HealthDay (6/25, Preidt) reported, "Dietary changes alone can yield the same benefits as changes in both diet and exercise in the first year after a person is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes," according to research presented at the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting and simultaneously published online June 25 in The Lancet. Investigators "found that patients … Continue reading Diet May Be Key First Line Therapy In New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
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Eating Fish, Shellfish May Reduce Risk For Diabetes
MedWire (6/21, Ford) reported, "Analysis of data from over 100,000 individuals in China has shown that eating fish and shellfish significantly reduces the risk for developing diabetes," according to a study published online June 15 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. After evaluating "data collected from 51,963 men aged 40-74 years and 64,193 women aged … Continue reading Eating Fish, Shellfish May Reduce Risk For Diabetes
More TV Time May Be Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Diabetes Risk
Reuters (6/15, McCook) reports that, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, more time spent in front of the TV may be linked to an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, as well as to an increased risk of premature death. Bloomberg News (6/15, Ostrow) reports that investigators looked at … Continue reading More TV Time May Be Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Diabetes Risk
Researchers Seeking Ways To Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
On the front of its Personal Journal section, the Wall Street Journal (6/7, Wang, D1, Subscription Publication) reports that as more American children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, researchers are working harder than ever to find ways of preventing the disease. Now, new studies funded by the US government are suggesting that it may one … Continue reading Researchers Seeking Ways To Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
CDC: More Americans Than Ever Are Living With Type 2 Diabetes
In a column in the Huffington Post (5/24), Marki Flannery, president of Partners in Care, wrote, "More people than ever are living with type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes. According to recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes affects 25.8 million Americans, or 8.3 percent of the population (including both diagnosed and undiagnosed … Continue reading CDC: More Americans Than Ever Are Living With Type 2 Diabetes