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Anchor lead:  Can controlling high blood pressure reduce diabetes risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Certain types of blood pressure medicines taken at night seem to reduce the risk of developing diabetes, a recent study found.  Gregory Prokopowicz, a high blood pressure …

October 8, 2015 – Diabetes and Blood Pressure Read more »

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Anchor lead:  Could variations in a common test identify early dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Oral glucose tolerance tests are commonly used during pregnancy and to test for diabetes.  Now research led by Esther Oh, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, …

October 2, 2015 – Glucose Tolerance and Dementia Read more »

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Anchor lead:  People who are considering obesity surgery might want a nutritional assessment beforehand, Elizabeth Tracey reports One in five very obese patients who were about to have obesity or bariatric surgery at Johns Hopkins were found to have nutritional …

October 1, 2015 – Micronutrient Lack Read more »

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Anchor lead:  What’s the nutritional status of people who are obese? Elizabeth Tracey reports In spite of consuming large amounts of food, a surprising number of people who are very overweight, so-called morbidly obese, are nutritionally compromised.  That’s according to …

September 30, 2015 – Obese but Not Healthy Read more »