Diabetes News Archive

A study shows cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may slightly raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, but experts say the benefits of still far outweigh the risks.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Statins increase the risk of diabetes, but the absolute risk is low - especially when compared with a reduction in coronary events, a Glasgow academic has found.

Statins are in the news again, now blamed for causing diabetes. However, the evidence for this clai

Insurers are slowly improving their outreach to and management of patients with diabetes, but considerable room for improvement remains, according to the National Business Coalition on Health's "2009 Health Plan Diabetes Performance"" report.

Walgreens Take Care Clinics are offering free screening for diabetes through the end of February.

Rory and Wynette Haler of Butterfield have a cause close to their hearts: juvenile diabetes. It wasn't always that way.

This has reference to the letter `Sugarless be healthy' by M Kumar published in CC dated 12th Feb issue. You don't need to abolish every speck of sugar from your diet, if you've been diagnosed with diabetes.

Marcadia Biotech Inc. today announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial of MAR701, a novel dual agonist of the incretin hormone receptors for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP). Marcadia plans to initially develop this compound as a treatment for type 2 diabetes with once-weekly dosing. The Phase 1 trial will evaluate MAR701 in healthy volunteers at ...

HINESBURG, VT--(Marketwire - February 17, 2010) - Kestrel Health Media, a mission-oriented website company that specializes in creating sophisticated medical product selection and comparison tools, applauds the efforts being made by the White House to shed light on the growing obesity epidemic in America, particularly among children, and co-morbidities such as diabetes.

Middle aged and elderly people with high levels of vitamin D could reduce their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes by 43%, according to researchers at the University of Warwick. A team of researchers at Warwick Medical School carried out a systematic literature review of studies examining vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders. Cardiometabolic disorders include cardiovascular ...

With the number of people are affected by diabetes in the EU 25 projected to increase to 26 million by 2030, up from about 19 million currently - or 4 per cent of the total population -approaches to reduce the risk of diabetes are becoming increasing attractive.

An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that new research based on a meta-analysis of thirteen statin trials has shown that use of statins increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 9 percent. Still, the absolute risk is low, especially when compared with the beneficial effect that statins have on reducing coronary events. The article is the ...

Researchers from the University of Warwick performed the first ever systematic review and meta-analysis looking at the association between blood levels of vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), type-2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

Last of two parts. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases reports that more than 23 million people, or nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population, have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, and both are on the rise. In his new book, "Diab

The University of Wyoming Extension Service of Natrona County offers Dining with Diabetes in Wyoming classes beginning Monday, March 1, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Classes will be held at the UW Extension Office, 2011 Fairgrounds Road.

There are claims that if you eat or make a special drink from a canary seeds it could heal diabetes, hypertension, and help you lose significant body fat. But is this just another one of those bird-brained fads? The answer is no if you listen to those who practice homeopathic medicine. In fact, they suggest the health benefits are almost miraculous. "They use it for hypertension. They use it for ...

Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc. 's Lipitor, AstraZeneca Plc 's Crestor and rival drugs to lower cholesterol also boost diabetes rates by about 9 percent, according to a study that quantified a complication that doctors only recently discovered.

USING drugs to lower cholesterol increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, research in Scotland suggests.

People on cholesterol-lowering statins are 9 percent more likely to develop diabetes, but this small absolute risk is outweighed by the drugs' heart-protecting properties, researchers said on Wednesday.

TUESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- The use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs increases the chance of developing diabetes by 9 percent, but the absolute risk is low, especially when compared with how much statins reduce the threat of heart disease and heart attack, new research shows.