Yearly Archives: 2010

The results of the research offer the hope that, in future, it might be possible to encourage a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patient's own beta cells to reproduce as a means of replacing those being destroyed by the disease.

Experts are now recommending that low-dose aspirin therapy to prevent heart attacks be used somewhat more conservatively - that men younger than 50 and women younger than 60, who have diabetes but no other major risk factors, probably not use aspirin.

Researchers have found that eating five or more servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes -- and eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was associated with a lower risk of the disease.

A new study finds that type 2 adult-onset diabetes has a surprisingly positive effect on reducing the rate of prostate cancer in men, but may double the risk of female genital and other cancers.

A study suggests that the treatment of serious gum disease in diabetics with Type 2 diabetes may lower their blood sugar levels.

Diabetics have an increased risk of blindness. It appears that cost-effective computerized systems to detect early eye problems related to diabetes can help meet the screening need.

Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study.

Researchers present an environment-wide association study to examine the contributions of hundreds of factors in the development of Type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have found that eating processed meat, such as bacon, sausage or processed deli meats, was associated with a 42% higher risk of heart disease and a 19% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

Just one night of short sleep duration can induce insulin resistance, a component of type 2 diabetes.

The popular diabetes medication metformin works in different fashion than the current widely accepted view. This new finding could lead to wider use of the drug, particularly in people with cancer and diseases linked to TSC deficiency like tuberous sclerosis and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

In people with insulin resistance or full-blown diabetes, an inability to keep blood sugar levels under control isn't the only problem by far.

Freshway Foods is voluntarily recalling products containing romaine lettuce with a use by date of May 12 or earlier because they have the potential to be contaminated with Escherichia coli O145 bacteria (E. coli O145).

Researchers have found that there is a major difference in the hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) response to blood glucose between African-American and Caucasian children with diabetes.

A new study suggests that when doctor and patient attitudes on the issue match up, patients do a better job of taking their medications.

Researchers have provided the first evidence-based data on changes in drug metabolism in obese children as compared to healthy weight children.