Women with type 1 diabetes who take less insulin than they should to try to lose weight triple their risk of dying compared to women who do not skip insulin doses, according to a report in Diabetes Care.
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Researchers hope to prove that a dog's keen sense of smell gives it the ability to watch over the blood sugar levels of diabetics. Canines have already shown themselves capable of leading the blind, alerting the deaf, and helping the physically disabled with daily tasks.
Failing to sleep deeply for just three nights in a row has the same negative effect on the body's ability to manage insulin as gaining 20 to 30 pounds, diabetes researchers report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A brisk 30-minute walk most days of the week is enough to undo metabolic syndrome, a health condition that can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, according to a report in the American Journal of Cardiology.
The number of Americans with chronic kidney disease is on the rise, and diabetes and high blood pressure linked to obesity appear to account for most of the increase.
Five years ago, American Idol's Randy Jackson was sitting pretty. An acclaimed rock musician and record producer, he was about to rocket to fame as one of the judges on Fox television's soon-to-be monster hit American Idol.Then he was blindsided with the diagnosis that he had type 2 diabetes.
Sodas sweetened with high fructose corn syrup contain high levels of a potentially dangerous compound often found in the blood of people with diabetes, according to a report from a recent American Chemical Society meeting.
Persons with type 2 diabetes who drag themselves through the day may be among the 36 percent of diabetics suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, according to a study in the medical journal Endocrine Practice.
Medical advances against diabetes of the last few decades have not benefited women, says a study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
With the incidence of type 2 diabetes and its complications among young people on the increase worldwide, aggressive measures are needed to treat and prevent the disease, says a study reported in The Lancet.
Persons with type 1 diabetes do not need to worry that they may have brain function problems in the future if they have severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) on occasion, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
As the number of Americans with type 2 diabetes has soared over the past 50 years, so, too, has heart disease linked to the blood sugar illness, researchers say in the medical journal Circulation.
More precise estimates of deep fat can help predict risk for disease in teenagers, and using magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, may be an important new tool to help measure this, experts say in the medical journal Radiology.
Researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in at-risk persons, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Two groups, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Heart Association (AHA), are working together to show evidence supporting lifestyle and medical interventions that can help to prevent the development of heart disease in persons with diabetes.
Persons with diabetes are three times more likely than others to say their health is flagging, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
ACE inhibitor blood pressure medications can reduce the risk for kidney disease in diabetes patients with high blood pressure, says a report in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
There is both good and bad news for people with type 1 diabetes who receive islet cell transplantation, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
As schools across the nation have reopened their doors this fall, hundreds of sixth graders in 42 middle schools will begin taking part in a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Receiving a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes before a person turn 20 years of age seriously increases the risk of kidney failure and death, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Persons with type 2 diabetes may experience a fatal or non-fatal heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular event about 15 years earlier than those who do not have diabetes, according to a report in the journal The Lancet.
Nearly 3 percent of US adults - one-third of those with diabetes - do not know they have it, according to a report in Diabetes Care.
An antidepressant medication may reduce the risk of recurrent depression in persons with diabetes, says a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Diabetes care in the US has seen medical advances in the last decade, but there is still much that could improve in the way of preventing the disease, according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Gains in reducing deaths due to heart disease could be greatly reduced by the trend for an upsurge in diabetes, according to a report in the medical journal Diabetes.
The first inhaled insulin treatment for diabetes, called Exubera, recently won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Intensive glucose control lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke by about 50 percent in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Breastfeeding your baby can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
It is a scene occurring with increasing frequency in physicians' offices across America: A patient comes in with all the symptoms of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes, but a physician finds both type 2 and type 1.
Blood sugar levels at the high end of "normal," coupled with other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, may help identify apparently healthy men at increased risk of the disease, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Nursing home residents with diabetes are four times more likely to fall than those who are not diabetic, according to a study in the Journal of Gerentology.
Researchers have found that a long-suspected molecule helps cause diabetic retinopathy, one of the leading causes of vision loss in the US, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medcine.
A protein that is overproduced by fat cells in obese individuals appears to promote insulin resistance, thus elevating the risk for diabetes, heart disease, and early death, according to a study reported in the medical journal Nature.
Persons with diabetes may be at higher risk for cardiovascular problems when air pollution levels are higher, according to a new study published in the medical journal Circulation.
Despite the national epidemic of type 2 diabetes, two out of three Americans with the disease do not meet the target for blood sugar goals recommended by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).
A new study involving obese individuals suggests the reason the Atkins, Zone, and other low-carb regimens help people lose weight is that dieters do not substitute fatty or sugary foods for the carbohydrates they lack, says a study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
The same factors that increase the risk of heart disease and stroke - obesity, smoking, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol - also are associated with diabetic neuropathy, the progressive nerve damage seen in people with diabetes, according to a new report.
With two-thirds of US adults overweight or obese, the number of people with type 2 diabetes continues to rise while their ages at the time of diagnosis drops, according to a study in the Annals of Family Medicine.
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently warned that more children than ever are heading toward heart trouble is primarily due to the nation's obesity epidemic. But the damage caused by too much weight may also contribute to diabetes.
Persons who had surgery for obesity found they lost more weight and experienced fewer obesity-related complications, including diabetes, than individuals who did not have the operation, according to a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Individuals with diabetes are at 60 percent greater risk for developing cataracts than persons who do not have diabetes, experts say. And, diabetics develop cataracts at an earlier age and more quickly than most persons without diabetes.
New research is underway to study islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Many people know that diabetes is a dangerous systemic illness that can lead to serious complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and amputations. What many do not realize is that the seeds of those complications take root long before someone succumbs to full-blown diabetes.
Women who drink higher amounts of sugar-sweetened drinks are likelier to gain weight and develop type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
New research shows that people with diabetes who reduce their blood sugar levels experience improvements in working memory, according to a report presented at a recent American Diabetes Association meeting.
Diabetes researchers have found more evidence that aggressive treatment can prevent - and sometimes reverse - the ravages of the disease, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to a study reported in the Archives of Neurology, diabetes may affect a person's cognitive abilities, and may increase the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Two of every five adults ages 40 to 74 is now considered to have pre-diabetes, the US Department of Health and Human Services reports.
Too few realize heart disease is the leading cause of premature death among diabetics, claiming the lives of two out of every three people with the blood sugar disease, experts say.
Mutations in proteins that turn genes on and off in the pancreas and liver may make a person more likely to develop late-onset type 2 diabetes, researchers report in the journal Science.
Fewer than 12 percent of people with diagnosed diabetes meet the recommended goals for blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol, says a new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Restaurants, even fast-food chains, squeeze out the carbs.
In the past decade, the prevalence of diabetes has skyrocketed 40 percent - from about 5 percent of the population to about 7 percent.