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WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to a moderated poster session, "Mortality Due to Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: A Global, Regional, and National Comparative Risk Assessment," being presented tomorrow at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention (EPI) and Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism (NPAM) 2013 Scientific Sessions, the American Beverage Association issued the following statement: Statement: "This abstract,...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sansum Diabetes Research Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Rem Laan as Executive Director. He will be responsible for the non-profit organization's strategic planning, operations, major gift development and cultivation of donor relationships. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130315/DC78036 ) Mr. Laan has extensive industry experience in the field of diabetes in the U.S. and globally....

BLOOMINGTON, Minn., March 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Back by popular demand.... Nationally known nutrition and wellness expert Dr. Robert Rakowski DC, CCN, DACBN, DIBAK will teach a natural approach to diabetes and obesity. The public will learn how the "typical American diet and lifestyle" is creating preventable diseases and what you can do to improve your health and the health of your family. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), in "2011, 25.8...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into findings published by a group of researchers suggesting diabetes drugs have a link to pancreatic cancer. The FDA said it is reviewing unpublished findings that suggest pre-cancerous cellular changes could be associated with specific Type 2 diabetes drugs known as incretin mimetics. These findings were based on examination of a small number of pancreatic tissue specimens taken...

Need for new treatment options and lack of patient awareness of disease impact on heart, kidneys, and pancreas among major challenges RARITAN, N.J., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, national survey revealed physicians feel type 2 diabetes patients could better manage their disease by appreciating the benefits of "small successes" - such as walking instead of driving short distances - rather than focusing on drastic changes. In fact, 97 percent of physicians said type 2 diabetes...

EXTON, Pa., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTrends Research Group, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for specialized biopharmaceutical issues, finds that nephrologists believe that diabetic nephropathy is the renal condition with the highest unmet need for treatment, followed closely by acute kidney injury and polycystic kidney disease, according to TreatmentTrends: Diabetic Nephropathy (U.S.), a study of 105 U.S. physicians (52 nephrologists, 26...

Polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition affecting about 10 percent of women and characterized by excess male hormone and increased risk of diabetes and heart disease, appears to cause a sort of double jeopardy for those struggling the hardest to control blood sugar levels, researchers report. Humans use insulin and other non-insulin mechanisms to convert blood sugar, or glucose, into energy and control levels in the blood, where it becomes a destructive force. A new study in the Journal...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A class of diabetes drugs used to lower blood glucose levels could also help protect patients from developing heart failure, according to researchers affiliated with the Henry Ford Hospital. According to Kathleen Lees of Science World Report, the retrospective study looked at more than 4,400 diabetic patients who were taking medications in order to lower their blood sugar while at the Detroit medical facility. Of those...

South Jersey Health and Body explains the dangers of Diabetes and what to know if overweight. Barrington, NJ (PRWEB) March 08, 2013 Doctors and researchers have found that obesity and diabetes are connected, but how? Diabetes is such a common word thrown around nowadays, but what is it? For starters, 8.3% of the U.S. have diabetes and 79 million people are prediabetic! It is the leading cause of blindness and over 62% of nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in people with...

Increasing prevalence of diabetes among Hispanics in Miami-Dade County WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity chef and cookbook author, Chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, is partnering with Merck on Cuida tu Diabetes, Cuida tu Corazon (Taking Diabetes to Heart) to educate Hispanics living with type 2 diabetes about including small, but important changes in their lifestyle. Chef Leticia will visit select cities to show the Hispanic community how to make...