Diabetes
Doctors Urge Use of Diabetes Blood Test
June 19, 2009By Melinda Smith The World Health Organization estimates that at least 180 million people around the globe have diabetes. It says the number could double in 20 years. The most commonly used test for diabetes is a blood test given after hours of fasting...
- Medical Centers Target Chronic Diseases in Developing Countries
June 12, 2009By Jessica Berman The National Institutes of Health, America's federally-funded medical research organization, is spearheading efforts to establish chronic disease centers in 11 developing countries, where illnesses such as diabetes, cancer and heart...
Review shows smoking linked to diabetes
December 13, 2007A Swiss researcher says a review of studies links smoking with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Dr. Carole Willi of the University of Lausanne led a systemic review and meta-analysis of 25 studies -- encompassing a total of 1.2 million...
Diabetes drug poses risk for elderly
December 13, 2007Older patients treated for diabetes with thiazolidinediones had an increased risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure and death, a U.S. study found. Dr. Lorraine L. Lipscombe of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, in Toronto, and...
Mannkind Corp. bets on inhaled insulin
November 18, 2007Mannkind Corp. is betting that its inhalable insulin will be a hit with diabetes patients despite Pfizer's decision to stop selling a similar product. Mannkind Chief Executive Alfred E. Mann said his inhalable insulin is medically superior to the...
New potential obesity target is identified
October 29, 2007U.S. scientists have found a cell receptor that might become a target in programs designed to control obesity and prevent such ills as obesity and diabetes. University of Cincinnati researchers said their findings about adipocyte low density lipoprotein...