| Diabetes: |
| Gastric Bypass Halts Diabetes in Obese Teens (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Obese teenagers who have gastric
bypass surgery not only lose weight but see their type 2 diabetes
disappear, a new study finds. |
| Diabetes Epidemic Now Poses Challenges for Nursing Homes (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More and more people with
diabetes are living to older ages, thanks to medical advances. But the
long-term facilities, such as nursing homes, that care for aging Americans
may not be ready for the additional challenges that come with treating
patients with diabetes. |
| Risk of diabetes in pregnancy higher in some women (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Certain ethnic groups and women with lower socioeconomic status are at increased risk of developing diabetes while pregnant, research shows. |
| Diabetes can slow the brain, study finds (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Diabetes can slow the brain, causing trouble with two types of mental processing in adults of all ages, Canadian researchers reported on Wednesday. |
| America Losing the Fight With Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The type 2 diabetes epidemic
that continues to sweep across the United States has left an estimated 24
million Americans struggling with the disease, up more than 3 million
people since 2005. |
| Study: Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens (AP) |
| AP - Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study. |
| Diabetic youth may try unhealthy dieting tactics (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Young people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes are often overweight and many turn to unhealthy weight loss practices, such as using over-the-counter diet aids without a doctor's advice, fasting and taking laxatives, new research shows. |
| Metabolic syndrome predicts kidney disease (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Having the so-called metabolic syndrome may raise the risk of chronic kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, researchers from China report. |
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