Diabetes Health in The News Podcast

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! UK researchers from the University of Manchester recently completed a study to determine how diabetes affects life expectancy among different ethnicities. This was completed by examining data from about 188,000 patients living with diabetes from various ethnic groups. The findings showed that South Asian type 2 diabetics had a life expectancy of about

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! The challenges associated with operating a hospital are complex and require extraordinary leaders to navigate them. While doctors were previously viewed as ill-prepared for these leadership roles, times have changed. An emphasis on patient-centered care now means that physicians make some of the best hospital leaders. This finding came from a 2011 study

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A new study has found that the presence of the “obesity gene” doesn’t impact a person’s ability to lose weight. This includes weight-loss efforts in the form of exercise, diet, or weight-loss medications. British researchers have found that individuals with the FTO gene had the same response to weight-loss strategies as people without

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! A recent study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise identified strength training as one of the best workouts for women. Strength training has been shown to significantly lower the risk for both cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes. Researchers followed approximately 36,000 women between the ages of 47-98. The women in

Click here to listen to today’s Diabetes Health in the News Podcast! Research has shown that sitting down for a family meal is a good way to get kids to adopt a healthy diet. However, parents can use other tricks to get their children to eat right even if a family meal isn’t possible.  This is especially true in households where vegetables and fruits are