An interview with state Rep. Victoria Steele of District 9, plus, Shelly Fishman has the Tuesday Money Maker Report, and we talk with Dr. Merri Pendergrass, the new director of the Diabetes Program at the UA College of Medicine. Plus, Tucson Weekly Arts Editor Margaret Regan has the Buckmaster Show arts report.... Read more»
Curcumin, a component of curry, was found to cut the risk of type 2 diabetes in a new study.... Read more»1
Thanks to the powerful corporate food lobby, children’s sugar addiction has them swinging toward juvenile diabetes while they slide from obesity to heart disease.... Read more»
Children who drink sugar-laden sodas may be at greater risk of developing heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.... Read more»1
When Petey the terrier first came to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona he was barely alive. Today he is thriving with the help of an 8-year-old girl also living with Type 1 diabetes.... Read more»
Diabetes is a growing problem among all ethnic, age and socio-economic groups, but experts say it has reached alarming proportions among Hispanics living near the U.S.-Mexico border, driven by factors including obesity, poverty, a lack of health coverage and poor diet. (with video)... Read more»
Volunteers from the Arizona Opthalmological Society will provide free screenings for conditions such as diabetic eye and glaucoma at El Pueblo Senior Center on Saturday.... Read more»1
Diabetes awareness is part of Ventanilla de Salud – Window of Health – a Mexican government program providing health education through its consulates and connecting citizens in the U.S. with health care.... Read more»
In Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the company was illegally marketing its osteoporosis drug, Evista, as well as the antipsychotic Zyprexa, putting tens of thousands of patients in harm’s way.... Read more»1
The WHO projects that in 2015, the number of overweight adults will balloon to 2.3 billion, up from 1.6 billion in 2005. And the number of obese will rise to 700 million, up from 400 million.... Read more»
Abortion opponents worry that vague language used in the new health care reform bill could lead to the coverage of elective abortions in new high risk insurance pools and say that may already be starting in New Mexico and Pennsylvania.... Read more»
Hundreds of thousands of Australians will die unnecessarily during the next few years simply for being too fat.... Read more»
In January 2000, 11 percent of all children were overweight or obese. Today, it’s 33 percent... Read more»
When Texas health officials were sued last year for storing infant blood samples without consent, they said it was for medical research. They never said they were turning over samples to the federal government to help build a vast DNA database.... Read more»1
Steep increases in individual health insurance premiums are sparking reactions across the country.... Read more»
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