Couples in which one of the partners is Asian and the other is white have distinct pregnancy-related outcomes when compared with white couples, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters Health reports. The study, by researchers from Stanford University’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the university’s School of Medicine, looked at 3,226 Asian couples, 5,575 white couples and 868 couples with a partner of each race who delivered at the hospital from 2000 to 2005 (Reuters Health, 10/1).

A vegan diet may do a better job of reducing cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients than a diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), according to a new study.

Two out of three people with diabetes die of a heart attack or stroke, so reducing cardiovascular disease is a priority. The study was in part funded by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes a vegan diet.

Ensuring that patients’ blood sugar levels were closely regulated also led to them being 15 per cent less likely to have a heart attack.

More than two million people in Britain currently suffer from Type 2 diabetes, the most common kind, and experts estimate that that number could increase to four million by 2025, because of lifestyle issues such as obesity.

Diabetes occurs when the body loses the ability to control its blood sugar levels.

London (PTI): Legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, who is in Britain as part of his worldwide star- studded ‘Unforgettable Tour’, underwent a diabetes test before hundreds of his fans in Leicester to support the cause of health awareness.

Hours before his concert at the O2 arena in Docklands, Bachchan inaugurated the Silver Star Appeal charity on Saturday.

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Eli Lilly & Co. and Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s diabetes drug Byetta was linked to deaths in two patients with an inflamed pancreas, say U.S. regulators who are seeking stronger warnings for the medicine.

Amylin’s shares fell 13 percent, the most in more than seven years, after the Food and Drug Administration posted information on the deaths on its Web site today. Those who died were among six Byetta users who entered the hospital since October because of a condition known as acute pancreatitis.

A recent study shows that insulin pump under the age of 7 in the treatment of children with type 1 diabetes in a safe and effective.

As early as in a few years ago, insulin pumps have been in adult patients with type 1 or juvenile diabetes patients in the application, but the study is the first time will be applied to child care patients. The researchers claimed that the application of insulin pump therapy can reduce children with their parents, nannies or other caregivers to be cyclical with the burden of insulin injections.