World to see 380 mln diabetics by 2025: experts
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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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Soaring childhood obesity rates will increase diabetes rates affecting economic development across the globe, international agencies are warning.
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For people with type 2 diabetes  and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication  vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce  long-term improvements in the functioning of the  insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better  glucose control, researchers report.
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More than one billion people will be over 60 years old by 2025 and, as populations age, the burden of chronic diseases will increase.
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In India, alongside the stick-thin poverty, the malaria and the AIDS, the number of diabetics now totals around 35 million, and counting.
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The Malta Diabetes Association (MDA) is making the general public aware of the high incidence of diabetes in Malta and opted for the slogan "40,000 Maltese have Diabetes! -- Test now for free!" for the World ...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says rates of diabetes are set to increase as childhood obesity soars worldwide. WHO says an estimated 10 per cent of school-aged children are overweight, with the situation worsening.
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Researchers in England are set to test a new vaccine that they hope will cure Type 1 Diabetes. The vaccine will be tested on 72 diabetics this spring, marking the first time it will be tested on humans.
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Diabetics should be monitoring their blood sugar levels more frequently due to new research that suggests sustained elevated levels may increase the risk of heart disease.
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At least 80 percent of diabetic children in England may be vulnerable to complications such as heart disease, blindness and stroke later in life because their blood sugar levels are too high, a charity said on Wednesday.
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Diabetes is striking growing numbers  of children around the world as parents and doctors fail to  diagnose a disease which until recently was associated mostly  with middle-aged and elderly people, experts said on Tuesday.
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A third of the world's adult population  -- more than one billion people -- will suffer from high blood  pressure by 2025, scientists predicted on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - The percentage of U.S. adults with diabetes who have their blood sugar levels under control, as indicated by glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) levels of less 7 percent, increased between 1999 and 2004, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.
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London, Dec 13 : British scientists will test a vaccine against the most serious form of diabetes for the first time, raising hopes that a cure could be available within a decade.
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The US-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has predicted that the bulk of the world&#39;s population growth will occur in developing nations by 2050, despite higher rates of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality.
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New Delhi: American nanotechnology researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a tiny, implantable detector that could one day allow diabetics to monitor their glucose levels continuously without ever having to draw a blood sample.
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Half the world's diabetes cases could be eliminated by curbing the soaring number of people who are overweight, health experts said on Tuesday.