Diabetes News Archive

The family of a 29-year-old diabetes sufferer who died suddenly, are to follow in his brave footsteps.

A team of Northern Arizona University-led researchers is using nearly $1.3 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health to continue with the world's longest-running study on obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Obesity and diabetes have been described as the major public health concerns of the 21st century, explains Leslie Schulz, executive dean of NAU's College of Health and Human ...

Biodel, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) announced today that its chief executive officer, Dr. Sol Steiner, will present results from the company's two Phase 3 studies with VIAject(R) ultra-rapid-acting recombinant human insulin in a platform presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes in Basel, Switzerland, on Friday, February 12, 2010, at 1pm central ...

Women with type 2 diabetes who take a commonly prescribed drug for the problem are at a higher risk of bone fractures, a Henry Ford Hospital study has found.

A medical supply company that had touted its growth potential because of a rising wave of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has instead cut its work force here.

Nearly half of the pregnant women in Ventura County are overweight or obese, and a rising number of them suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure.County public health officials say only five women died of causes directly linked to their pregnancies from 2004 to 2008 - not enough to suggest the county is on the same path as California as a whole, where the maternal mortality rate tripled over ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. cross-country skier who is expected to compete in up to five events at the Winter Olympics has type 1 diabetes.