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Kidney Disease Rising Due to Diabetes. New data confirms the rate of chronic kidney disease is increasing along with the rising rates of diabetes. Up to 40% of people with diabetes will experience kidney problems in their lifetime. Less than 40% of people with diabetes are screened yearly for kidney …

Employees with Diabetes Cost More than $22,000 a Year. The ADA asserts that one out of every five healthcare dollars is spent caring for someone with diagnosed diabetes, while one in 10 health care dollars is attributed directly to diabetes. Some 24 million people in the U.S. have diabetes and …

First Ever Guidelines Issued for Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy: Also the first ever guidelines on the use of self-monitoring of blood glucose for Type 2 patients not on insulin. Learn more in this week’s Item #2.

Processed Food Increases Risk of Depression: This report is based on data from a long-running cohort study of middle-aged civil servants. An analysis found that eating processed foods was associated with depression five years later, even after other social and health factors were taken into account. What were the basic results? …

Laughter Can Lower Your Blood Sugar: Did you know that laughter can lower your blood sugar? Scientists have discovered that laughing can also help keep blood sugar levels closer to normal. In a recent published study, it was reported that laughter lowered blood sugar in both people with diabetes, and …

Americans Don’t Realize that Diabetes Can Kill: In a recent survey conducted by the ADA, it was found that less than half of the respondents chose diabetes when asked whether diabetes, breast cancer or AIDS causes the most deaths. Diabetes kills more than breast cancer and AIDS combined.  See this …

New Diabetes Drug May Work Better than Byetta: Roche announced last week that its GLP-1 drug, taspoglutide (which is still in phase 3 trials), worked better than Byetta in lowering blood sugar, according to the results of a late stage study. The study marks a small step on the way …

Fitness Levels Drop More Rapidly after Age 45 Years: Fitness levels drop more rapidly after age 45 years, especially in men, according to the results of a study. However, exercise, maintaining a healthy body mass index (BMI), and not smoking were associated with better fitness levels and cardiovascular health. Andrew S. …

Depression Risk Highest in Younger Type 2 Diabetes Patients: The risk of comorbid depression is particularly strong in relatively young people with Type 2 diabetes, according to a nationwide Norwegian study. In Norwegian men with Type 2 diabetes, the risk of unipolar depressive disorder peaked when they were in their …

Australia Headed for Diabetes Crisis: A new report on the impact of Type 2 diabetes predicts that by the year 2050, one in seven Australians will have the disease: that is equal to 1.6 million people. The report comes from the National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling in Canberra, …