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Stories about: type II diabetes

US Diabetes Costs to Triple Within 25 Years The latest scientific estimates on the strain that diabetes, as a disease, will place on the US healthcare system over the medium-term have revealed that costs will more than triple within 25 years, while the number of patients will reach double its current value, Reuters reports. The viability of Medicare, as well a... 27 November 2009 11:09 GMT Diabetes Glucose Levels Reduced by Aerobics Diabetes sufferers who participate in aerobic and resistance exercises are more likely to exhibit lower glucose concentrations in their blood streams than sedentary patients, a new study, published in the November issue of American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)'s Physical Therapy Journal (PTJ) reveals. Thi... 1 November 2008 06:42 GMT Diabetes Drugs Cause a Rise in Company Profits Over the last decade, diabetes has become one of the most widespread diseases in the United States, and predictions say that, by 2050, the total number of Americans with the affliction will have soared from the current 11 million, to a whopping 29 million affected. The statistics show that, while the incidence of dia... 28 October 2008 03:39 GMT