Eating Brown Rice to Cut Diabetes Risk
Americans who ate two or more servings of brown rice a week reduced their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by about 10 percent compared to people who ate it less than once a month.
View ArticleCholesterol Drugs Linked With Diabetes Risk
Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, which have been shown to lower a person’s risk for heart attack, can also slightly increase a patient’s risk for developing diabetes, particularly at higher...
View ArticleReally? The Claim: Drinking Water Can Help Lower the Risk of Diabetes.
The amount of water you drink can play a role in how your body regulates blood sugar, researchers have found.
View ArticleWhy It’s So Important to Keep Moving
Inactivity produced spikes in blood sugar levels in healthy young volunteers, which may help explain why sedentary behavior raises the risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
View ArticleDiabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers
A study found a sharp increase in the disease’s prevalence among teens, adding to worries that diabetes may progress more rapidly in children than in adults.
View ArticleDiabetes Drugs Carry Vision Risks
A popular class of drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of vision problems, a new study suggests.
View ArticleWeight Training May Lower Diabetes Risk
In a study, doing at least two and a half hours a week of either aerobic exercise or weight training substantially lowered the risk of Type 2 diabetes -- but doing both may offer the greatest benefit.
View ArticleDiabetes and the Obesity Paradox
Type 2 diabetes, a condition widely thought of as a disease of the overweight and sedentary, also occurs in people who aren't overweight. And it may be deadlier in these normal-weight people, a new...
View ArticleWeight-Loss Surgery May Prevent Diabetes
A new study shows that bariatric surgery not only produced sustained weight loss in obese men and women but substantially reduced their odds of developing Type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleWeight Loss Surgery May Not Combat Diabetes Long-Term
Many obese Type 2 diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery do not experience a remission of diabetes, and of those that do, about a third redevelop diabetes within five years of their operation.
View ArticlePrecautions Urged for Drivers With Diabetes
Drivers who have diabetes face the hazard of hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, which can impair their driving abilities.
View ArticleReally? Diabetics Should Avoid Eating Fruit
In the first randomized trial to address whether people with diabetes benefit from restricting fruit, researchers found that avoiding fruit may not have benefits for those with Type 2 diabetes.
View ArticleWalnuts for Diabetes
Eating walnuts may reduce the risk for Type 2 diabetes in women, a large new study concludes.
View ArticleLinking Stress to Diabetes and Heart Disease
Analysis of the stress hormone cortisol in hair samples found that stress was tied to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes.
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