More and more people have become aware of the dangers of excessive fructose in their diet. A new review on fructose in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) indicates just how dangerous this simple sugar may be.
Richard J. Johnson, MD and Takahiko Nakagawa, MD (Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Colorado) provide a concise overview of recent clinical (more…)
BUSM Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs John Wiecha, MD, MPH, in the Department of Family Medicine, has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Challenge grant from the National Library of Medicine. The grant, valued at more than $950,000 will fund a study to provide health education to African-American women with type-2 diabetes.
The health education will be conducted (more…)
A new study has found that older people with type 2 diabetes who also have high blood pressure‚ gait and balance problems‚ or consider their health to be poor may also be at higher risk for cognitive problems.
The study authors examined 13 variables that potentially affect cognition‚ including grip strength‚ blood pressure‚ involvement in physical activities‚ social engagement‚ gait and balance‚ and a subjective measure of (more…)
Some health insurance plans and large employers have begun to pay pharmacists to monitor patients with chronic diseases‚ such as diabetes and heart disease‚ to ensure they take their prescribed medications.
In several independent drugstores‚ national chains‚ and supermarkets‚ pharmacists partner with doctors and nurses to care for patients with long–term illness. About half of U.S. patients do not take their medications as prescribed‚ (more…)
Utah’s innovative partnership between the Utah Department of Health (UDOH), eight major health care plans, and HealthInsight has received national attention. Dr. Ann Albright, Director of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), highlighted the program during a recent address to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health.
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