Diabetes, Food & Your Health

McLeod diabetes initiative benefits from S.C. BlueCross Foundation

heyitisnancyxiao — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:04:03 +0000

McLeod diabetes initiative benefits from S.C. BlueCross Foundation

Florence Morning News - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

FLORENCE — The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation recently made grant awards totaling $2,886,791 to community groups serving health-care needs in South Carolina. The McLeod Health Foundation was one of the community groups that received funds for a diabetes initiative. The $25,000 grant will be used by the McLeod Foundation to address a tremendous need in this region, said …

WCPD 2008 Congress Seeks Solutions for World’s Diabetes Pandemic

heyitisnancyxiao — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:02:39 +0000

WCPD 2008 Congress Seeks Solutions for World’s Diabetes Pandemic

Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance - Dec 14 4:40 AM

The 5th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications (WCPD 2008) will be held in Helsinki, Finland, on June 1-4, 2008. The Congress will present over a hundred lectures by top experts providing a great opportunity to meet colleagues and scientists from all over the world who also work to find better ways to prevent diabetes and its complications.

Diabetes And Holiday Foods: Cedars-Sinai Physician Offers Tips To Maintain A Healthy Holiday Balance

heyitisnancyxiao — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:51:49 +0000

Diabetes And Holiday Foods: Cedars-Sinai Physician Offers Tips To Maintain A Healthy Holiday Balance

Medical News Today - Dec 10 2:10 AM

Holiday celebrations offer temptation for party-goers to abandon healthy nutrition habits, but calorie-laden festivities pose a special challenge to the more than 20 million Americans who have diabetes. “The key to successfully navigating the holiday season is to remember that even though you can take a holiday, your diabetes never does,” says Philip Barnett, M.D., Ph.D. [click link for full …

Diabetes And Cancer Risk In Women

heyitisnancyxiao — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:51:03 +0000

Diabetes And Cancer Risk In Women

Medical News Today - Dec 10 4:08 AM

Obesity, metabolism, diabetes and increased risk of cancer are linked in a number of ways, according to studies presented at the Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research of the American Association for Cancer Research that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 5th to 8th December. [click link for full article]

Obesity, Diabetes Drive High Rate of Kidney Failure in U.S.

heyitisnancyxiao — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:47:57 +0000

Obesity, Diabetes Drive High Rate of Kidney Failure in U.S.

HealthDay via Yahoo! News - 42 minutes ago

WEDNESDAY, July 12 (HealthDay News) — Compared to Europeans, Americans with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are more than twice as likely to progress to end-stage kidney disease, researchers say, and higher rates of obesity and diabetes may be to blame.

Cytomedix Announces Publication of the AutoloGel Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prospective Trial

heyitisnancyxiao — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:10:08 +0000

Cytomedix Announces Publication of the AutoloGel Diabetic Foot Ulcer Prospective Trial

[Press Release] PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance - Jun 28 5:00 AM

Cytomedix, Inc. , a biotechnology company specializing in developing and licensing systems for the treatment of non-healing chronic wounds including diabetic ulcers, today announced the publication of the results of its diabetic foot ulcer prospective trial for the AutoloGel System.

Kids with type 1 diabetes often depressed

heyitisnancyxiao — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 22:20:40 +0000

Kids with type 1 diabetes often depressed NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Symptom of depression are common among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston.

The molecular mechanism of a diabetes vaccine revealed

heyitisnancyxiao — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:37:23 +0000

The molecular mechanism of a diabetes vaccine revealed

EurekAlert! - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

A team of researchers led by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute of Science Immunology Department has revealed the molecular mechanism of a vaccine for Type 1 diabetes.

Depression linked to diabetes: Canadian study

heyitisnancyxiao — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:28:14 +0000

Depression linked to diabetes: Canadian study

CBC - 53 minutes ago

Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a link between depression and diabetes, particularly in young adults. Dr. Jeffrey Johnson and his team looked at more than 32,000 case studies of Saskatchewan patients and have published their findings in the medical journal Diabetes Care.

Lifestyle blamed for Australian diabetes epidemic

heyitisnancyxiao — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:04:19 +0000

Lifestyle blamed for Australian diabetes epidemic

AFP via Yahoo! News - May 15 9:01 AM

Overeating and a lack of exercise have caused a diabetes epidemic in which 275 Australians are diagnosed with the disease each day, according to a recent study.