Health Conditions News

Apr202012

Guidelines Back More Personal Diabetes Care

by Howard LeWine, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

Diabetes treatment plans and goals should be tailored to each person, new guidelines for doctors say. The American Diabetes Association released the guidelines. They were developed jointly with the European Association for...read more

Categories: Diabetes

Apr172012

Study Explores Sleep and Diabetes Risk

by Howard LeWine, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

New research shows how getting too little sleep, at erratic times, may cause changes in the body that increase the risk of weight gain and diabetes. The study was done with 21 volunteers who spent 6 weeks living in a...read more

Categories: Diabetes

Mar232012

Diabetes Prevention Cuts Health Care Costs

by Howard LeWine, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

Programs to prevent type 2 diabetes can lower people's health care costs over time, a new study finds. The new analysis took a close look at data from the Diabetes Prevention Program. That study explored ways to prevent type...read more

Categories: Diabetes

Mar202012

Drug May Help Hard-to-Control Diabetes

by Robert H. Shmerling, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

A new type of drug may help to lower blood sugar in people who have trouble controlling their diabetes, a study finds. The drug is called dapagliflozin. It causes the kidneys to release sugar into the urine, which removes it...read more

Categories: Diabetes