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Diabetes Awareness Month

According to the American Diabetes Association, 2 out of 3 people with diabetes die from heart disease and stroke. With the Diabetes Kit you can monitor your blood sugar, total cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, ketones and blood pressure at home.

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Daily weigh in promotes long-term weight loss

Most successful dieters regain the weight they lost, but new research shows that stepping on a scale every day, then cutting calories and boosting exercise can significantly help dieters maintain weight loss.

The study, conducted by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, reports results of the first program designed specifically for weight-loss maintenance. The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Unlike other obesity studies, which focus on how to lose weight, the clinical trial called STOP Regain tested a method that taught participants how to keep those pounds from coming back, regardless of what method they used to lose the weight in the first place. Read More

Smoking linked to aspirin resistance

There is a strong association between smoking and platelet hyperactivity, which may account a weakened response to aspirin, according to findings in a diverse group of patients in a community hospital. Since aspirin is an important part of heart... Read More

Psoriasis increases heart attack risk

According to researchers, patients given a mix of modern blood pressure drugs are one-third less likely to develop diabetes than those on older medications. The results from Europe's biggest ever trial of hypertensive patients showed... Read More

Stanol-heavy diet lowers cholesterol

Adding plant stanol-enriched foods to the diet of people taking maximum-dose statins has clinical relevance for cardiovascular health, reports research from Holland into a population of patients not previously studied for such dietary interventions. Read More

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