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Removing the entire pancreas in patients with cancer or precancerous cysts in part of the organ does not result in unmanageable diabetes as many physicians previously believed. Researchers examined the control of insulin over several years in 14 patients whose entire pancreas was removed comparing their findings with 100 people …

Women who have "little or no control" over their jobs are at double the risk for diabetes than women who are happy with their career. The same is not the case for men, who "react differently to workplace stress." Lead researcher Peter Smith followed 7,443 working women in Ontario who …

Lack of exercise tops the list of the biggest concerns about kids’ health, according to a new survey of American adults. The plight of young couch potatoes outranked teen pregnancy and drug abuse as problems that adults are concerned about, according to the survey. Not getting enough exercise was ranked …

Over 6 months, computer-based interventions led to greater weight loss than minimal interventions such as a brochure on how to lose weight, a new review found. But patients in these programs had less weight loss than those who had in-person treatment. "Computer-based interventions have a positive effect on short-term weight …

According to a new study, people who are obese and suffer from high blood pressure and other problems linked to heart disease and diabetes may also see a faster decline in their mental abilities. Yet even obese people without these physical conditions experienced a faster decline in functions such as …

New Analysis Reduces Fears of Statin Use Causing Diabetes See this week’s Item #1 on the latest JUPITER analysis results.

Among US states, Mississippi has the highest proportion of obese adults at 34.9%, and Colorado has the lowest, according to a new report by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Mississippi heads 12 states with adult obesity rates of more than 30%, trailed by …

In a large study of adults with type 2 diabetes, pain and nonpain symptoms were common among all patients, not just among those near the end of life. According to the researchers, the prevalence of pain and nonpain symptoms across the age spectrum and at varying points before death or …

According to researchers, TZD drugs pioglitazone or rosiglitazone, which account for up to 20% of the medication prescribed for diabetes in the US, give patients 2 to 3 times more risk of bladder cancer after 5 or more years taking the drugs, as opposed to those who took sulfonylurea drugs, …

An estimated 25.8 million Americans, or 8.3% of the population, have diabetes and almost a third of those don’t know it, the CDC said. Another 79 million people have prediabetes, with high fasting glucose or HbA1c levels but not quite at the frank diabetes level, the agency said in its …