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diabetes stories: 73 news summaries

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 'Little Blue Pill' is 10 Years Old 

Viagra changed sexual landscape

Mar 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The little blue pill that rescued the sex lives and saved marriages of couples worldwide is 10 years old this month. Viagra, which has been used by some 35 million men, moved the treatment of impotence out of the shadows to lead a multi-billion-dollar industry. The drug has also triggered... More »

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hypertension • prostate cancer • diabetes • erectile dysfunction • Pfizer • sex • Viagra • Levitra • Cialis • nitric oxide • high cholesterol • erection • American Urological Association

Frogs Offer Hope to Diabetics

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

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... More »

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obesity • diabetes • frogs • insulin • type 2 diabetes • tadpole • Universtiy of Ulster • United Arab Emirates University • pseudin-2 • blood glucose

Diabetic Dieters Take Big Risks

Skipping insulin
as weight-loss technique leads to
early death

Feb 27, 08 8:10 AM 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... More »

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

Substitutes Not All Sweetness and Light

Zero-calorie sugar stand-ins may cause weight gain, study says

Feb 15, 08 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Cutting back on sugary calories could make you gain weight instead of lose it, a study suggests. Scientists at Purdue University compared rats fed either zero-calorie saccharin or sugar, and found that those on artificial sweetener gained more weight—mostly in fat, Time reports. Animals appear conditioned to respond to... More »

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diabetes • weight loss • medical research • experiments • sugar substitutes • health study • saccharin

Docs Shelve Diabetes Study After Deaths

Findings contradict long-held doctrine of lowering blood sugar

Feb 6, 08 10:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have abruptly tabled a major study measuring the effects of lowering diabetics' blood sugar after a surprising number of deaths among participants. The results come as a shock to the medical community, which has long held that lowering blood sugar through diet and medication is the only way for... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • diabetes • estrogen • blood sugar • American Diabetes Association • cardiology

Obese US Facing Diabetes Crisis

A million new cases reported a year

Jan 24, 08 3:35 AM 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... More »

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obesity • diabetes • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Medicare • epidemic • insulin • American Diabetes Association • Employee Benefit Research Institute • National Business Group on Health • pre diabetic • health study

Surgery Kicks Type 2 Diabetes Better Than Dieting: Study

73% remission rate for gastric bypass patients

Jan 23, 08 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Surgery is better than dieting and exercise to help people suffering from type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Three of four patients—73%—who underwent "lap-banding" surgery lost 20% of their body weight and were in diabetic remission within two years, WebMD reports. That compares with a... More »

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obesity • surgery • diabetes • American Diabetes Association • gastric banding surgery

Poor Sleep Linked
to Diabetes

Tired bodies have trouble regulating blood sugar, research shows

Jan 1, 08 11:10 AM 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... More »

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diabetes • University of Chicago • pancreas • sleep deprivation • insulin • weight gain • slow wave sleep • Joslin Diabetes Center • Dr. Esra Tasali • Dr. Martin Abrahamson • University of Rochester • insulin resistance • sleep disorder

Smoking Linked to Diabetes Risk

Heavy puffers saw
61% risk increase

Dec 12, 07 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The list of ways smoking can kill you got a bit longer today, reports the BBC. Smokers have a 44% higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows, and that risk rises yet higher for heavy smokers, up to 61%. “The relevant question should no longer... More »

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diabetes • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • research • type 2 diabetes

Starchy Foods Increase
Diabetes Risk

But adding whole grains to the diet improves the odds

Nov 27, 07 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - African-American and Chinese women whose diets are high in starchy foods like white rice are at bigger risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, researchers have discovered. The good news is that eating whole-grain foods can help reduce the risk, according to two studies in the Archives of Internal Medicine. As... More »

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bread • diabetes • public health • blood pressure • wheat • rice • black women • grains • carbs • Chinese women

Diabetes Drug Given Strictest Warning Label

FDA's 'black box' adds risk of heart attack to concerns on Avandia

Nov 14, 07 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has applied its harshest warning to the diabetes drug Avandia, declaring the product potentially increases risk of heart attacks. Now marked with a “black box” warning, GlaxoSmithKline’s drug will stay on the market pending a continuing “safety assessment,” the Wall Street Journal reports; FDA... More »

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FDA • diabetes • black box • GlaxoSmithKline • Avandia • Actos

Pfizer Down 77% on Loss
of Exubera

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

Oct 18, 07 7:54 AM 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 »

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diabetes • Pfizer • insulin • pharmaceutical • Exubera

Diabetes Research Shows Role of Bones, Brain

New hormones and body systems make the disease even more complex

Oct 16, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times surveys what it calls an "explosion" of recent breakthroughs in diabetes research, painting a much more complex portrait of how the body balances sugar in the bloodstream, and offering radically different possibilities for treatment. One of the most surprising discoveries is that bones produce a... More »

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diabetes • osteocalcin • blood sugar • metabolism • incretins

Cancer Drugs Show Promise in Autoimmune Disorders

Meds prevent donor organ rejection in mice

Oct 8, 07 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new kind of cancer drug may be useful in treating autoimmune disorders and preventing transplant patients' bodies from rejecting donor tissue, new research reveals. The drugs seem to promote T-cells, which help regulate the body's immune system, Reuters reports. In mice, the drugs reversed inflammatory bowel syndrome and stopped... More »

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cancer • medicine • diabetes • Crohn's disease • heart transplants • Islet cell transplantation

Aussie Scientists Make Diabetes Breakthrough

Research may lead
to better treatment
for type 2 version

Oct 6, 07 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A major breakthrough by Australian researchers could be the beginning of the end for type 2 diabetes. The team identified an enzyme that blocks insulin production. Until now, treatment has sought to manage insulin levels but couldn’t attack the root of the problem, ABC News explains. Now, pharmaceutical companies... More »

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Australia • diabetes

Exercise Combo Helps Control Diabetes

Aerobics and strength training have powerful effect on blood sugar

Sep 18, 07 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A combination of aerobic exercise and strength training can provide enormous benefits for  people with Type 2 diabetes, new research shows. Although both types of activity helped control blood sugar in patients with adult-onset diabetes, combining them led to almost twice as much improvement as either did alone. Previously, some... More »

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health • diabetes • heart disease • exercise • blood sugar • kidney disease • fitness

American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

Obesity epidemic fallout foreshadows serious health troubles

Sep 11, 07 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ranks of US children with dangerously high blood pressure and hypertension have been growing for 20 years, reversing a decades-long trend, says a new study that tracks the effects of youth obesity. Hypertension, which usually doesn't develop until patients are in their 30s or 40s, is a leading cause... More »

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obesity • hypertension • childhood obesity • diabetes • heart disease • fat • children • weight • cholesterol • blood pressure • Americans • heart attack • stroke

'Herbal' Sex Aids Were Viagra

Vigor-25 maker scammed $24 million

Sep 6, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials yesterday arrested the maker of an "herbal," non-prescription sex supplement, Vigor-25, for lacing the pills with the active ingredient in Viagra, reports Newsday. More than 4 million of the surprisingly effective pills have been sold on the internet and at health food stores, with a label... More »

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drugs • diabetes • heart disease • erectile dysfunction • blood pressure • Viagra • Levitra • herbal • pharmaceutical • sex aid • Vigor 25 • Michael Peng

In Vino ...
a Fountain
of Youth?

Harvard man finds red wine chemical helps mice live 24% longer

Aug 30, 07 5:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Harvard scientist armed with great salesmanship and optimism has isolated a red wine ingredient he says will make humans live longer and healthier. Resveratrol may be the chemical at rainbow’s end in the quest to activate the SIRT1 gene, Technology Review reports; David Sinclair has shushed some doubters... More »

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health • diabetes • wine • aging • life expectancy • red wine • resveratrol • SIRT1 • David Sinclair

We're Still Getting Fatter

Obesity epidemic continues to spread

Aug 27, 07 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans just keep getting fatter. Obesity rates were up in 31 states this year and declined in none, a new study by a health advocacy group finds. That brings the percentage of American adults who are either obese or overweight to 60%, Reuters reports, and the usual suspects are to... More »

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obesity • nutrition • childhood obesity • diabetes • obesity epidemic • heart disease • epidemic • America • Americans • Mississippi • stroke • health study

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