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For those with diabetes, controlling blood pressure is crucial, but not urgent
January 9, 2012 A new study suggests that middle-aged adults recently diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension have time to try to learn how to control their high blood pressure without medications, but not too much time. The consequences of delaying effective hypertension treatment for up to a year were small–a two-day reduction in quality-adjusted life expectancy–according to a study by University of Chicago researchers published online for the Journal of General Internal Medicine .
Sunstar Americas, Inc. Challenges Consumers to Address the Diabetes, Dental Health and Diet Connection
CHICAGO , Nov. 3, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ – In honor of National Diabetes Awareness Month, oral healthcare company Sunstar Americans, Inc., manufacturer of GUM® branded oral care products , has partnered with celebrity nutritionist, author and motivational speaker Robert Ferguson to create The GUMline to Waistline Challenge.
Diabetes Education Works: Follow These Steps to Peace of Mind
CHICAGO , Nov. 3, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — A diagnosis of diabetes can be overwhelming, and can leave patients feeling powerless over their health and life.
Land O’Frost Partners With JDRF in Multi-Year Fundraising and Awareness Campaign
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Change How You Prepare for the Time Change
Northwestern sleep experts offer tips to fall back with ease CHICAGO , Nov. 1, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Sunday, November 6th at 2:00 a.m. marks the official end of Daylight Savings time as clocks are pushed back one hour. While most of us will enjoy the opportunity to get an additional hour of slumber, sleep experts from Northwestern Memorial Hospital warn that even the one hour shift in time can be disruptive to our sleep patterns and recommend people use the end of Daylight Savings time as a time to evaluate their sleep habits.
$3 Million Grant to Aid Minorities with Uncontrolled Diabetes
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Institute for Health Research and Policy and College of Medicine have received a $3 million federal grant to improve diabetes management in minority patients. The grant will fund a five-year study to evaluate a new intervention designed to improve lifestyle behaviors and medication compliance and to intensify therapy in minority patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes.
Ron Santo, Cubs legend, dies at 70
Chicago Cubs great and longtime WGN Radio announcer Ron Santo died Thursday night of complications from bladder cancer. He was 70. In a statement Friday, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts praised Santo for “his passion, his loyalty, high great personal courage and his tremendous sense of humor.” WGN reports that Santo died in an Arizona hospital from complications of bladder cancer. Santo was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 18 and later lost both legs to diabetes.
France: Diabetes drug may be linked to 500 deaths
PARIS – French health officials say the now-banned diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator may have been linked to the deaths of about 500 people. France’s health products safety agency is advising users of the drug — the brand name for benflourex in France — from 2006 to 2009 to see their doctor to check for possible heart valve problems.
Bret Michaels: To Be in This Business ‘You Have to Develop Nerves of Steel’
Bret Michaels recently denied having an affair with Miley Cyrus ‘ mother, Tish. “I’ve been friends with her family forever,” Michaels explained on ‘Fox & Friends’ .
Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeons Provide Patient Education Guide to Diabetic Foot Care
In Conjunction with American Diabetes Month, November 2010 ROSEMONT, Ill. , Oct.