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The achievement was judged to be a major scientific breakthrough in the search for cures for a range of degenerative diseases including diabetes and Parkinson's. But the nine-member Seoul National University panel, which spent a month examining Dr Hwang's work, said in a statement on Tuesday: "The 2004 paper was written on fabricated data to show that the stem cells match the DNA of the provider although they didn't.". (Yahoo News -- Cloning)
Genotype Score and Prediction of Diabetes Nov 20, 2008
NEJM -- Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes ... Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes ... Background Multiple genetic loci have been convincingly associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Survival of head and neck cancer patients is greatly affected by coexisting ailments Nov 20, 2008
In a recent study, Piccirillo, director of the Clinical Outcomes Research Office at Washington University School of Medicine and professor of otolaryngology, showed that the risk of death increased up to seven-fold when patients with head and neck cancer developed new or more severe co-existing ailments such as heart problems, diabetes or lung disorders after cancer diagnosis ... Comorbid ailments in these patients included heart attack, coronary artery disease, tumors other than the primary... (EurekAlert!)
New insight into the controls on a go-to enzyme Nov 20, 2008
The downside of this broad set of responsibilities is that defective or overactive calpains have been linked to an array of disorders, including a form of muscular dystrophy, Type 2 diabetes, gastric cancers, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, cataracts, and the death of both heart muscle in heart attacks and of brain tissue in stroke and traumatic brain injury. "Our basic findings on calpain regulation could add useful pieces to the puzzles of these disorders and perhaps reveal targets for... (EurekAlert!)
American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 19, 2008 Nov 20, 2008
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Very low birth weight is a risk factor for 1 cause of CKD Nov 20, 2008
5 pounds) caused by prematurity or slow growth prior to birth is a risk factor for adult hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other diseases. However, its association with the development of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis has not been reported. (EurekAlert!)
Guerrilla Gardener: (Sweet) corn wars Nov 20, 2008
However, I believe you misunderstood my column - I was not suggesting HFCS "is a unique contributor to obesity and diabetes." I was conveying that HFCS is another sweetener that is pervasive in our diets (much like sugar) and is contributing to many of the health problems we see in the United States - Including obesity and diabetes. The intent of my column was not to damn HFCS but to make people aware that it is a hidden source of empty calories in the processed foods we eat - similar to sugar... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Bariatric Surgery Helps Future Pregnancies Nov 20, 2008
A review of previously published studies suggests that rates of adverse outcomes for mothers or pregnant women and newborn babies, such as gestational diabetes and low birth weight, may be lower after bariatric surgery compared with pregnant women who are obese, according to an article in the November 19 issue of JAMA. ... Gestational diabetes (0 percent vs. 22. (Newsmax)
Around Town -- Lend a hand to Marshfield YWCA Nov 20, 2008
The event was a benefit for the Joslin Diabetes Center, and featured a day on the links and gala dinner ... 8 million for Joslin Diabetes Center's efforts to improve the lives of the 24 million Americans with diabetes and to prevent and cure the disease. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Insulin spray for diabetes patients Nov 20, 2008
BANGALORE: Diabetes patients on insulin, suffering from acute injection phobia, have an alternative with the launch of Oral-Recosulin , a recombinant DNA human insulin buccal spray ... For the treatment of both Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, Oral-Recosulin can be used ... "Since India is globally recognised as the diabetes capital, it's an appropriate time to introduce pain-free Oral-Recosulin," said William D Abajian , Generex. (India Times, India)
Some Pregnancy-Related Complications Minimized for Women Who Have Had Weight-Loss Surgery Nov 19, 2008
Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Women who undergo weight-loss surgery, known as bariatric surgery, and later become pregnant after losing weight may be at lower risk for pregnancy-related diabetes and high blood pressure -- complications that can seriously affect the mother or her baby -- than pregnant women who are obese, according to new findings from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that are published in the November 19 issue of JAMA. ... In one study of laparoscopic gastric... (PR Newswire)
Diabetes could cost U.S. well over $218 billion Nov 19, 2008
17: Scientists have cured Type 1 diabetes in lab mice using drugs already on the market to treat cancer, a development that could have enormous implications for the more than one million diabetics in the U.S. NBC's Robert Bazell reports ... TRENTON, N.J. - As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world's most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone ... A new study, released Tuesday exclusively to The Associated Press, puts the... (MSNBC -- Health)
The growing problem Nov 19, 2008
But I think the trend says that over the next 10 to 15 years it will go from tobacco to obesity," says State Health Officer Doctor Don Williamson. Dr. Williamson calls childhood obesity the number one threat to the country's health care system and says children are now facing health issues that once only plagued adults. More chronic problems at an early age will result in the rising cost of health care, Williamson adds. "We are seeing an explosion of what use to be called adult onset diabetes,... (WSJA.com, AL)
Pilots bring hope, help to veterans in Alaska Nov 19, 2008
The next year, they flew a rural resident to Anchorage for emergency medical care, a visit that also resulted in diagnoses -- and later treatment -- of diabetes and post-traumatic stress disorder. Now 69, Bailey last year received the Governor's Veterans Advocacy Award for his "outstanding volunteer service.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Burlington, Vt., is healthiest city, CDC says Nov 19, 2008
It s also among the best in exercise and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and other measures of ill health, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This New England city of 40,000, on the shores of Lake Champlain, is in some ways similar to the unhealthiest city Huntington. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism Nov 19, 2008
Once considered rare, autism is now more prevalent than juvenile diabetes, childhood cancer and pediatric AIDS combined and affects one of every 150 children and one of every 94 boys. "Virtually everyone in California knows a family member, friend, co-worker or neighbor struggling with challenges surrounding autism and its related problems," Sen. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
Kidney disease takes a growing toll Nov 19, 2008
Miller, who has since moved to Connecticut to be with her children, was one of the millions of Americans unaware that they are suffering from chronic kidney disease, which is caused in most cases by uncontrolled hypertension (as in her case) or diabetes, and is often asymptomatic until its later stages ... " Concerned about the emerging picture, federal health officials have started pilot programs to bolster public awareness, increase epidemiologic surveillance and expand efforts to screen those... (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Trial finds no benefits from vitamins C and E in cutting risk of heart disease Nov 19, 2008
GESTATIONAL DIABETES The condition that develops when women cannot produce enough insulin during pregnancy, gestational diabetes, has been linked to problems in their children, including a higher risk of obesity and diabetes. Now a study finds that these children are about twice as likely as others to have language delays. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
How widely suitable are statin drugs? Nov 19, 2008
In the statin group, 3 percent of the people developed diabetes during the study period, compared with 2. 4 percent in the placebo group. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
How to be a smart diabetic Nov 19, 2008 Pot belly linked to heart disease Nov 19, 2008 Weight-loss surgery helps with pregnancy: study Nov 19, 2008 Ginkgo biloba doesn't prevent dementia, study finds Nov 19, 2008 Prostate Cancer Drugs May Pose Danger Nov 19, 2008 Unions accuse CVS Caremark of pushing Merck drug Nov 19, 2008 Union group speaks out against CVS practices Nov 19, 2008 Sanofi best-sellers help lift net profit in 3Q Nov 19, 2008 Wyeth latest drugmaker to narrow focus of research Nov 19, 2008 Crestor Study Will Boost Statin Demand Nov 19, 2008 AstraZeneca's Crestor cuts deaths and heart attacks Nov 19, 2008 Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Nov 19, 2008 Fighting the MSG curse Nov 19, 2008 Recreating that flab-u-less silhouette Nov 19, 2008 Why HIV Treatment Makes People So Susceptible To Heart Disease And Diabetes Nov 19, 2008 Two Cancer Drugs Prevent, Reverse Type 1 Diabetes, Animal Study Shows Nov 19, 2008 Heart Failure Hospitalization Rates Rise Among Nation's Seniors Nov 19, 2008 Arsenic Linked To Cardiovascular Disease At EPA-regulated Drinking Water Standards Nov 19, 2008 Editor's Mailbag (Nov. 13) Nov 19, 2008 Diabetes: Diagnosis spurred Canton woman to healthier habits, life Nov 19, 2008 Medtronic earnings fall on charges Nov 19, 2008 The wrong place to be chronically ill Nov 19, 2008 Watch that waistline; a gain Nov 19, 2008 Author, area groups promote local foods Nov 19, 2008 Cholesterol Matters to Your Heart Nov 19, 2008 Taking the First Steps toward Better Health Nov 19, 2008 Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Boost Your Memory Nov 19, 2008 Offended moms get tweet revenge over Motrin ads Nov 19, 2008 Study: Cost of diabetes $218B Nov 19, 2008 Taking health care on the road Nov 19, 2008 Brain slows at 40 and starts body’s decline Nov 19, 2008 Overweight 'higher asthma risk' Nov 19, 2008 Weight Loss Wednesday: Fiber pill could be weight loss wonder drug Nov 19, 2008 Exercise plus sleep lower cancer risk in women Nov 19, 2008 Weight-loss surgery saves lives, studies find Nov 19, 2008 Gene 'controls body fat levels' Nov 19, 2008 All about the flu clinic Nov 19, 2008 Study: Diabetes' annual financial toll as much as $218 billion Nov 19, 2008 Diabetes: Diagnosis spurred Canton woman to healthier habits, life Nov 19, 2008 Questions on Steroids, Health Care Reform, and the 'Nocebo' Effect Nov 19, 2008 Study: Vitamins E and C Fail to Prevent Cancer in Men Nov 19, 2008 Gingko biloba doesn't block Alzheimer's Nov 19, 2008 Bullying devastates lives -- until victims find ways to heal Nov 19, 2008 Triathletes Don't Let Diabetes Stop Them Nov 19, 2008 Shots All Around! Nov 19, 2008 JDRF funded research shows promise for prevention, reversal of type 1 diabetes Nov 19, 2008 Dental association launches education campaign Nov 19, 2008 Diabetes Drugs May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk Nov 19, 2008 Heartless cancer conwoman walks free Nov 19, 2008 The need to combine social and health policy Nov 18, 2008 Is your parent overmedicated? Nov 18, 2008 Healthiest, Unhealthiest Cities Nov 18, 2008 Focus on eating healthy this holiday Nov 18, 2008 The Importance of Eye Exams for Those with Diabetes Nov 18, 2008 California Democrats push bills to fight spread of autism Nov 18, 2008 How to be a smart diabetic Nov 18, 2008 Health & Fitness Snapshots Nov 18, 2008 Summary for Patients Nov 18, 2008 Pot belly linked to heart disease Nov 18, 2008 Burlington, Vermont Is Americas Healthiest City Nov 18, 2008 Prostate Cancer Drugs May Pose Danger Nov 18, 2008 Union group speaks out against CVS practices Nov 18, 2008 Unions accuse CVS Caremark of pushing Merck drug Nov 18, 2008 Crestor Study Will Boost Statin Demand Nov 18, 2008 Sanofi best-sellers help lift net profit in 3Q Nov 18, 2008
Doctors have to call diabetes a disease ... If you are in the midst of a crisis at home or at work, delay switching to a new diabetes- management routine, such as changing the way you take insulin, until you can focus your attention on your new daily steps ... Travel with an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, remembering that some supplies you use to manage your diabetes, such as those that are disposable for an insulin pump, come from a single source or are just items that are hard to find.... (Montana Standard, MT)
Health & Fitness Snapshots Nov 19, 2008
They are known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's and diabetes, which also comes with a risk of dementia. Stay socially and physically active, and exercise your brain regularly with crossword puzzles, word games, chess and other activities that require critical thinking. (Montana Standard, MT)
And even when other risk factors such as blood pressure, diabetes and age were taken into account, the link remained strong. Professor James de Lemos, who led the research, said: "Fat that accumulates around your waist seems to be more biologically active as it secretes inflammatory proteins that contribute to atherosclerotic plaque build-up, whereas fat around your hips doesn't appear to increase risk for cardiovascular disease at all. "We think the key message for people is to prevent... (Yahoo News -- Heart Disease & Cardiovascular Disorders)
While losing weight naturally is preferable, weight-loss surgery does reduce the risks of pregnancy-related problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure that can harm the mother and her newborn, said the RAND researchers who analyzed data from 75 earlier studies. The risks of premature delivery, having a low birth weight baby, or delivering an exceedingly large-bodied baby were reduced for women who had bariatric surgery compared to obese women, the report published in the Journal of the... (Reuters)
Alzheimer's passed diabetes two years ago as the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "No one is more disappointed that we didn't have any traction in slowing down the disease than the group that did the study," said Dr. Steven T. DeKosky, the neurologist who led the clinical trial. (Los Angeles Times)
Study Finds Common Therapy Might Increase Risks of Heart Disease, Diabetes ... Drugs commonly used to treat prostate cancer may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, indicating the treatments should be used more judiciously, researchers reported yesterday ... To investigate whether that may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, researchers analyzed data collected in the 1990s from more than 70,000 men with prostate cancer that had not spread or had just begun to spread, and... (Yahoo News -- Prostate Cancer)
NEW YORK A coalition of labor unions that has been a thorn in the side of CVS Caremark Corp. is accusing the drugstore chain's pharmacy benefits unit of violating the privacy of plan members and trying to get doctors to switch patients to an expensive diabetes drug. At issue is a mailing sent by Caremark and paid for by drugmaker Merck and Co. to doctors who treat Caremark patients with type 2 diabetes ... Patients whose doctors were targeted in the mailing were using only metformin, an older... (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
One of the issues that Change to Win is highlighting is a letter CVS sent to doctors earlier this year suggesting that they consider prescribing Merck 9;s Januvia as an additional therapy for adults with type 2 diabetes ... The letter, customized for each doctor, used Caremark data to identify individual patients who might be candidates for the Merck drug, which is more expensive than many other diabetes medications. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
PARIS French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis said Friday that higher sales of blood thinners Lovenox and Plavix and diabetes treament Lantus helped lift net profit by 1 ... New insights on diabetes management For healthcare professionals only. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
The six areas of focus now are vaccines; cancer; inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and severe asthma; metabolic conditions including diabetes and obesity; musculoskeletal disorders such as arthritis and spinal fractures; and neuroscience, including treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, depression, schizophrenia and chronic pain. "We believe that we need more depth within these areas and more broadening within a focused disease area to ... identify unique targets... (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
There was a small increase in diabetes in the Crestor group, an effect observed in most statins, and one case of rhabdomyolysis, a rare and dangerous muscle disease also associated with statin use. The statin group had a lower rate of cancer, but Tonkin said there would need to be a 5-to-20-year follow-up to accurately determine the risk of increased cancer. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Incidence of physician-reported diabetes was higher in the Crestor group -- 245 versus 196 -- a finding researchers said was consistent with other statin studies. But incidence of cancer and cancer deaths were lower in the Crestor group -- 298 and 35 for Crestor, compared with 314 and 58 on placebo. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
A young man with severe diabetes. They were not even alive when a deadly cloud of chemicals escaped from the Union Carbide plant. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
Some researchers and medical practitioners, seeing adults and children suffering from allergies and asthma, have surmised that MSG-loaded food triggers addictive eating disorders, particularly snacking, which in turn leads to obesity, diabetes, hypertension and emotional disorders such as depression. Clinical nutritionist Lanny Christiawati Salim, who is also head of nutrition at Pondok Indah hospital in South Jakarta, blamed tomato ketchup and chips for causing normal kids to develop a cough,... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
While age is not a major issue, older patients tend to have skin that is less elastic, hence the result will not be as good in comparison to younger patients with tighter skin," Chan says. Patients suffering from diabetes, poor blood circulation, serious heart or lung disease and those who have recently had surgery near the area to be sculpted are at greater risk of complications and should think twice before opting for such a procedure. "We do a pre-op workout for the patient. measure and weigh... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
18, 2008) Clinicians have known for some time that people treated for HIV also become much more susceptible to diabetes and heart disease ... Associate Professor Katherine Samaras, Head of Garvan s Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Research Group and senior endocrinologist at St Vincent's Hospital, has demonstrated that inflammation (typically associated with immune function) plays a much greater role than previously suspected ... We think that in some way anti-retroviral drugs influence fat cells,... (Science Daily)
18, 2008) Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. The drugs imatinib (marketed as Gleevec) and sunitinib (marketed as Sutent) were found to put type 1 diabetes into remission in 80 percent of the test mice and work permanently in 80 percent of those that go into remission ... The findings may offer a new weapon against this autoimmune... (Science Daily)
These risk factors include high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, valvular heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity and lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, physical inactivity and fatty food intake. Efforts also should be made to prevent chronic kidney disease and pneumonia as they contribute to heart failure as well, Liu said. (Science Daily)
18, 2008) When mice are exposed to arsenic at federally-approved levels for drinking water, pores in liver blood vessels close, potentially leading to cardiovascular disease, say University of Pittsburgh researchers in the Dec. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, available online Nov. 13. The study, while preliminary, also reveals how an enzyme linked to hypertension and atherosclerosis alters cells, and may call into question current Environmental Protection Agency standards that... (Science Daily)
Thanks to my 35 years of smoking, I had developed emphysema, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and Type 2 diabetes, but by changing my lifestyle and diet, and taking my drugs regularly, I was feeling good and had everything under control. Then my wife lost her job and the insurance. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Diabetes spurred Canton woman to healthier habits, life ... A diagnosis of diabetes initially frightened Katrina Johnson, but the fear soon incited her to launch a new life ... Lifting weights is part of an exercise regimen Katrina Johnson began after being told she had diabetes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sales in its cardiovascular, neuromodulation, spinal, diabetes and surgical technologies businesses also increased during the quarter. Spinal products sales increased 26 percent to $829 million, though the majority of that increase was driven by the company s acquisition of Kyphon. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
The Commonwealth Fund's survey of 7,500 patients in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Britain and the United States focused on patients who suffered from at least one of seven chronic conditions: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, lung problems, cancer or depression. The care they received in America - or more often did not receive - ought to be a cause for shame. (International Herald Tribune)
Excess belly fat is especially worrisome because studies have linked it to greater risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia ... Girths greater than 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men signal high risk for diabetes and heart disease, according to U.S. guidelines. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
He cited medical consensus that this diet causes the so-called Western diseases - obesity, heart disease, type II diabetes and some cancers. "We are at a fork in the road when it comes to eating, and that's not a pun," he said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
For those people with heart disease or a disease that puts them at high risk (such as diabetes), the recommended LDL cholesterol levels are below 100 mg/dL. Further reductions to 70 mg/dL are optimal and may be beneficial for those at particularly high risk. To control your cholesterol levels, you should limit your intake of foods that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol, such as fatty meats and whole milk. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
org/go/healthierlifesteps, you'll find free tools and tip sheets to help you partner with your physician to improve the key health behaviors that have been linked to an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and many other conditions ... "Living a healthier lifestyle not only greatly reduces the risk for chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease, but it makes you feel better so you have more energy to go out and enjoy life with your loved ones," Rohack says. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
It can also lower the risk for diseases that can lead to memory loss, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Your doctor can help you develop an exercise regime that's best for you. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
No. 7-10: Diabetes, Obama and mental health. DAILY HEALTH BLOG. (USA Today -- Money)
Study: Cost of diabetes $218B - USATODAY.com ... Study: Cost of diabetes $218B ... No. 7-10: Diabetes, Obama and mental health. (USA Today -- News)
We ll be seeing patients and doing screenings for chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and hypertension, she said. And we will be determining which areas have the most need. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Keeping active and treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes already are deemed important for good brain health. But physical and mental activity also may stimulate myelin repair, while unused neural pathways wouldn t send out a ``help signal, he says. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
They said obesity was well-established as a risk factor for diabetes and heart disease, and that asthma could now been added to that list ... Obesity is a well-established risk factor for diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease and arthritis ... "If significant weight loss could be achieved in the population of overweight and obese individuals, it could be estimated that the number of new asthma cases could fall significantly. "Obesity is a well-established risk factor for diabetes, stroke,... (Yahoo News -- Allergies and Asthma)
It was a natural plant product that doctors were using to help control blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes ... "The physiology of obesity is beautiful. Nature built in a system so that we would over consume when food was plentiful, he says. So the doctors say they have found something that can fool the body and brain into thinking that you've eaten enough. It's a plant fiber called Konjac-mannan. They have put it in the PGX daily soft gels and Slim Styles powder mix with PGX. When mixed... (WWLTV.com, LA)
Even short periods of sleep deprivation can promote glucose intolerance, increasing a person's risk for diabetes. It can also cause imbalances in ghrelin and leptin hormone levels -- which regulate appetite -- prompting people to overeat and gain weight. (CNN -- Health)
Researchers already knew that bariatric surgery sharply reduced diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol, in addition to improving appearance and quality of life ... Guidelines call for a prospective patient to have a body mass index, or BMI, of 40, or a BMI of 35 and at least one other condition, such as diabetes or hypertension ... If you have a BMI of 33 and have hypertension and diabetes, that is not much different from having a BMI of 40, and there is a real benefit to be had from... (Yahoo News -- Obesity)
If the same effect could be achieved in humans, which also carry the gene, it is hoped it could lead to new ways to fight obesity and diabetes ... Lead researcher Dr Jonathan Graff said: "From worms to mammals, this gene controls fat formation. "It could explain why so many people struggle to lose weight, and suggests an entirely new direction for developing medical treatments that address the current epidemic of diabetes and obesity ... However, they were leaner, had diabetes-resistant fat... (Yahoo News -- Obesity)
Persons who have chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension), renal, hepatic, hematological or metabolic disorders (including diabetes mellitus). Persons who have immunosuppression (including immunosuppression caused by medications or by human immunodeficiency virus). (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Study puts diabetes annual financial toll at $218 billion ... As diabetes is rapidly becoming one of the world s most common diseases, its financial cost is mounting, too, to well over $200 billion a year in the U.S. alone ... A new study, released Tuesday exclusively to The Associated Press, puts the total at $218 billion last year the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes, according to Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S, which paid for the study. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Diabetes spurred Canton woman to healthier habits, life ... A diagnosis of diabetes initially frightened Katrina Johnson, but the fear soon incited her to launch a new life ... Lifting weights is part of an exercise regimen Katrina Johnson began after being told she had diabetes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
The number of Americans suffering from chronic kidney disease, which is caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure and diabetes, has increased to 26 million, up from about 20 million a decade ago, The New York Times reports. One cause, according to researchers: the U.S. population is aging and becoming increasingly obese. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
After following 35,000 men taking selenium and vitamin E, investigators halted their trial because no benefit was seen and in some supplement users there appeared to be a slight increase in the risk of cancer or diabetes. An author of the current study, an abstract of which was presented on Monday at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Washington, D.C., said his trial found neither risk nor benefit to use of the vitamins. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
No. 7-10: Diabetes, Obama and mental health ... He says controlling blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol may help because cardiovascular risk factors are linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer's. (USA Today)
No. 7-10: Diabetes, Obama and mental health. By Janet Kornblum, USA TODAY Kathy Shedd had red hair. (USA Today)
Exercise Becomes Part Of Diabetes Management ... When Peter Nerothin was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he found his passion ... "To be honest, I felt like I had something to prove to people," said Nerothin, who found an innovative way of continuing extreme sports while battling type 1 diabetes. (Click2Houston, TX)
People with chronic illnesses like asthma, heart disease, or diabetes are also at higher risk for severe illness and death. So, the first flu-immunization campaigns focused on the elderly and on patients with significant chronic diseases. (Slate)
New York, NY, November 18, 2008 -- Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have reported that two common cancer drugs have been used to block and reverse type 1 diabetes in mice ... D., director of the Diabetes Center at UCSF and an expert in the field of autoimmunity ... "The findings suggest that kinase inhibitors successfully used in cancer may provide an important new therapeutic approach for treatment of new onset type 1 diabetes and potentially other autoimmune... (EurekAlert!)
He says that people may be surprised to hear that an unhealthy mouth may cause or contribute to such serious medical problems as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Drugs used to control diabetes may lower the risk of prostate cancer, investigators at the University of Tampere in Finland report ... "It is currently unclear whether use of antidiabetic medication affects the association between diabetes and prostate cancer." ... Oral diabetes drugs were used by 7. (Newsmax)
Jaimi Lyn Carlin, 30, told a man she met on the internet that she had ovarian cancer and needed money to treat her life-threatening diabetes ... The court heard the man wanted an affair but Ms Carlin told him that she was having chemotherapy and asked him to pay almost $20,000 for an operation to implant an insulin pump for her type-1 diabetes. (NEWS.com.au)
"Just like smoking and diabetes, lack of health insurance is an early death sentence," said Sarah Burd-Sharps, a former UN administrator and co-author of "The Measure of America." Every rich nation in the world except ours has figured out how to provide health coverage to virtually every citizen - and at far lower cost per capita. Next, as do most European and Scandinavian countries, weigh the health consequences of policies in taxation, business development, transportation, housing,... (Boston Globe)
A partial list: two blood pressure medications, four for asthma, a cholesterol-lowering statin, and several others to treat her diabetes, fibromyalgia, depression, fatigue, and acid reflux. I assumed that, to coordinate this chemical assault upon her ailments, my mom's doctors talked to each other regularly, that her internist was closely monitoring her medications to prevent any dangerous interactions, and that every pill Mom popped was part of a carefully crafted treatment plan. (MSNBC -- Health)
Burlington was also among the best in exercise and among the lowest in such measures of ill health as obesity and diabetes ... Huntington leads in a half-dozen other illness measures, too, including heart disease and diabetes ... "They may be at the very top, but obesity and diabetes trends are very similar" in many other communities, particularly in the South, Thorpe said. (KSBW 8, CA)
- Joan Pleuss, R.D., C.D.E., a registered dietician, certified diabetes educator, and Senior Research Dietician in the General Clinical Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, notes that alcohol is an appetite stimulant. She suggests sipping slowly or having a non-alcoholic drink instead. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
(ARA) - Nearly 23 million Americans are affected by diabetes and, of these people, one-third, or almost 6 million, are unaware that they have the disease. Undiagnosed, diabetes can result in vision impairment, a frequent complication of both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and blindness ... An optometrist is an important member of the diabetes health care team. (Pekin Times, IL)
Once considered rare, autism is now more prevalent than juvenile diabetes, childhood cancer and pediatric AIDS combined and affects one of every 150 children and one of every 94 boys. "Virtually everyone in California knows a family member, friend, co-worker or neighbor struggling with challenges surrounding autism and its related problems," Sen. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
Doctors have to call diabetes a disease ... If you are in the midst of a crisis at home or at work, delay switching to a new diabetes- management routine, such as changing the way you take insulin, until you can focus your attention on your new daily steps ... Travel with an overdeveloped sense of responsibility, remembering that some supplies you use to manage your diabetes, such as those that are disposable for an insulin pump, come from a single source or are just items that are hard to find.... (Montana Standard, MT)
They are known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's and diabetes, which also comes with a risk of dementia. Stay socially and physically active, and exercise your brain regularly with crossword puzzles, word games, chess and other activities that require critical thinking. (Montana Standard, MT)
Motivational Enhancement Therapy with and without Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Treat Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial -- Ismail et al. 149 (10): 708 -- Annals of Internal Medicine ... Psychological Therapy to Improve Control of Type 1 Diabetes ... The summary below is from the full report titled "Motivational Enhancement Therapy with and without Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Treat Type 1 Diabetes. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 18 November 2008 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume... (Annals of Internal Medicine)
And even when other risk factors such as blood pressure, diabetes and age were taken into account, the link remained strong. Professor James de Lemos, who led the research, said: "Fat that accumulates around your waist seems to be more biologically active as it secretes inflammatory proteins that contribute to atherosclerotic plaque build-up, whereas fat around your hips doesn't appear to increase risk for cardiovascular disease at all. "We think the key message for people is to prevent... (Yahoo News -- Heart Disease & Cardiovascular Disorders)
The CDC also discovered that the residents of Burlington have low levels of obesity and diabetes ... 22% suffer from heart disease and 13% have diabetes and 50 percent of seniors have lost all their teeth. (That Happened!)
Study Finds Common Therapy Might Increase Risks of Heart Disease, Diabetes ... Drugs commonly used to treat prostate cancer may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, indicating the treatments should be used more judiciously, researchers reported yesterday ... To investigate whether that may increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes, researchers analyzed data collected in the 1990s from more than 70,000 men with prostate cancer that had not spread or had just begun to spread, and... (Yahoo News -- Prostate Cancer)
One of the issues that Change to Win is highlighting is a letter CVS sent to doctors earlier this year suggesting that they consider prescribing Merck 9;s Januvia as an additional therapy for adults with type 2 diabetes ... The letter, customized for each doctor, used Caremark data to identify individual patients who might be candidates for the Merck drug, which is more expensive than many other diabetes medications. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
NEW YORK A coalition of labor unions that has been a thorn in the side of CVS Caremark Corp. is accusing the drugstore chain's pharmacy benefits unit of violating the privacy of plan members and trying to get doctors to switch patients to an expensive diabetes drug. At issue is a mailing sent by Caremark and paid for by drugmaker Merck and Co. to doctors who treat Caremark patients with type 2 diabetes ... Patients whose doctors were targeted in the mailing were using only metformin, an older... (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
There was a small increase in diabetes in the Crestor group, an effect observed in most statins, and one case of rhabdomyolysis, a rare and dangerous muscle disease also associated with statin use. The statin group had a lower rate of cancer, but Tonkin said there would need to be a 5-to-20-year follow-up to accurately determine the risk of increased cancer. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
PARIS French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis said Friday that higher sales of blood thinners Lovenox and Plavix and diabetes treament Lantus helped lift net profit by 1. 9 percent in the third quarter. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
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