Health News: [diabetes ]: Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer's disease study

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Undiagnosed pre-diabetes highly prevalent in early Alzheimer's disease study Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 09:08 AM PDT When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease into a nationwide study last year, he expected to find only a handful of participants with undiagnosed glucose intolerance, as all the patients were already under a doctor's care and those w... Continue reading Ex-cardiovasular surgeon, 80, has a new approach to the artificial pancreas Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 08:54 AM PDT NORTHPORT -- Arne Lande, a retired cardio-vascular surgeon in Northport, says he has a break-through idea for developing a long-sought artificial pancreas for insulin-dependent diabetics. If approved by the Federal Drug Administration, his small artificial pancreas could dramatically change treatment of di... Continue reading Timing of first solid food tied to child diabetes risk Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 08:48 AM PDT When babies already at increased risk for type 1 diabetes had their first solid foods before four months of age or after six months, their chances of developing the disorder at least doubled, according to a new study. Continue reading Sydney's diabetes 'danger zone' Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 08:18 AM PDT Research reveals the top 10 suburbs where the medical condition is most prevalent.         Continue reading Website bridges cultures, language Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 07:48 AM PDT WHEN Dr. Martina Scholtens handed the patient before her - a woman from Myanmar in her 50s - a handout about how to care for her diabetes that was written in her mother tongue of Karen, the woman was overcome with emotion. Continue reading Aussies struggle to spot diabetes signs Sun, 14 Jul, 2013 07:13 AM PDT A POLL released ahead of Diabetes Awareness Week finds most Australians don't recognise all the symptoms of the disease. Continue reading

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