Health News: [diabetes ]: Workplace clinics may be more life-changer than invasion of privacy

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Health News : diabetes - News from Yahoo !   Health: Roche research Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 10:41 AM PDT Zurich, Switzerland (Reuters) - Roche will halt development of a diabetes drug partly because of its undesired side-effects, marking another high-profile setback for the Swiss company as it struggles to diversify outside its core cancer drug portfolio. Continue reading

Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Workplace clinics may be more life-changer than invasion of privacy Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 01:09 PM PDT A Wall Street Journal piece (The Office Nurse Now Treats Diabetes, Not Headaches) notes the benefits of workplace clinics but also emphasizes the potential downside of loss of privacy or employer intrusion into the personal lives of employees. The ever-skeptical Deborah Peel is trotted out to lay out a... Continue reading Three weeks after ban, diabetes drug to be back in stores Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 12:33 PM PDT Anti-diabetic drug pioglitazone, which was banned by the health ministry a few days ago, is likely to be back in pharmacies soon.         Continue reading STOP! Before You Pop Open That Diet Soda… Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 12:20 PM PDT Here's a heads-up if you are a "diet" soda drinker. A new report shows "diet drinks", including artificially sweetened soda , are far from the magic elixirs for your waistline that you've been led to believe. CBS4 Medical Editor explains the link between diet drinks to obesity, high blood pressure, and dia... Continue reading Purdue prof explains link between diet sodas, diabetes Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 12:15 PM PDT Plenty of us reach for a diet soda believing that it's better than drinking its sugary counterpart. But a new study could change your habits. Continue reading Obese dads pass on predisposition to obesity and metabolic disorders to their kids Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 11:38 AM PDT If you are obese and hope to be a father, here's another reason to lose weight: your children and grandchildren may inherit your waistline or metabolic disorders. Scientists have discovered in mice that obese fathers, even those with no symptoms of diabetes, passed this negative trait on most frequentl... Continue reading Study says diet sodas may actually be worse than regular soda Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 11:01 AM PDT (KTNV) -- Diet soday doesn't help you lose weight. That is according to a new study from Purdue University. The study found that diet sodas may actually be linked to a number of health problems from obesity to diabetes to heart disease. Continue reading Indiana Fever's Tamika Catchings advocates for diabetes prevention Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 09:49 AM PDT Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings has joined the fight against diabetes. Continue reading Taking care of yourself when you are sick and have diabetes Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 09:40 AM PDT You can come down with a cold any time of the year. When you have diabetes, a cold or any illness can quickly throw off your blood sugar. Illness can raise your blood sugar (even when you are not eating), so it's important to pay extra attention to your diabetes. Here are some things you should ... Continue reading Up to 40 jobs to go at LifeScan Thu, 11 Jul, 2013 09:17 AM PDT LifeScan Scotland has announced up to 40 jobs are to go in Inverness. The company, at the forefront of this country's diabetes research and a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, has started a three-month consultation with its 1000 strong workforce. Continue reading

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