Health News: [diabetes ]: Diabetes risk doubles in remote or disadvantaged areas

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Health News : diabetes - News from Yahoo !   Long-term study finds Australian adults increasingly at risk of diabetes and obesity Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 08:12 PM PDT One of the most comprehensive studies tracking the health of Australians has released findings that paint a disturbing picture of the nation's battle with diabetes and obesity. Continue reading

Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Diabetes risk doubles in remote or disadvantaged areas Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 09:07 PM PDT LIVING in remote or socially disadvantaged areas doubles the risk of developing diabetes, a major 12-year study of Australians has revealed. Continue reading Student forms Sugar Dogs nonprofit to help diabetic children npc-news.gadsdentimes.com Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 09:01 PM PDT Annagrace Gardner was 11 years old when she was diagnosed last year with Type 1 diabetes. Continue reading Senior NC leader Pahadi no more Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 08:50 PM PDT Gopalraj Pahadi, who is one of the most senior Nepali Congress (NC) leaders, has breathed his last on Monday morning. Pahadi, who was suffering from kidney problem, heart disease and diabetes since long, was 68. Continue reading Duluth Family Helps Klobuchar Promote Medical Research Funding Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 08:44 PM PDT A Duluth family affected by diabetes joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar at the University of Minnesota Sunday, as she discussed the need for medical research funding. Continue reading Exercise needed to prevent diabetes Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 08:08 PM PDT Sitting stationary for more than two hours at a time could be made illegal under a plan to combat diabetes. Continue reading Wiffleball for a good cause Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 07:54 PM PDT Little Fenway and Little Wrigley was the host of yet another wiffleball tournament for a good cause. This weekend, the third annual SLAMDiabetes Wiffleball Tournament was in full swing at the famous fields. The event creates awareness and raises money for people with T1 diabetes. In it's first two year... Continue reading Insulin pumps are 'better' for childhood diabetes Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 07:38 PM PDT THE largest ever study of the effectiveness of insulin pumps to treat type 1 diabetes in children has shown that they are more effective at controlling blood sugar than jabs. Continue reading Type 1 diabetes study identifies subset of patients with strong response to therapy Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 07:23 PM PDT Primary results from a new clinical trial show that a discrete subset of patients with type 1 diabetes treated with the monoclonal antibody teplizumab (MacroGenics, Inc.) demonstrated especially robust response with greater preservation of C-peptide, a biomarker of islet cell function, compared to cont... Continue reading Farmer's Market just one of the ways White Earth is fighting against diabetes, obesity Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 07:18 PM PDT Mahnomen, Minn. - The Farmer's Market just off Main Street here aims to be an oasis in a "food desert" covering much of the White Earth Indian Reservation. Continue reading

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