Diabetes News

Diabetes Medication: More Harm than Good? Reported December 04, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A medication for diabetics may do more harm than good. Doctors are concerned rosiglitazone may increase older patients’ risk of death and heart failure. A black box warning was recently added to two drugs, rosiglitazone and pioglitazone hydrochloride, cautioning patients with heart … [Read more...]

Diabetes Risks Could Start in the WombReported May 12, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Babies with low birth weight caused by intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) are at risk for developing adult-onset, type 2 diabetes. Using a rat model, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found the expression of a gene that is critical for proper functioning of the … [Read more...]

Discovery Could Lead to Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes Reported February 24, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new scientific discovery could one day lead to the prevention of type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have … [Read more...]

Drugs, Surgery Produce Similar Death Rates in Diabetics With Heart Disease Reported June 09, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For patients with both Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, choosing drug therapy or surgery produces similar death rates, according to a new international, multicenter study. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health … [Read more...]

Genetic Screening for Diabetes? Reported November 24, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Using genetics to predict type 2 diabetes may not be as big of a breakthrough as researchers hoped -- at least not yet. Although recent research has identified 18 gene variants that increase an individual’s risk for type 2 diabetes, a recently published New England Journal of … [Read more...]

Diabetes a bigger heart disease risk for women than for menJuly 12, 2007 Women with diabetes have a significantly greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) than men with diabetes, researchers reported today at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. Diabetes is a well-established … [Read more...]

Diagnosed Pre-Diabetes Could Slow Disease DownReported August 30, 2007 Before being diagnosed with diabetes, many patients have unknowingly passed through a stage known as pre-diabetes -- which may have provided a window of opportunity to stop or at least slow the disease. In this week's Dealing with Diabetes report, Eye on Health takes a look at why that opportunity is so … [Read more...]

Medicine's Next Big Thing: Body Enhancers Reported February 7, 2007 Medicine's Next Big Thing: Body EnhancersPITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than 21 million Americans are living with diabetes, and nearly 5 million Americans have a failing heart. Soon, two scientific breakthroughs could change … [Read more...]

Obesity Rates Based on Ethnicity Reported April 08, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Obesity rates may be affected by a child's ethnicity and race starting as early as four years old. New research suggests American Indian and Native Alaskan children are twice as likely to be obese than children who are white or Asian. The study also shows whites and Asians have a lower risk of … [Read more...]

Pregnancy Diet May Predict Obesity Reported November 13, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Mothers who eat a high-fat diet during pregnancy may increase the likelihood of their child being overweight. Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York discovered that rats that were given a high-fat diet during pregnancy showed permanent changes in their offspring’s brain that lead … [Read more...]

Size Of Fat Cells And Waist Size Predict Type 2 Diabetes In Women   Reported September 11, 2009 When it comes to assessing risk for type 2 diabetes, not only do waistlines matter to women, but so does the size of their fat cells. This new discovery by a team of Swedish researchers was just published online in the FASEB … [Read more...]

Turn off the TV to Prevent Diabetes Reported December 24, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Looking for a simple way to prevent diabetes? Turn off the TV and put on your walking shoes. Type 2 diabetes impacts 20.6 million Americans, and African-American women make up a significant percentage of that population. A new study suggests if those women would reduce the time they spent … [Read more...]

Weight Gain During Pregnancy Reported November 01, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Gaining too much weight during pregnancy may be harder on your baby than you think. A new report from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research shows those extra pounds can nearly double the risk of having a heavy baby. The study looked at more than 40,000 women who gave birth in … [Read more...]