Topic: United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asian and Hispanic women may have a heightened risk of developing pregnancy-related or "gestational" diabetes -- and so may women with partners of those same backgrounds, a new study finds. Researchers found that among nearly 140,000 women ...
Patients with diabetic nephropathy, kidney disease caused by diabetes and treated with high doses of vitamin B, suffered rapid deterioration of the kidneys, a recent study has found. Diabetics in addition to kidney function loss also were affected by higher rates of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes actually fare better after colon cancer surgery than people without the condition, according to surprising new findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. "We were really expecting to find the opposite," Dr. ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Women who eat lots of high glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates like white bread and ice-cream may be at greater risk of heart disease, but men do not seem to be affected, Italian scientists said on Monday. In a study ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found two genetic regions that affect a baby's size at birth and say one of them is also linked with developing diabetes in later life. The finding, published in the journal Nature Genetics, is the first firm ...
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators are taking a closer look at how well devices used by diabetics to monitor their blood sugars work, seeking possible changes for device makers to help make them more reliable. At a two-day meeting to ...
Diabetics who seek to aggressively lower their blood pressure and cholesterol are not reducing their risk of a heart attack and could suffer negative side effects, a study released Sunday said. The results of the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test that shows blood sugar levels over a span of several weeks is not only the best way to diagnose diabetes but also may be better at identifying who is at risk of getting diabetes than standard blood ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Where a US immigrant was born could play a significant role in how many pounds they pack on after arriving in America, according to a new study. What's more, birthplace may alter how heavily body weight influences ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Smoking is well known as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but scientists said on Monday that quitting the habit can raise the risk even more in the short term. A study by U.S. researchers found that people ...
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