New research indicates that pregnant women with pre-gestational diabetes who take anti-diabetic medication metformin are at a far higher risk for poor pregnancy outcomes than those who do not. Researchers studied 950 pregnant women and found that 5.1% of those who took metformin for pregestational diabetes experienced major birth defects,...
According to data from the U.S. Cancer statistics database, researchers at the CDC found that approximately 631,000 people in the U.S. received a diagnosis of cancer associated with obesity, representing 40% of all diagnosed cancers from years 2005-2014. These obesity-related cancers were higher among people aged 50 and above, higher...
According to an article by "Diabetes Daily", there is another type of diabetes that often goes unrecognized by doctors and patients alike. A new study published in Diabetes Care states that some peoples health is at risk due to an incorrect diabetes diagnosis. Researchers at the University of Surrey in...
The number of people in the UK with type 2 diabetes has tripled from 700,000 to 2.8 million over the last 20 years in a study reported by students at Cardiff University. The research also shows an increase in life expectancy for those with the disease. Between 1993 and 2010...