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Diabetes belt identified in southern United States
In the 1960s, a group of U.S. states with high age-adjusted stroke mortality defined a "stroke belt." Until recently, geographic patterns of diabetes had not been specifically characterized in the same manner. In an article ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Diabetes in pregnancy a risk for mom years later
(AP) -- A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for moms' future health - one that too many seem to be missing.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2011 |
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The Medical Minute: November is diabetes month
About 24 million adults in the U.S. have Diabetes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new projections that the incidence of diabetes in the U.S. will triple by 2050, meaning that 1 in 3 ...
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Nov 11, 2010 |
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More Americans uninsured, but rate about the same
(AP) -- The government says the number of uninsured Americans is now nearly 47 million, up about 7 percent from 2006. And a large percentage of people say they have put off health care for conditions like diabetes and high ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Number of diabetic Americans could triple by 2050
(AP) -- Federal officials estimate that as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by the year 2050.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Metabolic status before pregnancy predicts subsequent gestational diabetes
Cardio-metabolic risk factors such as high blood sugar and insulin, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol that are present before pregnancy, predict whether a woman will develop diabetes during a future pregnancy, ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Extreme obesity affecting more children at younger ages
Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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People with prediabetes not taking adequate precautions to avoid diabetes
In 2005-2006, almost 30% of the U.S. adult population had prediabetes, but over 90% were unaware of their prediabetes status. Although it is known that diabetes can be prevented or delayed among adults at high risk through ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2010 |
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US survey shows southern counties most obese
(AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.
Nov 19, 2009 |
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New device looks to prevent vision loss in diabetes patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Indiana University School of Optometry faculty member's company is nearing completion of a diagnostic camera that could aid in saving the vision of millions of people worldwide.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 17, 2009 |
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New survey results show huge burden of diabetes
In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for ...
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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