A new report published by Diabetes UK, England’s leading diabetes charity, shows diabetes healthcare in England has drifted into a “state of crisis” with less than half of people with diabetes getting the basic minimum care they need.  According to the State of the Nation 2012 report there are some areas where just six...

NIH urges you to make a plan to prevent diabetes, complications Statement of NIDDK Director Griffin P. Rodgers for National Diabetes Month, World Diabetes Day. In observance of National Diabetes Month and World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, the National Institutes of Health urges people to set goals and make plans to prevent diabetes and...

In a continued mission to reduce the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes Medtronic, Inc. and the Medtronic Foundation announced a new commitment designed to improve healthcare systems and increase access to life saving therapies in lower and middle income countries. In addition...

International progress on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory disease, is at grave risk, because of recent efforts by some member states to postpone and weaken United Nations negotiations, an alliance of civil society organisations warned today. In a letter addressed...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today unveiled nine graphic health warnings which will be required to appear on every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States and in every cigarette advertisement beginning no later than September 2012.  This bold measure will help prevent children from smoking, encourage adults who...

The Obama administration has taken a rare step and urged the California courts to allow school employees to administer insulin shots to the state’s 14,000 diabetic schoolchildren if no nurses are available, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Two lower courts have ruled that California law allows only licensed doctors...

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today launched the first ever Charter setting out the fundamental rights of more than 300 million people living with diabetes. The landmark document places the rights of people with diabetes, their parents and carers into three focus areas; the rights to care; information and education and...

New Study Shows Ten States to Carry More Than Half of U.S. Diabetes Population and Costs Through 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 17, 2011) — A new study conducted by the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) identified California, Texas, Florida, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan as “diabetes...

NEW YORK, (March 14, 2011) – Approximately 150 children and teenagers throughout the U.S., and several from around the world have been selected to travel to Washington, D.C. this summer to represent their state and country and remind Congress and the Administration of the critical need to find better treatments and a cure for a disease...

The Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region is facing one of the greatest healthcare challenges of our time: the diabetes pandemic. It is estimated that 26.6 million people in the region have diabetes and this number is set to double to 51.7 million by 2030. To help find solutions to this challenge, Novo Nordisk is sponsoring...