Oct 24, 2007
Instances of diabetes during pregnancy on the rise
According to a new report, number of women being diagnosed with diabetes while pregnant is increasing.
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Oct 23, 2007
Protein may link obesity to Diabetes 2
According to the new study, obesity increases the risk of developing diabetes.
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Oct 23, 2007
Eye Exams Can Help In Detecting Diabetes
According to the new research diabetes can cause changes in one’s vision and ultimately lead to blindness.
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Oct 22, 2007
Ageing men more likely than women to develop metabolic syndrome
According to a study, as men age, they are more likely than women to develop symptoms of metabolic syndrome, including increased belly size, high blood pressure, and cholesterol and blood glucose abnormalities.
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Oct 22, 2007
Skeletal hormone could be responsible for blood glucose control
It is said that a hormone from the skeleton is the possible influencer of how the body handles sugar.
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Oct 21, 2007
Blacks infected with HIV or diabetes have higher risk of end-stage kidney disease
A study has reported that for African Americans infected with HIV, the risk of end-stage kidney disease is 6 times higher than for whites with HIV - and similar to the end-stage kidney disease risk associated with diabetes.
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Oct 21, 2007
A new medication for diabetes approved by FDA
Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the approval of Januvia (Generic name: Sitagliptin phosphate) Tablets, the first diabetes treatment approved in a new class of drugs that enhance the body’s own ability to lower increased blood glucose levels.
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Oct 20, 2007
Blood pressure-An independent predictor of incident type 2 diabetes in healthy women
According to the findings of a recent study, baseline blood pressure and its progression were strong and independent predictors of incident type 2 diabetes among initially healthy women.
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Oct 20, 2007
Food and Drug Administration seized dietary supplements
A report has stated that the U.S. marshals seized approximately $71,000 in unapproved drugs from a company.
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Oct 19, 2007
Psychiatric patients at great risk of heart disease and diabetes
Although deaths from heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease have declined in the United States over the past several decades, patients with severe psychiatric illness are not enjoying the benefits of that progress.
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Oct 18, 2007
Fight diabetes and heart disease with vegetables
Researchers have recently shown new health benefits tied to eating vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, turnips and radishes.
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Oct 18, 2007
A 5-10% weight loss prior to gastric bypass is beneficial
Obese individuals undergo gastric bypass surgery to treat type 2 diabetes. People undergoing gastric bypass surgery for obesity can significantly reduce the length of their hospital stay if they lose 5% to 10% of their excess body weight before the procedure. In addition, the amount of weight they shed subsequently is likely to be greater, reported a new research.
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Oct 17, 2007
Blood pressure-lowering drugs do not hasten or delay diabetes
There is some evidence that various types of drugs used to treat high blood pressure could hasten or delay the development of type 2 diabetes, however the recent findings do not support this.
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Oct 16, 2007
Fourth antibody that can identify individuals at risk for diabetes found
Researchers have recently discovered a fourth antibody in human blood which will help more accurately predict who all are more likely to develop type 1 diabetes.
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Oct 15, 2007
Women with high blood pressure thrice as likely to get diabetes
According to a new study, women with high blood pressure are 3 times as likely to develop diabetes as those with normal blood pressure.
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Oct 15, 2007
Diabetic-related nerve disease costs billions per year
A study has found that workers who have diabetes with neuropathic (nerve disease) symptoms such as numbness or tingling in feet or hands lose the equivalent of 1.4 hours a week or $3.65 billion per year in health-related lost productive time.
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Oct 14, 2007
Importance of foot care in diabetic patients
Diabetes patients have a lifelong concern of the disease of and injury to the feet and lower legs, since they are twice as likely to suffer from these conditions as non-diabetic patients. These problems also affect 30% of patients dealing with diabetes who are over the age of 40.
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Oct 13, 2007
The prevalence of diabetes and high blood pressure
It is very well known that the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes are increasing and it is estimated that the total number of people with diabetes will rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million by 2030.
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Oct 12, 2007
Doctors suggest clinical trials to focus more on factors important to patients
According to a study, most clinical trials for new diabetes drugs do not consider the effect medication will have on a patient’s quality of life or other outcomes that are important to patients, such as the risk of developing diabetes-related complications.
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Oct 11, 2007
Benefits of exercise reversed with deskbound jobs:
A new study has shown that sitting in front of a computer all day may reverse the health benefits of exercise.
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