Health News: [diabetes ]: Less Eye Screening in African American Children with High Risk of Retinopathy from Type 1 Diabetes

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Health News : diabetes - News from Yahoo !   Patient Advisory: Important Information for Beneficiaries of Medicare Part B -- OneTouch® Diabetes Testing Supplies ... Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 06:56 AM PDT MILPITAS, Calif., July 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- To Medicare Part B beneficiaries with diabetes and their healthcare professionals: If you have diabetes and are enrolled in Medicare Part B, or you are a ... Continue reading

Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Less Eye Screening in African American Children with High Risk of Retinopathy from Type 1 Diabetes Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 08:47 AM PDT In one of the few studies to provide information on eye screening of children, African American children with the greatest risk for disease of the retina as a complication of Type 1 diabetes are the least likely to have received an eye exam. Continue reading Researchers Discover New Way to Block Inflammation in Alzheimer's, Atherosclerosis and Type-2 Diabetes Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 08:46 AM PDT Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that triggers chronic inflammation in Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis and type-2 diabetes. The results, published today in Nature Immunology, suggest a common biochemical thread to multiple diseases and point the way to a new class of t... Continue reading Beaverton student represents Oregon in Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Children's Congress Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 08:19 AM PDT Life can be difficult and frightening for a kid struggling with Type 1 diabetes, but Adli, 7, and her family stay positive. She and 149 other delegates from across the nation will come together July 8-10 in Washington, D.C., to address Congress about funding for the Special Diabetes program. Continue reading Council Rock student taking on diabetes Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 08:14 AM PDT Richboro Middle School's Brett Rubin, 13, has Type 1 diabetes. Next week, he will help represent Pennsylvania at the 2013 Children's Congress, which lobbies the U.S. Congress to fund research on the c Continue reading Researchers discover new way to block inflammation Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 08:05 AM PDT ( NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine ) Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered a mechanism that triggers chronic inflammation in Alzheimer's, atherosclerosis and type-2 diabetes. The results, published today in Nature Immunology, suggest a common bioch... Continue reading ASN: Whole grain and bran 'modestly' associated with chronic disease risk reduction Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 07:30 AM PDT The evidence to support the potential of whole grains and cereal fibers to reduce the risk of obesity, type-2 diabetes and heart disease is 'moderate', says a new position paper from the American Society of Nutrition (ASN). Continue reading 15-minute Abu Dhabi walkathon in diabetes centre Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 06:58 AM PDT Initiative part of Start Walking campaign Continue reading Bestselling Author Brenda Novak Raises $359,815 for a Type 1 Diabetes Cure Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 06:04 AM PDT Novak worked with the Juvenile Diabetes Cure Alliance to legally stipulate that donor dollars go exclusively towards cure research. (PRWeb July 01, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/7/prweb10881488.htm Continue reading 'Telehealth' consultations prove useful to patients Mon, 01 Jul, 2013 06:02 AM PDT After months of spiking blood-sugar levels and draining energy, Olga Veter-Eluska is finally figuring out diabetes. Continue reading

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