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Diabetes Equalizes Gender Gap in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality
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Eighteen years of follow-up show that men have twice the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality as women. However, diabetes is a stronger risk factor for IHD mortality for women than men, so the gender gap in IHD mortality narrows in the presence of diabetes, investigators report. Reuters Health Information
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Comorbidity Erodes Benefits of Tight Glucose Control in Elderly
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In elderly type 2 diabetics with comorbid illness or functional impairment, the benefit of intensive glucose control to a maximum hemoglobin A1c of 7% (versus moderate control to HbA1c 7.9%) appears to be only modest, according to research reported in the July 1st issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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Gastric Bypass May up Risk of Kidney Stones
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As a treatment for morbid obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) appears to increase the risk of calcium oxalate kidney stones, according to a report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons for June. Reuters Health Information
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