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Every two years more than a hundred children with Type 1 Diabetes from around the country gather in Washington D.C. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation gives them the opportunity to help members of Congress understand why funding further research is critical. It’s called Children’s Congress. Non-profit organizations like JDRF fear they will lose the necessary [...]

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Gastric bypass — a widely used weight-loss procedure — appears to change the hormones and amino acids produced during digestion, which could explain how the surgery eliminates symptoms of type 2 diabetes, according to a small new study. The findings could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes, the researchers said. Untreated, diabetes can [...]

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1. Hit the Weights Upping your lean muscle mass could lower your insulin resistance and drop your odds of developing prediabetes, according to a new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Researchers found that for every 10 percent increase in muscle mass, people’s prediabetes risk fell by 12 percent. Build three days [...]

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New research published in the journal ‘Cell Metabolism’ has identified a key mechanism in the immune system involved in the development of obesity-linked type 2 diabetes. The findings open up new possibilities for the treatment and prevention of this condition, which is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. The study is by Dr Jane Howard and Professor [...]

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American pediatricians, alarmed by the rise of type 2 diabetes in children and failure rates for oral medication, are recommending early aggressive treatments with insulin shots for many youth who are diagnosed with the disease. The recommendation will be made Monday, when the American Academy of Pediatricians issues its first-ever clinical guidelines for type 2 [...]

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If you have diabetes, choosing and preparing foods that are low in sugar, fat and sodium can be a real challenge. University of Missouri Extension in Camden County is offering a series of classes for people with diabetes and their families and friends. This program teaches the many aspect of diabetes self-care with a strong [...]

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The disease, affected so greatly by lifestyle, is an ongoing challenge for the healthcare system — and for community clinics in the forefront of reform efforts. One by one, the diabetic patients reluctantly stepped on the scale in the basement of a South Los Angeles clinic. Nearby, a nurse scribbled numbers on a chart. Camara [...]

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Diabetes is running at record levels worldwide and half the people estimated to have the disease are, as yet, undiagnosed, according to a report on Wednesday. The number of people living with diabetes is now put at 371 million, up from 366 million a year ago, with numbers expected to reach 552 million by 2030, [...]

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Tamikka McCray, 39, with her surgeon, Dr. Francesco Rubino of Weill Cornell Medical Center, no longer needs diabetes medication after her weight-loss surgery. Could Alzheimer’s disease actually be a form of diabetes in the brain? A recent issue of New Scientist posed the theory in a cover story illustrated with an ominous image of a cracked [...]

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A large federal study of whether diet and weight loss can prevent heart attacks and strokes in overweight and obese people with Type 2 diabetes has ended two years ahead of schedule because the intensive program did not help. “I was surprised,” said Rena Wing, the study’s chairwoman and a professor of psychiatry and human [...]

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