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Better management of blood sugar levels and improved tools for managing heart disease have led to a sharp drop in the death rate for diabetics, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Between 1997 ...
May 22, 2012 at 21:15 | Source: Los Angeles Times
OXYWater, A new healthy drink is gaining popularity across America because it is a zero calorie, zero carb, natural fruit flavored beverage with all the good stuff and none of the bad stuff. OXYWater is a smart option for people with diabetes because it ...
May 25, 2012 at 23:34 | Source: PRWeb
Widespread failings in NHS care for the growing number of diabetics lead to 24,000 unnecessary deaths each year and many others suffering complications such as blindness and amputation, a damning report by the government's spending watchdog reveals.
May 22, 2012 at 23:31 | Source: The Guardian
Diabetics are living a lot longer these days, government scientists reported Tuesday. The biggest decline observed in a new study of diabetes patients was in deaths from heart disease and stroke: they dropped a striking 40% between 1997 and 2006.
May 22, 2012 at 21:29 | Source: New York Daily News
Jackie Chaline needs four shots of insulin a day to survive. The 66-year-old Frenchwoman, who was diagnosed with diabetes 16 years ago, says switching to a pill would be a form of liberation. “Swallowing a tablet would make such a difference ...
May 21, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Bloomberg
Medicare Part B covers most care related to diabetes, including doctor’s office visits, screening tests, and diabetes self-management training and diabetes supplies. Medicare also covers certain special services to help screen for or treat diabetes.
May 28, 2012 at 05:01 | Source: NorthJersey.com
Albiglutide is a form of a hormone called GLP-1 that stimulates the pancreas to produce more insulin, which diabetics need to keep blood-sugar levels under control. Novo Nordisk is the world’s biggest insulin maker, and its once-daily GLP-1 ...
May 24, 2012 at 22:38 | Source: Bloomberg
The failure of the British health system to provide diabetics the required checks and treatment leads to 24,000 deaths and many other cases of blindness or amputation every year. The government’s spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), said ...
May 24, 2012 at 05:42 | Source: Presstv
Statewide, 9.1 percent of residents were diagnosed diabetics in 2009. Minorities and those living in poverty have even higher rates for the disease at 12.2 percent. And perhaps most disarming, current figures suggest that fully 41 percent of ...
May 25, 2012 at 00:11 | Source: Monterey County Herald
Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. SAN DIEGO -- Type 2 diabetes patients may need to be screened earlier for colorectal cancer, researchers said here. In a single-center ...
May 26, 2012 at 22:29 | Source: MedPage Today