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Can diabetes cause fatigue, body ache?
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Wednesdays, it's Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Asked by Mike from Tennessee Can diabetes...
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Warning signs of pregnancy-related diabetes
Diabetes stemming from pregnancy can cause a host of problems for baby and mother alike, including birth complications and a higher risk of developing the more serious type 2 diabetes later in life. In...
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Human Factor: Indy car racing with diabetes
In the Human Factor we profile people who have overcome the odds against them. Confronting a life obstacle – injury, illness or other hardship –- they tapped their inner strength and found resilience...
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Where can I find information about pre-diabetes?
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Wednesdays, it's Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Asked by Nicole from Sacramento,...
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Five diabetes myths, busted
David Kendall, M.D., is the chief scientific and medical officer of the The American Diabetes Association. The group’s 71st Scientific Sessions begin Friday in San Diego, California, with presentations...
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Diabetes rate sharply increases
An estimated 350 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to new research published in the Lancet. It describes the disease as a “rising global hazard” and says global diabetes rates have...
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Engineers create human blood vessels from skin cells
If you are on dialysis like approximately 400,000 other Americans, then your life could change for the better in the next couple of years thanks to some new biomedical engineering. The technology,...
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What's the difference in diabetes?
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Wednesdays, it's Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer at the American Cancer Society. Question from Steve from San Bruno,...
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New type 2 diabetes/cholesterol drug approved
A new combination drug to treat both type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol was approved by the Food and Drug Administration Friday. Juvisync combines the blood sugar lowering drug sitagliptin or...
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What's healthy eating for a diabetic?
Every weekday, a CNNHealth expert doctor answers a viewer question. On Friday, it's Dr. Melina Jampolis, a physician nutrition specialist. Asked by Marci in Montana Being a type 2 diabetic, I have too...
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FDA issues guidance for artificial pancreas
The FDA issued draft guidance on Thursday, intended for researchers and device manufactures working to develop and gain FDA approval for an artificial pancreas device system for treating type one...
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Diabetes affects drop out rate, lifetime earnings
Diabetes is contributing to high school dropout rates and reducing lifetime earnings for young people, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs. Researchers found the...
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Paula Deen: Diabetes is not 'a death sentence'
Paula Deen, star of the Food Network’s “Paula’s Best Dishes,” built her reputation on traditional Southern favorites such as fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, sweet tea and butter – lots and lots of...
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War of words over looming EPA dioxin study
With the EPA's deadline only days away, a war of words has erupted over whether the agency should go ahead with a dioxin study decades in the making. Vietnam veterans, environmental advocates and...
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'Top Chef' Talbot: Cooking and diabetes can mix
Editor's note: In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle – injury, illness or other hardship – they tapped their inner strength and found...
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Exporting the Chinese diet... to China
T. Colin Campbell co-authored a bestselling book touting the health benefits of eating like the rural Chinese. Now he’s trying to reacquaint the Chinese with the benefits of the plant-based diet he...
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Avoiding dementia similar to heart disease – lifestyle changes important
Late-life dementia has a lot in common with heart disease – and many of the same causes, according to an article published Tuesday in Nature Reviews Neurology. Like heart disease, the cognitive...
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Obesity rate climbs for Mexican-Americans, study says
Hispanics are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. By the year 2050, the U.S. Census Bureau projects Hispanics will compose 30 percent of the population. Most are...
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Mom's weight may be risk factor for autism
A mother's weight and diabetic condition may increase the risk of her unborn child developing a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as autism, according to a new study published in this week's journal...
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Waist size signals diabetes risk
Having a large waist is an important early warning sign for diabetes, one that in some cases may be just as significant as body mass index (BMI), if not more so, a new study has found. Waist size,...
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