Category: Diabetes

Drew Carey Weight Loss:Diabetes Cured?

Drew Carey Weight Loss:Diabetes Cured?

Drew Carey’s weight loss has drastically improved his health on many fronts. Previously, the actor suffered from diabetes. Losing the weight helped curb his diabetes, and he said in one interview yesterday that he no longer has to take any medication for the condition. Drew certainly looks better, and has slimmed down a considerable amount. [...]

Avandia Data Raises Concerns:Diabetes Drug Avandia Kept on Market

Avandia Data Raises Concerns:Diabetes Drug Avandia Kept on Market

The Food and Drug Administration panel voted on Wednesday to recommend that GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s diabetes drug, Avandia, remain on the market despite a number of concerns that have been raised about the medication. Twenty members of the 33 person panel voted to keep the drug on the market amid the concerns. Most said that the [...]

Study: Soft drinks associated with diabetes

A review of published studies shows a clear and consistent relationship between drinking sugary (non-diet) soft drinks and poor nutrition, increased risk for obesity — and increased risk for diabetes. There is no denying that sugar-loaded soft drinks are having “a negative impact on health,” Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food [...]