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By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY Students: Get ready for pizza with whole-grain crust and bigger portions of fruits and vegetables on your school lunch tray. You're still going to get french fries, but they'll probably be baked and sprinkled with less salt. Today the government is releasing new nutrition standards for school meals that spell out dramatic changes, ...

  NEW YORK – Paula Deen, the warm, down-home cooking star known for her Southern recipes loaded with butter and sugar, says she decided not to talk about type 2 diabetes when she found out she had it three years ago. But beginning today, she's going public in a big way.Read Full Article "I made the choice at ...

The Daily is reporting that Paula Deen, the large-living queen of heavy cooking, is about to come clean with what some say has long been her dirtiest secret: her diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. Rumors of Deen's diabetes first started to swirl in April, when The National Enquirer and The Daily Mail both reported that the TV chef was hiding her disease for fear that ...

By Teresa Dunmain, msnbc.com What can I eat? If that's not the first question you ask after a diabetes diagnosis, it's probably a close second. You figure fruits and vegetables are at the top of the list (they are); lean meats, some fish, and healthy whole grains make the cut too. Those you expect; these you may not: ...

After years of struggling towards finding a cure for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Japanese scientists have made a huge breakthrough that points toward a cure for both diseases located right in a patient’s own brain. Tomoko Kuwabara, a scientist from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba Science ...

Ron Santo elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee By Scott Boeck, USA TODAY In a bittersweet moment, former Chicago Cubs great Ron Santo was was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in an announcement made Monday. The Cubs legend and third baseman was named on 15 of the 16 ballots. He was the ...

(CNN) -- Kerry Morgan was just 3 years old when she participated in her first clinical trial for type 1 diabetes prevention. She didn't have the disease, but her 7-year old sister did and there was concern that she might develop it, too. During the trial she was given one shot of insulin a day in ...

The International Diabetes Federation predicts that at least one in 10 adults could have diabetes by 2030, according to its latest statistics. In a report issued on Monday, the advocacy group estimated that 552 million people could have diabetes in two decades' time based on factors like aging and demographic changes. Currently, the group says that ...

Three diabetic New Jersey bus drivers are suing one of the world's largest bus, coach and rail companies, claiming it discriminated against them with unwarranted suspensions. The three drivers say in the suit that Coach USA violated the state's Law Against Discrimination by suspending them for conditions they didn't have. Coach USA, a New Jersey subsidiary ...

The AADE (American Association of Diabetes Educators) is supporting the Diabetes Self-Management Training Act, please support the diabetes cause by reviewing the below letter and signing the petition. Thank you. All - November 14th is World Diabetes Day. I’d like to make one request of you. Sometime during this week celebrate your work as a diabetes educator ...