Expert Warns Children May Lead Shorter Lives Than Their Parents Because of Obesity
A new book warns that today's children might be the first generation in modern history to live shorter lives than their parents because of poor diet.
Study: Two-fold Higher Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in Older People with Diabetes
A new study published in the international open-access medical journal PLoS Medicine, finds that older people with diabetes are much more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than their non-diabetic peers.
Many Diabetics May Not Know They Have Kidney Disease
Screening for kidney disease among type 2 diabetics missing an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S.
Overweight Patients with Diabetes Appear More Likely to Achieve Remission with Weight-Loss Surgery
Preliminary research indicates that obese patients with type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding surgery lost more weight and had a higher likelihood of diabetes remission compared to patients who used conventional methods for weight loss and diabetes control.
Diabetes Associated with Decreases in Life Expectancy and Number of Years Free of Heart...
Men and women with diabetes at age 50 and older appear not to live as long overall, or have as many years without cardiovascular disease, than individuals without diabetes.
Scientists Show Knocking Out Two Key Signals Will Cause Diabetes
Scientists have discovered that the different metabolic abnormalities present in type 2 diabetes can be caused by knocking out two key signals in liver cells.
New Clues to Help Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
Scientists have found clues to why patients with insulin-dependent diabetes are often unable to sense their need to take life-saving glucose.
Early-Onset of Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk of Kidney Disease and Death Before Age...
Onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 in a population of American Indians is associated with a substantially increased risk of end-stage kidney disease and death between 25 and 55 years of age.
Genetic Abnormality Linked to Cancer More Common in Type 2 Diabetics
A type of genetic abnormality linked to cancer is more common in people with type 2 diabetes than the rest of the population, a new study has found.
Moms Can Help Prevent Diabetes: Proper birth size and breastfeeding linked to lower rates...
For better health later in life, it is best to be born an average-sized baby states Dr Jean-Pierre Chanoine, Clinical Professor and Head of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit at Vancouver's Children's Hospital.
Cultural Values May Explain Low Vaccination Rates For Diabetic Minorities
Minorities with diabetes are less likely to be vaccinated for the flu and pneumonia than whites are - even when they have equal healthcare access, insurance and socioeconomic status.
New Study Supports Major Change In Diet Treatment For Diabetes
A low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabetes more effectively than a standard diabetes diet and may be more effective than single-agent therapy with oral diabetes drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Diabetes Care, a journal published by the American Diabetes Association.
