Obese diabetics at high risk for kidney disease
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Adults with type 1 diabetes who  are obese, especially those who carry excess weight around the  middle, are at increased risk for developing kidney disease, a  study shows.
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NEW YORK  - A problem with the nerves that  control internal body functions, known as diabetic autonomic  neuropathy, was always considered the main risk factor for  sudden cardiac death in diabetics, but new research suggests  that heart and kidney disease play bigger roles.
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Research suggests that impaired  mobility and balance among obese older adults with type 2  diabetes may be related to their low muscle power, which  results from their inability to quickly contract their muscles.
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Kidney disease, even in asymptomatic early stages, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke or death, according to a study of more than a million Kaiser Permanente Northern California members.
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NEW YORK  - People infected with hepatitis C virus have an increased risk of developing type 2, or "adult-onset" diabetes, a population-based study confirms. This risk is particularly high in younger people who are overweight, researchers from Taiwan have found.
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The number of Americans suffering from  chronic kidney failure more than doubled in the 1990s due to  rising rates of diabetes and hypertension, an aging population  and improved survival of kidney patients, a federal study said  on Thursday.
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People with type 2 diabetes who require long-term insulin therapy may be at greater risk of colorectal cancer, a small study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Kidney disease need not be  severe to cause an increased risk of death and cardiovascular  disease, according to the findings from two studies published  in The New England Journal of Medicine. Both reports "reinforce  the importance of early detection of chronic kidney disease,  not only to slow the progression to end-stage disease but also  in this case to identify risk factors for cardiovascular  disease," notes an editorialist.
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NEW YORK  - People with type 2 diabetes  have a higher likelihood of dying shortly after undergoing  coronary artery bypass graft surgery, even when a number of  risk factors are taken into account, new study results  indicate.
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It&#39;s well known that diabetes doubles the risk of dying from heart disease. Two large international studies now say that heart risk increases much before the diabetes stage, when the sugar levels are high but have not crossed the marker for diabetes.
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The first, by researchers at Brigham and Women&#39;s Hospital in Boston, finds that no matter how much exercise a woman gets, if she&#39;s overweight, she&#39;s at risk of developing diabetes.
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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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Kidney disease need not be severe to cause an increased risk of death and cardiovascular disease, according to the findings from two studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Both reports "reinforce the importance of early detection of chronic kidney disease, not only to slow the progression to end-stage disease but also in this case to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease," notes an editorialist.
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NEW YORK  - Patients with diabetes are at  increased risk of blood infections caused by a microbe called  enterobacteria, Danish researchers have found. Frequently,  these infections start in the urinary tract before spreading to  the blood.
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The risk of developing a type of kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, is directly related to body mass index (BMI) and to the increase in BMI since age 20, according to the findings from two new European ...
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It is well known that people  with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of pancreatic  cancer, and now it seems that the risk extends to those with  type 1 diabetes, researchers report. However, they point out  that the risk is still very small.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that obese adults with diabetes often say they eat less than they actually do -- a problem that can hinder management of the disease, according to researchers.