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According to new research, preventing such chronic diseases and hypertension, obesity, and diabetes both adds years to people's lives and decreases their lifetime medical expenses.

In a new online survey, eighty-five percent of people who experience diabetic nerve pain said that their pain was one of the top three most bothersome complications of their diabetes. Despite the fact that people with diabetic nerve pain recognize the condition's impact on their lives and eighty-four percent of those surveyed said they have discussed the condition with a healthcare provider, just slightly less than half of respondents (49 percent) were treating their pain.

People who have multiple risk factors for heart disease (such as smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension) often fail to get the right kind of 'coaching' from...

As if being stuck sick in bed wasn’t bad enough, several studies conducted during the past few years have found that the immune response to illness can cause depression. Recently scientists have pinpointed an enzyme that could be the culprit, as it is linked to both chronic inflammation--such as that found in patients with coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis--and depressive symptoms in mice.In the new study, immuno­physiologist Keith Kelley and his colleagues at the University of Illinois exposed mice to a tuberculosis vaccine that produces a low-grade, chronic inflammation. After inocu­lation, production in the mice brains of an enzyme called IDO, which breaks down tryptophan, spiked. The animals exhibited normal symptoms of illness such as moving around and eating less. Yet even after recovering from the physical illness induced by the vaccine, they showed signs of depression--for example, struggling less than control mice to escape from a b

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 24, 2009) - Genome British Columbia - While most people are familiar with anemia - or lack of iron in the blood - they are less familiar with diseases of too much iron. Excess iron in the body, if left unchecked, can form toxic deposits in major organs leading to serious conditions including heart failure, diabetes, liver cirrhosis, arthritis, and even infertility. Iron overload can be a consequence of a genetically mutated gene known as hereditary hemochromatosis, or a consequence of red blood cell transfusions, required as life saving treatments, for patients with diseases such as thalassemia.

Zoning and tax incentives would encourage full-service markets in city neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce and poverty, obesity and diabetes are high.

The commercial failure of Exubera® (Pfizer, New York, NY), the first inhaled insulin product to come to market, led other companies such as Eli Lilly-Alkermes to halt studies of similar drug delivery in development intended to compete for a share of the lucrative diabetes market.

Versartis, Inc. today presented preclinical data demonstrating the potential for monthly dosing of its lead product, VRS-859 (exenatide-XTEN), for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The data were presented by Jeffrey Cleland, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Versartis, at the IBC Protein Engineering & Design Conference in San Diego.

Diabetes uk Care Events team is expanding its programme with a new event for young adults with Type 1 diabetes.

Insulin resistance, the hallmark of type 2 diabetes and a condition often associated with obesity, is paradoxically also an apparent contributor to muscle wasting and severe fat loss that accompanies some cancers, according to new research.