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LONDON (Reuters) – Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change. The United Nations data showed one in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure – [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change. The United Nations data showed one in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure – [...]

By Kate Kelland | Reuters – 7 hrs ago LONDON (Reuters) – Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change. The United Nations data showed one in three [...]

By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – Mon, Apr 16, 2012 MONDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — A bariatric surgical procedure is more likely than medicine to improve or even reverse type 2 diabetes in very obese patients, a new small study indicates. Italian researchers compared standard diabetes medicine with a surgical procedure known as the laparoscopic [...]

By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 1 hr 5 mins ago WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — Sleep deprivation, in combination with disrupted “body clock” rhythms, could result in some of the changes to a person’s metabolism that can foreshadow both obesity and diabetes, researchers report. Participants in the small study who were only allowed to [...]

By By Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter | HealthDay – 1 hr 3 mins ago MONDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) — A new international analysis comparing weight-loss procedures to standard diabetes treatments contends that surgery is more effective at helping people combat type 2 diabetes. The finding stems from two years of tracking 60 severely obese patients with type [...]

Published: Feb. 21, 2012 at 12:09 AM ATLANTA, Feb. 21 (UPI) – Diabetes affects about 26 million in the United States, but the older people get, the higher their risk of being diagnosed with diabetes, officials say. Nilka Rios Burrows, a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, said there are [...]

FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) — Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates. Researchers followed 94 children of diabetic mothers and 399 children of non-diabetic mothers from birth until age 13. It’s known that children of diabetic pregnancies are at increased risk [...]

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — A pre-pregnancy diet high in animal fat increases the risk that moms-to-be will develop gestational diabetes, a new study says. “Our findings indicate that women who reduce the proportion of animal fat and cholesterol in their diets before pregnancy may lower their risk for gestational diabetes during pregnancy,” senior [...]

Published: Jan. 12, 2012 at 2:10 AM WUHAN, China, Jan. 12 (UPI) — Drinking several cups of coffee daily reduces type 2 diabetes risk because it inhibits a substance linked to the disease, scientists in China suggest. Ling Zheng, Kun Huang and colleagues say previous studies show people who drink four or more cups of [...]

TUESDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) — A class of newer diabetes drugs that includes exenatide (Byetta, Bydureon) might also be used to help the obese lose weight, Danish researchers report. That’s because weight loss and lowered cholesterol are often side effects of these drugs, called “glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists” (GLP-1), the team noted. “If you [...]