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1. Robert L. Davis, MD, MPH
www.kpchr.org/public/investiga - [Cached]Published on: 4/2/2008 Last Visited: 6/7/2008
Adrianne C. Feldstein, MD, MS -
2. www.970wfla.com
www.970wfla.com/cc-common/news - [Cached]Published on: 8/13/2008 Last Visited: 8/13/2008
Lead author Dr. Adrianne Feldstein of Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., tracked more than 2,500 adults with type 2 diabetes for four years.Those who lost weight within an average of 18 months after diagnosis were up to twice as likely to achieve their blood pressure and blood sugar targets as those who didn't lose weight.
Those benefits can prevent diabetes-related heart disease, blindness, nerve and kidney damage, and death.
"Our study shows that early weight loss can reduce the risk factors that so often lead to diabetes complications and death," Feldstein says in a statement. -
3. 2007 Daily News
www.fortherecordmag.com/news10 - [Cached]Published on: 10/23/2007 Last Visited: 6/29/2008
With Kaiser Permanente's computerized database and integrated care delivery system, we can closely monitor and follow patients with fractures and prevent that disconnect," said Adrianne Feldstein, MD, MS, an investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (CHR) in Portland and the lead author of the study.
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"Osteoporosis now causes more deaths annually than breast cancer and ovarian cancer combined," said Dr. Feldstein "This study shows that we can cost-effectively improve management with interventions as simple as e-mails, letters and phone calls.
