Fewer workers sick with diabetes - Health 24

Fewer people are staying away from work due to diabetes than previous years, a new study found. These encouraging statistics were released to coincide with World Diabetes Day, celebrated each year on 14 November. Absenteeism due to diabetes was ...

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Show love by keeping kids healthy - Daily News Journal

Red alert! How can you convince parents their child's poor eating and exercise habits are making the child overweight and sick? All you can do is to quote the results of studies or listen to the views of medical experts. Try this upsetting trend ...

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Animals & Money: The cost of your pet getting diabetes - Walletpop.com

Today is National Diabetes Day, and the folks at Webvet are trying to make people aware that dogs and cats are facing their own mini-epidemic of diabetes. It's not anywhere near as severe as the human spread of the disease. About one in 400 dogs and ...

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It’s time for a new approach - Centre Daily

Take a look around the next time you go to stop to fill your gas tank on the way to a Penn State football game, or the next time you go to your favorite local restaurant for breakfast. One out of every dozen people you see around you has diabetes ...

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Court ruling marks shift in treatment of Calif. schoolchildren with ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento Superior Court ruling Friday marks a major shift in the treatment of nearly 14,000 California schoolchildren with diabetes. Judge Lloyd Connelly sided with the California School Nurses Organization, the American ...

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Diabetes takes grim toll on New York - New York Daily News

Despite efforts, diabetes is taking a toll on New Yorkers. New Yorkers are dying from diabetes at an alarming rate despite city efforts to stem the disease. Deaths have skyrocketed 62% since 2003, new data show - meaning 1,700 people die from the ...

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Sick children find happiness at camp - Inquirer.net

BACOLOD CITY – A kidney, new crutches to walk faster, sugarless chocolate, a garden, insulin for another good day, more time to live. These were among the wishes of 26 children either suffering from serious illnesses or have parents with cancer at ...

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