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Early Drug Regimen Helps Diabetics Later: Study

Study shows long-term benefits for rigorous initial treatment

Reuters Reuters Sep 10, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new study pushes for early, rigorous drug treatment of diabetes, even in people diagnosed with reversible type 2, Reuters reports. Diabetics given an intense drug regimen soon after diagnosis reduce their risk of heart attacks and reap long-term benefits from that medical attention, even if they become less mindful of controlling blood sugar later on. More »

More about:  diabetes • scientific study • blood sugar • type 2 diabetes • insulin • diabetics

 24M Americans Diabetic: CDC 

Big increase of disease linked to obesity has 8% of US suffering, feds report

Reuters Reuters Jun 24, 08 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 8% of the US population has diabetes, the government reported today. About 24 million Americans suffer from type-1 or -2 diabetes, an increase of 3 million since 2005, Reuters notes. Another 57 million Americans are pre-diabetic, a condition of insulin insensitivity that predisposes them to type-2 diabetes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. More »

More about:  obesity • diabetes • CDC • epidemic • type 2 diabetes • insulin • type 1 diabetes

Bypass Surgery Shows Promise as Diabetes Fix

Variation on obesity procedure has led to remission

Washington Post Washington Post May 4, 08 10:09 CDT
(Newser) - Intestinal bypass surgery—a variation on the gastric surgery used to combat obesity—is showing surprising and promising results in treating diabetes, the Washington Post reports. Cutting out some of the intestine but sparing the stomach, the procedure is  producing full remission in a high percentage of cases, allowing patients to go off all medication. More »

More about:  health care • surgery • diabetes • treatment • blood sugar • insulin

Frogs Offer Hope to Diabetics

'Shrinking' amphibian's skin holds key to new treatment alternatives

BBC BBC Mar 3, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A frog that lives in the Amazon secretes a substance that stimulates insulin release in humans, offering new hope to diabetics, the BBC reports. The South American shrinking frog, which grows smaller as it ages, produces pseudin-2 through its slimy skin. A synthetic version of the peptide worked even better than the real thing in lab tests conducted by scientists in Northern Ireland and the UAE. More »

More about:  obesity • diabetes • frogs • type 2 diabetes • insulin • blood glucose

Diabetic Dieters Take Big Risks

Skipping insulin
as weight-loss technique leads to
early death

USA Today USA Today Feb 27, 08 8:10 CST
(Newser) - Psychologists studying eating habits in type 1 diabetics have found that women who cut back on their insulin as a weight management tactic—and 30% do—triple their chances of dying young. Women who restrict their insulin use have higher rates of kidney disease and foot problems, and die on average at 45, compared to 58 for other type 1 diabetics, reports USA Today. More »

More about:  diabetes • weight loss • eating disorder • dieting • insulin • bulimia • kidney disease • type 1 diabetes

Obese US Facing Diabetes Crisis

A million new cases reported a year

USA Today USA Today Jan 24, 08 3:35 CST
(Newser) - America is facing a diabetes epidemic—a health disaster more economically catastrophic than a Hurricane Katrina each year, USA Today reports. The disease killed 284,000 people last year, and a staggering million new cases are diagnosed each year as more Americans become morbidly obese, according to a new study by the American Diabetes Association. More »

Poor Sleep Linked
to Diabetes

Tired bodies have trouble regulating blood sugar, research shows

ABC News ABC News Jan 1, 08 11:10 CST
(Newser) - Poor sleep may lead to weight gain and diabetes, according to new research. After only 3 nights of light sleep, healthy people lost their ability to process sugar by 23%, perhaps explaining why many diabetics also have sleep disorders, ABC News reports. Although the survey sample was small, it casts doubt on previous assumptions that diabetes caused sleep problems. More »

More about:  diabetes • University of Chicago • sleep deprivation • insulin • sleep disorder • weight gain • pancreas

Time to Stop Blaming the Turkey

Carbs do as much as tryptophan to put you to sleep after Thanksgiving feast

LiveScience LiveScience Nov 22, 07 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - It's time to stop blaming the tryptophan for your post-feast snooze, says LiveScience Bad Medicine columnist Christopher Wanjek. The chemical, found in turkey, does affect sleep, but cheddar cheese is also packed with it and doesn't get the same bad rap. The real Turkey Day culprit is the "combination of booze, bad conversation, and a carbohydrate-heavy meal," he says.  More »

More about:  Thanksgiving • insulin • carbs • serotonin • turkey

Pfizer Down 77% on Loss
of Exubera

Third-quarter earnings take hit on failure of  inhaled-insulin drug

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 07 7:54 CDT
(Newser) - The world's largest drug maker took a 77% hit in third-quarter net income after dropping Exubera, its inhaled insulin product. Competition from generic drugs also pulled down sales, Pfizer announced this morning, as the company lowered its 2007 net-income forecast. More »

More about:  diabetes • Pfizer • pharmaceutical • insulin

Weight-Loss Surgery Can
End Diabetes

Intestinal rerouting works miracles, but science still debated

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Aug 22, 07 10:52 CDT
(Newser) - Surgery that shrinks stomachs and reroutes intestines can make diabetes disappear—but some worry the procedure is the wrong one for the disease. More than three of four diabetics who undergo bariatric surgery are left with no symptoms, and can even live without insulin. But docs are concerned about complications like nutritional deficiency—and remission is possible in some cases, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

More about:  health • obesity • surgery • diabetes • insulin • intestines

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