Diabetes News
Reuters provides weekly articles about diabetes. Check back with us often to find out what's new in the world of diabetes.
July 2008
- Gestational diabetes raises risk of type 2 diabetes
- Studies show exercise boon for obesity, diabetes
- Sugary drinks boost black women's diabetes risk
- Dual diabetes drugs help stave off Alzheimer's
- Diabetes may threaten tuberculosis control efforts
- Artificial pancreas just years away, experts say
- Low-fat diets per se do not curb diabetes risk
- Statins may protect against memory loss: study
- Special sex ed course effective for diabetic girls
- Gum disease tied to diabetes risk
- Low-fat milk recommended for some toddlers
- Mom's diabetes tied to early diabetes in offspring
- Limit sucrose as painkiller for newborns: study
- Marriage weakens high blood sugar-hostility link
- Epilepsy drug eases diabetic neuropathy pain
- Alternatives to low-fat diets just as effective
- Diabetes makes people more vulnerable to TB: study
- Men may need to work harder to cut diabetes risk
- Diabetic foot ulcers often have poor outcomes
- Fruit juice tied to modest rise in diabetes risk
- Type 2 diabetes epidemic seen looming
- Liver protein linked to diabetes in older adults
- Heart failure outcomes worse in diabetics: study
- Vitamins block post-meal grogginess in diabetics
- US advisers urge higher bar for new diabetes drugs
- Tougher U.S. rules for diabetes drugs debated
June 2008
- Fatty liver in kids tied to metabolic syndrome
- Pros and cons of the Pill tricky for black women
- Diabetes linked to cognitive decline in seniors
- Poor diabetes control may put elderly at risk for TB
- Diabetes vaccine shows promise in mice: study
- New US estimates show diabetes affects 24 million
- Enhanced depression care advised for very ill diabetics
- [CLIN] - Rate and degree of weight loss after gastric bypass governs diabetes outcome
- Many diabetic Latinas lack nutrition knowledge
- Testosterone gel benefits some men with diabetes
- Obesity surgery for diabetes is a tough sell
- Herpes may trigger unusual form of diabetes-study
- Diabetes linked to depression risk and vice versa
- Hearing often impaired in adults with diabetes
- Diabetes, heart risk lower with newer antipsychotic
- Type 2 diabetes screening not recommended in most cases
- Doctors play a part in racial disparities in diabetes
- Diabetic weight-loss plan yields long-term success
- Sanofi's Acomplia drug helps in diabetes -study
- Blood test recommended for diabetes screening
- Weight gain no big deal in type 1 diabetes: study
- New diabetes type 2 drug shows promise in study
- Saxagliptin effective and safe for diabetes type 2
- Cancer warning added to diabetic foot gel
- CORRECTION: Men and women may metabolize fructose differently
- Tight glucose control cuts risk of diabetic kidney disease
- Mood hormone may affect fat, U.S. study finds
- Blood sugar level important in diabetes-free people
- Men and women may metabolize fructose differently
May 2008
- Mediterranean diet may also help stop diabetes
- Vitamin D for babies may prevent type 1 diabetes
- Kidney plus pancreas transplant best for diabetics
- Diabetes death risk higher in young adults
- Low-carb diets work for overweight diabetics
- Mild insulin pump-related skin problems common
- Lifestyle change may keep diabetes at bay
- Leg bypass surgery outcome poor in diabetics
- Chlorinated pesticides may raise diabetes risk
- Caffeine gives diabetic rats an erectile boost
- Blood test helps predict metabolic syndrome: study
- Erectile dysfunction predicts heart problems: study
- Chronic diseases top causes of deaths globally: WHO
- Diabetics' blood pressure often inadequately controlled
- Workplace programmes can improve health - study
- Drug adherence does not explain diabetes race gap
- Acid problem common at diabetes diagnosis in kids
- Poor quality of life linked to death from diabetes
- Half of diabetics in U.S. have arthritis, CDC says
- Common gene variants linked to obesity
- Mom's high normal blood sugar risky: study
- Metformin an option for pregnancy-related diabetes
- Scientists find something good about a big bottom
- Adult teeth may come in early in diabetic kids
- Obese moms-to-be have longer pregnancies
- Gestational diabetes linked to pre-pregnancy weight
- Researchers find gene defect that boosts glucose
April 2008
- Diabetes education linked to fewer hospitalizations
- More babies born to diabetic mothers: study
- Natural enzyme linked to heart risk in diabetics
- 'Low glycemic' diet helpful in diabetic youth
- Blood pressure in diabetic kids needs watching
- Soy protein beneficial in type 2 diabetics: study
- Bone biopsy can help treat diabetic foot infection
- Older diabetics struggle with blood sugar control
- Diet, exercise changes cut diabetes risk factors
- Diabetic eye disease may predict heart failure
- Inhaled insulin flops, but field may hold promise
- High blood glucose linked to reduced fracture risk
- Bitter melon has potent anti-diabetes effects
- Drug regime reverses heart disease in diabetics
- Inhaled insulin linked to lung cancer: Pfizer
- Low insulin linked to Alzheimer's disease risk
- Inhaled insulin increases lung cancer risk
- Seven or more eggs a week raises risk of death
- Gum disease linked with gestational diabetes risk
- Type 2 diabetes self-care challenging for teens
- Tai chi shows promise for managing diabetes
- Overeating to blame for insulin weight gain
- Fitness, body weight impact type 2 diabetes risk
- Diet drug misses mark in diabetes study
- Actos arrests heart disease in diabetics: study
- Avandia may help keep arteries clear after surgery
March 2008
- Researchers find six more diabetes genes: study
- Diabetes as risky as having a prior heart attack
- Exercise boosts peripheral insulin sensitivity diabetics
- Good diabetes foot care can prevent amputations
- Diabetes drugs may prevent psoriasis
- Metformin may delay diabetes onset in those at risk
- Two cholesterol drugs better than one for diabetics
- Diabetic men more prone to urinary woes
- Cognitive impairment may precede type 2 diabetes
- Heart patients with diabetes need extra care
- Diabetes complications may raise fall risk
- Adopting US diet unhealthy for diabetic Latinos
- Giving infants vitamin D may cut diabetes risk
- Breast-feeding seen to curb type 2 diabetes later
- Being underweight may raise diabetes risk
- Diabetes linked to endometrial cancer risk
- Not enough insulin may be deadly in diabetic women
- Parents often miss low blood sugar in diabetic kids
- Diabetes in pregnancy may cut breast cancer risk
- Workouts boost function of insulin-making cells
- Fat accumulation: a key factor in diabetes risk
- Diabetes type affects joint replacement outcomes
- Heavy Hispanic kids at risk for diabetes, heart disease
- Male nurse murdered patients with insulin
- Light therapy doesn't ease diabetic nerve damage
Fabruary 2008
- Test helps diabetics detect nerve trouble
- Indian herb may help diabetics control blood sugar
- Chinese gene experts search for diabetes answers
- Older diabetics at risk of physical disabilities
- Diabetes in pregnancy ups children's diabetes risk
- Higher heart rate signals later diabetes risk
- A1C test not accurate for diabetics on dialysis
- Insulin-secreting cells produced by stem cells
- Cortisol underlies diabetes-related mental woes
- Vildagliptin improves control of type 2 diabetes
- Genes that conquered cold blamed for fat
- Salsalate cuts blood sugar levels in obese adults
- Study catches picture of deadly cancer enzyme
- International diabetes study contradicts US trial
- Heart disease incidence may be on the rise: study
- Docs can help diabetics make lifestyle changes
- Just how low should blood sugar go?
- Intensive intervention benefits type 2 diabetics
January 2008
- Outpatient care improves kidney patients' survival
- Costs for elderly diabetics on the rise in the U.S.
- Exercise reverses weight gain from antipsychotics
- Caffeine raises blood sugar level in diabetics
- Heavy drinking in youth tied to heart risks later
- Scientists find pancreatic stem cells in mice
- EU experts add new warnings to Glaxo's Avandia
- Obesity surgery may offer type 2 diabetes cure
- High blood pressure predicts diabetes in women
- REFILE: Depression common among adults with diabetes
- Diabetes narrows gender gap in heart disease death
- Diabetes plus Alzheimer's gene ups dementia risk
- Depression common among adults with diabetes
- Heart risk factor control worse in diabetic women
- Statins seen beneficial for nearly all diabetics
- US diabetes care may be improving "dramatically"
- Low glucose most likely in early diabetic pregnancy
- Findings show how alcohol lowers blood sugar
- Metformin helps with antipsychotic weight loss
- Blood sugar control improved in U.S. diabetics
- Cinnamon does not control blood sugar or fat levels
- Neighborhood linked to diabetes risk factor
- Sirolimus stent best for diabetic heart disease
- Program lowers mortality in depressed diabetics