Growth hormone treatment tied to Diabetes in kids by yahoo.com By Kerry Grens NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Type 2 Diabetes is eight and a half times more common among children in the United States treated with growth hormone than among kids who are not on the hormone treatment, a new study shows. The researchers, [...]

by zawya.com Enhanced Treatment for Diabetes Now in Saudi Arabia Pharmaceutical and bio-technology company Merck Serono works to improve Diabetes treatments with the launch of an improved drug treatment. Riyadh, KSA — An enhanced drug treatment has been launched to address the growing problem of Type 2 diabetes. The ‘Glucophage XR’ launch was announced during [...]

by stltoday.com $116 billion: Annual cost of treating diabetes in the U.S. 18.8 million: Americans diagnosed 7 million: Estimated number of undiagnosed cases 231,404: Deaths caused by diabetes in 2007 27 percent: Americans older than 65 who have diabetes 26 percent: People with diabetes who take insulin Source: American Diabetes Association

by msnbc.com Study: those with blood sugar disease are 10 percent more likely to have had cancer diagnosis People with Diabetes are at higher risk for certain cancers than those without the blood sugar disease, suggests a new study. Based on data from a telephone survey of nearly 400,000 adults, researchers found 16 out of [...]

by msnbc.com Fat’s ‘master switch found — could we turn it off? Targeting gene also linked to diabetes, cholesterol could lead to new treatments for metabolic diseases London-Scientists have found that a gene linked to diabetes and cholesterol is a “master switch” that controls other genes found in fat in the body, and say it [...]