Natural blood sugar level lowering compound could lead to new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes news • Oct 27 05
Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix
• Diabetes news • Oct 27 05
Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Patients whose Type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had…
New diabetes trial - largest diet and exercise study of its kind
• Diabetes news • Oct 26 05
Doctors from the University of Bristol are looking for volunteers who have recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes to take part in…
Very low blood sugar affects memory in children
• Diabetes news • Oct 19 05
Episodes of extremely low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia), particularly at an early age, can have an impact on spatial memory performance in children with Type 1…
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…