Yearly Archives: 2009

A study has concluded that the anemia drug darbepoetin alfa works no better than a placebo in several other applications previously thought to be promising.

A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes.

More than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy

While mortality from diabetes has declined in Canada, the income-related mortality gap is increasing, with lower income groups faring worse than higher income groups, according to a new study.

Strictly controlling blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetics with long-term, serious coexisting health problems such as heart disease and hypertension does not lower their risk of a heart attack or stroke.

National and regional studies show that when pharmacists directly participate in patient care, they significantly reduce treatment costs and improve outcomes.

Due to a lack of suitable studies, it remains unclear whether children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes benefit more or less from long-term treatment with rapid-acting insulin analogues than with short-acting human insulin.

Individuals who drink more coffee (regular or decaffeinated) or tea appear to have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness.

Researchers using a DNA analysis tool have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.

New findings suggest that a drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders might also help slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients recently diagnosed with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes.

University of Pittsburgh marketing professor suggests incorporating guidelines for weekend and holiday eating into food pyramid.

Researchers believe inherited genetic variations exist between whites and blacks living in the U.S., leading to less efficient metabolism of glucose and predisposition to diabetes in the blacks.

omen who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study.

Researchers have found for the first time that drinking more than 5 servings of sugar-sweetened cola a week prior to pregnancy appears to significantly elevate the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy.

Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood.