Diabetes Cases In Children to Double By 2020, Researchers Say
The number children under 15 with Type 1 diabetes will rise to about 160,000 across Europe in 2020 from 94,000 in 2005, according to a study in the U.K. journal The Lancet. Lead researcher Chris Patterson from the Queens University in Belfast expects the cases in children younger than 5 to double. [...]
Diabetes More Likely to Strike The Young In Asia
Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Wednesday said the disease has turned into a global problem, with the number of victims expected to grow from 240 million in 2007 to 380 million in 2025.
More than 60 percent of those will be in Asia, the worlds fastest growing region, with low- [...]
Study: Diabetes Drug Lowers Amputation Risk
About half of the patients were given fenofibrate, a drug available generically and sold as Antara, Fenoglide, Lipofen and others. The other half got fake pills. After five years, 115 patients had at least one lower limb amputation because of diabetes.
Diabetes can damage nerves and blood vessels. In severe cases, this leads to amputation. About [...]
Diabetes? Some Beat It, But Are They Cured?
“I didnt have that sense of urgency,” said the Pasadena, Md., woman.
But nine months later, doctors told Wagner her condition had worsened. She, too, now had Type 2 diabetes.
That scared her into action.
Now, two years later, the 55-year-old woman has slimmed down. She exercises regularly and her blood sugar levels are back in the healthy, [...]
Obesity Increases Diabetes By Double
Being overweight increases the chance of life threatening diseases like diabetes by nearly double. Roughly 90 percent of cases are Type 2 diabetes, the form linked to obesity.
The findings dovetail with trends seen in obesity and lack of exercise – two health measures where Southern states also rank at the bottom.
“It isnt surprising the problem [...]