Unaware and At-Risk

A new survey from the American Diabetes Association asked participants to rank which disease: diabetes, breast cancer or AIDS, was responsible for the largest number of deaths annually.

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USC Researcher and Expert in Metabolism to Receive Columbia's 2009 Naomi Berrie Award

Columbia University Medical Center will present the 2009 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research.

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Postmenopausal Women with Higher Testosterone Levels May Have Increased Health Risks

Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). This new information is an important step, say researchers, in understanding the role that hormones play in women’s health.

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Scientists Create Fruit Fly Model to Help Unravel Genetics of Human Diabetes

Researchers at the University of Maryland are using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system to unravel what genes and gene pathways are involved in the metabolic changes that lead to insulin resistance and full-blown diabetes in humans.

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Lifestyle Changes May Stave Off Diabetes for a Decade

Sustaining modest weight loss for 10 years, or taking an anti-diabetic drug over that time, can prevent or lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk for developing the disease, according to the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS), a long-term follow-up to a landmark 2001 diabetes prevention study.

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New Targets Found for Preventing Diabetes Complications

Joslin Diabetes Center scientists discover new route by which high blood glucose levels damage eyes.

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Researchers Use Smartphones to Improve Health of Diabetics in China

Cellular phones have taken on many new roles in recent years. Now researchers at Saint Louis University and Old Dominion University say smartphones can be used to help elderly diabetics manage their health and learn more about their condition.

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Lifestyle Changes, Drug Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Intensive lifestyle changes aimed at modest weight loss reduced the rate of developing type 2 diabetes by 34 percent over 10 years in people at high risk for the disease.

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Yellow Pea Flour May Help with Diabetes

Researchers from the University of Manitoba report that whole yellow pea flour can be used as an ingredient to produce low-glycemic foods that may help those with diabetes, according to a new study from the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists.

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