Read more diabetes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1072/diabetes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:31:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69053/to-cut-health-costs-fix-the-food-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s an “elephant in the room” when it comes to health care reform: American health care costs a bundle in large part because we’re so fat, writes Michael Pollan for the New York Times . President Obama has touched on the issue, but the country hasn’t, and that’s because the food...http://www.newser.com/story/69053/to-cut-health-costs-fix-the-food-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 13:32:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68429/ny-wrong-way-driver-to-be-exhumed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe body of Diane Schuler will exhumed in a bid by her family to disprove findings that the 36-year-old was drunk when she drove her minivan the wrong way on a New York freeway last month, causing a crash that killed eight people, said the family's lawyer on Larry Kin...http://www.newser.com/story/68429/ny-wrong-way-driver-to-be-exhumed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 11:43:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67666/eat-way-less-added-sugar-heart-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans eat more than twice as much added sugar as doctors recommend, and they should cut back to battle obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, researchers say. Added calories from processed sugar should total no more than 150 for men and 100 for women, the American Heart Association said today....http://www.newser.com/story/67666/eat-way-less-added-sugar-heart-docs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 17:35:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63866/get-a-checkup-or-lose-your-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHow far can a firm go to improve the health of its employees? AmeriGas Propane's insurance costs were rising, its work force was aging, and its employees weren't getting preventative care. The company began voluntary programs to encourage healthy behavior that didn't work. So AmeriGas gave its workers a simple...http://www.newser.com/story/63866/get-a-checkup-or-lose-your-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 14:23:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60130/heart-and-gum-disease-linked-by-gene-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have identified a link between gum disease and heart disease, the BBC reports, finding the same genetic variation in a group of patients with heart disease and a group with severe periodontitis. “Now we know for sure that there is a strong genetic link, patients with periodontitis should try...http://www.newser.com/story/60130/heart-and-gum-disease-linked-by-gene-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 15:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59595/soda-tax-makes-good-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe soda tax is a great idea, and its probable death at the hands of lobbyists serves to highlight all the problems with our tax system, writes David Leonhardt in the New York Times . The current system doesn’t raise enough money, and it’s “complex in all the wrong ways,” a...http://www.newser.com/story/59595/soda-tax-makes-good-sense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 10:49:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59580/obese-people-have-more-flu-complications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists at the CDC have noticed a new trend in cases of swine flu: "We were surprised by the frequency of obesity among the severe cases that we've been tracking," says an epidemiologist, adding that it might be cause to make obese people a priority for a vaccine, if it...http://www.newser.com/story/59580/obese-people-have-more-flu-complications.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 8:42:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59287/grab-a-latte-it-could-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGet this: Coffee's not bad for you, and it could have health benefits. New studies do a better job of separating the effects of coffee from those of its formerly frequent partner, cigarettes, the Los Angeles Times reports. And when you look beyond caffeine, "coffee is a complex beverage with...http://www.newser.com/story/59287/grab-a-latte-it-could-be-good-for-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 11:39:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59020/saudi-crackdown-sends-female-gym-rats-to-sidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough obesity and diabetes are on the rise in Saudi Arabia, officials there are cracking down on women-only sports clubs because they lack licenses—which no government body will actually issue. Leaders say their opposition is based on Islam, but, Caryle Murphy writes for GlobalPost, it stems as much from...http://www.newser.com/story/59020/saudi-crackdown-sends-female-gym-rats-to-sidelines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 15:51:24 CDT