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People can lower their risk of diabetes by doing five things. At the National Institutes of Health, researcher Jared Reis saw that in data on more than 200,000 people. He looked at following a healthy diet, having a healthy weight, being physically active, limiting drinking, and not smoking. He says those five activities paid off: ``Each ...

The dietary supplement chromium picolinate does not improve insulin resistance or impaired glucose tolerance in people at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study published in the journal Endocrine Practice. Previous research has suggested that chromium picolinate may help people with type 2 diabetes by improving insulin resistance and increasing the body's sensitivity to ...

Going to bed early and waking up early may help teens stay thinner and more physically active than their night-owl peers, and this was the case even when both groups got the same amount of sleep, researchers say. "The children who went to bed late and woke up late, and the children who went to bed ...

New genes associated with type 1 diabetes have been uncovered in a large-scale analysis of genetic data related to the disease. Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia examined six large databases for DNA data from about 10,000 people with type 1 diabetes and 17,000 healthy people. (...)

Diabetes and hypertension could increase your risk of getting glaucoma. Glaucoma can lead to loss of peripheral, or side-to-side, vision – and even blindness. Researchers used data from 2 million people in a health care claims database.  Joshua Stein is at the University of Michigan’s Kellogg Eye Center: (...)

Gestational diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels become abnormally high during pregnancy. The Womenshealth.gov website says gestational diabetes increases the risk of these complications: (...)

From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Nicholas Garlow with HHS HealthBeat. How much does America’s weight problem cost us in dollars and cents? Researchers have figured out the price just in medical care for conditions that could be blamed on obesity, such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. (...)

Americans may be living longer than ever before, but they're not necessarily living better. And that's especially true for people who are obese, a new study finds. An obese man can expect to live almost six more years of his life with diabetes, compared to the same estimate in the 1980s. For women, the extra time ...

(HealthDay News) -- A notebook of instructions and helpful information will make it easier to stay organized when your diabetic child gets sick. The American Diabetes Association offers these suggestions for what to include in the notebook: (...)

Too much sugar in the diet can contribute to tooth decay and unwanted pounds packed around your middle. Many foods have naturally occurring sugar, which is generally sufficient to ensure that your body has enough fuel. Consuming too much added sugar is what you should be concerned about, the American Academy of Family ...