Mediterranean Diet May Thwart Diabetes

Eating a traditional Mediterranean diet may help prevent type 2 diabetes, a Spanish study shows.

The study included 13,380 Spanish university graduates (age range 20 to 90, average age 36) who were followed for about four years. They completed a dietary survey when the study started and follow-up questionnaires every two years after that. More...

Vaccine reverses diabetes in mice

An experimental vaccine has prevented and reversed type 1 diabetes in laboratory animals, researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh reported Wednesday.

The vaccine has not been tested in humans, but researchers hope to begin clinical trials late next year. More...

Arthritis drug may help diabetes patients

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center believe an anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate could help treat type 2 diabetes.

Researchers have also said they think the same drug can prevent the disease.

The paper appears in this month's issue of the journal Clinical and Translational Science.

The study mentions three other studies showing the commonly used arthritis medication salsalate helps lower blood sugar and reduces inflammation. More...

Cocoa can be 'boost to diabetics'

A cup of enriched cocoa may help improve the working of blood vessels in diabetic patients, research suggests.

Doctors prescribed three mugs of specially formulated cocoa a day for a month, and found "severely impaired" arteries regained normal function. More...

Erectile Dysfunction And Diabetes

"Men with diabetes who are having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems", BBC News reported. It said that a study has found that those with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease. This finding could apparently be used to "alert both patients and healthcare providers to the future risk of coronary heart disease". More...

Arthritis drug may help Type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Centre have found that a drug used to treat arthritis can actually help in treating type 2 diabetes.

Salsalate, an anti inflammatory drug used for decades to treat arthritis can in fact help in treating type 2 diabetes by lowering blood sugar and reducing inflammation. More...

Diabetes drug to be limited over heart damage fears

THE prescribing of a drug widely used to treat diabetes is to be restricted after warnings which linked it to heart problems.

Drugs experts from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Scotland's biggest health board – have said only diabetes specialists should be allowed to begin treating a patient with Avandia. More...

Erectile Dysfunction Often a Sign of Heart Disease, Diabetes

Erectile dysfunction, once thought to have primarily psychological causes, is now recognized to often stem from physiological problems such as poor blood flow to the penis. Increasingly, research indicates that ED can be an early warning sign of coronary artery disease, which also results from obstructed blood flow and, if untreated, can lead to heart attacks and stroke. Recent studies—including two published online today—also link sagging erections to diabetes, which has negative effects on cardiovascular health. More than half of American men age 40 to 70 suffer from erectile dysfunction, so that's a lot of men who may be at risk of vascular disease—and may not realize it. More...

Pancreas transplant frees sufferer from diabetes

As the first adverts for the new Donate Wales – Tell A Loved One campaign are screened across Wales, Health Editor Madeleine Brindley met transplant patient Sara Griffiths

MOST of Sara Griffiths’ life has been regulated by four-times daily insulin injections to control her type 1 diabetes. More...

To fight diabetes, lose weight

With so many weightloss programs available, it's easy to become confused about what works and what doesn't when it comes to losing weight to lower the risk for type 2 diabetes. The National Diabetes Education Program states that people don't have to knock themselves out to lower their risk. In fact, the findings of a major study show that modest weight loss can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by more than half. More...

New drug for gestational diabetes

Women with gestational diabetes may soon be able to simply take a tablet to treat their condition. Doctors have proven the safety of anti-diabetic drug Metformin, and found the tablet has no adverse affects for mother or child. More...

Is niacin okay for people with diabetes?

Whenever I diagnose a patient with a new health problem, I make sure to ask him or her about the medications he or she is currently using—prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal. As the below question and answer, first published in the Harvard Heart Letter, outlines, a change in health status is a good time to review whether your medications need to change, too. More...

Transplanted Pig Cells: A Solution For Diabetes Sufferers?

At present, there are over fourteen million diabetes sufferers in the United States the Center for Disease Control estimates that another six million cases go undiagnosed. A recent series of articles in the New York Times suggested that diabetes and diabetes-related illnesses account for the nation’s number one cause of emergency room visits. In Type 1 diabetes the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing “islet” cells located in the pancreas. Since islet cells cannot repair or reproduce themselves, researchers have been actively pursuing cell transplantation for diabetes. More...

Early Consumption of Cow's Milk may Boost Diabetes Risk

Babies fed with cow milk may be at a greater risk of developing type 1 diabetes in later life, says a new study.

A 1993 study conducted by Finish researchers had revealed that consuming dairy products early was linked to diabetes risk.

This is because beta-lactoglobulin, a protein in cow's stimulate babies to make antibodies that also attack glycodelin, a protein vital for training the immune system. Moe...

Diabetes Patients Are Less Likely to Exercise Due to Arthritis

More than half of adult diabetics in the U.S. also have arthritis, which causes joint pain that may prevent the exercise they need to stay healthy, a study found.

About 30 percent of people with both conditions were inactive, compared with 21 percent with diabetes alone and 17 percent with arthritis alone, according to the study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just 11 percent of adults with neither condition were inactive. More...

Study: Big Hips, 'Bottom' May Protect Against Diabetes

A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and buttocks called subcutaneous fat helps to improve sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which regulates blood sugar, a study from Harvard researchers found. More...

Not All Fat Created Equal: Certain Body Fat Reduces Insulin Resistance

It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have found that fat from other areas of the body can actually reduce insulin resistance and improve insulin sensitivity. More...

Researchers trace diabetes complications to gene

A single gene called erythropoietin (EPO) helps raise the risk among diabetics of developing severe eye and kidney complications, a study released Monday said.

The University of Utah researchers compared 1,618 people suffering from the eye and kidney problems with 954 diabetic patients without the complications. They found that people with a mutant EPO gene had a higher risk of developing the two diseases. More...

FDA Approved All Natural Sweetener, the Perfect Product for Diabetes and Obesity

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recently approved an artificial sweetener made from all natural crops such as wheat, rice, corn, potatoes, barley etc. Besides being an ingredient that can replace sugar in thousands of products it is the perfect product for the diabetic and obesity market. More...

Could Aspirin Help Fight Diabetes?

Salicylates, substances like aspirin, may help obese people produce insulin, which could help them fight diabetes, researchers said.People who are overweight can develop insulin resistance, where the body stops responding to the substance, which moderates blood sugar. Resistance is considered a step toward type 2 diabetes. More...

Diabetes Link To Alzheimer's Disease Explained

Diabetic individuals have a significantly higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the molecular connection between the two remains unexplained. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies identified the probable molecular basis for the diabetes -- Alzheimer's interaction. More...

Diabetes a tough battle for seniors

Thirty years ago, Julie Holder’s father died of heart disease when he was 61 years old.

He was a Type 2 diabetic, but with today’s treatments and medicines, Holder wonders if his life could have been prolonged. More...

Diabetes Drugs May Be Related To Fracture Risk

A widely used class of diabetes medications appears to be associated with an increased risk for fractures, according to a new article. More...

Chocolate 'may cut diabetes risk'

Scientists are to investigate whether eating chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease in women with diabetes.

Volunteers - postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes - will be asked to eat a bar of chocolate a day for a year. More...

Natural Remedies for the Treatment of Diabetes

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in which blood-sugar (glucose) levels are above normal -- either the body doesn't produce enough of the hormone insulin, which breaks down sugar in the blood, or it cannot utilize its own insulin properly. More...

Blood pressure in diabetic kids needs watching

In a study of people with type 1 diabetes, those with higher blood pressure or hypertension in childhood had higher levels in young adulthood, German researchers report. More...

Is Surgery the Magic Bullet Against Obesity?

I had no idea, until I saw this report on 60 Minutes last night, that gastric-bypass surgery causes immediate remission of type 2 diabetes, stops sleep apnea, and may even reduce the incidence of obesity-related cancer. More...

Diabetes Testing Not Always Helpful, Study Finds

For people with Type 1 diabetes, monitoring their own blood sugar levels and taking insulin is a constant part of life.But the great majority of people with diabetes have Type II, which usually develops later in life. They rarely take insulin and regularly monitoring their blood sugar may do more harm than good. More...

Bitter Melon Is a Safe and Effective Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes

The mechanism by which bitter melon effectively treats Type 2 diabetes has been revealed by researchers.

The bitter melon is a nontoxic vegetable that has long been an important part of traditional Chinese medicine. Despite tasting very bitter, the melon is widely consumed as a food in Asia. The melon has evolved bitter compounds over time to help it evade consumption by animals. More...

Six Type 2 diabetes genes identified

Researchers at the University of Oxford have identified six new genes that play a role in the development of Type 2 diabetes.

The discovery provides valuable new insights into the mechanisms responsible for controlling blood sugar levels and how malfunctions can result in type 2 diabetes, a university release said. More...

Eye signs a marker of future diabetes

Retinopathy signs could be a marker of future diabetes and may help identify a particular high risk group, findings from the AusDiab study suggest. More...

Mid-Life DIabetes Linked To Higher Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease

Men who develop diabetes in mid-life appear to significantly increase their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. More...

A Surgical Cure for Diabetes?

A new, experimental surgery could make type 2 diabetes disappear in some patients. While doctors have refrained from calling it a cure, some believe a duodenal jejunal bypass may be the first step in finding a surgical solution to the country's diabetic epidemic. More...

Canola protein shows anti-diabetes potential

Substituting proteins milk for proteins from rapeseed (canola) could delay the onset of insulin resistance and protect against diabetes, suggests a new study with rats. More...

Vitamin A Suppresses Type 1 Diabetes in Animal Study

Pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes and many other holiday favorites are rich in vitamin A, a nutrient essential for good health. Now a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) nutrition scientists has shown, for the first time, that high levels of vitamin A can suppress development of type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice prone to that disease. More...

Middle aged diabetes linked to Alzheimer's

Men who develop diabetes in middle age may have significantly higher odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests.

A study of more than 2,000 men found that low insulin secretion capacity at age 50 was linked to a one and times increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. More...

Gum disease linked with gestational diabetes risk

Pregnant women with gum disease may be more likely to develop gestational diabetes than those with healthy gums, researchers have found.

Gestational diabetes arises during pregnancy and usually resolves after the baby is born, but it can raise a woman's risk of developing type 2 diabetes later on. It can also contribute to problems during pregnancy and delivery, including maternal high blood pressure and a larger-than-normal baby, which may necessitate a cesarean section. More...

Tart cherries may help reduce type 2 diabetes, heart disease risk

Tart cherries not just offer good taste, for a new study has shown that the fruits may help reduce inflammation, potentially lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. More...

Doctors demand freeze on use of diabetes drug for heart patients

SCOTTISH doctors have said there is "no defence" for the use of a widely prescribed diabetes drug after warnings that it should not be used in patients with heart problems, The Scotsman can reveal.

The consultants, who work in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, recommend no new patients are given Avandia – also known as rosiglitazone. More...

TB Vaccine May Cure Diabetes

Harvard researchers began a clinical trial in December to determine whether a vaccine originally developed to treat tuberculosis (TB) can cure Type 1 diabetes.

“Most trials trying to reverse the disease are for new-onset diabetes,” said Denise L. Faustman, a Harvard Medical School professor who is helping to lead the study. “This is one of the first trials actually trying to manipulate the immune system in someone who has a long-standing disease.” More...

Reduced lung capacity accelerates with diabetes

People who have diabetes encounter a faster loss of lung capacity than those who do not have diabetes, a finding that may have implications for the potential use of inhaled insulin, according to a study appearing in the April issue of Diabetes Care.

The April issue also contains a consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and American College of Cardiology Foundation emphasizing the need for more aggressive goals in controlling lipids to reduce cardiometabolic risk. More...

Red Wine, Tea, May Help Regulate Blood Sugar in Type 2 Diabetics

Food scientists have found that certain antioxidants found in red wine and tea may help regulate the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes by inhibiting the action of alpha-glucosidase that controls the absorption of glucose from the small intestine, and protect the body from complications such as high blood pressure and heart disease. More...

Diabetes equals heart attack in later heart risk

People with diabetes have the same risk of a heart attack or stroke as patients who have survived one heart attack already, researchers reported on Monday.

Diabetics have more than 2.4 times the normal risk of dying from cardiovascular disease -- about the same as those who have had a heart attack, the five-year Danish study of more than 3 million people found. More...

Scientists find genes linked to diabetes

Scientists have found six new genes linked to type 2 diabetes, a discovery that will improve understanding of how the disease develops.

Each of the disease variants of the genes raises the risk of developing diabetes by only a small amount, but scientists say the combined impact of the collection of genes could be powerful, and the discovery could help develop new forms of prevention and treatment. One of the genes has also been linked to prostate cancer. More...

Good diabetes foot care can prevent amputations

Following an initiative to provide better diabetes foot care in the South Tees area of northeastern England, the rates of diabetes-related amputations fell substantially, according to the results of a study published in the current issue of Diabetes Care. More...

Antidepressants raise risk of Type 2 diabetes

People taking certain medications to treat depression appear to be at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, says a University of Alberta researcher.

Lauren Brown, whose study was published recently in Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, said people with histories of depression had a 30-per-cent higher risk of developing diabetes versus those with no histories of the illness. More...

Humble vegie may end diabetes fight

Many people swear by the health benefits of Chinese traditional medicine, but often there are concerns such medicine may not have been subjected to rigorous scientific analysis. More...

Metformin may delay diabetes onset in those at risk

In people who are at risk of developing diabetes, treatment with metformin leads to modest improvements in weight, lipid (fat) profiles and fasting blood sugar. In addition, substantial reductions in insulin resistance, a condition that usually precedes diabetes, are seen, as well as the actual development of diabetes, according to a large review of published studies on this topic. More...

Fizzy drink addiction costs diabetes sufferer his sight

Thomas Ngere says sugary fizzy drinks stole his sight. He can hear, touch and talk to his children. But he would give anything to see them again.

He never will. Mr Ngere is blind - a complication of his type 2 diabetes. More...

Canine Diabetes Guide For Owners Of Diabetic Dogs Released

Knowing the diabetes symptoms dogs exhibit can help owners manage their dog's diabetes and avoid the pitfalls of poor control, which often leads to costly complications like cataracts, liver and kidney infections or even failure. More...

Breast-feeding lowers type 2 diabetes risk

Breast-fed babies appear to be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes when they reach adolescence. More...

Genes Point to Varied Diabetes Subtypes

You've heard of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, but what about a kind called MODY? Diabetes is undergoing a genetics revolution that suggests there actually are many subtypes of the disease.The discoveries already trigger important changes in treatment for a fraction of patients with some rare diabetes types caused by single genes gone awry — if they have a doctor aware of the findings More...

How Diabetes Drives Atherosclerosis

Researchers have discovered how diabetes, by driving inflammation and slowing blood flow, dramatically accelerates atherosclerosis, according to research to be published in the March 14 edition of the journal Circulation Research. More...

Don't wait to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes to protect your vision

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the severe complications of diabetes. Just like the other complications of diabetes, it’s caused by damage to the blood vessels as a result of high blood sugars. In this case the blood vessels of the retina in the eye are the target. It’s the most common eye disease among people with diabetes and a leading cause of blindness. Retinopathy is a progressive condition that at first may have no symptoms. About 45% of people with diabetes have some degree of retinopathy. More...

Vitamin D reduces diabetes risk

Children who take vitamin D supplements are less likely to develop diabetes later in life, a study has shown.

The British study, which appears in Archives of Disease in Childhood , suggests that children who receive vitamin D supplements were around 30 per cent less likely to develop type 1 diabetes later than those who did not take such supplements, the BBC reported. More...

New diabetes monitor via internet

A Dorset hospital is to become the first in the UK to allow people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels remotely.

The Royal Bournemouth Hospital will install equipment enabling patients to carry out tests at home and send the data back over the internet.

Clinicians on hand around the clock can then view the information and advise where appropriate. More...

Diabetes danger foods

Processed food such as breakfast cereals and white bread lead to a greater risk of diabetes, heart disease and even some types of cancer, research shows.

Switching to a low-GI diet was as beneficial to health as increasing fibre intake, Sydney University researchers found. More...

New Method Can Revolutionise Diabetes Research

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Miami have developed a method for studying complicated cell processes, such as the secretion of insulin in the pancreas, of living animals - something that has not been possible to this date. The new method, which involves the transplantation of a tiny part of the pancreas onto the iris of mice, paves the way for radical approaches to diabetes research, which has previously been conducted on single cells in artificial laboratory environments. More...

Chromium may help fight diabetes

Supplements are increasingly becoming recognized as having a place in the management and treatment of diabetes.

Aside from the already popular ampalaya (bitter melon) supplement, another product that is believed to have similar if not better effect is chromium, particularly the type called trivalent chromium. More...

Diabetes May Be Disorder Of Upper Intestine: Surgery May Correct It

Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes — an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces a new way of thinking about diabetes. More...

Black tea could help combat diabetes: study

Scientists in the UK have found that drinking black tea could help prevent diabetes.

The report, which is published in the latest issue of the journal 'Aging Cell', indicates that certain constituents of tea could act as an insulin substitute, potentially able to combat type 2 diabetes, the most common form of the disease. More...

Frog skin secretions brings hope for diabetes treatment

Skin secretions from a South American frog could be used to treat type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

A compound isolated from the "shrinking" frog, which grows to 27 cm as a tadpole before shrinking to 4 cm in adulthood, stimulates insulin release and a synthetic version of the compound-- pseudin-2 -- could be used to produce new drugs, BBC reported on Monday. More...

1 in 10 Expectant Mothers Develops Diabetes

This type of diabetes varies greatly in different parts of the country. In southern Ostrobothnia more than one in five develop gestational diabetes, whereas in the southwest the frequency is one in six. In the 1990s, the figures were far lower, with gestation diabetes only affecting between three and four percent of women. More...

Most diabetics 'believe community blames them'

ALMOST three quarters of type two diabetes sufferers wrongly believe the community blames them for their disease, new research shows.

While almost 60 per cent of Australians are overweight or obese, the figure rises to nearly nine out of 10 among people with type two diabetes.

Nine-hundred-and-fifty-six people participated in the online survey for drug and research company, Eli Lilly Australia, including 254 with type two diabetes. More...

Drug breakthrough 'could cure diabetes

Diabetes sufferers have been given hope of a cure after scientists regenerated cells destroyed by the disease for the first time.

Researchers have identified a cocktail of drugs that prevents the immune system malfunction that triggers Type 1 diabetes.

They found that boosting levels of a chemical produced by the body to ease inflammation led to the regeneration of insulin-producing pancreatic cells. While the effect has been demonstrated only in animals so far, the researchers are planning human trials and hope the breakthrough could lead to a cure. More...

Bloodless Diabetes Monitoring

To track their blood sugar levels, patients with diabetes typically prick their fingers at least three times a day and feed blood samples into glucometers. It's a tedious and sometimes painful process, and a patient will often need to run a second test due to "insufficient blood" in the first sample. Now, researchers at Baylor University, in Waco, TX, have engineered a thumb-pad sensor that measures glucose levels via electromagnetic waves--no finger pricking required. More...

Diabetics' deaths tied to lower blood sugar

Federal researchers who tried to reduce heart attacks among diabetics by driving their blood sugar to low levels found that more patients were dying instead. The finding, announced yesterday, prompted officials to halt part of a major study of diabetes and heart disease.

Researchers said they don't know what caused the spike in deaths but said it can't be blamed on Avandia - a diabetes medication linked last year to an increased risk of heart attacks - even though some volunteers were taking the drug. More...

Gum disease linked to diabetes

When physicians list the complications that come with having diabetes, they mention heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, possible blindness and amputations, neuropathy and even depression.

What isn't routinely mentioned, if it is talked about at all, is periodontal disease, a serious gum infection that causes tooth loss in adults.

It is usually painless, and often goes undetected, but as physicians see more diabetics with gum disease and tooth loss, they believe there is a link between the two. More...

Deaths halt diabetes study

Results of a medical study revealed that lowering blood sugar to normal levels in Type 2 diabetes patients suffering from cardiovascular disease might not always be the best plan of action, according to a press conference held by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Feb. 6.

In the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes trial study, patients who were randomly assigned to lower their blood sugar to nearly normal levels, had 54 more deaths than the group with a less stringent regimen. More...

Breakthrough discovered in type 1 diabetes treatment

Scientists say a painless treatment for type 1 or juvenile diabetes may only be a few years away, after a major breakthrough in stem cell technology.

Researchers in the US have created insulin-producing cells from human embryonic stem cells implanted in mice and found the technique alleviated diabetes-like symptoms.

The scientists say the approach could lead to a renewable source of cells for the treatment of diabetes and eliminate the need for insulin injections. More...

Cortisol underlies diabetes-related mental woes

An animal study indicates that the cognitive impairment that can occur in people with diabetes appears to result from high levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

Diabetes is known to affect many organs, and in the case of the brain these adverse effects can lead to cognitive impairment, Dr. Mark P. Mattson, from Princeton University in New Jersey, and colleagues point out in the research journal Nature Neuroscience. More...

Seaweed holds the secret to cure diabetes

Seaweed may help cure diabetes, researchers suggests.

Scientists from MicroIslet Inc firm at San Diego have developed the seaweed coating as a potential cure for diabetes.

Alginate, a jelly-like substance extracted from the seaweed is being wrapped around insulin-producing cells taken from pigs and injected into the patients' body, hiding the pig cells from the immune system. More...

Lack Of Sleep Can Lead To Diabetes, Weight Gain

Studies show more sleep leads to better health, but plenty of people can't get the recommended hours of sleep.

David Brezack experiences sleeplessness because his business, The Bagel Bin, requires work in the wee hours of the morning. The married father of two said he's working the polar opposite of banker's hours. More...

Diabetes control is harder for Hispanics

Lack of access to health care is making it harder for Hispanics to control diabetes than non-Hispanics, according to a study released yesterday by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

The study also was reported in the February issue of Diabetes Care. More...

Diabetes and Depression Can Be a Fatal Mix

The Illinois college shooter had diabetes, his father said, and the police said the man halted his medication. Could his depression be triggered by

Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or major depression had higher mortality rates, compared to patients with type 2 diabetes alone, over the three-year period of a recent study in Washington state. More...

Cutting caffeine may help control diabetes

Caffeine from coffee, tea or soft drinks interferes with sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Details...

Brown rice lowers risk of diabetes

A simple change in your diet can now lower your cholesterol level and protect you against cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and breast and colon cancer. Details...

Diabetes study has surprising results

The doctors' challenge: explain to 21 million Americans with diabetes how they might be affected by a major study's surprise discovery that lower blood sugar levels are linked to greater numbers of deaths. Details...

Cure hope over diabetes therapy

A pioneering treatment for diabetes is being rolled out across the country with experts believing it could eventually lead to a cure.

Six centres are receiving nearly £10m of government funding to offer transplants of insulin-producing cells.

The technique has been used on a handful of patients already to reduce the risks of coma-inducing blood sugar attacks in people with type 1 diabetes. Details...

Study: Cinnamon Helps Lower Blood Sugar

Soaring blood sugar, diabetes and high cholesterol are all words most people don't want to hear, but what if you could manage them simply by eating a common spice?

Barry Ballow said he is currently full of energy, but it hasn't always been that way. He said he struggled with his blood sugar for years, and then his doctor told him he was a diabetic. Details...

Type 1 Diabetes: Calvin's War

Low-Carb Diets Better Than Low-Fat Diets at Preventing Diabetes

A diet low in carbohydrates but high in animal fat and protein doesn't seem to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, a new study claims.
"One study is never enough to change a recommendation, but this study is interesting in that it shows that a low-fat diet is no better than a low-carbohydrate diet in preventing type 2 diabetes," said Thomas Halton, lead author of a study in the current issue of theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "The one diet that did seem to show a protective effect was a vegetable-based, low-carb diet which consisted of higher amounts of vegetable fat and vegetable protein, and lower amounts of carbohydrate." Details...

Major diabetes, heart disease study halted after deaths

WASHINGTON — The government abruptly halted aggressive treatment in a major study of diabetes and heart disease after a surprising number of deaths among patients who pushed their blood sugar to near normal levels, findings that call into question a growing movement in diabetes care.

Wednesday's move doesn't affect health guidelines for most Type 2 diabetics, but it raises concern about a particularly vulnerable group: Patients at especially high risk of heart attack or stroke. Details...

Pumping iron 'may prevent diabetes'

Pumping iron could play a previously unrecognised role in preventing obesity and diabetes, new research has suggested.

Scientists made the surprise discovery that body builders' "type II" muscle helps to reprogramme the whole body's metabolism, suggesting resistance training may be part of the answer to keeping the nation trim.

It had been widely assumed that only aerobic endurance exercise, such as running or swimming, had any significant influence on the body's energy balance. Details...

Cutting Caffeine Could Help Control Diabetes

Rates of obesity have been rising in the United States and Western Europe for the past few decades. But in recent years, people in other parts of the world are becoming obese as well — places such as Australia, India, China and Southeast Asia. And, as Rose Hoban reports, with the rise of obesity has come an increase in Type 2 diabetes. Details...

Bigger Breasted Women More Vulnerable to Diabetes, Says Canadian Study

A Canadian study asserts that girls and young women with big breasts run a 68-percent greater chance of acquiring diabetes by middle age than their smaller-breasted peers.

However, concerned that the finding might inspire some women to seek out breast reductions, researchers emphasize that their conclusion is broad and preliminary. They say there are several other factors besides breast size that they must study before definitively linking size to increased vulnerability to diabetes. Details...

The facts on diabetes.

Diabetes is a condition where people don't produce enough insulin to meet their body's needs or their cells don't respond properly to insulin. Insulin is important because it moves glucose, a simple sugar, into the body's cells from the blood. It also has a number of other effects on metabolism. Details...

The Pre-Diabetes Danger

Diabetes is a disease that can silently ambush your health. If you are not aware of the early signs of diabetes you are setting yourself up for the fight of your life. Because recognizing the signs of diabetes is so ultra important you must become an expert at detecting the diabetes early warning signs and symptoms. Details...