Nearly 50 per cent of Americans are concerned that they may develop
diabetes according to results released this week, yet many are
doing little to lower their risk. Many are however optimistic about
scientists' chances of finding...
Both soy supplements and hormone replacement therapy appear to
improve risk factors for heart disease in women with diabetes,
according to a report on two new studies published this week. The
findings present conflicting evidence...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Diabetes UK have issued a
joint statement condemning foods which claim to be suitable for
diabetics as of no real benefit.
Many obese children and adolescents have impaired glucosetolerance,
a condition that often appears before thedevelopment of type 2
diabetes, according to researchersfrom the US.
Researchers in the US have successfully used the hormone leptin to
treat patients suffering from lipodystrophy, a rare and
difficult-to-treat disorder that shares some of thecharacteristics
of typical type 2 diabetes.
Doctors in Britain are warning that diabetes could spread in the
current generation of fat, couch-potato teenagers, putting more
pressure on Britain's ailing health-care system.
Researchers at the Medical College of Ohio have identified a
protein in the liver that helps clear insulin from blood, a
discovery which could eventually lead to a cure for type 2
diabetes.
A major report on diabetes prevention suggests that healthy eating
and regular exercise are much more effective at combating the
disease than popular drug metformin.
A new means of fighting diabetes could be just round the corner, if
a synthetic antioxidant which can delay and prevent the onset of
autoimmune diabetes in mice is found to be as successful in humans.
Nutrition 21, a leading developer and marketer of clinically proven
nutritional products, has been granted a patent by the United
States Patent and Trademark Office for the use of chromium
picolinate in high doses to stabilise blood...