Diabetes News Archive

The Diabetes Support Group will meet on Thursday, March 18 at 7 pm at the Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital ground floor conference room. The topic of the meeting will be "Emergency Preparedness for Diabetics and their Households."

STUART -They 2010 Walk to Cure Diabetes, Treasure Coast site, will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Flagler Park, 201 S.W. Flagler Avenue in downtown Stuart.Participants will enjoy complimentary breakfast and lunch. There is also music, children's activities and entertainment before and after the walk. Pets on leashes are also welcome. The 5K (3.2 mile) Walk route will wend over the old bridge ...

The earliest doctors to discover diabetes knew it as an exceptionally rare disease. Physicians today see it all too often.

TREDYFFRIN -- If all of the people in the world who have diabetes gathered under one flag, it would be the fourth-largest country in the world.

Kaiser Permanente study is first to compare failure rates of metformin in real-world settingThe sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.The study found that metformin, an inexpensive, generic drug that helps ...

Each year more than a million Americans are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. In 2005, Kristen Capps' young son was one of them. "This was a major change for our family, and devastating for our son,"" said Capps, a Discovery Bay resident.

The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a new study.

The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

( GolinHarris International ) The sooner people with diabetes start taking metformin, the longer the drug remains effective, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the March issue of Diabetes Care, a journal of the American Diabetes Association.

A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communities where fast food prices increased. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study, published in the March 8, 2010, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, also showed the reverse when fast food prices fell, then consumption, weight and diabetes risks rose...

TREDYFFRIN -- If all of the people in the world who have diabetes gathered under one flag, it would be the fourth-largest country in the world.

Diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the UK's working-age population, could be associated with poorer memory and diminished brain power in people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research¹ announced this week at leading health charity Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference. The study looked at 1,066 people with Type 2 diabetes aged between 60 and 75 years old ...

A new study claims that having sugary drinks every day could put people at a greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. American researchers found that the excessive consumption of sugary drinks, which can contain up to 200 calories each, contributed to 130,000 cases of Type 2 diabetes and 14,000 cases of heart disease between 1990 and 2000 in the USA. The researchers also ...

A new study that followed participants for 20 years shows both weight and risk for diabetes decreased for people in communities where fast food prices increased.

A group of students from Varsity Lakes Middle School in Lehigh Acres wanted to help other kids fight juvenile diabetes.

HENDERSONVILLE - Pardee Hospital will be offering diabetes risk tests in honor of American Diabetes Association Alert Day 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. March 23 at the Pardee Health Education Center.

Diabetes Education and Support Group meets the second Tuesday of every month at 2 p.m. at The Rivers in Burnsville. For information, call Laura O'Gara at (952) 890-8553.

Pancreas transplant cures Wildwood teen's Type 1 diabetes