People in poor heart health more likely to give their doctors low marks
Oct 1, 2020
As cardiovascular health worsens in the U.S., people with poor heart health have worse perceptions of their patient-clinician relationship, according to a new study.
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Young immigrant works to eradicate diabetes, health gaps in her Latino community
Sep 15, 2020
Fascinated with the relationship between food and health since childhood, Lorena Melendez-Chavez is putting her nutrition education to work preventing obesity and diabetes in greater Los Angeles.
More than 1 drink a day could raise blood pressure in adults with diabetes
Sep 9, 2020
The odds of high blood pressure were 62% or higher in people with diabetes who had eight or more alcoholic drinks a week, according to a new study.
Controlling diabetes takes on greater urgency during COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 24, 2020
Uncontrolled blood sugar levels place people with diabetes at higher risk for severe COVID-19. Yet many continue to avoid emergency rooms when those levels escalate.
Diabetes diagnosis soon followed by heart failure could boost death risk
Jun 23, 2020
Heart failure posed the greatest five-year risk of death for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes compared to other heart or kidney diseases, according to new research.
Heart disease, diabetes rates higher for American Indians, Alaska Natives
May 28, 2020
Type 2 diabetes affects American Indians and Alaska Natives at three times the rate of their white peers and is linked to high rates of heart attacks and strokes, according to a new report.
After diabetes, stroke and heart attack, she’s learning to ‘fight smart’
May 21, 2020
Hyvelle Ferguson-Davis is taking charge of her own health and motivating other African American women to join her.
After a stroke, diabetes could worsen brain function
May 14, 2020
Having Type 2 diabetes could cause cognitive impairment in stroke survivors, according to new research that points out the need to aggressively treat prediabetes.
Managing diabetes risk in Hispanic, Asian communities
Apr 17, 2020
Certain subgroups of Hispanics and Asians are more at risk for diabetes, but awareness can make a big difference.
Understanding the risky combination of diabetes and the coronavirus
Apr 13, 2020
People with diabetes need to be alert to the special risks COVID-19 poses.