Monday, May 21, 2012

Teen diabetes

  • The number of teens in the U.S. with diabetes or prediabetes has skyrocketed in the last decade, jumping from 9 to 23 percent, new data finds.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Karlton Hill was only 12 years old when when he found out he had diabetes. Even though he was only in seventh grade, Karlton knew what diabetes was; he had watched the disease destroy his great-grandmothers life. I was really upset.
  • (NPR News)
  • But she said that the figure of nearly one in four teens having diabetes or prediabetes was high and that the findings needed to be replicated by other researchers in order to support them.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • We are truly in deep trouble. Diabetes threatens to destroy the health care system.
  • (USA Today)
  • Todays teenagers have more risk factors for cardiovascular disease than did teens of earlier decades, largely because excess weight is fueling an increase in prediabetes and diabetes, a national survey showed.
  • (MedPage Today)
  • Of those 300, there are nearly 40 teens, Morgan said. A group of about 60 people with diabetes called the Red Riders will be particularly visible with their red jerseys, Morgan said.
  • (Everything Alabama Blog)
  • US researchers have found that overweight teens diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes will face harsh struggles trying to control it in a study released April 29. A teen with Type 2 diabetes was uncommon just 15 years ago.
  • (Wikinews)
  • The increasing prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in the United States poses a particular challenge for teenagers, according to new research.
  • (International Business Times)
  • Canyon, who has appeared in CBC-TV's "Heartland" and Showcase's "Trailer Park Boys," is now 41 and has been living with diabetes since he was 14.
  • (Metronews.ca)

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