US Launches Diabetes Campaign Aimed at Seniors
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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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SATURDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A national campaign has been launched to reach about 3.25 million modest-income older Americans who are eligible for Medicare Extra Help with prescription drugs but have not yet signed up for the program.
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People with diabetes may soon be able to take a pill to control their condition instead of repeated injections.
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More elderly Americans are contracting  diabetes and the majority develop complications such as heart  disease that might be prevented if they properly monitored  their health, a researcher said on Monday.
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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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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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NEW YORK  - From 1997 to 2005, the percentage of U.S. diabetics, 35 years of age or older, with self-reported heart disease decreased by 11 percent, according to findings released Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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WASHINGTON - GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Avandia, the world's best-selling diabetes drug last year, will carry US regulators' strongest warning on the risk of heart attacks.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor is leading a campaign aimed at requiring insurance companies to fund programs that would help people lose weight with exercise programs and diet counseling.
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Moderate exercise by older people can cut the risk factors associated with heart disease and diabetes, according to John Hopkins&#39; researchers.
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The medical school will use the money for research into and treatment of obesity, diabetes, cancer and the diseases of aging, especially Alzheimerâs.
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UK scientists have worked out a vaccine to stop Type-1 Diabetes for those with pre-disposition or recent diagonosis. The first human trial of the vaccine will start next year.
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EL PASO, Texas - About 1.2 million of the 8 million adults living along the US-Mexico border have diabetes, significantly more than previously thought, researchers from the two countries announced Wednesday.
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Younger Americans who are overweight today are threatening to hit the U.S. government's Medicare system with big health care bills when they reach old age, according to a report published on Tuesday.
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A vaccine that could cure Type 1 diabetes is to be tested on people for the first time. King&#39;s College London and Bristol University has recruited 72 diabetic patients for the trials in late Spring.
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One in 12 people should be taking a drug to prevent diabetes, researchers estimate.
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NEW YORK  - There has been a significant increase in the number of young adults hospitalized with diabetes-related conditions in the United States over the last decade or so, according to a new study.