Latest Health Articles for Diabetes

• Your Genes Are What You Eat

  article 2009-09-18  |  Author: Braxton Ponder
  Just as some people like to believe their current circumstances were preordained in a previous life, or in an alternate reality, scientifically-minded folks may feel certain that their genetic makeup is responsible for their struggles with weight control and diabetes. No doubt our genetics have a ......

• Diabetics skimp on lifesaving care in recession

  article 2009-04-13  |  Author: Linda A. Johnson
  Diabetics are increasingly risking life and limb by cutting back on — or even going without — doctor visits, insulin, medicines and blood-sugar testing as they lose income and health insurance in the recession, an Associated Press analysis has found.Doctors have seen a drop in regular appointments with ......

• Typical costs for diabetes patients

  article 2009-04-13  |  Author: The Associated Press
  Typical monthly costs for medicines and testing supplies to control diabetes, for two common categories of patients who don't have other health problems. Prices are the full cost, and would be lower for someone with insurance. At bottom are initial costs for hospitalized patients with common complications from ......