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Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Toronto surveyed 92,106 women and found those who had a D-cup or larger at the age of 20 were at around three times higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those with an A-cup. Harvard professor Joel Ray believes the correlation …

Warning Letter Issued by FDA to J&J for Delayed Reporting for Insulin Pump Problems See this week’s Item #11.

The FDA has notified the company that the new Abbott Freestyle test strip has been cleared for use with the OmniPod system. The companies are in the midst of updating the product label and will be communicating with customers once that has been completed, probably next week. The latest version …

Obese patients with or without diabetes who took a minimum dosage of the appetite-suppressing glucagon-like peptide-1 hormone for at least 20 weeks lost more weight than people in control groups from a review of 25 studies in the British Medical Journal. Researchers also noted improvements in blood pressure and total …

The New York City health department launched a subway advertising campaign to warn people about the health risks of eating supersize portions. The restaurant industry said it is being unfairly attacked, but the department’s Gretchen Van Wye said at-home portions and even plates are larger than they were in decades …

Lower maternal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-OH D) during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of offspring developing type 1 diabetes during childhood, according to a study. Using radioimmunoassay, 25-OH D levels were measured on late pregnancy samples from 109 women whose offspring developed type 1 diabetes before …

A new study claims that people who drink at least three cups of black tea each day could be lowering their risk of developing conditions such as diabetes and heart attacks. It is already believed that regularly drinking tea helps to prevent the blood from clotting and manages blood pressure. …

A new study showed that babies born in southwestern Ohio after 1970 were an estimated 1 pound heavier and more than half an inch longer compared with babies born in earlier decades. Researchers found that modern babies and counterparts in previous generations were about the same size by age 1. …

And they don’t typically lose the weight they gained when the holidays are over. That’s the finding in a New England Journal of Medicine study. Dec. 2011.

As many as 85% of people with diabetes identified fatigue as one of their leading daily challenges, according to a recent survey of 8,000 diabetes patients. Only 6% of survey respondents noted that they use energy drinks. “Chronic fatigue may be symptomatic of [diabetes] and can make it difficult for …