News tagged with 'Diabetes'

Diabetes affects about 24 million Americans and is rising globally in developing nations. This published study finds lifestyle changes, diet and exercise, worked better than the popular prescription drug, metformin, to reverse diabetes.

Some glucose test strips cannot distinguish between blood glucose and other sugars. As a result, they reflect elevated readings potentially masking significant hypoglycemia. 13 deaths are reported to the FDA which advises avoiding monitors with the GDH-PQQ glucose test strips.

Metformin, the diabetes drug, may be useful to stop the reoccurence of cancer cells by starving them of sugar for growth.

President Obama is walking a tight rope with his approval ratings dropping, Republicans and Progressives are both expressing disapproval (for different reasons) in advance of his talk to the nation tonight.

Communities can play as important a role in combating obesity as individual choice, this report suggests.

While Americans debate health care, Americans are not as healthy as Britons, even those with insurance. Reforms may only deliver a 10 to 25 percent change in overall health.

The FDA is warning patients with diabetes that they may get an inaccurate reading of their blood sugar levels from certain glucose test strips when used with dialysis and immunoglobulins. 13 deaths have been reported to the FDA over the years.

One Panama City Beach, Florida public health doctor tried to get his healthy eating message across via electronic signs, but angered donut and hamburger vendors. Instead, he lost his job.

A new report by the CDC finds obesity rates are increasing or holding steady in some states, but did not drop in any single state. Find out obesity statistics in your state.

Americans in 23 states are reported to be fatter than they were one year ago, according to a new nationwide report. In Mississippi, nearly one-third of adults are considered obese and 44.4 percent of children ages 10 to 17. Where does your state rank? 

New research presented at the American Association of Diabetes conference this week suggests blood glucose and insulin sensitivity begins changing several years before the onset of diabetes.

On the day the Labor Department announced another half-million job losses, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health are releasing their findings about unemployment’s impact on health. Losing a job can translate into compromised health, researchers found, even if a new job is secured. 

Pfizer has paid $750 million to resolve 35,000 claims over its diabetes drug Rezulin which was withdrawn in 2000 after it was linked to 63 or more deaths from liver damage.

The FDA is warning against the sharing of insulin pens and cartridges after the practice at some Army hospitals apparently led to the sharing of blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis C.

New research links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar in teenagers, which can lead to early health problems. The "sunshine" vitamin is needed to keep bones strong, but recent research has linked vitamin D to other possible health benefits in both children and adults.