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Overweight pregnant women putting their infants at risk: In recent years, there has been a large increase in the prevalence of overweight and obese women of childbearing age, with approximately 51% of non-pregnant women ages 20 to 39 being classified as overweight or obese. A new article finds that obesity …

First Use of Insulin in Treatment of Diabetes 88 Years Ago: On 11 January 1922, Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes, who lay dying at the Toronto General Hospital, Canada, was given the first injection of insulin. However, the extract was so impure that Thompson suffered a severe allergic …

J&J to Test Artificial Pancreas in Diabetes Patients: An experimental artificial pancreas will soon be tested in diabetes patients, potentially sparing them from its most dangerous complications and frequent blood sugar checks and insulin injections. The research, just announced, would prevent life-threatening seizures from blood sugar lows and eliminate having …

Cognitive Impairment + Diabetes = Dementia: Researchers found that older people with memory loss are three times more likely to develop dementia if they also have diabetes. Scientists have previously recognized that diabetes is associated with development of mild cognitive impairment, memory loss. This most recent study shows that having …

Quitting Smoking Increases Risk for Diabetes by 70: A US study this week reported that giving up smoking increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The researchers looked at 10,892 middle-aged adults who were followed for up to 17 years and found the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes …

Pedometer Cuts Type 2 Diabetes Risk by Half: A new study using a pedometer as part of a structured education program reduced the chances of Type 2 diabetes by more than 50% in those at risk of developing the condition, reveals a new study. By using a device that costs …

India Diabetes’ World Capital by 2025: Eminent heart surgeon V. V. Bashi said India would be the world capital of diabetes by 2025. “Diabetes is a big factor for heart disease. Eighty percent of those who suffer from diabetes in India invariably suffer from heart disease. In the western world, …

ADA Announces New Recommendations for the Diagnosis of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes: The American Diabetes Association’s new Clinical Practice Recommendations, being published as a supplement to the January issue of Diabetes Care, call for the addition of the A1c test as a means of diagnosing diabetes and identifying pre-diabetes. The test has …

FDA Decision on Liraglutide Expected within Days: Danish pharma major Novo Nordisk said it expects formal feedback from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the new drug application (NDA) for its diabetes drug candidate liraglutide within days. Liraglutide is a once-daily human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, which works by …

Which is Better? Insulin vs. Triple Oral Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Early use of insulin after diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes is met with resistance because of associated weight gain, hypoglycemia, and fear of decreased compliance and quality of life (QoL). When compared with a clinically equivalent treatment …