Obesity and the form of diabetes linked to it are taking an even worse toll on America’s youths than medical experts had realized. As obesity rates in children have climbed, so has the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, and a new study adds another worry: the disease progresses more rapidly in children than in adults and is harder to treat. “It’s frightening how severe this metabolic disease is in childre... (read more)
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has proved highly effective in alleviating type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and its complications compared with traditional medical treatment, according to a study published online today in Archives of Surgery. Frida Leonetti, MD, PhD, from the Policlinico Umberto I University of Rome Sapienza, Italy, and colleagues conducted a prospective cohort study involving 60 morb... (read more)
Lack of sleep or erratic slumber from working late-night shifts or travel may lead to diabetes and obesity, according to a Harvard study that is the first to tie abnormal sleep patterns to disease. In a trial of 21 men and women observed in a sleep laboratory, those allowed only 5.6 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period over three weeks had a slowdown in their metabolism and a reduction in insulin production. Tho... (read more)
A team of Stanford researchers has unveiled the most detailed biological profile of a human being done so far: a peek at one man's genetic foundation, along with snapshots, taken dozens of times over the course of a year, of the millions of proteins and other molecules that are in constant flux in his body. In a stroke of shocking good luck - for the scientists, if not necessarily the patient - the profile s... (read more)
Eating more white rice may up the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially for Asian populations, researchers said. Patients who ate the greatest amounts of the grain had a 27% greater risk of developing the disease than those who ate the least, and the relative risk was higher among Asian patients, Qi Sun, PhD, of Harvard, and colleagues, reported in BMJ. "Although rice has been a staple food in Asian popula... (read more)
Having diabetes for a decade or more dramatically increases the risk for ischemic stroke, report researchers. The new study, published online March 1 in the journal Stroke, found diabetes increases risk 3% each year and triples at 10 years. "We were not surprised to see an increased risk," senior investigator Mitchell Elkind, MD, from Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, told Medscape Me... (read more)
According to a recent study, published Online First in The Lancet , selenium may help people who don't have enough of it, but for the people who have enough to begin with, selenium supplements may be detrimental to their health. It is shown in the study that taking the supplements may result in the development of type 2 diabetes. Margaret Rayman, from the University of Surrey, Guilford, UK, and author of the study e... (read more)
Health regulators are adding warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, to say they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss. The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday the changes to the safety information on the labels of statins such as Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, AstraZeneca's Crestor and Merck & Co's Zocor that are taken by tens of m... (read more)
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a host of health benefits, including a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. A study finds that the diet may also be associated with a decreased chance of small vessel damage in the brain. The diet, popular in Mediterranean countries, includes little red meat but lots of fresh vegetables and fruit, lean proteins, whole grains and healthy monosaturate... (read more)
There has been a large drop in the rate of leg and foot amputations among Americans aged 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. The study reports that between 1996 and 2008 the rate of such amputations fell by 65%. The authors suggest the most likely reason for... (read more)
A team led by the University of East Anglia has made an advance in understanding the causes of adult-acquired flat feet -- a painful condition particularly affecting middle-aged women. Published recently in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, the findings could eventually lead to new drug therapy for this and other common conditions affecting the tendons, such as Achilles tendonitis. Adult-acqui... (read more)
Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may be linked to an increased risk of diabetes in middle-aged and older women, according to a U.S. study -- but researchers said the benefits of the drugs still make them valuable for people at risk. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that among the thousands of women looked at, those who reported using any kind of statin at the sta... (read more)
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have shown one way in which poor nutrition in the womb can put a person at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases in later life. This finding could lead to new ways of identifying people who are at a higher risk of developing these diseases and might open up targets ... (read more)
Children with type 1 diabetes may be more likely to have sleep problems that worsen not only their blood sugar control, but also their quality of life, researchers found. Diabetic children with more nightly apnea events had significantly higher glucose levels and spent more time in hyperglycemia than young type 1 diabetics without sleep disturbances, Michelle Perfect, PhD, of the University of Arizon... (read more)
Women who worked a rotating night shift had an increased risk of type 2 diabetes that was not completely explained by an increase in body mass index (BMI), results of a prospective study showed. Compared with women who did not rotate at least three nights a month, those who had less than 10 years of shift work under their belts saw a 5% excess risk for type 2 diabetes. That risk climbed to 40% after a decade of sh... (read more)
The intake of processed, but not unprocessed red meat, is associated with incident type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Nov. 18 in Diabetes Care. Martin Lajous, D.Sc., from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues evaluated the association of processed and unprocessed red meat and incident type 2 diabetes in a prospective study of 66,118 disease-free French women. ... (read more)
Talk about stirring up controversy. A new study shows that the urine of people who consume canned soup can contain surprisingly high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting compound linked to health problems including heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. People who consumed one serving of canned soup a day for five days had a more than 1,000 percent increase in urinary BPA over people who consumed... (read more)
Two or more sugar-sweetened drinks a day have been associated with a larger waist and a higher risk of heart disease in adult women, according to research released Sunday. Women ages 45 to 84 who drank at least two sugar-sweetened drinks a day -- such as soda or flavored waters with added sugar -- were nearly four times as likely to develop high triglycerides as women who drank one or fewer of thos... (read more)
Women who experienced repeated episodes of sexual abuse during childhood or adolescence appear to have a 62% greater risk for CVD. Further, severe physical abuse was also associated with a 45% increased risk for CV events, according to data presented here. “We were aware of the very high prevalence of physical and sexual abuse of girls in the United States, and we were also aware of vast literature indicating... (read more)
Patients with Type 1 diabetes who aggressively use insulin to keep their blood sugar in check slash their risk of subsequent kidney failure by half, according to a U.S.-funded study that spanned two decades. Researchers tracked kidney function in 1,375 patients with the most severe form of the disease who enrolled in the Diabetes Control and Complication Trial starting in 1983. While the st... (read more)
Two of the most worrisome trends in healthcare — the soaring rates of Type 2 diabetes and dementia — share several key biological processes. And scientists are beginning to think that is more than just a coincidence. Many researchers now believe that proper control of blood sugar could pay dividends in the future by reducing the number of people stricken by Alzheimer's disease, other forms of dementia and... (read more)
A new report from Yale University found that beverage companies are targeting children, particularly black and Hispanic youths, in their sales campaigns for sodas, fruit, energy and sports drinks. A report released today from Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity said that children and teens were exposed to double the amount of television ads for full-calorie and sugary bever... (read more)
You may be less interested to learn why red wine is good for you than to simply know that it is. But if you're curious, researchers have now completed the most comprehensive study to date on the health effects of an ingredient in red wine. And the news is good. The scientists focused their attention on resveratrol, a red-wine compound that has been linked to a lower risk of diabetes and heart disease and even... (read more)
People who've suffered bouts of kidney stones may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on, new research suggests. A number of studies have observed that people with diabetes are more likely to form kidney stones than diabetes-free people are. But it hasn't been clear whether the reverse is true. In the new study, researchers found that among more than 94,000 Taiwanese adults, those with... (read more)
In a new study of Cincinnati-area kids, girls exposed to higher levels of bisphenol A before birth had more behavioral problems and were more anxious and over-active than those only exposed to small amounts of the chemical. The finding doesn't prove that moms who have more contact with BPA, which is used to make plastics and found in some food packaging and canned goods, are putting their daughters at risk. ... (read more)
Diabetes mellitus, often simply referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This high blood sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger).
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