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Kids' obesity may lead to epidemic of adult diabetes
The current childhood obesity epidemic in the United States may lead to large numbers of young adults developing type 2 diabetes in the future, along with serious diabetes-related health complications, warns a University of Michigan researcher…
FDA panel calls for more testing of diabetes drugs
Drugs designed to control type 2 diabetes should be subjected to more thorough safety reviews to ensure they don't raise the risk of heart problems, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers said…
Unhealthy meals dull older diabetics' memory
Older adults with type 2 diabetes are apt to have memory problems after eating a meal loaded with fat. But a new study has found the damage might be undone if they take antioxidant vitamins along with the unhealthy food. Still, it is better to eat healthy foods…
24 Million Americans had diabetes in 2007
Almost 24 million Americans had diabetes in 2007, an increase of more than 3 million over two years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Another 57 million Americans had pre-diabetes, which puts people at increased risk for diabetes. But there was some good news...
Get in step with summer foot care
Summer is here, and many of you will be kicking off your shoes at home, at the beach or in the park. But is that a good thing?
Weight loss after gastric bypass is key to easing diabetes
Weight loss plays a major role in improving diabetes after obese patients have stomach-reduction surgery, say Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Previous studies have suggested that gastric bypass surgery -- which re-routes how food is sent from the stomach to the small intestine -- helps improve diabetes by causing changes in the way hormones are secreted from the gut and pancreas. But the metabolic effects shouldn't overshadow the importance of losing weight…
Diabetes and depression go hand-in-hand
The relationship between diabetes and depression apparently cuts both ways: Not only are people with treated type 2 diabetes at a heightened risk for developing depression, individuals with depression are also at risk for developing diabetes. Research suggests that both doctors and patients need to be more aware of the dual risk…
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