The National Institutes (NIH) of Health and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) have studied and just released estimates of the incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth. There findings coincided with World Diabetes Day. About 154, 000 youth in the U.S. have diabetes. From data originating from the Centers... Read more
Tomorrow, Nov. 14, is World Diabetes Day. In December 2006, the United Nations passed a resolution recognizing diabetes as a chronic, debilitating, and costly disease. The resolution designates World Diabetes Day to be observed each year as an official United Nations Day.the goal of the resolution was to increase awareness about diabetes around... Read more
The European Heart Journal just released a study of 38,172 women without diabetes or cardiovascular disease by Harvard researchers to determine if over the course of 10 years whether a link exists between blood pressure and blood pressure progression and type 2 diabetes development. During the 10 years of the study, 1,672 women developed... Read more
It's Halloween time. And it's fairly obvious that Americans are not changing their preferred treat: candy. According to the National Retail Federation, American consumers are expected to spend $1.55 billion on candy for this Halloween celebration. That amounts to an average of $19.84 per person this year compared to $18.72 in... Read more
The recent medical record breach with regards to George Clooney's recent hospital admission underscores how easy it might be for unwanted eyes to look at your medical records. Apparently hospital workers with electronic access to medical records accessed George Clooney's medical records to satisfy their own curiosity or to seek... Read more
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