Diabetes News Archive

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- There is growing evidence diabetes -- especially among indigenous people -- may be linked to environmental pollutants, U.S. and Canadian researchers say.

New collaboration leverages Joslin's deep clinical and research expertise and dLife's community and lifestyle approach to managing diabetes.

Now firmly established within the social media world - with over 10,000 Facebook fans, over 2,500 followers on Twitter, and many more supporters across other sites - we need our online supporters to help with our 'Get Serious' campaign. 'Get Serious', underlining the seriousness of diabetes, is all about strength in numbers - so we're aiming to get as many of our existing online supporters as ...

Health bosses in Norfolk said they will continue to tackle the causes of diabetes as new figures show one in five patients admitted to hospital suffers with the condition.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Uncontrolled high blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes (hyperglycaemia) is known to increase mortality, but new research led by the University shows that intensive treatment to control blood glucose can lower it too far (hypoglycaemia), which also increases mortality. Thus, blood glucose level targets should have lower as well as upper limits to lower risk to patients.

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of the Diabetes Care Devices Market to 2016 - The Key Demand Drivers Remain Intact" report to their offering.

John Ehlke | The Bay City TimesLynne Shorkey of Bay City displays her book "Jake Gets Diabetes." Shorkey wrote a book about a dog that gets diabetes to help educate children about the disorder.Jake the beagle puppy loves to play...

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. The findings were published this week in Diabetes Care, a scientific ...

In her comments in today's quarterly report Elisabeth Lindner, President and CEO of Diamyd Medical, says that the Company's objective is to file the Diamyd(R) diabetes vaccine for market approval in 2011 - a goal that isn't very far off now.

&$ &$ Having type 2 diabetes in the family more than doubles a woman's own risk of developing the disease, new research shows. But the fact that fat -- and certain dietary habits -- also run in families accounts for a "substantial part" of this increased risk, Dr. Rob van Dam of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and his colleagues found. Having a close relative with type 2 diabetes ...