Diabetes - Page 26

November 26, 2019

Country star Eric Paslay on how technology helps him manage his type 1 diabetes

Paslay is using his platform to help advocate for others who are also living with type 1 diabetes.

November 19, 2019

Bride-to-be wakes from surgery to find legs amputated, wishes to walk down aisle at wedding

She remains hospitalized, but said she would like to one day walk down the aisle toward her groom.

October 1, 2019

More than a dozen Indiana high school students hospitalized after mistakenly injected with insulin

Sixteen Indiana students were rushed to the hospital Monday after they were mistakenly injected with insulin during a tuberculosis skin test at their local high school, according to school officials.

September 11, 2019

Short stature linked with higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests

The researchers found that every 4-inch increase in a person's height was linked with a 41 percent reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes for men and a 33 percent reduced risk for women. 

August 2, 2019

Diabetic Americans forced to travel to Canada to buy insulin

Skyrocketing prescription drug prices are driving Americans to make drastic decisions; insight from Travis Paulson, who has type 1 diabetes, and Dr. Marty Makary, surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

July 26, 2019

These tattoos could help track chronic diseases like diabetes

The dye includes sensors to change colors in the presence of the biomarker being measured.

May 29, 2019

Correlation between diabetes and obesity may not be as closely linked as previously thought

A strange paradox is baffling minds in the medical field: While obesity rates in American adults are on the rise, the number of new diabetes cases is dropping.

March 12, 2019

Brain shrinkage linked to smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, study finds

Vascular risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity have been linked to less healthy brains, according to a new study published Monday.

February 20, 2019

Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics

People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be less likely to develop heart disease than their counterparts who rarely, if ever, consume nuts, a U.S. study suggests.

January 30, 2019

Lawmakers are promising a sweeping investigation into what is causing the price of insulin to skyrocket

A new study by the Health Care Cost Institute shows insulin costs for Type 1 Diabetes patients jumped more than 99 percent from 2012 to 2016; Jonathan Serrie reports.