http://www.nephrologynews.com/rss/diabetes The latest articles from Nephrology News & Issues in the topic diabetes By 2030, 42% of Americans will be obese, according to estimates from a study presented at the Weight of the Nation conference in Washington, D.C. If that figure is correct, the prevalence of obesity will increase 33% over the next two decades, with 11% of Americans classified as severely obese. But slowing the projected trajectory by just 1% would save billions of dollars. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/study-shows-big-savings-can-be-found-in-a-small-decrease-of-the-us-obesity-prevalence 5/11/2012 2:30:00 PM Common diabetes-control medications have a high failure rate in children, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study also found that because children develop Type 2 diabetes at younger ages, there is an increased lifetime risk for serious complications such as heart attack and stroke. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/type-2-diabetes-in-children-harder-to-treat-than-in-adults 5/4/2012 6:07:00 PM A new study from researchers at Queen Mary, University of London reveals many difficulties faced by people with diabetes in self-managing their disease. In Britain the primary strategy for helping patients is a short educational course on how to self-manage the condition. The new research suggests that this approach is unlikely to succeed by itself because it ignores the many factors that are outside the patients" control such as food labeling in restaurants, local availability of healthy foods http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/uk-study-shows-difficulties-in-self-management-of-diabetes 4/11/2012 11:15:00 AM Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Prevention programs that apply interventions tested in the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial would also improve quality of life for people who would otherwise develop type 2 diabetes. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/nih-study-shows-intervention-for-type-2-diabetes-is-cost-effective 3/23/2012 9:34:00 PM A study by Columbia researchers suggests that cells in the patient"s intestine could be coaxed into making insulin, circumventing the need for a stem cell transplant. Until now, stem cell transplants have been seen by many researchers as the ideal way to replace cells lost in type I diabetes and to free patients from insulin injections. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/study-finds-new-diabetes-treatment-approach-using-gut-cells 3/12/2012 12:58:00 PM Elderly people with metabolic syndrome—defined as having multiple risk factors associated with developing diabetes and heart disease—had an increased risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society"s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/high-blood-glucose-levels-may-increase-kidney-disease-in-elderly 3/7/2012 8:35:00 AM According to the study, published online Feb. 6 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the beta cells respond to fructose by secreting insulin. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/pancreas-uses-taste-receptors-to-sense-fructose-study-shows 2/7/2012 11:42:00 AM Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Alkermes" Bydureon, or exenatide, has been approved by the FDA as a once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes. The glucagonlike peptide-1 receptor agonist costs about $4,200 a year. Amylin is conducting an FDA-requested trial to determine whether Bydureon heightens the risk of heart attacks, thyroid cancer, and pancreatitis. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/fda-approves-weekly-diabetes-therapy-bydureon 1/30/2012 6:41:00 PM Women who consumed a diet high in animal fat and cholesterol before pregnancy were at higher risk for gestational diabetes than women whose diets were lower in animal fat and cholesterol, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Harvard University. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/diet-high-in-animal-fat-increases-gestational-diabetes-risk 1/27/2012 10:52:00 AM A new fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health explains the A1C test, a widely used and important test to diagnose type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, and to monitor blood glucose levels of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/fact-sheet-available-from-nih-on-diabetes 1/26/2012 11:37:00 PM The finding provides a clue to how it may be possible to program stem cells to become pancreatic cells. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/rare-genetic-disorder-provides-clues-to-development-of-the-pancreas 1/23/2012 9:39:00 AM High concentrations of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 and 2 accurately predict the risk of renal function loss in Type 1 and in Type 2 diabetes ten years in advance, according to the study. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/study-identifies-new-biomarkers-for-kidney-failure-in-diabetes-patients 1/20/2012 11:54:00 AM The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Johnson & Johnson that it could face penalties, including fines and an injunction, for failing to report incidents where its insulin pumps may have caused death or serious injury. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/fda-warns-j-and-j-on-insulin-pumps 1/12/2012 1:07:00 PM A group of university students has devised a biological system that they believe could form the basis for new, less costly processes to help people with diabetes monitor their blood-sugar levels. http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/new-test-strips-could-help-detect-glucose-levels-in-diabetics 1/3/2012 12:34:00 PM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/study-finds-low-vitamin-d-levels-associated-with-higher-degrees-of-insulin-resistance 12/8/2011 10:49:00 AM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/intensive-therapy-halves-kidney-disease-in-type-1-diabetes 11/14/2011 11:16:00 AM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/research-aims-to-prevent-diabetic-kidney-failure 11/9/2011 9:49:00 PM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/ethnic-differences-in-appointment-keeping-affect-health-of-diabetes-patients 10/30/2011 12:18:00 PM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/intensive-blood-sugar-control-does-not-improve-cognitive-decline-for-older-people-with-diabetes 9/29/2011 11:07:00 AM http://www.nephrologynews.com/diabetes/article/genetic-variant-linked-to-blocked-heart-arteries-in-patients-with-diabetes 9/29/2011 10:47:00 AM