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Abbott Labs issues alert on diabetic glucose meters
• Diabetes news • Oct 17 05
Metformin may help diabetics with heart failure
• Diabetes news • Oct 12 05
A new study suggests that the Diabetes drug metformin, sold as Glucophage, may improve survival and clinical outcome in diabetic patients with heart failure, even though FDA labeling…
Elevated Insulin Increases Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
• Diabetes news • Oct 02 05
Alcohol may not ward off diabetes
• Diabetes news • Sep 28 05
While some research has found that moderate drinking may protect against Diabetes, a new study suggests that other factors may largely explain the seeming benefit.
“According to our results,…
Dietary supplement boosts insulin sensitivity
• Diabetes news • Sep 28 05
Blood pressure meds may lower diabetes risk
• Diabetes news • Sep 27 05
Two types of blood pressure-lowering medicines - so called ACE inhibitors or closely related angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) - can lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes,…
Mental Illness Hampers Diabetes Care
• Diabetes news • Sep 22 05
Diabetes deaths worldwide on the rise
• Diabetes news • Sep 20 05
Estimates of deaths from Diabetes suggest that it may a leading cause of death worldwide, researchers report. In 2000, approximately 2.9 million died of Diabetes, about three…
Turn off insulin pump during exercise
• Diabetes news • Sep 19 05
Quarter of diabetes sufferers undiagnosed
• Diabetes news • Sep 19 05
A quarter of all people in England who may have Diabetes do not know they have the condition, exposing them to heart and kidney disease, Blindness…
Some diabetics would risk health to avoid shots
• Diabetes news • Sep 17 05
Some people with Type 2 diabetes avoid insulin shots at the expense of their health, the results of a new survey suggests.
Among nearly 1,000 Canadians with…
Biofeedback may help control diabetes
• Diabetes news • Sep 15 05
Biofeedback-assisted relaxation seems to have a positive effect in patients with Type 2 diabetes, leading to significant decreases in blood sugar levels, the findings of a small study suggest.
“Biofeedback…
Outlook poor for diabetic women with CF
• Diabetes news • Sep 14 05
Women with cystic fibrosis (CF) and Diabetes have “a remarkably poor prognosis” compared to women with CF but without Diabetes, and to…
Low sugar triggers stomach emptying in diabetics
• Diabetes news • Sep 12 05
While people with Diabetes constantly battle to keep their blood sugar under control, they can become disoriented and nauseous if levels drop too far. When this happens, researchers…
US advisers back Pfizer’s inhaled insulin
• Diabetes news • Sep 09 05
Diabetes not associated with depression
• Diabetes news • Sep 05 05
People with Diabetes are no more likely than the general population to have Depression, according to study results reported in the journal Diabetes Care.
The results of a second study,…
Coke Mexico in health push amid spiraling diabetes
• Diabetes news • Aug 30 05
Obesity, diabetes linked to poor pregnancy outcome
• Diabetes news • Aug 30 05
The results of a large study show that Obesity and Diabetes are independent risk factors for a number of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as cesarean delivery and having…
Blacks, Hispanics prone to diabetes complications
• Diabetes news • Aug 25 05
Blacks and Hispanics with Diabetes are more likely than whites to require repeat hospitalization for complications related to their condition, according to a new report.
“The data don’t tell…
Fast-acting insulin OK for kids in diabetic crisis
• Diabetes news • Aug 23 05
When children with Diabetes don’t get enough insulin, impurities can build up rapidly in the body and cause a medical emergency. However, Diabetic ketoacidosis, as…
Experts agree you can eat diabetic desserts on a type 2 diabetic diet
• Diabetes news • Aug 22 05
Unsuspected diabetes common in heart patients
• Diabetes news • Aug 22 05
Diabetes often goes unrecognized - and therefore untreated - in people who suffer a Heart Attack or have severe Coronary heart disease, a new survey has found.
Dr. Darcy…
Clozapine may increase the risk of diabetes
• Diabetes news • Aug 19 05
There appears to be an association between clozapine treatment and an increased risk of developing diabetes mellitus, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
“The study suggests…
Stress slows sugar metabolism in type 1 diabetics
• Diabetes news • Aug 18 05
It may seem obvious to som, but for Type 1 Diabetes patients, a episode of psychological stress significantly slows the decline in blood sugar concentrations following…
Factors outside diabetes contribute to obesity-related cancer
• Diabetes news • Aug 18 05
A recent study conducted in the United Kingdom indicates that Diabetes is not the cause of the growing number of Obesity and alcohol-related Cancers. Researchers published…