HEALTHDAY - DIABETES
2/5/2013
Diabetes Drug May Offer 'Modest' Weight Loss for Very Obese Teens: Study
Posted 10:00 AM 2/5/2013 by By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Feb 5 (HealthDay News) -- The drug Byetta, approved for adults with type 2 diabetes, appears to help severely obese teens lose some weight, a small study found.
Researchers assigned 26 teens, ages 12 to 19, either to injections of Byetta (exenatide) or placebo injections twice (More)
1/30/2013
Hops, Key to Flavor in Beer, May Prove Useful in New Drugs
Posted 12:00 PM 1/30/2013 by Robert Preidt
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Age-old wisdom has suggested that a bit of beer might be good for you. Now, new information suggests that the bitter compounds in beer might aid in the development of new drugs for diabetes, some types of cancer and other health problems.
In the new (More)
1/28/2013
Obese Women With Diabetes May Need Different Workouts Than Men
Posted 12:00 PM 1/28/2013 by Robert Preidt
MONDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Certain exercises that benefit the hearts of obese men with type 2 diabetes may not help women with the same health issues, according to a small new study.
The findings could help researchers and health care professionals (More)
Three New Drugs Approved for Type 2 Diabetes
First-Ever Guidelines Issued for Treating Type 2 Diabetes in Kids
1/25/2013
FDA Approves 3 New Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes
Posted 5:00 PM 1/25/2013 by E.J. Mundell
FRIDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday approved three new medications to help people battle type 2 diabetes.
All three drugs contain a new active ingredient, alogliptin, either alone or in combination with other, previously approved (More)
1/24/2013
Preventing Kidney Disease May Cut Diabetes Deaths, Study Says
Posted 3:00 PM 1/24/2013 by By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- For people with type 2 diabetes, the key to living a long and healthy life may lie in avoiding kidney disease, now that new research finds the combination is particularly lethal.
The study found that 10-year mortality rates for people with both type 2 (More)
1/16/2013
Cut Back on Sugar to Lose Some Weight
Posted 7:00 AM 1/16/2013 by Mary Elizabeth Dallas
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting back on sugar intake can help adults lose weight and should be part of the strategy to fight the global obesity epidemic, a new study suggests.
Although sugar intake is just one of the many causes for obesity (More)
Health Tip: Get Regular Care to Manage Diabetes
1/11/2013
Cardiac Deaths May Lead to Shortage of Donor Livers
Posted 12:00 PM 1/11/2013 by Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- The number of donor livers that aren't being used for transplants in the United States is increasing due to declining quality of the donated organs, and could lead to a shortage of livers available for transplant, a new study finds.
The primary cause of (More)
1/10/2013
Fewer U.S. Patients Getting Weight Counseling From Doctors
Posted 10:00 AM 1/10/2013 by Robert Preidt
THURSDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Despite the fact that an increasing number of Americans are overweight and obese, there's been a decrease in weight counseling offered by primary care doctors, according to a new study.
Researchers examined national data and found that slightly more (More)
1/8/2013
Diet Drinks Tied to Depression Risk in Older Adults: Study
Posted 2:00 PM 1/8/2013 by By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who down several diet drinks a day may have a heightened risk of developing depression, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that of more than 260,000 older adults in a U.S. survey, those who had at least four daily servings of (More)
1/4/2013
Weight-Loss Surgery Is New Diabetes Foe
Posted 10:00 AM 1/4/2013 by By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Though it began as a treatment for something else entirely, gastric bypass surgery -- which involves shrinking the stomach as a way to lose weight -- has proven to be the latest and possibly most effective treatment for some people with type 2 diabetes.
(More)...For Texas Man, Bariatric Surgery Led to Diabetes-Free Life
Health Tip: Should I Be Screened for Prediabetes?
1/1/2013
Is Fructose Making People Fat?
Posted 2:00 PM 1/1/2013 by By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Jan.1 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that fructose, a simple sugar found naturally in fruit and added to many other foods as part of high-fructose corn syrup, does not dampen appetite and may cause people to eat more compared to another simple sugar, glucose.
Glucose (More)
12/25/2012
Holidays Spell Trouble for Folks Unaware They're Diabetic
Posted 7:00 AM 12/25/2012 by Robert Preidt
TUESDAY, Dec. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Holiday eating and drinking could pose a risk for people who do not know that they have type 2 diabetes, an expert says.
"As tempting and tasty as it might be, eating high-fat foods with excess calories, carbohydrates and salt will put people who don't (More)
12/20/2012
New Diabetes Guidelines May Lower Patient Medical Bills
Posted 2:00 PM 12/20/2012 by By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Thursday may reduce the number of people who need to take blood pressure medications, and they may help more people get insurance coverage for testing their blood sugar levels.
"We're (More)
12/19/2012
Heart Health Worst in the South, Best in Northeast
Posted 10:00 AM 12/19/2012 by By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Residents of several Southern states are among the most likely to have poor heart health in the United States, a new study finds.
But the country as a whole is having trouble. Only about 3 percent of U.S. adults surveyed who don't have heart problems (More)
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