Diabetes News Archive

FRIDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug metformin is safe for diabetes patients with advanced heart failure, say U.S. researchers.

Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News , Tours and Concerts Rapper Phife Dawg has struggled with diabetes since he was diagnosed with the illness back in 1990. He was put on dialysis in 2000, was hospitalized in 2002 and had a kidney transplant in 2008. Now the A Tribe Called Quest emcee is planning a big return. Having made a full recovery, the Queens native will be making his first public ...

Untreated obstructive sleep apnea may impact the health of people with type 2 diabetes, a new study shows.

A new evidence review suggests that using a pump to deliver insulin continuously -- instead of taking three or more daily injections -- might result in better control of blood sugar for people with type 1 diabetes.

FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks with diabetes who consume too many calories and too much sodium increase their risk for eye disease, a new study finds.

Genetic variations that are linked to type 2 diabetes cannot yet help doctors to predict who is most likely to develop the disease, scientists have found.

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrew P. Mandell - Mr. Diabetes(R), Executive Director of Defeat Diabetes Foundation and diabetes advocate announced today that he will be sitting on the ProtoKinetix (PKTX) Advisory Board. ProtoKinetix, Inc.

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 in Health Affairs and performed by researchers at The Lewin Group ...

Andrew P. Mandell a Mr. DiabetesÂ(R), Executive Director of Defeat Diabetes Foundation and diabetes advocate announced today that he will be sitting on the ProtoKinetix Advisory Board. Â ProtoKinetix, Inc. is a biotechnology company that has developed and patented a family of synthetic anti-aging glycoproteins for medicine and the biotechnology and cosmetic industries.

Diabetic retinopathy is no longer the leading cause of blindness in Newcastle's working age population, thanks to a pioneering retinal screening programme initiated by Diabetes UK-funded researchers in the 1980s. A recent study led by Professor Roy Taylor at Newcastle University has found that diabetic retinopathy was the second most common cause of blindness in Newcastle District between 2001 ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago. The study "demonstrates for the first time that there is a clear, graded, inverse relationship between OSA severity and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes," wrote lead author, Renee S. Aronsohn, M.D ...

The deadline to register for the South Lyon Medical Center's latest session of the education program 'Diabetes Education: Helping You Take Control,' is today (Friday, January 15).

Type 2 diabetes is on the increase, with a prediction that 380 million people around the world will be affected by the year 2025. Therefore, there is a lot of interest in lifestyle factors which might mitigate the risk of type 2 diabetes . Previous research has suggested that drinking coffee is linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

Washington, Jan 15 : A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago has shown that obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Let's celebrate the New Year with some ideas about food and health. Specifically, let's look at diabetes research that sheds new light on the power of food to help, sometimes in surprising ways. Having diabetes in your family does not mean that everyone in the family needs to get it, and having it does not need to mean that complications such as amputations or kidney disease have to follow. And ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) adversely affects glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago.The study "demonstrates for the first time that there is a clear, graded, inverse relationship between OSA severity and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes," wrote lead author, Renee S.

Joslin Circle is a monthly support group for people with diabetes and their family members. The support group meets on the third Wednesday of the month in the Joslin Diabetes Center located at 300 Hospital Drive, Suite 223.

MOULTRIE - It is no secret that a large percentage of south Georgians are overweight, but new information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show an alarming trend in diabetes cases.