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FRIDAY, Aug. 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks can overcome their genetic risk for type 2 diabetes through healthy diet and regular exercise, a new study says. A healthy lifestyle reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 70% among a group of people with a high genetic likelihood ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 14% of women will develop diabetes while pregnant, a condition known as gestational diabetes. It’s linked with obesity and older age, and the number of cases is growing although they usually resolve by the time of delivery. Now, a new study deliversContinue Reading
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FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People can offset hours spent sitting around with minutes of active exercise each week, a new study claims. Folks who are sedentary for eight or more hours daily can lower their overall risk of death – and especially their risk of dying fromContinue Reading
THURSDAY, AUG. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — New research has added two conditions to the list of 12 risk factors that boost the chances of a dementia diagnosis. The good news? You can guard against the development of both and researchers offer advice on exactly how to do that. InContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Abbott has warned diabetes patients that some of its continuous blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced because of inaccurate readings. “Abbott has recently identified a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may provide incorrect high glucose readings, whichContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As marijuana loses much of its stigma and laws around its use relax, Americans are increasingly consuming it medically and recreationally. Americans with diabetes are no exception, a new study finds. The number of adults with diabetes who said that they’d used cannabisContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The boom in using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic to treat obesity has resulted in a bust regarding the drugs’ original purpose, which was to treat type 2 diabetes, a new study finds. New prescriptions for these drugs have doubled among people who haveContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Consistently bad sleep is linked to a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study shows. Both too little and too much sleep is tied to diabetes risk, and swinging wildly between the two patterns of poor sleep reflects the mostContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Children born with type 1 diabetes are much more likely to develop certain mental health issues than those without the condition, a new study warns. Kids with type 1 diabetes are more than twice as likely to develop a mood disorder and 50%Continue Reading
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WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2024 (HeathDay News) — Sleeping long hours one night but only a few hours the next can be unhealthy, with a new study finding “irregular” sleep patterns could be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The results “underscore the importance of consistent sleep patterns as aContinue Reading