diabetes
Being ‘out of shape’ ups diabetes risk regardless of weight
Health & Fitness
March 8, 2016
Being ‘out of shape’ ups diabetes risk regardless of weight
For adolescents, low cardiorespiratory fitness and poor muscle strength increase their risk for type-2 diabetes later in life, regardless of…
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Culture
March 2, 2016
Keep salt and sugar separate to improve diabetes treatment
Researchers from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, known as Inserm, have shown that gastric bypass surgery,…
Enzyme could offer treatment hope for sleep apnea sufferers
Health & Fitness
February 12, 2016
Enzyme could offer treatment hope for sleep apnea sufferers
Scottish researchers have pinpointed an enzyme that helps speed up breathing when oxygen levels are low. This could offer new…
Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study
Health & Fitness
January 7, 2016
Overweight young adults can reduce diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough: study
New research has found that the risk of diabetes associated with obesity can be reversed if obese young people make…
Type 2 diabetes increases dementia risk
Health & Fitness
January 2, 2016
Type 2 diabetes increases dementia risk
People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for dementia in general. And for one form, called vascular dementia,…
Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
Health & Fitness
December 26, 2015
Home for the Holidays? Hold the sugar, please
Bagged or boxed, brown or powdered, Americans are buying markedly less sugar this year, a trend nowhere more noticeable than…
Health Ministry approves new diabetes drug
Egypt
December 24, 2015
Health Ministry approves new diabetes drug
The Health and Population Ministry approved Wednesday a new drug to adjust the level of blood sugar over a 24-hour…
Drinking coffee tied to lower risk of death
Life & Style
December 20, 2015
Drinking coffee tied to lower risk of death
In a 10-year U.S. study, people who drank coffee regularly were less likely to die of many causes, including heart…
Beyond Fitbit: The quest to develop medical-grade wearables
Science
December 19, 2015
Beyond Fitbit: The quest to develop medical-grade wearables
A new wave of wearable computing devices that detect and monitor serious diseases is moving from the laboratory to the…
Brief periods of standing, walking tied to better blood sugar
Health & Fitness
December 15, 2015
Brief periods of standing, walking tied to better blood sugar
Older women at risk for type 2 diabetes may want to break up prolonged periods of sitting by standing or…