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Diabetes Prevalence Outstrips National Growth Rate and More

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a 50% increase in the prevalence of diabetes from 1997 to 2004.

Early-onset Of Diabetes Associated With Increased Risk Of Kidney Disease And Death Before Age 55

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Onset of type 2 diabetes before age 20 is associated with a substantially increased risk of end-stage kidney disease and death between 25 and 55 years of age.

Diabetes Rates Increasing Again in US

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Adults in the United States have increasingly become overweight or obese in recent years, according to a national survey conducted for Indiana University dispelling the notion of a plateau and injecting a note of urgency into efforts to help Americans achieve a healthier weight. The study, found increasing rates of diabetes among U.S. adults and more direct links between excess weight and serious health conditions.

Strength Training Can Prevent the Onset of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, August 03, 2006

Study showed that overweight teenage boys who lifted weights twice per week for 16 weeks significantly reduced their insulin resistance.

Millions of Teens Have Precursor for Diabetes

Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose levels among US adolescents.

Gene Variant "Powerful Predictor" of Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, July 28, 2006

But lifestyle changes, such as exercise, counteract effects of this gene, study suggests.

Impaired Fasting Glucose Screening Could Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Finding people with impaired fasting glucose -- a prediabetic stage -- could also help identify those with risk factors that can be modified to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

A1c A Better Screening Tool for Diabetes and Prediabetes Than Oral Glucose

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

A high normal A1c (HbA1c) reading might be a better, cheaper, and easier-to-use screening tool for prediabetes and diabetes than the laboratory-based oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Metformin Induces Long-Term Weight Loss in Teens

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

Metformin can induce long-term weight loss in obese, non-diabetic adolescents, and could possibly be useful in a regimen to help achieve weight loss in adolescents, who may have developed type 2 diabetes type due to overweight.

Diabetes Incidence in US Doubled in Last 30 Years

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

A new report from the journal of Circulation says that obesity is to blame and consequences will overwhelm U.S. health-care system, experts say.