Diabetes and alcohol
• Diabetes news • May 02 10

Alcohol use can become an addiction. Its use can also impair judgment. When used well it has salutary effects on the body. Despite this, those who choose to drink it should only do so…


 

Juvenile diabetes group holds special fundraising event
• Diabetes news • May 02 10

Just a month old, the Quincy Juvenile Diabetes group held a special fundraising event Saturday afternoon.

The group hosted a run/ walk or bike event which started in the…


 

Diabetes Risk for Men
• Diabetes news • May 02 10

Men with diabetes face several health concerns, including increased risk of heart attacks and strokes and impotence (not being able to have or keep an erection).

Above the age of 50, the likelihood…


 

Diabetes Control Secrets
• Diabetes news • May 02 10

Diabetes could be a killer.  Browse this article to perceive how to manage this terrible disease.
Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, everybody with type 1 diabetes died within some years when…


 

Diabetes meter linked to video games
• Diabetes news • Apr 30 10

A blood glucose monitoring system that connects to video game systems to help children manage diabetes is available in U.S. drug stores, its manufacturer said.

Bayer’s Didget meter positively reinforces consistent…


 

Vitamin B Therapy Dangerous for Millions of Diabetics With Kidney Disease
• Diabetes news • Apr 29 10

The use of vitamin B to stop kidney damage in people with diabetes needs a closer look, and those with kidney damage now taking high vitamin…


 

Drug can reverse diabetes-related vision loss
• Diabetes news • Apr 29 10

A new treatment can reverse a common cause of vision loss in patients with diabetes, researchers reported this week at a U.S. National Eye Institute conference.

Researchers with the Diabetic Retinopathy…


 

Diabetes diagnosis no deterrent for local teen
• Diabetes news • Apr 29 10

Haley May, 13, holds her head up high when she talks about having Type 1 diabetes.

She is not ashamed of the disease that she has learned to manage thanks…


 

Diabetes education a must for prevention, treatment
• Diabetes news • Apr 28 10

Diabetes is one of the most deadly diseases in the United States, but there are ways to manage, prevent and treat it before complications occur.

Diabetes is associated with an…


 

National Conference on Diabetes Issues Challenge to Tackle the Diabetes Epidemic and Reduce Its Economic Impact
• Diabetes news • Apr 28 10

Public and private healthcare stakeholders will gather today for the National Conference on Diabetes to discuss how to tackle the…


 

Type 2 Diabetes: A New Approach to an Old Problem
• Diabetes news • Apr 28 10

Whether I’m wearing my health policy hat or seeing patients in the office, one condition continues to surface as a source of concern and frustration.

Diabetes, one…


 

Moderate drinking linked to lower diabetes risk
• Diabetes news • Apr 28 10

Adults who have a drink or two per day may have a lower diabetes risk than teetotalers - and the link does not appear to be explained by moderate drinkers’…


 

Ethnic Differences in Precursors of Type 2 Diabetes Apparent at an Early Age
• Diabetes news • Apr 27 10

A study published in PLoS Medicine this week finds that precursors of higher risk of diabetes in South Asian and African-Caribbean adults in the…


 

Better vision ahead for many diabetic retinopathy patients
• Diabetes news • Apr 27 10

A nationwide, government-sponsored study finds that people with a common form of diabetic retinopathy can benefit from a medication first developed to combat another potentially blinding disease, age-related macular…


 

Moderate drinking linked to lower diabetes risk
• Diabetes news • Apr 27 10

Adults who have a drink or two per day may have a lower diabetes risk than teetotalers - and the link does not appear to be explained by moderate drinkers’…


 

Colesevelam HCL Lowers LDL Cholesterol and Elevated Glucose in People With Prediabetes: Presented at AACE
• Diabetes news • Apr 26 10

Colesevelam hydrochloride (HCL), indicated for lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels, has also been found to lower glycaemic levels in people with…


 

Diabetes: Why you get it, will you get it?
• Diabetes news • Apr 26 10

This is one of a series of columns about health issues written by staff members of ProMedica and Mercy Health Partners.

It can lead to blindness, kidney failure,…


 

Type 2 diabetes increases risk for developing cardiovascular problems
• Diabetes news • Apr 26 10

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What is the relationship between type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure? Does type 2 diabetes usually lead to high blood pressure? Can high blood…


 

Endocrine Intervention In Surgical Patients With Diabetes Leads To Shorter Hospital Stays, Reduced Costs
• Diabetes news • Apr 26 10

New research released today indicates that endocrine intervention in surgical patients with diabetes and dysglycemia (abnormal blood sugar) accounted for shorter hospital stays…


 

DHA affiliate-Joslin Diabetes Centre records over 15,500 patient visits during its first year
• Diabetes news • Apr 26 10

Under the patronage and presence of H.E Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority, the Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliate at…


 

Sector Snap: Inhaled Insulin
• Type 2 Diabetes • Apr 25 10

An already faltering pharmaceutical industry effort to develop inhaled insulin suffered another severe blow Wednesday after Pfizer Inc. said its now-discontinued Exubera could cause lung cancer.
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Pfizer pulled…


 

Scientists Reveal How Genetic Mutations May Cause Type 1 Diabetes
• Diabetes news • Apr 20 10

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have provided an answer to the 40-year-old mystery of how certain genetic mutations lead to Type 1 diabetes. This new molecular…


 

New immigrants have higher risk of diabetes than long-term residents
• Diabetes news • Apr 19 10

New immigrants, especially women and those of South Asian or African descent, have a higher risk of diabetes compared with long-term residents of Ontario, found a research…


 

Artificial pancreas works in 11 patients: study
• Diabetes news • Apr 15 10

A test run of an “artificial pancreas” that monitors blood sugar and delivers both insulin and regulatory hormone called glucagon helped patients achieve near-normal blood sugar levels for more…


 

Do diabetics do better after colon cancer surgery?
• Diabetes news • Apr 14 10

People with diabetes actually fare better after colon cancer surgery than people without the condition, according to surprising new findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

“We…


 
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