News tagged with 'Insulin'

New research presented at the American Association of Diabetes conference this week suggests blood glucose and insulin sensitivity begins changing several years before the onset of diabetes.

The FDA is warning against the sharing of insulin pens and cartridges after the practice at some Army hospitals apparently led to the sharing of blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis C.

Postmenopausal women with hyperinsulinemia were twice as likely to develop breast cancer when compared to women with the lowest levels of insulin, this study finds.

A newly released study suggests insulin has the ability to protect the brain from harmful proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

It's hard to believe, but intense and very brief exercise of about three minute duration, may be all that is needed to jump-start diabetic insulin levels and improve their health picture. 

Families dealing with diabetes, which affects about 1 in 500 under age 20, are challenging school policies that make it hard to test blood sugar and inject insulin at school.

The FDA is notifying doctors and patients that Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling 471,000 single-use disposable, hypodermic insulin syringes that could pose a serious health risk to diabetic users.

Food and Drug Administration advisers voted 14-2, that all new diabetes drugs should undergo longer cardiovascular trials to assure they don't increase the risk of heart related problems.

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes. An estimated 50.2 million people will be diagnosed with diabetes by the year 2025.

Why do depression and diabetes go hand in hand? No knows for sure, but this study is just the latest to confirm that depression and diabetes tend to co-exist. The stress hormone may be to blame, as well as lifestyle.