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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/diabetes health Diabetes en-us Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/diseases-conditions/diabetes http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/artificialpancreashelpstype1diabeticsduringsleep hsn/20100206/artificialpancreashelpstype1diabeticsduringsleep HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:29 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that young children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes could benefit by using an artificial pancreas device to lower the risk of dangerously low blood sugar levels during sleep and help them control their disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/genomemappedfortype2diabetes hsn/20100206/genomemappedfortype2diabetes HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:17 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have completed a map of areas of the human genome that control which genes are switched on or off in type 2 diabetes, a finding that may advance understanding of the genetic basis of this and other common diseases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100205/sc_nm/us_diabetes_pancreas nm/20100205/us_diabetes_pancreas Reuters health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:10:58 GMT Reuters - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/diabetesdrughelpsdietingteensloseweight hsn/20100202/diabetesdrughelpsdietingteensloseweight HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:41 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A medication used to treat type 2 diabetes appears to help overweight teenagers lose weight when combined with a program designed to help them change their lifestyle habits, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/hl_nm/us_family_fat nm/20100128/us_family_fat Reuters health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:21:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/hl_nm/us_family_fat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r1615959438.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=qcR4xPeKJ7GQ2SiODj2Vow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="People line up to buy food at a fast food restaurant in Harlem in New York December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Having type 2 diabetes in the family more than doubles a woman's own risk of developing the disease, new research shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100128/hl_nm/us_family_fat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100128/i/r1615959438.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=qcR4xPeKJ7GQ2SiODj2Vow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="People line up to buy food at a fast food restaurant in Harlem in New York December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100128/hl_hsn/tightbloodsugarcontrolmayraiseriskofdeath hsn/20100128/tightbloodsugarcontrolmayraiseriskofdeath HealthDay health Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:48:53 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Very tight blood sugar control may raise the risk of premature death in people with type 2 diabetes, with the risk even higher among patients taking insulin, a new study reveals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100127/hl_hsn/victozasanctionedfortype2diabetes hsn/20100127/victozasanctionedfortype2diabetes HealthDay health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:49:07 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Victoza (liraglutide) has been approved to treat type 2 diabetes in some adults, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a news release. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100127/hl_hsn/skippinginsulinmaynotbeuncommon hsn/20100127/skippinginsulinmaynotbeuncommon HealthDay health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:49:03 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of the people who need to take insulin to control their diabetes skip an injection now and then, a new study reports. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/hl_nm/us_diabetes_treatment nm/20100127/us_diabetes_treatment Reuters health Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:03:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/hl_nm/us_diabetes_treatment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100127/i/r2833092177.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=EDuXE2nGD4uBJG1AunVudA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A diabetic patient injects himself with insulin in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Moderation appears to be the best approach to controlling blood sugar in a form of diabetes that affects many adults, researchers said Wednesday, since lowering it too far can be as risky as letting it stay too high.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100127/hl_nm/us_diabetes_treatment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100127/i/r2833092177.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=EDuXE2nGD4uBJG1AunVudA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A diabetic patient injects himself with insulin in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100123/hl_hsn/healthtipcontrollingdiabeticnephropathy hsn/20100123/healthtipcontrollingdiabeticnephropathy HealthDay health Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:49:12 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Diabetic nephropathy is damage to the kidneys that occurs from uncontrolled diabetes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100120/hl_nm/us_insulin_pumps nm/20100120/us_insulin_pumps Reuters health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:20:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100120/hl_nm/us_insulin_pumps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100121/i/r3856127263.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=kScuF1ycwzE.TrPygbYQdg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A type 1 diabetic patient fills her syringe with insulin at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in the center of skid row in downtown Los Angeles, July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pumps that deliver insulin to the body as needed may be more effective than insulin injections for helping people with type 1 diabetes keep their blood sugar under control, according to a new review of 23 studies comparing the two approaches.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100120/hl_nm/us_insulin_pumps"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100121/i/r3856127263.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=kScuF1ycwzE.TrPygbYQdg--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="A type 1 diabetic patient fills her syringe with insulin at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in the center of skid row in downtown Los Angeles, July 30, 2007. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100120/hl_hsn/excessweightposesanesthesiachallenge hsn/20100120/excessweightposesanesthesiachallenge HealthDay health Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:49:18 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Many health risks of excess weight are well-known, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, to name a few. But an obese patient is also a challenge for an anesthesiologist to care for during surgery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100119/hl_nm/us_diabetes_native nm/20100119/us_diabetes_native Reuters health Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:16:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100119/hl_nm/us_diabetes_native"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100120/i/r2960353446.jpg?x=130&y=63&q=85&sig=SyYvQFLZpKCnT4ApnmXZfA--" align="left" height="63" width="130" alt="A man on skis travels across frozen sea past the Canadian Arctic settlement of Resolute Bay, Nunavut April 9, 2006. REUTERS/David Ljunggren" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Type 2 diabetes is much more common among Canada's native people than their non-native counterparts, and women of childbearing age are particularly at risk, new research shows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100119/hl_nm/us_diabetes_native"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100120/i/r2960353446.jpg?x=130&y=63&q=85&sig=SyYvQFLZpKCnT4ApnmXZfA--" align="left" height="63" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man on skis travels across frozen sea past the Canadian Arctic settlement of Resolute Bay, Nunavut April 9, 2006. REUTERS/David Ljunggren" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100119/hl_hsn/newlyidentifiedgenevariantslinkedtodiabetes hsn/20100119/newlyidentifiedgenevariantslinkedtodiabetes HealthDay health Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:48:30 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified 10 new gene variants associated with blood sugar or insulin levels, which they believe could lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100117/hl_afp/healthdiseasediabetesgenetics afp/20100117/healthdiseasediabetesgenetics AFP health Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:14:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100117/hl_afp/healthdiseasediabetesgenetics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100117/capt.photo_1263748332058-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=m8vsfFEUZUTJd.X9Xgvfzw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday reported.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100117/hl_afp/healthdiseasediabetesgenetics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100117/capt.photo_1263748332058-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=m8vsfFEUZUTJd.X9Xgvfzw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated illustration shows the DNA double helix. Hundreds of scientists sifting through genetic data from 122,000 people have quintupled the number of gene variants known to boost the risk of diabetes, a pair of studies released Sunday reported.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100116/hl_hsn/blackswithdiabetesurgedtocutcaloriessalt hsn/20100116/blackswithdiabetesurgedtocutcaloriessalt HealthDay health Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:50:14 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Blacks with diabetes who consume too many calories and too much sodium increase their risk for eye disease, a new study finds. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100116/hl_hsn/diabetesdruglookssafeforheartfailurepatients hsn/20100116/diabetesdruglookssafeforheartfailurepatients HealthDay health Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:50:08 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug metformin is safe for diabetes patients with advanced heart failure, say U.S. researchers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100116/hl_hsn/raceweightmayinfluencesuccessofprostatesurgery hsn/20100116/raceweightmayinfluencesuccessofprostatesurgery HealthDay health Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:50:04 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Race and obesity may affect the outcome of men with diabetes who have prostate cancer surgery, a new U.S. study reveals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100115/hl_hsn/artificialpancreasprototypeindevelopmentfortype1diabetics hsn/20100115/artificialpancreasprototypeindevelopmentfortype1diabetics HealthDay health Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:49:09 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The first version of an artificial pancreas -- a potentially revolutionary way to manage insulin delivery in people with type 1 diabetes -- may be available in as little as four years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/diabetes/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100114/hl_nm/us_diabetes_dementia nm/20100114/us_diabetes_dementia Reuters health Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:15:12 GMT Reuters - Diabetes may hasten progression to dementia in older people with mild thinking impairment, new research shows.