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Charity Diabetes UK said there were currently 1.8 million people suffering from the condition - up by 400,000 in just eight years.
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Many readers may be surprised by the following statistics - 200 million people in China are over-weight, 160 million suffer from high blood pressure, 20 million from diabetes and over 60 million have developed obesity.
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People who live along the US-Mexico border suffer diabetes at a rate somewhat higher than the national averages in either country, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Almost 3,000 people have died in the past three years after suffering serious side-effects or allergies to their medicines, official figures show.
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The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increasing among U.S. adults, and will likely lead to increases in diabetes and heart disease, results of a study published in the October issue of Diabetes Care suggest.
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A relatively new blood test for people with diabetes can predict their risk of developing heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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A study of more than 1 million South Koreans suggests diabetes can raise the risk of developing and dying from several types of cancer, including digestive-tract tumors.
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An increasing number of American adults diagnosed with diabetes are obese, making it more likely they will suffer heart disease, vision damage and other health problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Red meats and processed meats such as hot dogs appear to increase the risk of diabetes, as does a heavily "Western" diet, according to new research released Monday.
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About 80,000 people are expected to turn out across the country today for the Walk to Cure Diabetes. The walk is organised to raise money for research into type one diabetes, which affects mainly children.
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A new study shows that impaired pulmonary function is linked with an increased occurrence of diabetes.
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Soaring childhood obesity rates will increase diabetes rates affecting economic development across the globe, international agencies are warning.
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The global diabetes epidemic is projected to affect 7 percent of the world's adult population by 2025 as developing countries embrace bad health habits associated with affluence, medical experts said on Monday.
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A vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes is to be tested on humans for the first time, raising the prospect that a cure could be widely available within 10 years, The Times reported on Monday.
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A government-sponsored diabetes education group launched a new campaign on Tuesday to address what they say is one of the nation's growing health problems: diabetes among the elderly.
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NEW YORK  - Middle-aged people with  diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia  in old age than people without diabetes, according to a new  study.
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A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop the disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.