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Native Americans who often ate processed meat in a can (generically known as “spam,” a common food on reservations, and subsidized by the U.S. government) had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none, according to a U.S. study. Native Americans are at especially …

Evidence of the relationship between fiber intake and control of diabetes is mixed. The purpose of the study was to determine if an increase in dietary fiber affects glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and fasting blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes. Randomized studies published from Jan. 1, 1980, to Dec. …

A survey of more than 25,000 consumers in 56 countries, found that about 6 out of 10 consumers (59%) have difficulty comprehending nutritional labels and just 52% understood them “in part.” Consumers in North America showed the most confidence in understanding nutritional labels, with more than half (57%) indicating they …

Bydureon Approved for Sale in the US FDA approves Bydureon as adjunct treatment of type 2 diabetes. In a letter posted to the Food and Drug Administration website, the FDA said that Bydureon was approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type …

A study found that fewer diabetes patients are being hospitalized for foot or leg amputations, though they’re still at higher risk of losing a limb than the general population. Among diabetes patients ages 40 and up, hospital discharge rates for nontraumatic lower-extremity amputation fell an average of 8.6% per year …

But, it’s better than it once was. That figure was up slightly from the previous year’s 20%, but is still smaller than it was in 1996, when the top 1% of healthcare spenders accounted for 28% of total healthcare expenditures. Average per capita spending for each person in that top …

Adrian Cameron from Deakin University, study co-author, stated that, “We knew that higher hip circumference was protective against metabolic diseases such as diabetes as well as death…. However, we did not know that taking waist and hip circumference into account separately (as opposed to using the waist-to-hip ratio) would reveal …

FDA Issues Response Letter on Dapagliflozin The FDA has issued a complete response letter regarding the New Drug Application for investigational compound dapagliflozin (SGLT2) for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adults. The complete response letter requests additional clinical data to allow a better assessment of the benefit-risk profile …

R.E. Post of Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston and colleagues led the study, finding that dietary fiber can both reduce fasting blood glucose and improve HbA1c in type 2 patients. The authors say previous studies did not come to the same conclusion as to how dietary fiber would affect …

Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery as to why heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Ling Zheng, Kun Huang and colleagues explain that previous studies show that coffee drinkers are at a lower risk for developing type 2 diabetes, which …