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Share on PinterestNew research indicates insomnia is a possible risk factor for type 2 diabetes.Globally, around 463 million adults lived with diabetes in 2019, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). In 2015, approximately 9% of all adults had the condition.Diabetes is a condition where sugar or glucose builds up in the bloodstream instead of…
Type 2 diabetes reveals one of two important characteristics about a person's body: that their pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the cells are resistant to the insulin it does produce. Both have the same harmful effect - blood sugar levels are left to bulldoze their way through the body, damaging blood vessels in…
Share on PinterestA test for type 1 diabetes developed in European populations may be effective in people of Indo-European ancestry.Although people often use the word diabetes to describe one condition, there are actually two different types of diabetes.Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes damage to the beta cells in the pancreas that…
multiple daily injections, which involves injecting a long acting form of insulin once or twice a day, plus fast acting insulin at each mealtime. In between mealtimes, they also have the option of injecting “correction doses” of fast acting insulin if their blood sugar levels rise too high.However, repeated dosing errors over time increase a…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to