Diabetes News Archive

Possible phrase of the future: Dr. Walgreens will see you now. The pharmacy megachain today announced its Optimal Wellness initiative, an education-based self-care program for people with chronic conditions kicking off with a focus on type 2 diabetes. Under the program, patients with the disease will be eligible to receive specialized health coaching and diabetes counseling from a Walgreens ...

The American Diabetes Association , the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes, announced that Joseph C. Cook of Nashville, TN, has been elected to its Board of Directors for a three-year term.

Women with a family history of diabetes who are free from the disease themselves are more likely to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, a new study confirms.

Chair of the Board Nash M. Childs, PE David K. Bloomgarden, MD, FACE Executive Vice President Physician Leader Bancroft Construction Company Scarsdale Medical Group, LLP Wilmington, DE Harrison, NY President, Health Care & Education Jeffrey Caballero, MPH Christine T. Tobin, RN, MBA, CDE Executive Director Diabetes Educator Association of Asian Pacific Atlanta, GA Community Health Organizations ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn.----Apple Valley Medical Clinic, the family practice component of Apple Valley Medical Center, had the highest percentage of patients receiving optimal diabetes care, as reported by the Minnesota Community Measurement's Web site for 2009.

The direct health care costs of Americans with diabetes will almost triple between now and 2034.

(ARA) - November is American Diabetes Month, a time to recognize the deadly disease that nearly 24 million children and adults live with today. Another 57 million people have pre-diabetes or are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

The highest rates of diabetes in the American population are found in Southern states.

International Diabetes Federation calls for increased funding for essential medicines and for governments to make diabetes a priority in national healthcare plans

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - 01/13/10) - Editors Note: A photo is included with this press release. Four out of every five people with diabetes now live in developing countries, with most affected men and women being of working age. This is according to the latest data published by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in the fourth edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas . ( www ...

An experimental artificial pancreas will soon be tested in diabetes patients, potentially sparing them from its most dangerous complications and frequent blood sugar checks and insulin injections.

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Diabetes Accounted for $218 Billion in Costs in 2007, Health Affairs Paper Demonstrates, issued Jan. 13, 2010 over PR Newswire.

Those who have diabetes and want to learn more about the disease by talking with others who have it will have the opportunity at the Diabetes Support Group on Thursday, Jan. 21.

The prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program was recently awarded to the Diabetes Center at Boone County Hospital.

Spherix Inc. (Nasdaq SPEX), an innovator in biotechnology for diabetes therapy, and a provider of technical and regulatory consulting services to food, supplement, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, announced the completion of patient enrollment in its global Phase 3 clinical trial NEET (70971-004), which is evaluating the safety and efficacy of D-tagatose as an oral treatment for Type ...

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A new analysis found that the cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007, with the exploding number of cases of type 2 diabetes responsible for the majority of the costs. The National Changing Diabetes(R) Program (NCDP), a program of Novo Nordisk, commissioned the analysis, published online as a Web First article today in Health Affairs and performed by researchers at The Lewin ...

Washington, Jan 13 : A new study has shown that people with high levels of BPA in body are more than twice as likely to have heart disease or diabetes.

SANOFI-AVENTIS SA has slashed the prices of some drugs in Southeast Asia to tap rising rates of diseases including diabetes and cancer in the region.

Diabetes is a problem so prevalent the head of the Centers For Disease Control stopped by the Rio Grande Valley to take action.

A new analysis found that the cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes reached $218 billion in 2007, with the exploding number of cases of type 2 diabetes responsible for the majority of the costs.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Doctors can predict rather accurately if someone is prone to diabetes by looking at their waistline, according to a research paper released by a hospital in Taiwan yesterday.

A group of local sports specialist will be offering a free program, "Diabetes Management for a New Decade,"" at Hamilton Physical Therapy this Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and again Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m.

Walgreen Co. will roll out a new wellness program to treat the growing number of Americans with diabetes, a key driver of higher health care costs.

The Winchester Hospital Diabetes Center has been awarded an American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate in honor of its high-quality diabetes self-management education program.

Chicago Cubs pitcher Randy Wells will be honored Tuesday night as the St. Louis Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's 2009 "Rookie of the Year" for raising more than $75,000 for research at his first charity golf tournament in November.