NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Giving people with type 2 diabetes the opportunity to help manage their care online can substantially improve their long-term blood sugar control, new research suggests.
Clinic visits alone aren't enough for many people with diabetes, Dr. James D. Ralston of the Group Health Cooperative in Seattle and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes Care.
The researchers tested whether an Internet-based program might help patients to manage their care more effectively.
The intervention gave patients access to the same medical records used by their primary care doctor, as well as the ability to e-mail health care providers. The program also provided feedback on blood sugar readings, a website with educational information on diabetes, and an interactive diary that allowed users to record information on diet, exercise and medications.
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Overweight diabetic patients can now turn to low-fat diary products to ease their struggle to lose weight, a group of researchers said.
Dr. Danit R. Shanar and colleagues from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva urged diabetics to try a diet rich in low-fat dairy calcium after discovering in a study that overweight type 2 diabetic patients with a higher intake of dairy calcium increased odds of losing weight twice.
"Such a diet should be tried in diabetic patients," the researchers told diabetics, particulary those who have a tough time sticking to other weight loss diets.
In the study where 259 overweight diabetics participated, the researchers discovered the weight loss promoting effect of diary calcium when overweight type 2 diabetic patients on a calorie-restricted diet enhanced their weight loss process in six months.
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