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Fight Childhood Obesity to Help Prevent Diabetes, Say WHO & IDF
• Diabetes • Nov 14 04
Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 22 million children under five years old are obese or overweight, and more than 17…
Calendar may influence diagnosis of kids’ diabetes
• Diabetes • Nov 11 04
Some seasonal patterns in when a diagnosis of type I insulin- dependent diabetes is made in school-age children may reflect the parents’ response…
Diabetes care ‘failing targets’
• Diabetes • Nov 11 04
Diabetes patients in Derbyshire are being let down by the health service, according to a report.
The charity Diabetes UK claims some…
Newer beta-blocker seen safer for diabetics
• Diabetes • Nov 09 04
A beta-blocker blood pressure medicine proved significantly better in keeping blood sugar levels from rising in diabetics than another widely used member of the…
Red, processed meats up diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Nov 08 04
Red meats and processed meats such as hot dogs appear to increase the risk of diabetes, as does a heavily “Western” diet, according to…
Poor footwear ups diabetes-related amputation risk
• Diabetes • Nov 08 04
Among people with diabetes, wearing inadequate footwear triples the risk of lower-leg amputation, according to a report from Barbados.
Prompted by anecdotal reports of…
Exercise curbs diabetes more for some than others
• Diabetes • Nov 08 04
Despite similar levels of physical activity, white women appear to have a greater reduction in their risk of developing diabetes than women of…
Gene linked to type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • Nov 04 04
Variants of a gene called PTPN1 are associated with differing responses to insulin and control of blood sugar levels, according to a report in…
White bread, starch increases diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Nov 04 04
Fans of white bread, hear this: it increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the illness, new research shows.
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Drug may prevent heart disease in diabetics
• Diabetes • Nov 03 04
Diabetics can prevent heart disease and live longer by taking the anti-cholesterol drug Atorvastatin, even if they do not have particularly high cholesterol levels,…
Checking foot temperature may curb diabetic sores
• Diabetes • Nov 03 04
Patients with diabetes who are high risk for developing leg and foot ulcers - and the infection and amputation that can result -…
New drug helps control type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • Oct 28 04
Long-term use of exenatide, an experimental diabetes drug derived from lizard saliva, reduces blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes who…
Shrunken foot muscles signal diabetic nerve damage
• Diabetes • Oct 26 04
The total volume of muscles in the foot is halved in people who have nerve damage resulting from diabetes, compared with diabetics without neuropathy,…
Drug for diabetes nerve damage ‘on the horizon’
• Diabetes • Oct 25 04
An experimental drug has been shown to combat the underlying cause of nerve damage that occurs in people with diabetes.
“An effective disease-modifying treatment…
Intranasal insulin may protect against diabetes
• Diabetes • Oct 18 04
Insulin nasal spray may prevent the development of type 1 diabetes in high risk patients, according to a new study.
Research published this month…
Prevalence of Diabetes Among Hispanics, US
• Diabetes • Oct 18 04
Diabetes disproportionately affects Hispanics in the United States (1). However, the Hispanic population is composed of culturally distinct subpopulations that tend to be regionally…
Blood glucose spikes impair mental function
• Diabetes • Oct 14 04
People with type 2 diabetes experience a decline in mental function and mood during episodes of hyperglycemia - an excessive rise in blood…
Insulin pump OK for preschoolers with diabetes
• Diabetes • Oct 13 04
Young children with diabetes can be treated as effectively with a portable insulin pump as with multiple daily insulin injections, researchers report
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Long-term insulin use may raise colon cancer risk
• Diabetes • Oct 08 04
Long-term insulin use by patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, according to research reported in the…
Diabetes often leads to disability in old age
• Diabetes • Oct 05 04
Diabetes is linked to the development of disability, researchers reported here this week at the meeting of the American Neurological Association.
“Diabetes is common…
Botox may relieve diabetic GI complication
• Diabetes • Oct 04 04
An injection of botulinum toxin (Botox) into the stomach is a safe method of relieving the nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain that occurs with…
Insulin-Colon Cancer Link?
• Diabetes • Oct 02 04
People with type 2 diabetes who require insulin injections to control their disease may be at increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to findings…
Diabetes may speed worsening of movement problems
• Diabetes • Oct 01 04
Diabetes seems to accelerate the progression of rigidity and walking disturbances in older persons, according to a report in the journal Neurology. In contrast,…
Family trend seen with diabetic kidney disease
• Diabetes • Sep 28 04
Type 1 diabetics who have a sibling with diabetic kidney disease have twice the risk of also developing this complication, according to a new…
Psychosocial factors may affect diabetes risk
• Diabetes • Sep 27 04
Social position appears to affect the risk of developing diabetes in middle-age, white-collar workers in the UK, according to the results of a study…