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Diabetes and Adoption
Rachel and her husband chose to adopt a baby instead of meeting the challenges of handling a high risk pregnancy and Rachel’s type 1 diabetes at the same time. She shares their thought process and ultimate happy ending about the decision to bring a child into their lives.
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Chris Matthews Makes Time for Diabetes
Hosting Hardball on MSNBC and The Chris Matthews Show keep Chris Matthews working long hours. But Matthews got a lesson in priorities and made some life changes when he was diagnosed with type 2.
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A Chihuahua with Diabetes
Olivia and her dog both have diabetes and today they comfort and encourage each other through the rigors of dealing with the disease. Plus, find out what it means when your domestic pet is diagnosed with diabetes.
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Smoking and Diabetes
Smoking has severe effects on your diabetes and your health. Learn why diabetes and smoking are an especially bad combination and get some tips from the experts on how to quit.
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Continuous Glucose Monitors
CGM is a relatively new technology, but the information it provides is invaluable. Find out what CGM offers and whether it could help you.
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Latest Heart Care & Heart Disease Articles
African Americans Shown to Benefit From Single Pill for Blood Pressure, Cholesterol
Feb 20, 2008
A Wayne State University Health Clinic study has shown that a single pill containing both a blood pressure-lowering drug and a cholesterol-lowering drug may be of particular benefit for African Americans.
Researchers sponsored by Pfizer studied the effects of Pfizer's Caduet, a single pill that contains the drugs amlodipine and atorvastatin, used to lower high blood pressure and high cholesterol, respectively.
For as yet unestablished reasons, it is harder for African Americans than for the general U.S. population to bring blood pressure and "bad" LDL cholesterol under control. By providing a one-pill solution, researchers hoped to see a substantial improvement in control rates among African Americans.
They did. At the start of the study, which involved 499 African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension and elevated cholesterol or triglycerides, fewer than 1 percent had achieved control of those conditions. However, after receiving Caduet in eight different dosages, which were increased as needed, 48.3 percent of participants had achieved control over both conditions by week 20.
Patients tolerated the pill well. The most common treatment-related complications were peripheral swelling (3.4 percent), headache (2.2 percent), muscle pain (2.2 percent) and constipation (2.0 percent). Researchers say none of those reactions was considered severe.
Source: MedlinePlus; Mayo Clinic Proceedings
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