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Diabetic News Archive (2002-2008)
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Sleep Apnea Occurring During Rem Sleep is Significantly Associated with Type 2 Diabetes
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20-Jun-2009 |
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A study reports that there is a statistically significant relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) episodes occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and type 2 diabetes.
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Nicotine Induces Prediabetes, Likely Contributes to High Prevalence of Heart Disease in Smokers
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20-Jun-2009 |
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Researchers have discovered a reason why smoking greatly increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
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More Ontario Children are Getting Diagnosed with Diabetes
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20-Jun-2009 |
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Ontario children are more likely to get diagnosed with diabetes than their American counterparts.
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Aerobically Unfit Young Adults on Road to Diabetes in Middle Age
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20-Jun-2009 |
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Young adults (18 to 30 years old) with low aerobic fitness levels - as measured by a treadmill test - are two to three times more likely to develop diabetes in 20 years than those who are fit.
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Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Teens' Risk Factors for Heart Disease, Diabetes
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20-Jun-2009 |
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In teenagers, laparoscopic gastric banding surgery for treatment of extreme obesity can significantly improve and even reverse the metabolic syndrome.
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Long And Short Sleep Durations are Associated with Increased Risk for Diabetes
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20-Jun-2009 |
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According to a research abstract, both long and short sleepers are at greater risk for diabetes.
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Stopping Diabetes Damage with Vitamin C
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20-Jun-2009 |
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Researchers have found a way to stop the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes with the combination of insulin and a common vitamin found in most medicine cabinets.
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Help Prevent Stroke Recurrence
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3-Jun-2009 |
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People who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins after a stroke may be less likely to have another stroke later.
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Vibration Plate Machines May Aid Weight Loss and Trim Abdominal Fat
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3-Jun-2009 |
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Vibration plate exercise machines may help you lose weight and trim the particularly harmful belly fat between the organs.
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Study Gets Obese Mice Moving and Cures Their Diabetes
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3-Jun-2009 |
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Blood sugar control in those animals can be completely restored by returning leptin sensitivity to a single class of neurons in the brain.
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Hispanic Children in US at Greater Risk for Obesity than Other Ethnic/Racial Groups
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3-Jun-2009 |
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The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. Culturally appropriate nutritional intervention needed, according to nutrition experts.
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Leptin Receptor Deficiency, Weight Gain, Glucose Control... and a Cure For Diabetes?
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3-Jun-2009 |
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When leptin sensitivity is restored to a tiny area of POMC neurons in the brain's hypothalamus, the test group deficient in the leptin receptor are cured of severe diabetes - and also spontaneously double their activity levels.
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Scientists Create Pig Stem Cells
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3-Jun-2009 |
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Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells - cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body.
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Sleep Apnea Widely Undiagnosed Among Overweight Type 2 Diabetics
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30-May-2009 |
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a new study finds that sleep apnea is widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes - nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnosed.
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CGM Devices Also Benefit People with Type 1 Diabetes
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30-May-2009 |
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Suggests monitors help maintain tight control and reduce long-term risks of diabetes, while lowering incidence of dangerous low blood sugar events.
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Telemedicine May Improve Care for School Children with Diabetes
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30-May-2009 |
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A new study soon to be published in the Journal of Pediatrics explores the effectiveness of telemedicine in helping school nurses and children manage diabetes care.
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Nationwide Recall of All Lots of 0.25mg Digoxin Tablets
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30-May-2009 |
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The tablets are being recalled because they may differ in size and therefore could have more or less of the active ingredient, digoxin. This recall is being conducted with the knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Dietary Supplements Linked to One Death; Pose Risk of Liver Injury
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30-May-2009 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences.
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Ground Beef Recall Due to Possible E. coli Contamination
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30-May-2009 |
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Approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef products may be contaminated with E. coli.
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Pregnant Women with Mildly Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels at Higher Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
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30-May-2009 |
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New research has found that even women with mild abnormalities in their blood sugar during pregnancy, are 2.5 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
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