Preventing Diabetes and Diabetic Cardiovascular Diseases with Dietary Zinc

Diabetic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy Predicts Recurrent Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. This study evaluated the relationship between CAN and recurrent CVD in type 2 diabetes. A total of 206 patients with type 2 diabetes who had a history of CVD within 3 years of enrollment were consecutively recruited from January 2001 to December 2009 and fo...

Diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular diseases.

Diabetic nephropathy is diagnosed either when persistent increase of urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) above 30 mg/24h in a patient with diabetes was discovered (early or incipient nephropathy) or when UAER values are persistently elevated above 300 mg/24h (overt or clinical nephropathy). In both situations the additional criteria of presence of diabetic retinopathy and the absence of the e...

Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.

Tea polyphenols in preventing cardiovascular diseases.

Epidemiological observations suggesting an inverse correlation between tea consumption and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases have been well established [1–4]. The review by Stangl et al. gives an overview of the effects of polyphenolic compounds in tea on the function of the cardiovascular system, especially on various signal transduction pathways in cardiovascular cells [5]. The underly...

A legal framework for preventing cardiovascular diseases.

Cardiovascular diseases are major contributors to death, disability, disparities, and reduced quality of life in the United States. Successful prevention and control of these diseases requires a comprehensive approach applied across multiple public health settings and in all life stages. Individual lifestyle and behavior change, as well as the broader social, environmental, and policy changes t...