New Hope for Diabetics: Mouse Hormone
A lowly mouse hormone holds hope for the country's soaring number of diabetics, a new study finds. It seems that betatrophin can grow new insulin-making beta cells in the pancreas; these are the same...
View ArticleVegetarian? You'll Probably Live Longer
The latest study giving you a reason to go meatless finds that vegetarians live longer than those who eat meat. Interestingly, the study tracked 73,308 Seventh-day Adventists, because the church...
View ArticleNew Culprit in Teen Diabetes? Food Packaging
It might not just be the foods teens are eating that lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes, but the wrappers and cans they come in, two studies published recently in Pediatrics suggest. In one,...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Health, Not All Fruit Created Equal
If you're worried about diabetes, you might want to stock up on blueberries and ditch the fruit juice. That's the upshot of a new study in the British Medical Journal that tracked the eating habits of...
View ArticleTom Hanks: I Have Diabetes
Tom Hanks is looking slimmer these days, and when David Letterman asked him about his weight last night on the Late Show , Hanks offered a surprising revelation: He has type 2 diabetes, the Huffington...
View ArticleGoogle Making Contact Lenses
After an acquisition that brings it deep into people's homes , Google is getting up close and personal with people's bodies. The latest project from the firm's secretive Google X facility is a "smart"...
View ArticleCow-Pee Soda: Miracle Cure?
An Indian Hindu group says it has a cure for some "70 to 80 incurable diseases ," but it might not appeal to everyone. The miracle medicine is cow urine—specifically, pee from a virgin female taken...
View ArticleYogurt Reduces Diabetes Risk: Study
In news Chuck Schumer would likely applaud , researchers find that a yogurt a day might actually keep the doctor away. A British study published in Diabetologia found a significant decrease in type 2...
View Article5-Year-Old Saves Diabetic Father's Life
A British man who fell into a diabetic coma in the wee hours of Saturday morning has his 5-year-old to thank for his life. Barry Barkess, who has been insulin dependent for 33 years, fell into a...
View ArticleGene Mutation Could Spawn Powerful Anti-Diabetes Drug
Genetic research has yielded what scientists believe could be an extremely powerful weapon in the fight against type 2 diabetes. A rare mutation has been found that slashes the risk of diabetes by...
View ArticleFor a Better Marriage, Mind Your Blood Sugar
"If couples have a sensitive topic to discuss, it would be really smart to do it over dinner or better yet after dinner," say researchers who have linked low blood sugar to marital hostility. "They...
View ArticleWe've Made Huge Progress on One Diabetes Front
A major federal study points to vast improvements in the fight against diabetes-related ailments, thanks in large part to improving treatment. Complications from diabetes have plummeted over two...
View ArticleTo Treat Diabetes, Skip Dinner
"We confirmed the ancient proverb 'eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper,'" says the leader of a team of researchers that found eating just two meals a day can be an...
View ArticleMary Tyler Moore Nearly Blind, Say Friends
More than four decades of dealing with diabetes has left Mary Tyler Moore nearly blind, reports Closer Weekly . Its story isn't based on anonymous sources but familiar ones: "Her eyesight is what the...
View ArticleiPhone Used to Create Promising Bionic Pancreas
While you were using your iPhone to browse Facebook and read Newser , a group of researchers was modifying an iPhone 4S to be used as a portable artificial pancreas—and in a recent trial, the device...
View ArticleFDA OKs New Inhaled Insulin, but Doubts Remain
The FDA has approved a new system for taking insulin, potentially offering diabetes sufferers an new alternative to injection. Afrezza allows patients to inhale the medication through a pocket-sized...
View ArticleArtificial Sweeteners May Raise Your Blood Sugar
If you're drinking diet soda or consuming other products with artificial sweeteners to cut your risk of obesity and diabetes, a new study published in Nature has some bad news: You might be doing more...
View ArticleHuge Breakthrough in Quest for Type 1 Diabetes Cure
There's no known cure for Type 1 diabetes, so for 3 million Americans, an insulin pump or regular insulin injections form an imperfect and temporary solution. And it's one that doesn't always keep some...
View ArticleHow a Tattoo Could Soon Help Diabetics
For diabetics, monitoring blood sugar frequently involves pricking one's finger up to eight times daily with a needle, Popular Science reports. That could discourage people from carrying out the task....
View ArticleObamaCare Perk: Better Diabetes Diagnosis?
A new study may lend credibility to ObamaCare's effectiveness when it comes to fighting diabetes, the New York Times reports. The Quest Diagnostics study published today in the Diabetes Care journal...
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