| Health News : diabetes - News from other sources. | | | | | | | | Man helps change lives of thousands with diabetes Sun, 30 Jun, 2013 09:05 PM PDT Millions of Americans suffer from Type 1 diabetes, but thanks to a Maine man, some 45,000 of them are able to live a more normal lifestyle. People with Type 1 diabetes must constantly monitor their blood sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. In recent years, portable insulin pumps hav... Continue reading | | | Are These Dietary Supplements Safe? Sun, 30 Jun, 2013 08:27 PM PDT Being overweight or obese has been linked with a host of health problems, including Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. So it's no surprising that many of us want to drop some pounds (and probably improve our self-confidence as well). Continue reading | | Dealing with Diabetes Sun, 30 Jun, 2013 08:08 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Will Merkley deals with diabetes on a daily basis. He was diagnosed when he was just ten months old, so he knows no different. "Kind of hard, sometimes when I'm low I feel like I'm floating in the clouds and kind of shaky." For the Merkley family it's a double dose. Will's... Continue reading | | | Diabetes drug ban to help some companies Sun, 30 Jun, 2013 05:30 PM PDT In the wake of a government ban on top-selling diabetes drug, pioglitazone, the volumes are expected to shift to other classes such as first-generation drugs (combination of glimepiride and metformin) and newer class of drugs, 'gliptins', as well as insulins, even as domestic companies are protesting t... Continue reading | | Readers Feel... Sun, 30 Jun, 2013 05:22 PM PDT AMARILLO -- G rant Denny is 9 years old, with a big plan. Mellessa Denny says, "we found out Grant had diabetes when he was 2 years old. "I find my goal is to see if Congress can instead of partially funding, fully fund JDRF research," Grant says. Continue reading | | | |
