Diabetes News Archive

The LaFave family of Kelso has been in numerous walkathons forjuvenile diabetes research, but Friday's event at Coweeman MiddleSchool was truly a family affair. It was organized by the olderLaFave siblings to honor their younger brother's struggle with thecondition.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Participants are encouraged to bring donations to support Haitians at this year's Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Mall of America.

Blood sugar levels once considered normal are not safe for baby, motherTwo to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a study that was coordinated by investigators at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine."As result ...

Participants are encouraged to bring donations to support Haitians at this year's Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Mall of America.

Associated Press - February 27, 2010 6:05 AM ET BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Participants are encouraged to bring donations to support Haitians at this year's Walk to Cure Diabetes at the Mall of...

A discovery by Monash University scientists could see humble cotton thread emerge as a core material in low-cost 'lab-on-chip' devices capable of detecting diseases such as kidney failure and diabetes.

Washington, Feb 27 : Scientists in Australia have reported the first use of ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together a 'lab-on-a-chip' device capable of detecting diseases such as kidney failure and diabetes.

(Feb 27, 2010) - A popular program to prevent diabetes in Hamilton and Brantford aboriginals is in danger of losing its funding by the end of next month.

On March 1, the first eye patients will enter an innovative new $132 million facility that expands the University of Michigan Health System's capacity for eye care, research and education, and unites diabetes researchers as they work to accelerate the search for a cure and prevention of diabetes.

The Foundation for Leon County Schools and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare are hosting "Stomping Out Type 2 Diabetes" 8 a.m. to noon today at Tom Brown Park.

Haley May, 13, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two and half years ago. She said when she was diagnosed, she didn't really know anything about it, and neither did her friends. Now she is well-educated and she wants others to be just as informed. Type 1 diabetes used to be known as juvenile diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, a far more common form of the illness, was the focus of Saturday's "Stomping ...

The number of women who develop diabetes during their pregnancies is expected to swell in the next few years - not because of an increase in the disease but because of a change in testing guidelines. In the long run, it's expected to help women have healthier babies.

Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a new study. Blood sugar levels that were once considered in the normal range are now seen as causing a sharp increase in the occurrence of overweight babies, early deliveries ...

Women with type 2 diabetes who take medicines called thiazolidinediones, or TZDs, are at a higher risk of bone fractures, a Henry Ford Hospital study has found.

M.V Centre for Diabetes, has launched Diastep, a footwear to prevent foot ulcers. The company made its first launch at Chennai before the footwear was introduced in Bangalore.

This year, the Palmetto Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International will honor Robert R. Hill Jr. with the 2010 Living and Giving Award on Feb. 27 at the Thirteenth Annual Wings of Love Gala of the Palmetto Chapter.

MINNEAPOLIS - Researchers at the University of Minnesota are recruiting volunteers for a long term study on predicting and preventing the onset of Type 1 diabetes.