Diabetes News Archive

Expectant mothers who rapidly gain weight during the first trimester of pregnancy are more vulnerable to developing gestational diabetes, a new study found.

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 Brehm Tower at the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex includes 230,000 square feet spanning eight ...

A new report examines and makes recommendations about the issue of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in people with Type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin. The report was commissioned by the National Clinical Director for Diabetes in England. An NHS Diabetes working group was established with relevant stakeholders to undertake it, and they have now published their report. They ...

A new study claims that twice as many women as previously thought develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The research shows that 16 per cent of women develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy compared to previous estimates that only 8 per cent develop the condition. The findings of this international research involving 23,000 women in nine countries will be published in the March ...

The University of Michigan is to open a new eight-story, $132-million building housing its nationally renowned eye and diabetes programs on Monday.

Diabetes is an illness that affects a large number of people. According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated 20.8 million people in the United States, or 7 percent of the population, have this serious, lifelong condition. Of those, 6.2 million have not yet been diagnosed.

The Muskogee American Diabetes Association Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the southeast room at the Muskogee Public Library, 801 W. Okmulgee Ave. Trisha German, paramedic for the Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service, will be the guest speaker.

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, CBS station KTVT-TV reports.