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New Trend Developing — “Constant Eating”:According to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, American kids are developing a trend toward “constant eating.” Most kids eat three snacks a day in addition to three meals a day. Researchers feel that this is a contributing factor …

Hearing Loss Twice as Likely with Diabetes: People with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss as those who do not have diabetes, says the National Institutes of Health landmark study and recommends that all men and women with diabetes have their hearing tested. Based on the findings …

Causal Effects of Diabetes and Cancer: Four reports in Diabetologia presented data on the association between hypoglycaemic agents and the risk of cancer. One study showed a higher risk of cancer overall in subjects with diabetes receiving insulin or sulfonylureas than in those on metformin. In another study, the risk …

Saturated Fat Is… Okay?: Good news for meat and dairy lovers. Your heart-attack-on-a-plate hamburger may not actually cause heart attacks! The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published an analysis of 21 studies that followed 350,000 adults for 5 to 21 years. The conclusion: there’s no clear evidence that saturated …

Diabetes Drug Pipeline Close to 200 Medications: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that drug companies are working on 183 new drugs for diabetes, including 133 for Type 2 diabetes, 26 for Type 1 diabetes and 34 for other forms of the disease and related conditions, such as …

One Espresso Can Slow Blood Flow to the Heart: It may be the perfect morning pick-me-up. But a single espresso could be bad for your heart and reduce blood flow by more then 20%. Decaffeinated coffee, in contrast, can boost blood flow. The researchers said the high amount of caffeine …

Minorities Less Likely to Receive A1c Diabetes Test: Ethnic and racial minorities bear a disproportionate share of America’s diabetes epidemic but are two to three times less likely than white patients to receive the A1c test during physician office visits, according to Washington State University researchers. Earlier this year, the …

Key to Reversing Type 1 Diabetes Discovered: Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer. See this week’s Item #9.

Normal Glucose Greater than 85mg/dL in Kids Predicts Diabetes Later: Increases in fasting plasma glucose during childhood — even though levels remain in the normal range (85-100mg/dL.) — can predict adult prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes later in life, a retrospective cohort study showed. Among individuals with a fasting plasma …

Approval of Diamyd’s Diabetes Vaccine Set for 2011: The diabetes vaccine being developing by Diamyd is not far from being approved. Diamyd is using two different technologies: the first is based on a GAD65 molecule. The molecule was shown to stall the destruction of beta cells connected with Type 1 …