One of the most significant issues that pregnant women face is temporary diabetes or what is known as gestational diabetes. The most worrying issue here is that gestational diabetes may at some point lead to Type 2 diabetes later on in life, as per research. According to Dr. Brian Egan, Provena Saint Joseph obstetrician/gynecologist, almost [...]
It has been generally understood that a healthy diet and a strict exercise regime can help diabetics control their blood glucose levels. However, research studies that have been conducted on diabetes and exercise have been less and so it has been difficult to determine how much exercise and also what type would be useful. A [...]
Experts warn that vocal cord paralysis (VCP) may occur if there is improper management of diabetes. VCP occurs when the vocal cords do not open or close properly. This would lead to a breathy voice or even a weak cough. However, VCP is known to be life threatening with cases of choking also being identified. [...]
According to a survey conducted by the Diabetes Foundation of India and the National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation (N-DOC) of New Delhi, the majority of kids in the country’s capital are obese. The survey indicated that 13% of these students were overweight or obese due to the consumption of unhealthy food. The survey focused [...]
Those who are suffering from Type-1 diabetes could face a high risk of being infected by tuberculosis (TB). This is according to a study that was published in the May issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The study, which was conducted on “medically-underserved” communities living in Mexico and the USA, showed that [...]
Scientists from the Center for Nutritional Genomics at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found out how insulin increases fat storage during feeding while another study led to the breakthrough of a new “fasting pathway”, which points the route to a set of diabetes drugs that can bring back unusually high glucose levels in [...]
British researchers have found that diabetes and cholesterol have a gene that controls genes that are found in fat within the human body. The researchers believe that fat plays a vital role in the susceptibility to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, which are collectively known as metabolic disorders. The identification of this regulating gene could [...]
According to Internal Medicine Specialists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) there has been an alarming upsurge in diabetes in Kumasi, Ghana in recent times. KATH has witnessed around 120 new cases of hypertension and 30 new cases of diabetes on a weekly basis. [...]
Between the years 2004 and 2009, there have been over half a million unfavorable reactions amongst those taking anti-diabetic drugs. Out of these reports, 138 were instances of bladder cancer in diabetics taking one of more than 15 separate anti-diabetic drugs. However, one fifth of those bladder cancers were in diabetics who took Actos (pioglitazone). [...]
According to a new study, American children who are treated with growth hormone are eight and a half times likelier to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to those kids who are not on growth hormone treatment. Eli Lilly, the pharmaceutical company, who conducted the research found that out of the 11,000 kids who were on [...]
Scientists have uncovered a protein that is linked to the physiological processes that are involved in a few of the major diseases, like cancer and diabetes. Proteins are biochemical compounds that have polypeptides that are folded in fibrous or globular form. These significant findings by scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston [...]
