Diabetes News Archive

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: More young people, some as young as seven, are suffering from Type 2 diabetes (T2D), a disease that generally hits those in their 50s.

A researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device -- commonly used in humans with diabetes -- to help treat dogs and other animals. The device, which provides a detailed glucose picture of an animal over several days, will help pet owners manage their pets' diabetes.

FIVE million out of every 100 million Filipinos have diabetes, making it as one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. read more

The treatment of diabetes was revolutionized in 1922 when insulin was isolated from dogs. Since then, significant advances in human medicine have made diabetes more manageable for patients. Now, human medicine has returned the favor and used these advances to help dogs with diabetes. A University of Missouri researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device - commonly used in humans ...

A University of Missouri researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device -- commonly used in humans with diabetes - to help treat dogs and other animals. The device, which provides a detailed glucose picture of an animal over several days, will help pet owners manage their pets' diabetes.

( University of Missouri-Columbia ) A University of Missouri researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device -- commonly used in humans with diabetes - to help treat dogs and other animals. The device, which provides a detailed glucose picture of an animal over several days, will help pet owners manage their pets' diabetes.

A University of Missouri researcher is using a continuous glucose monitoring device -- commonly used in humans with diabetes -- to help treat dogs and other animals. The device, which provides a detailed glucose picture of an animal over several days, will help pet owners manage their pets' diabetes.

American Diabetes Association Issues Statement on New Insurance Claims Regulations

ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - 07/23/10) - The American Diabetes Association applauds the new White House rule which will help people with diabetes and other chronic diseases appeal the denials of health insurance claims. This rule comes under the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The rules will help simplify the denial process and create consistency in all 50 states. "In order to ...

Studying a protein already known to play an important role in type 2 diabetes and cancer, genomics researchers have discovered that it may have an even broader role in disease, particularly in other metabolic disorders and heart disease. In finding unsuspected links to other disease-related genes, the scientists may have identified future targets for drug treatments. The paper appeared online ...

CEBU CITY (PIA) An estimated three out of five Filipinos are pre-diabetic or at high-risk of becoming diabetics and worse, they may not know it. Dr. Renan S. Dungog of the Diabetes Philippines Cebu Chapter (DPCC) said that the incidence of diabetes in the country is growing at an alarming rate and that symptoms only surface at a later stage because of complications. Dungog was one of the ...

Speaking to about 100 people who packed the gym of the new Baylor Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute on Thursday, stage and screen actor Ben Vereen shared his advice about coping with the disease.