Diabetes can be defined as having too much blood glucose or sugar. Normal glucose levels are good, because a body needs glucose to create energy, but when there is too much glucose it has adverse effects on the body.
Canadian scientists studying the effects of glucose on cellular aging have discovered an unusual effect that could change how doctors treat diabetes and even address the human lifespan.
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) released a statement last week in response to the study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine which suggested that intensive blood glucose control for critical care patients with hyperglycemia doesnt improve outcomes and is associated…
The first time Chris Matthews heard the words high blood sugar was in 2002 at a doctors office in Washington, DC, where he was being treated for malaria after a trip to Zimbabwe. He didnt pay a lot of attention to the warning about his glucose levels after a blood…
If you get less than six hours of sleep per night, your risk of developing impaired fasting glucose rises by a factor of 4.56, according to a report from the American Heart Association.
The FDA has announced that starting in early April, its Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee will begin looking into two new drugs for type 2 diabetes: saxagliptin tablets from Bristol-Meyers Squibb and liraglutide, an injection drug from Novo Nordisk.
New cases of adult type 2 diabetes have increased by more than 90 percent in the past 10 years, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease and Prevention.(1) Equally troubling is the dramatic rise in type 2 diabetes among children. Recent reports reveal a 200 percent increase in…
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