Diabetes

FDA Approves The First Automated Insulin System For Type 1 Diabetes

3:32pm September 30, 2016

by Miriam E. Tucker

The new system joins a continuous glucose monitor with an insulin pump, which work together to keep blood sugar from going too high or too low. That will make it safer to sleep through the night.

The goal is to intervene early so that fewer Latino women develop Type 2 diabetes.

To Fight Off Diabetes, Latina Women Find Power In A Group

10:27am August 18, 2016

by Amanda B. Keener

La Comunidad, a grassroots effort in Winston-Salem, N.C., offers treatment to a population at high risk of developing diabetes. Group meetings led by non-medical facilitators help reduce costs.

Dr. Evan Los with one of his patients, Sophia, and her diabetes dog St. Nick.

Can Diabetes Alert Dogs Help Sniff Out Low Blood Sugar?

12:53pm July 29, 2016

by Miriam E. Tucker

Trained dogs are increasingly being used to help people with diabetes detect hypoglycemia. One study finds the dogs can indeed do that, but aren't as reliable as a continuous glucose monitor.

There will be about 55 percent more people with diabetes as baby boomers become senior citizens, a report finds.

Baby Boomers Will Become Sicker Seniors Than Earlier Generations

3:30pm May 25, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The seniors of tomorrow will have much higher rates of diabetes and obesity than the seniors of today, according to a data analysis. That means higher medical bills for them — and for taxpayers, too.

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Health & Safety

Secrets Of The Very Old And Healthy — Start When You're Young

4:50pm April 18, 2016

by Nancy Shute

What you do in your 20s and 30s and 40s can make it more likely that you'll be mobile and healthy in old age, scientists say. That's true even if your ancestors didn't fare so well.

As regions of the world climb out of poverty, people eat more of whatever they'd been traditionally eating. Above: a scene from the market in Delhi, India.

A Global Alarm About Diabetes — And Don't Blame It All On Fast Food

4:07pm April 07, 2016

by Susan Brink

The results of the first coordinated global look at the disease show a dramatic increase, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

There's been considerable debate as to whether identifying people with prediabetes could have health benefits.

HHS Says Diabetes Prevention Program Will Save Medicare Money

12:30pm March 23, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The program was tested in YMCAs around the country, and helped people lose about 5 percent of their body weight in a year. The goal is to make it a Medicare-eligible prevention program.

A still from the Mutual Rescue film about Eric and Peety.

He Rescued A Dog. Then The Dog Rescued Him

5:13pm March 10, 2016

by Nancy Shute

Eric O'Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans' lives.

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man (right) based on skull found at the La Ferrassie rock shelter in Dordogne Valley, France. He's face to face with a male Homo sapien.

Science Seeks Clues To Human Health In Neanderthal DNA

11:20pm February 11, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Some of the genetic variations in human DNA that have been linked to quick clotting or depression or diabetes lie within or near the genetic stretches we picked up from Neanderthals, a study finds.

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Just because you use insulin doesn't mean you have Type 1 diabetes.

What's Your Type? With Diabetes, It Can Be Unclear

2:48pm January 25, 2016

by Miriam E. Tucker

Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are two different conditions, but people can get confused over which is which. Some doctors say it's time to overhaul diabetes definitions.