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OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Depression in patients with diabetes is associated with a substantively increased risk of developing dementia compared to those with diabetes alone, according to researchers from the University of Washington and Kaiser Permanente. The study, among the first -- and largest to date -- to examine all-cause dementia in diabetes patients with and without depression, appears on the current online issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry....

The Doctors Health Press, a publisher of various natural health newsletters books and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is lending its support to a recent clinical study that has found that cinnamon has an effect on blood glucose levels. Boston, MA (PRWEB) December 03, 2011 The Doctors Health Press, a publisher of various natural health newsletters books and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is lending its support...

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Diabetes Hands Foundation announced today the donation of $75,000 to six diabetes charities that help people with diabetes in need in the United States and Latin America. The money was raised through a grassroots online diabetes awareness campaign called Big Blue Test, supported by Roche Diabetes Care. The Big Blue Test takes place every November leading up to World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14. The campaign reinforces the...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Health is urging Pennsylvanians to take control of their health by being screened for diabetes, an often preventable disease that is the nation's seventh-leading cause of death. "Early detection is a key component in controlling diabetes," said Secretary of Health Dr. Eli Avila. "As diabetes rates continue to rise, it's important for Pennsylvanians to know their risk for diabetes and get properly screened to help...

Maintaining normal blood glucose levels prevents long-term kidney complications Highlights:     People with type 1 diabetes are at high risk of developing kidney disease.     Intensive diabetes therapy can preserve kidney function in patients with type 1 diabetes.     Between one million and three million Americans may have type 1 diabetes. Each year, more than 15,000 children and 15,000 adults - approximately 80 people per day - are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, award-winning actor and comedian Anthony Anderson is teaming up with Eli Lilly and Company's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes initiative to remove the stereotype of Generation D--the belief that type 2 diabetes is an older person's disease. Formerly known as "adult-onset" diabetes, type 2 diabetes is now occurring at younger and younger ages.(1) In recognition of National Diabetes...

Experts From Montefiore Medical Center Available for Interviews November 2011 is Diabetes Awareness Month BRONX, N.Y., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released today by Montefiore Medical Center: More than Half of All Americans Will Have Diabetes by 2020 - Ranks Could Swell to 135 million Half of all American adults are destined to develop diabetes or pre-diabetes by 2020 if they don't make dramatic lifestyle changes, according to a dire new prediction from...

CHICAGO, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A diagnosis of diabetes can be overwhelming, and can leave patients feeling powerless over their health and life. Although it is true that managing diabetes can be complicated and time consuming, diabetes education helps individuals understand their disease and start taking steps to successfully manage it. Last month, two studies published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine and an additional study published in The Diabetes Educator...

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia researchers use a diabetes drug to permanently reprogram insulin-producing cells Pediatric researchers who tested newborn animals with an existing human drug used in adults with diabetes report that this drug, when given very early in life, prevents diabetes from developing in adult animals. If this finding can be repeated in humans, it may become a way to prevent at-risk infants from developing type 2 diabetes. "We uncovered a novel mechanism to...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The current model for care of people with diabetes is no longer viable, and continuing today's approach could bring devastating consequences not only the United States healthcare system, but also emerging systems in developing countries, as diabetes is now the most significant public health problem worldwide. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100609/MEDCOLOGO) On the crux of Diabetes Awareness Month, three of the world's most...