Tag: diabetes risk

December 2, 2021

Primary care provider Carbon Health is launching a metabolic assessment program that uses continuous glucose monitors to help identify patients at high risk for diabetes. The company, which provides virtual care services in addition to brick-and-mortar clinics, will integrate data […]

November 15, 2019

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today released the results of research that has shown a lack of knowledge about the risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes internationally. More than half (56%) of the respondents are not aware […]

March 13, 2019

More than 100 million people in the United States have diabetes or prediabetes, according to the latest statistics. Over 9 percent of the U.S. population is living with diabetes, and more than 84 million people are living with prediabetes — […]

February 14, 2019

The number of people in the United States who receive a diagnosis of diabetes continues to rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 9.4 percent of the U.S. population had diabetes in 2015. Some sources estimate […]

October 12, 2018

Recent studies have been suggesting that the consumption of dairy products may have various health benefits. For instance, one study covered on Medical News Today last month argued that full-fat dairy could help maintain cardiovascular health. Still, not everyone agrees […]

October 4, 2018

New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Berlin, Germany, and published in The Lancet, shows that the appetite-suppressant drug lorcaserin decreases risk of developing diabetes and increases the […]

April 4, 2018

An international research group headed by scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München has developed a method for calculating the risk for developing type 1 diabetes that is significantly superior to earlier methods. By analyzing up to 41 gene sites, it is […]

November 10, 2016

On my previous articles that discussed night shift workers many asked in the comment section below what they should do if they have to work night shift. Well this article addresses those concerns and should be helpful for you even […]

October 19, 2016

Walking briskly or cycling for the recommended 150 minutes a week can reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 26%, according to new research by UCL and the University of Cambridge. People who carry out […]