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Diabetes Cases to Double and Costs to Triple by 2034 Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

If obesity rates just remain stable, in the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity.

Diabetes Patients Show Alarming Increase in Morbid Obesity: 1 in 5 Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

A Loyola University Health System study has found that one out of five Type 2 diabetes patients is morbidly obese -- approximately 100 pounds or more overweight.

What Makes Obese People Develop Diabetes? Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009

Many people who are overweight or obese develop insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes at some stage in their lives. A European research team has now discovered that obese people have large amounts of the molecule CXCL5, produced by certain cells in fatty tissue.

Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and some Tribal Lands Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009

Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nationŒs highest rates of obesity and diabetes, according to estimates released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What are the percentages in your neighborhood?

Diabetes Cases To Double and Costs To Triple By 2034 Posted: Friday, November 27, 2009

In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion, even with no increase in the prevalence of obesity, researchers based at the University of Chicago report in the December issue of Diabetes Care.

Fat around Organs Linked to Decreased Heart Function Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta, and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions.

Hemoglobin Levels Predict Diabetic Retinopathy Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

An already routine blood test may identify juvenile-onset diabetic patients at heightened risk for proliferative retinopathy, researchers said.

Discovery of Insulin Production Mechanism Can Lead to Better Treatment for Diabetes Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Depression Increases Mortality for Diabetes Patients Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Patients with diabetes and coexisting depression face substantially elevated mortality risks beyond cardiovascular deaths.

Genetic Biomarker for Predisposition to Type 2 Diabetes Discovered Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009

Compugen Ltd. announced the discovery and experimental confirmation of a genetic biomarker, CGEN-40001 for predisposition to Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of diabetes.

 

 

 

 

 

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