Reuters (4/27, Boerner) reported that low vitamin D levels may increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a study in the journal Diabetes Care. For five years, the researchers followed more than 5,000 individuals and found that those with consistently lower-than-average vitamin D levels had a 57% percent increased likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes … Continue reading Low Vitamin D Levels May Double Diabetes Risk
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Many Children With Type 1 Diabetes Also Have Other Immune Diseases
Reuters (4/22, Norton) reports that according to a study of 491 children with type 1 diabetes in the journal Diabetes Care, a third of the children have signs of other immune system disorders when they get diagnosed with diabetes. Dr. Jennifer M. Barker, the University of Colorado Denver, and colleagues found that one-quarter had autoantibodies related … Continue reading Many Children With Type 1 Diabetes Also Have Other Immune Diseases
Nicotine May Pose Harm To Diabetes Patients By Raising Blood Sugar Levels
HealthDay (3/25, Gordon) reported that "nicotine in cigarettes may be even more deadly for people who have diabetes," according to findings presented at an American Chemical Society meeting in Anaheim, California. In lab experiments, researchers from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona found that even the smallest dose of nicotine "increased HbA1C levels by 8.8 … Continue reading Nicotine May Pose Harm To Diabetes Patients By Raising Blood Sugar Levels
Number Of Americans With Prediabetes Increasing
The Los Angeles Times (3/21, Worth) reports, "The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released figures in January showing that the number of American adults with prediabetes had jumped from 57 million in 2008 to 79 million in 2010." At the same time, "the number with full-on diabetes grew from 23.6 million to 26 … Continue reading Number Of Americans With Prediabetes Increasing