Diabetes News
Bariatric surgery and how it relates to type 2 diabetes.
Read this article from leading Bariatric Surgery Researcher Dr. David Cummings on the Evolving Field of Metabolic Surgery.
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Type 2 diabetes risk linked to lower levels of sleep hormone
People with diabetes produce lower levels of the sleep hormone melatonin at night compared to those without diabetes, which may indicate a disruption in the body's natural clock, researchers said.
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Five Simple Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar
Diabetes can seem complicated and overwhelming, full of charts and devices and concerned-looking medical professionals. There's talk of hormones and endocrine systems, of obscure organizations and …
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Research Update: Exercise
Every day hundreds of research articles involving diabetes are published. Many will turn out to be inconsequential, a number will add incrementally to our body of knowledge of diabetes and a very few …
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Diabetes Care Club to Continue Serving Medicare Beneficiaries After July 1, 2013 Medicare Changes
Patients seeking a new provider of diabetic testing supplies can turn to Diabetes Care Club, one of only 18 companies in the nation with a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
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Full Range of ACCU-CHEK Products Available at Diabetes Care Club
Patients who use ACCU-CHEK products will be pleased to hear that Diabetes Care Club has signed an agreement with Roche Diagnostics to ensure that their testing supplies are available via mail order …
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American Idol' judge Randy Jackson reveals type 2 diabetes battle to Dr. Oz
When you think of diabetes and celebrities these days, chef Paula Deen and her triple-buttered-biscuits'n'gravy recipes may come to mind. However, Paula's not the only celebrity who has struggled …
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Diabetes and Your Eyes: Commit to Routine Vision Care
Diabetes is a serious disease that can affect many parts of the body-the heart, kidneys, blood circulation, and eyes. In fact, according to the National Eye Institute, diabetic eye disease …
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Medicare changes are coming, DCC is here to stay!!
Read here for more information on Medicare changes coming July 1st
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Antidepressant Could Do Double Duty as Diabetes Drug
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that the commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also become a therapy for the vascular complications of …
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Diabetes hormone discovery may one day eliminate need for insulin injections
A new diabetes discovery may one day help people with the disease avoid frequent insulin shots. Scientists have identified a hormone, dubbed "betatrophin," that can sharply boost the number of cells …
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Certain Diabetes Medications May Lower Heart Failure Risk
A newer class of diabetes drugs may offer an extra benefit: A new study suggests these medications lower the odds of suffering heart failure.
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Five To-Do’s for People Newly Diagnosed With Diabetes
There are ways to live with diabetes that allow for optimal health and relative freedom from complications. But to obtain them requires knowledge and know-how.
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Metformin: Is This Diabetes Treatment a Wonder Drug?
Metformin, the generic first-line diabetes drug often used to control blood sugar, may also improve ovarian cancer survival, researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported online in the journal …
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Sleepless nights might raise odds for diabetes
Poor sleep may not only leave you drowsy, it might also raise your odds for a precursor condition to diabetes, according to a small new study that looks at how fat cells respond to sleepless nights.
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Cigarette smoking linked to type 2 diabetes
Cigarette smoking has been known to increase risk of cancer like lung cancer and other types of cancer. But a study released in Diabetes Care suggests that it may also increase risk of developing …
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Airport Security X-Rays May Damage Diabetes Devices
Full body X-ray scanners and luggage X-rays may damage some insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, both used by many people with diabetes to manage their conditions.
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Popular diabetes meds put to the test
Patients with diabetes who were treated with the popular oral medication metformin face a lower risk of heart attack, stroke or death than those taking sulfonylureas, another common option, according …
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Bypass beats stents for diabetic heart patients: study
For a subset of heart patients who are both diabetic and have more than one clogged artery, bypass surgery appears to outperform the use of artery-widening stents, a major new trial finds.
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ADA seeks new treatment approaches for the elderly
More than one-quarter of all adults over age 65 have diabetes. But there is little research on how to treat the disease in older adults.
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