Diagnosed Pre-Diabetes Could Slow Disease DownReported August 30, 2007 Before being diagnosed with diabetes, many patients have unknowingly passed through a stage known as pre-diabetes -- which may have provided a window of opportunity to stop or at least slow the disease. In this week's Dealing with Diabetes report, Eye on Health takes a look at why that opportunity is so … [Read more...]
Diabetes News
Fewer Eye Problems for Diabetics
Fewer Eye Problems for DiabeticsReported November 9, 2004 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure can ward off eye problems if they keep their blood pressure under better control. In a new study out of England, tight blood pressure control significantly lowered the risk of developing microaneurysms in the eye, which can … [Read more...]
Pregnancy Diet May Predict Obesity
Pregnancy Diet May Predict Obesity Reported November 13, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Mothers who eat a high-fat diet during pregnancy may increase the likelihood of their child being overweight. Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York discovered that rats that were given a high-fat diet during pregnancy showed permanent changes in their offsprings brain that lead … [Read more...]
Turn off the TV to Prevent Diabetes
Turn off the TV to Prevent Diabetes Reported December 24, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Looking for a simple way to prevent diabetes? Turn off the TV and put on your walking shoes. Type 2 diabetes impacts 20.6 million Americans, and African-American women make up a significant percentage of that population. A new study suggests if those women would reduce the time they spent … [Read more...]
Artificial Pancreas for Diabetics
Artificial Pancreas for DiabeticsReported January 01, 2010 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Needle sticks, test strips, glucose tablets, and endless calculations -- Living with type I diabetes can be exhausting. But soon, technology could take care of it all. Researchers are testing an artificial pancreas in 23 patients in Italy, France and the U.S., and the … [Read more...]
Diabetics More Likely to Be Depressed During, After Pregnancy
Diabetics More Likely to Be Depressed During, After Pregnancy Reported February 25, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with any form of diabetes are significantly more likely to experience depression during pregnancy or in the months following childbirth, according to a new study. Harvard researchers examined the association between diabetes and depression in the perinatal … [Read more...]
Fat Causing Diseases
Fat Causing DiseasesReported September 01, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Doctors know obese patients are at an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. But researchers now say the fat itself could be causing these diseases. Fat biopsies from the upper thighs of lean and obese patients revealed to researchers that the fat tissues in obese … [Read more...]
Key Gene in Type 1 Diabetes Identified
Key Gene in Type 1 Diabetes Identified Reported March 18, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A gene that may play a critical role in the development of type 1 diabetes has been identified and could lead to new drug treatments and even gene therapy for the disease, say chemists who announced their findings today at the 229th … [Read more...]
Love Handles put Squeeze on Lungs
Love Handles put Squeeze on Lungs Reported March 11, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Theres yet another reason to eliminate love handles. A new study links abdominal obesity to decreased lung function. Excess weight around the waist is already associated with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other health problems collectively known as metabolic syndrome. … [Read more...]
Putting the Brakes on Diabetes
Putting the Brakes on DiabetesReported August 10, 2009 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As many as 3 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes. Doctors say having a sibling or parent with the condition ups your risk of developing it by 10-fold, and managing it can mean four or more injections a day or wearing an insulin pump. But what if you could stop … [Read more...]
Veggie Heavy ‘Eco-Atkins’ Diet Improves Cholesterol
Veggie Heavy 'Eco-Atkins' Diet Improves Cholesterol Reported June 15, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One of the hottest diet trends of the past decade is back, but this time, meat is taking a backseat to vegetables. New research shows that overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced … [Read more...]
Why Gastric Bypass Helps Diabetics
Why Gastric Bypass Helps DiabeticsReported September 03, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New evidence explains why patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery get their diabetes symptoms under control quickly -- often within days -- while those who have lap-band surgery do not. The key, researchers say, is the change in the position of the intestines. During gastric bypass … [Read more...]
Inhalers may replace needles in diabetes breakthrough
Inhalers may replace needles in diabetes breakthroughWednesday, March 30, 2005 In the eight decades since Canadian scientists developed a life-saving treatment for diabetes, sufferers have always had to inject insulin to control blood sugar. While monitoring and treatment have improved and needles are smaller, the bothersome injections, … [Read more...]
Diabetes Pharmacy
Diabetes Pharmacy Reported March 21, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Experts say more than 18 million Americans have diabetes. Taking the right medications and keeping blood sugar under control are vital. Doctors have traditionally helped these patients keep track, but another source may be just as valuable. … [Read more...]
Gender Makes a Difference in Insulin Resistance
Gender Makes a Difference in Insulin Resistance Reported October 11, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Parents have a new reason to foster healthy lifestyle habits in their daughters. British researchers who tested blood samples taken from umbilical cords found girls are born with a greater tendency for insulin resistance than boys. Insulin resistance is a key factor leading to … [Read more...]
Hope for Diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s
Hope for Diabetes and Lou Gehrig's Reported October 17, 2007 SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In patients with type 1 diabetes, the pancreas stops making insulin, and patients must rely on injecting it to stay alive. Another illness -- ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease -- is even worse. It attacks the body's nerves and muscles, until patients eventually die. But now, there are … [Read more...]
Molecular Discovery for Metabolic Disorders
Molecular Discovery for Metabolic Disorders Reported July 04, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Millions of Americans have high blood pressure also develop diabetes and other metabolic complications. New research identifies the underlying molecular mechanism for this chain reaction of diseases. Bioengineering researchers at UC San Diegos Jacobs School of Engineering report on … [Read more...]
Painless Diabetes Test
Painless Diabetes TestReported May 26, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Twenty million Americans suffer from diabetes, but they often don't know it for years until they get severe complications like blindness or kidney disease. Now, a quick, painless test could get more patients to get tested sooner. Shirley Loo has two siblings with diabetes, so she thinks before … [Read more...]
Diabetes drug side effect reports triple
Diabetes drug side effect reports tripleJuly 13, 2007 In the month after a surprising analysis revealed possible heart risks from the blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, reports of side effects to federal regulators tripled. The sudden spike is a sign that doctors probably were unaware of the drug's possible role in their patients' heart … [Read more...]
Diabetes, eye disease expected to increase, according to study
Diabetes, eye disease expected to increase, according to study Reported January 05, 2009 AtlantaThe number of Americans with major eye diseases is expected to increase drastically over the next several decades as more people are diagnosed with diabetes, according to a new study. "Vision loss related to eye disease among people with diabetes is an important disability … [Read more...]
Botox for Foot Wounds (Ivanhoe First)
Botox for Foot Wounds (Ivanhoe First) Reported March 25, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 18 million people in America live with diabetes. Experts say about 60 percent of them will eventually develop neuropathy -- nerve damage -- that could result in a limb amputation. Now, researchers from … [Read more...]
Conditions Shorten Lives in Alzheimers Patients
Conditions Shorten Lives in Alzheimers Patients Reported November 04, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies show the average lifespan of a person diagnosed with Alzheimers disease is between three and nine years, but new research shows having diabetes or high blood pressure may subtract years from that time frame. Study results show after they were diagnosed with … [Read more...]
Diabetes Skyrocketing in Cases and Costs
Diabetes Skyrocketing in Cases and CostsReported December 02, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New estimates predict the number of Americans living with diabetes will double by the year 2034, tripling the costs of the disease burden. Experts predict the current 23.7 million cases of diabetes in the United States will reach 44.1 million over the next 25 years. Researchers say a … [Read more...]
Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy Care
Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy CareReported May 26, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Women who develop a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy should continue receiving regular checkups for diabetes after they give birth. Why? Researchers who looked at the medical literature on gestational diabetes found women who have the condition are about seven times more … [Read more...]
Inflammatory Factor Plays Key Role in Diabetes
Inflammatory Factor Plays Key Role in Diabetes Reported February 04, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The loss of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is known to lead to diabetes. In people with the type 1 form of the condition, these cells are killed by high concentrations of inflammatory signals, but scientists have been at a loss to explain how they are eliminated … [Read more...]
Brain trouble tied to diabetes duration, severity
Brain trouble tied to diabetes duration, severityReported August 11, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Developing diabetes before age 65 and greater severity of diabetes may be important in the development of mild cognitive impairment among individuals in their 70s and 80s, researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, report. The term "mild cognitive … [Read more...]
Hormone Offsets
Hormone Offsets Harmful Effects of AgingReported November 10, 2004 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) may be able to offset the increase in abdominal fat and accompanying increased risk for diabetes that often occur with advancing age. The study … [Read more...]
Dangers of Being Pregnant and Obese
Dangers of Being Pregnant and ObeseReported February 6, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Being overweight is associated with a higher risk for pregnancy complications, according to a new paper published this week. According to the Public Affairs Committee of the Teratology Society, obese women face an increased risk of infertility, … [Read more...]
Snoring During Pregnancy Could Mean Gestational Diabetes
Snoring During Pregnancy Could Mean Gestational Diabetes Reported June 12, 2009 (Newswire) -- For pregnant women, snoring may mean more than just sleepless nights for their husbands. New research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine suggests pregnant women who snore at least 3 nights per week are more likely to develop gestational diabetes. This … [Read more...]
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with Lifestyle Changes
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with Lifestyle Changes Reported October 12, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Research has shown lifestyle changes are effective at reducing type 2 diabetes risk. But many of the studies on lifestyle changes may not be realistic because of the large number of counseling sessions and the long time periods. Now, a new study reveals a more real world … [Read more...]
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