| Diabetes: |
| Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart
Disease (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary
soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases
of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in
the last decade, a new U.S. study finds. |
| Processed Meat May Harm the Heart (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) -- Conventional wisdom has dictated
that fat from red meat is a risk factor for heart disease, but a new
analysis from Harvard researchers finds it's eating processed meat -- not
unprocessed red meat -- that increases the risk for heart disease and even
diabetes. |
| Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study (AFP) |
| AFP - The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new study has found. |
| Bugs in the gut can cause obesity: study (AFP) |
| AFP - The bugs that help digest food may also cause the body to pack on the pounds if they are not properly regulated, a new study has found. |
| Lunchtime coffee break best for fighting diabetes (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Drinking coffee cuts diabetes risk, new research confirms, but you may need to enjoy your java with lunch if you want to get any benefit. |
| Whole Grains Take a Bite Out of Type 2 Diabetes Risk (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Brown rice is better than white
rice at reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, but whole grains are the
most effective at lowering the risk, study findings show. |
| A1c diabetes test is a better indicator of risk (Reuters) |
| Reuters - A test that shows blood sugar levels over a span of several weeks is not only the best way to diagnose diabetes but also may be better at identifying who is at risk of getting diabetes than standard blood sugar tests, researchers said on Wednesday. |
| Newer Blood Test Predicts Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- The newer hemoglobin A1C
test predicts diabetes as well as the traditional fasting blood sugar
test, but it beats that old standard in predicting a patient's future risk
of heart disease and stroke, new research shows. |
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