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2006

Androgen Deprivation Therapy Associated With A Significant Risk Of De Novo Diabetes Mellitus And Worsening Glycemic  -Abstract 128: While androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer is known to result in poor glycemic control, the exact risk of de novo diabetes mellitus has not well defined. Furthermore, screening and prevention strategies for patients starting on ADT have not been established.  05/25/2006

2005

Pancreatic Cancer linked to insulin resistance in male smokers.  12/24/05

Pancreatic Cancer Linked To Insulin Resistance In Male Smokers -A new study led by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows for the first time that male smokers with the highest insulin levels are twice as likely to develop pancreatic cancer as men with the lowest levels. Similarly, men with glucose levels in the range of clinical diabetes were twice as likely to develop the cancer as men with normal glucose levels.  12/16/2005

Diabetic black men have much lower amounts of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries than diabetic white men. 11/05/05

Diabetic Men at Risk of Low Testosterone:  Common problem can result in sexual dysfunction, study finds. Reuters, 06/13/2005

High Incidence of Diabetes in Men With Sleep Complaints or Short Sleep Duration - A 12-year follow-up study of a middle-aged population .  Diabetes is associated with increased frequency of sleep complaints, and this may be due to the disease itself as well as to physical complications of the disease. However, sleep disturbances may also play a primary role in the pathophysiology of diabetes.

Waist Size Linked To Diabetes Risk In Adult Men -The circumference of a man?s waist is a better predictor of his risk of developing type 2 diabetes than his body mass index (BMI), which is a weight-to-height ratio, or waist-to-hip ratio alone. This finding, published in the March 2005 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is based on data collected from 27,270 men tracked over 13 years who participated in the Harvard Health Professionals Follow-Up Study.  03/28/2005

            

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