Diabetes News

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : Almost two dozen doctors have quit the American Academy of Family Physicians after the group announced a deal with Coca-Cola Co.

A doctor severely criticised by a coroner over the death of a patient has won a new inquest in London before a different coroner.

Metabolex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary new medicines for the treatment of metabolic diseases, today announced it had closed an additional $8.6 million in financing.

Quick, what is the main food diabetics have to avoid? If you said sugar, you're under the spell of a common health myth, according to Omaha, Neb., Hy-Vee grocery dietitian Carrie Nielsen.

Biotechnology company Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. reported a bigger third-quarter loss on Friday, as it started clinical trials of a fast-acting insulin during the period.

The International Diabetes Federation has released three sets of guidelines for health providers aimed at improving patient care and stemming the growing worldwide incidence of the disease.

Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com : Type 2 Diabetes with Acute Coronary Syndrome This study will evaluate the cardiovascular safety of an investigational medication given to type 2 diabetics with ACS.

* Of those, the number diagnosed: about 18 million. * Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: 5% to 10%. * People with pre-diabetes: about 56 million.

By Charles Stuart Platkin Can you really trim belly fat from your body? Not exactly.

Most people with diabetes - 90 percent to 95 percent - have type 2, once called adult-onset diabetes, according to the National Institutes of Health.

About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight.

Prediabetes is a condition in which individuals have blood glucose levels higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as diabetes.

" The Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois State Diabetes Commission have launched an on-line survey to gain information about diabetes in Illinois.

A surgeon at Childrena s National Medical Center and his colleagues from New York University have found laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to improve the health of morbidly obese adolescents.

If you have diabetes, remembering to monitor your blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels is as easy as ABC.

New clinical guidelines released by the International Diabetes Foundation emphasize the importance of periodontal health for people with diabetes.

If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes.

If you're a parent with diabetes , one of your biggest concerns may be that your children will also become diabetic.

Survey results just released by the American Diabetes Association show Americans don't realize diabetes can kill.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.