Diabetes Cure Blog

Recent report reveals a shocking fact that majority of Americans (Fifty-seven million peoples) are suffering from pre-diabetes and yet they are unaware of it.

Texus has seen a growing number of diabetes patients in the state. An estimated 8 percent of Victorians older than 20 have been diagnosed as diabetics, according to survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2005.

Johns Hopkins researchers have found that moderate exercise can cut the risks of diabetes. They have found that moderate aerobic exercise coupled with weightlifting, can cut down levels of fat in the liver by up to 40 percent in people with type 2 diabetes. The study was presented at the annual meeting of the American [...]

GI Dynamics, a clinical-stage medical device company pioneering the development of new approaches to treat metabolic disorders, announced new data(on 17th sept )regarding the EndoBarrier™, its unique, noninvasive device currently in clinical trials to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes.

US researchers have identified two factors; diabetes and post-surgical pouch size as the decisive factors of weight loss in patient of post gastric bypass. Initial BMI, sociodemographic variables, other obesity-related comorbidities, and surgical factors - including surgical approach, gastrojejunostomy technique, and alimentary limb length - were not associated with weight loss outcomes.

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that the Pre-mixed insulin analogues acts better than the conventional pre-mixed human insulin in the type 2 diabetes patients. The report funded by the Healthcare Research and Quality concludes that Pre-mixed insulin analogues helps to lower the sugar level down after meals.

The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that there are atleast 23.6 million diabetes patients in the USA. This includes both the type1 (IDDM) and type 2 (NIDDM). More over, a large part of the population are not aware of the situation in them. Between the two, type 2 is posing [...]

HealthWatch examines a major study that sheds new light on the issue of intensive sugar-lowering therapy. It finds that the intensive sugar-lowering treatment increases death rate. The study has been conducted by the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Study Group (ACCORD).

On Sunday 7th September, 2008 Glen Oak Park, Illinois, USA has witnessed a walk of more than 4,000 family members with a diabetic child at its center to celebrate its fourth annual Central Illinois Walk to Cure Diabetes.

In the first study of its kind, the researchers in the Temple University have found out the differences between the fat tissue of obese and lean people. It leads to the reason to explain why obese people are more at risk of developing diseases like diabetes.