Diabetes News Archive

Eight percent of the population has diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest and leading voluntary health organization in the fight against diabetes, is pleased to announce the newest member of its Research Foundation Board of Directors for 2010 Kenneth Moritsugu, MD, MPH of Falls Church, Virginia. Moritsugu, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, is the current Chairman of the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Institutes and Vice ...

Having diabetes can feel like a balancing act among blood glucose (sugar) levels, food, exercise and the ways in which each of these elements affects day-to-day life. Add to this more than 12 hours of dancing each day in pointe shoes, late-night performances and flip-flopping diagnoses, and it's no wonder that ballerina Zippora Karz "felt like a human yo-yo." Diabetes Forecast, the consumer ...

Having type 2 diabetes in the family more than doubles a woman's own risk of developing the disease, new research shows.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Adam Morrison was named Wednesday to the advisory board of the Joe Toucan Diabetes Project which helps diabetic children, teens and young adults.

A new method of priming early embryos to form embryonic stem (ES) cells has allowed ES cells to be derived from mice used in diabetes research for the first time. This could dramatically reduce the number of animals used to study the genetic basis of type 1 diabetes and has the potential to do the same for mouse models of other diseases too. Understanding the genetic basis of type 1 diabetes is ...

Avera St. Luke's diabetes support group will meet at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 at Avera St. Luke's Education Center, 709 Sixth Ave. S.E....

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to heart attack or stroke.

Last week, I cited some bleak statistics. Currently, there are approximately 24 million diabetics in the United States. Of these, 25 percent (approximately 6 million) have not been diagnosed and are unaware of their plight. Worse, we see the incidence of diabetes doubling in the next 25 years.

Washington, Jan 28 : A new study has shown that diabetics, who are depressed, are at an elevated risk of developing severe diabetes-related complications such as kidney failure, blindness, heart attack and stroke.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A diabetes prevention program that aims to encourage young American Indians and Alaska Natives to adopt healthy lifestyles early in life is reaching millions of people, according to a recent survey.

Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington. These complications include kidney failure or blindness, the result of small vessel damage, as well as major vessel problems leading to heart attack or stroke.