Living with Diabetes: Prevention and Control Conference
A conference for people with diabetes, caretakers, families or anyone interested in learning more about diabetes.
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'Diabetes Day at the Capitol' Set for February
Diabetes remains one of the major public health concerns in Kentucky, where more than 339,400 people are affected by the debilitating disease.
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More Than 100,000 New Yorkers Face Complications Due to Seriously Out-of-Control Diabetes
Very poorly controlled diabetes results in high risk of heart attack, blindness, amputations, and other serious complications.
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McGill University research identifies risk-factor genes for type 2 diabetes
Study identifies four genes that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Women Develop Diabetes Risk Factors Earlier than Men
The "diabetes clock" may start ticking in women years in advance of a medical diagnosis of diabetes.
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Culturally Specific Diabetes Management Helps Low-Income Patients
Diabetes case management can help increase life expectancy and decrease the incidence of diabetes related complications.
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Type-2 diabetes breakthrough as key genes identified
The most important linked to a risk of developing type 2 diabetes have been identified.
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Dietary Zinc for Diabetes Prevention Not Backed by Evidence
No randomized clinical trials show that zinc supplementation prevents the onset of type 2 diabetes.
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Free Protective Footwear Available for Qualifying Diabetics
The footwear for people with diabetes donation is part of the Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program in Mississippi.
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New Yorkers Face Complications Due To Seriously Out-Of-Control Diabetes
More than 100,000 New York City adults are at high risk because of very poorly controlled diabetes.
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Diabetes - You Can Take Control
Healthy eating, exercise, and losing weight may be enough to control the diabetes.
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Chromium picolinate shows greater benefits in diabetes care
Review published in 'Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics' supports superior efficacy of chromium picolinate versus other chromium forms.
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Simple classification can help define, predict limb-threatening diabetic infections
Research groups are validating the Infectious Disease Society of America's guidelines for the clinical classification of diabetic foot infections.
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New diabetes research: Half of Americans have gene affecting how body burns sugar
A gene that causes them to metabolize food differently, putting them at greater risk of developing diabetes.
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Role of appetite hormone MCH in insulin production
Findings may lead to treatments that stimulate insulin production.
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VBI research offers potential route to diabetes therapeutics
Work in the laboratory of Virginia Bioinformatics Institute is providing important information for researchers designing drugs for type 2 diabetics.
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Lifestyle changes effective against Type II diabetes
Pharmacological and lifestyle interventions to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes mellitus in individuals with impaired glucose.
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Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
Scientists in Taiwan developed a nanoparticle drug delivery system that shows promise as a potential way to administer insulin and perhaps other protein based drugs by mouth rather than injection or nasal sprays.
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Gene associated with severe kidney failure in diabetes
A gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or end stage renal disease.
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Glucose 'sensor' that plays dual role in glucose metabolism and fat synthesis
Findings point to possible new treatment target for obesity and diabetes.
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Research opens door to new diabetes treatment
Discovery of a critical role for sensory nerves in diabetes opens door to new treatment strategies for diabetic patients.
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Linchpin discovered in insulin metabolism - related to Type II Diabetes
Chemists and biologists find gene which might contribute to the development of Type II diabetes.
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New Data Confirms Protocol To Reverse Type 1 Diabetes In Mice
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrated the efficacy of a protocol to reverse of type 1 diabetes in diabetic mice.
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Can We Prevent Type 1 Diabetes By Modifying Infant Nutrition?
Within the next 10 years the EU funded Diabetes Prevention study will generate a definite answer to the question whether early nutritional modification may prevent type 1 diabetes later in childhood.
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Panic Attacks Are Linked To Poor Outcomes For Diabetic Patients
The researchers surveyed patients with diabetes about their symptoms, disability, social and emotional function, and quality of life and found that there is a strong link between panic episodes and increased complications from diabetes.
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Holiday Gluttony Can Spell Disaster For Undiagnosed Diabetics
Packing on pounds and not exercising could be deadly for the 6 million Americans who have diabetes and don't even know it.
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Complications in Diabetes Patients Can Be Increased By Panic Attacks
People with diabetes who have repeated panic attacks are less likely to have properly managed the disease.
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Diabetes Medication May Help Slow Progression of Artery Wall Thickening
A medication given to diabetics to improve their body's sensitivity to insulin also appears to slow the thickening of their artery walls.
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Diabetes Drug May Reduce Cardiovascular Risks
A drug commonly used to increase the body's sensitivity to insulin may slow the progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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World Diabetes Day, November 14
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. In almost every country of the world, diabetes is on the rise.
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Diabetes Rates in Asia Soar
The health consequences of diabetes are worse in that region than in more prosperous areas as diabetes rates grow in Asia.
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Enzyme May Hold Key To New Treatment Of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Enzyme called ACE2 may hold the potential to treat diabetic kidney disease.
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Significant Errors In Insulin Dose Can Result When Blood Glucose Meters Are Miscoded
Accurate coding of Blood Glucose Meters is key to preventing potentially serious health complications associated with insulin overdose.
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Artificial Pancreas for Diabetic Children
Research will develop an artificial pancreas for children and adolescents with Type 1 (or juvenile) diabetes.
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Drug Therapy Shown To Prevent Diabetes
A drug used to treat diabetes may significantly reduce the chances of developing the condition when taken by those most at risk, according to an international trial.
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Diabetes Gene Carries Similar Risk To Obesity
This gene seems to be causing as many cases of diabetes in the UK as obesity, but also opens up new avenues of research which may lead to new treatments for people with diabetes.
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Government Acts Against Internet Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes Cures and Treatments
FDA, FTC move to stop fraudulent web marketing of diabetes treatments and cures.
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FDA Approves Januvia, First In New Class of Diabetes Drugs
Diabetes tablets Januvia's approval by FDA is the first diabetes treatment approved in a new class of drugs known as DDP 4 inhibitors that enhances the body's own ability to lower elevated blood sugar.
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High Glucose Before Surgery Raises Risk Of Dangerous Complications
Patients who have high blood sugar before undergoing surgery run an increased risk of developing blood clots.
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FDA Warns Not to Use Counterfeit Diabetes 'One Touch' Glucose Strips
FDA issues nationwide alert on counterfeit diabetes One Touch Basic Profile and One Touch Ultra blood glucose test strips.
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