Nearly Every State Seeing Large Surge in Diabetes
Read MoreAsparagus is Latest Weapon in the Fight Against DiabetesĀ as Study Reveals it Controls Blood Sugar
Asparagus could be a powerful new culinary weapon in the fight against diabetes.
Scientists have found regular intake of the increasingly popular vegetable keeps blood sugar levels under control and boosts the body's production of insulin, the hormone that helps it to absorb glucose.
UK consumption of asparagus has soared in recent years to record levels of around 8,000 tonnes a year.
Read MoreCDC Projects Huge Diabetes Jump in Kids, Teens
The number of children and teens with type 1 and type 2 diabetes is expected to spike dramatically in the next 40 years, creating what one expert calls a potential catastrophe for the nation's health care system.
Rates of type 2 diabetes could increase four times over the next 40 years, and rates of type 1 diabetes may triple, the new CDC report says. The CDC's numbers assume that the rate of diabetes will increase over time.
Read MoreHaving even mildly elevated blood pressure at midlife prematurely ages the brain, a new study shows.
Read MoreCommon sleeping pills which have been used by more than one million people in Britain may increase the risk of contracting pneumonia and dying from it, a study has found.
Researchers found drugs including diazepam and temazepam were linked with a higher risk of developing the lung infection and further studies on their safety was needed.
Patients who were taking the drugs were also more likely to die from pneumonia if they contracted it, it was found.
Read MoreAfter recalling 41 lots of its generic Lipitor -- atorvastatin -- the FDA says Ranbaxy Inc. will stop making the drug "until it has thoroughly investigated" how glass particles got into the medication.
Read MoreCountries that mix high-fructose corn syrup into processed foods and soft drinks have higher rates of diabetes than countries that don't use the sweetener, a new study shows.
Read MoreSpeed bumps may hold the key to a quick diagnosis of appendicitis, doctors have found, after it was found those saying the pain worsened when the car jumped were likely to have the potentially fatal condition.
Doctors found that 97 per cent of people who were later diagnosed with appendicitis, and who travelled over speed bumps to get to hospital, said that the pain had got worse with the jumps.
The small study is published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal.
Clinical diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be difficult and yet it is the most common surgical abdominal emergency to remove the infected organ before it can burst.
Read MoreAcid reflux is the most common reason U.S. adults undergo a procedure where a viewing tube is put down their throat. But many people don't need it, according to new advice from one of internal medicine's main professional groups.
Read MorePeople who can't get their high blood pressure down with drugs may be helped by a new procedure that deactivates overactive nerves in the kidneys, a small study shows.
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