A recent study found that initial weight loss after a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes had improved outcomes for blood pressure and blood sugar. The individuals that lost the weight initially still benefited even if they eventually regained the weight. The study was published in the online Diabetes Care, which is an American Diabetes Association journal.
Mark Butts Jr. cries when he thinks about how close he came to losing his son.
Mark Butts III (left), 12, and his brother Christopher, 10, shoot hoops near their home. Mark is the youngest in his family to have Type2 diabetes. The family now makes an effort to exercise at least 30 minutes a day.
The Coppell father of four was rounding up the family Sept. 2 for a trip to Six Flags Over Texas. But a glassy look on the face of his eldest, 12-year-old Mark Butts III, brought back a terrifying memory.
Diabetes accounts for more than one in 10 deaths among the bulk of the population in England, it has been claimed.
In most cases the disease kills indirectly by leading to strokes, heart attacks or kidney failure. Often it is not recorded on death certificates. For this reason the number of deaths attributable to diabetes has consistently been underestimated, say experts.
A drug that fights aging and halts the onset of diabetes, cancer and heart disease, may hit market shelves in another five years, claim researchers.
According to scientists, the magical drug can be used to prevent Alzheimer’s and can also reinvigorate patients giving them more stamina. The drug is made up of chemicals that mimic resveratrol, a compound which is found in the skin of red grapes.
More people are being diagnosed with diabetes in Devon as figures for obesity continue to grow.
The latest figures from the Devon Primary Care Trust for diabetes show 27,657 sufferers in the county, compared to 25,667 the previous year. This is an increase of nearly eight per cent in a year.
Currently there are 3,805 people in Exeter diagnosed with diabetes.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents of children with type 1 diabetes are particularly concerned about the complications of the disease, new research shows.
Initially, most of the concern is centered on daily management tasks, but over time it shifts to concerns about long-term complications, such as kidney disease, blindness, and amputation, according to the report in the journal Diabetes Care.
Pop superstar Nick Jonas is already an inspiration to the millions of teens and ‘tweens’ who hang on every lyric sung by his band the Jonas Brothers.
But Jonas, who suffers from type 1 diabetes, hopes a three-year partnership he’s created with Bayer HealthCare will serve as an inspiration to others living with this disease.
“When I was first diagnosed, I did think, ‘Why me?’” Jonas said Wednesday on “FOX & Friends,” where he announced his partnership. “I had a great medical history. I had never stayed in the hospital before. I didn’t know anybody with diabetes. So it was a shock.”
Pregnancy is a time of great excitement and anticipation. It also can be a time of anxiety, especially for women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Pregnancy in women who have diabetes is automatically considered high-risk. But a new, easy-to-read booklet has information to help women with diabetes experience safe, healthy pregnancies.
Eating broccoli could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels, research suggests.
A University of Warwick team believe the key is a compound found in the vegetable, called sulforaphane.
It encourages production of enzymes which protect the blood vessels, and a reduction in high levels of molecules which cause significant cell damage.
Brassica vegetables such as broccoli have previously been linked to a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes.
Our study suggests that compounds such as sulforaphane from broccoli may help counter processes linked to the development of vascular disease in diabetes
Diabetes surgery and new interventional treatments offer new hope to patients with type 2 diabetes
NEW YORK (August 4, 2008) — The 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes will bring together leading experts in diabetes, endocrinology, surgery and public health to discuss the role of surgery and novel interventional therapies in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The World Congress has been formed to address this emerging approach to diabetes and its implications for health care systems and patient care.
