Diabetes News Archive

The lifetime risk of type 2 diabetes is now more than one in three in the general U.S. population, and one in six adolescents is now obese, suggesting that prevention ...

A new study finds women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures. After taking a thiazolidinedione (TZD) for one year, women are 50 percent more likely to have a bone fracture than patients not taking TZDs, according to study results. And those at the greatest risk for fractures from ...

A Henry Ford Hospital study finds women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures.

A Henry Ford Hospital study finds women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures. After taking a thiazolidinedione (TZD) for one year, women are 50 percent more likely to have a bone fracture than patients not taking TZDs, according to study results. And those at the greatest risk ...

( Henry Ford Health System ) A Henry Ford Hospital study finds women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed class of medications to treat insulin resistance may be at a higher risk for developing bone fractures. After taking a thiazolidinedione (TZD) for one year, women are 50 percent more likely to have a bone fracture than patients not taking TZDs, according to study results. And ...

Anne Johnston Health Station and Sunnybrook partner to improve diabetes management with Sunnybrook's MyChartT system

( International Diabetes Federation ) IDF reinforces its support to translational research in diabetes with the second round of its funding program, BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems).

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found a direct link between neighborhood socioeconomic status and risk for type 2 diabetes in African American women. The study, which appears in the online American Journal of Epidemiology, is the first prospective study to examine the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status and incidence of type 2 diabetes in a ...

TUPELO - The Diabetes Treatment Center at North Mississippi Medical Center will sponsor "Healthy Cooking for People with Diabetes," a five-session class beginning Monday.

Audrey Arends, RN, certified diabetes educator at Geary Community Hospital, will host a meeting of the diabetes support group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Medical Arts II Conference Room, Suite 301. The Medical Arts II is located on the south side of Geary Community Hospital.

CHICO - Enloe Medical Center's Diabetes Education program has been accredited by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

First of two parts. Diabetes can lead to blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputations and nerve damage. Diabetes is a metabolic disorder affecting the way the body uses and digests food. The food you eat is broken down into glucose and c

Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found a direct link between neighborhood socioeconomic status and risk for type 2 diabetes in African American women.

The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors' Diabetes Council has received a two-year grant from Merck & Co., Inc. to launch the Journey for Control of Diabetes EDGE Program (Evaluating Diabetes Group Education). The goal of the EDGE Program is to improve diabetes education by enhancing the role of state and territorial Diabetes Prevention and Control Programs (DPCPs) in increasing the ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an artificial pancreas device that can improve overnight blood sugar control, which brings new hope for type 1 diabetes patients, media reported Monday. One problem facing type 1 diabetics is hypoglycemia; a condition in which blood sugar drops to dangerously low levels after the use of insulin. Type 1 diabetics must use insulin; however ...

Washington, Feb 10 : A new study has revealed that neighbourhood socio-economic status has direct impact on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in women.

Washington, Feb 10 : Maternal obesity causes cellular programming in utero that predisposes offspring to inflammation-related disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease, from the day that they are born, say Duke University researchers.

SIPITANG : A thorough research should be conducted to study how Sabahans keep diabetes at bay as the finding could be vital in helping the rest of the country avoid the disease.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with accelerated cognitive decline in the elderly. This includes increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (often seen as short-term memory loss that is either subjective or confirmed by rigorous memory tests) as well as dementia (moderate to severe short-term memory loss that causes a lack of independence).A recent study indicated that type 2 diabetes ...