considering lifestyle factors, according to a study published online Sept. 9 in Autis...
Engineering an endothelialized, endocrine Neo-Pancreas: evaluation of islet functionality in an ex vivo model.
Islet-based recellularization of decellularized, repurposed rat livers may form a transplantable Neo-Pancreas. The aim of this study is the establishment of the necessary protocols, the eval...
Evaluating the Probability of Attaining A1C Goals in Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes
Research suggests that efforts are needed to help identify patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes who have a low probability of A1C goal attainment. “The development of a prediction m...
CDC: Nearly 800 U.S. Children Have Developed COVID-19-Related Condition
THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There have been 792 confirmed cases in the United States of a rare condition in children that is linked to COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease...
Widespread Avoidance of Medical Care Found Due to COVID-19 Concerns
THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- There was widespread reporting of avoidance of medical care due to COVID-19-related concerns in June 2020, according to research published in the...
Moderate, Heavy Drinking Linked to Increased BP, HTN in T2DM
THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For individuals with type 2 diabetes, moderate and heavy drinking are associated with an increased risk for elevated blood pressure, stage 1 hype...
Poverty-Stricken Adults More Likely to be Calcium-, Vitamin D-Deficient
THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Adequate calcium and vitamin D intake in older Americans is greatly influenced by ethnicity, sex, household income, and food security, according ...
Closed-Loop System Beneficial for Children With T1DM
THURSDAY, Sept. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For children with type 1 diabetes, a closed-loop system results in the glucose level being in the target range for more time than with use of a se...
Early Body Mass Index Tied to Cardiometabolic Risk at Age 11 to 12
THURSDAY, Sept. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Toddlers who are overweight or obese have higher cardiometabolic risk scores at 11 to 12 years of age, according to a study published in the Aug. ...
A Text Message-Delivered Diabetes Support Intervention: Understanding User Engagement
Consistent daily self-care practices in type 2 diabetes, such as adhering to medication regimens, eating healthy, and exercising, are critically important to ensuring patients avoid adverse ...
Pandemic May Have Delayed Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses
MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Many children may have delayed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Aug. 10 in Diabetes ...
Lung-Specific Risk Factors Linked to Hip Fracture in Smokers
MONDAY, Aug. 31, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of lung-specific risk factors into fracture risk assessment tools may more accurately predict hip fracture risk in smokers, according t...
After-meal blood glucose level prediction using an absorption model for neural network training.
Diabetes Mellitus outpatients would benefit from a lifestyle support tool that delivers reliable short term Blood Glucose Level (BGL) predictions.To develop a method for BGL prediction based...
The Need for Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
In the United States, more than 1.5 million people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), a prevalence expected to increase to 2.27 million by 2026. A key challenge in effectively managin...
Advisory Panel Rejects Nearly All Proposals for Fetal Tissue Research
THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A Trump administration advisory board to evaluate scientific research involving fetal tissue says 13 of 14 proposals should be rejected. The boar...
Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of the creatinine-based Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation in people with diabetes: a systematic review.
GFR estimated with the creatinine-based Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI ) equation is used to screen for diabetic kidney disease and assess its severity. We system...
Role of Diet in Type 2 Diabetes Incidence
The incidence of type-2 diabetes is known to be significantly linked with diet, but the exact associations are still unclear. This study aims to investigate the evidence of associations betw...
Longer Bisphosphonate Use May Up Atypical Femur Fracture Risk
THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Longer duration of bisphosphonate use is associated with an increased risk for atypical femur fracture, according to a study published in the Aug....
Chronic Conditions, Visual Impairment, & Healthcare Use: Examining Key Patterns
The number of older adults in the United States living with multimorbidity—defined as the co-occurrence of at least 2 chronic conditions—has increased rapidly over the past few decades. ...
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