Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• February 7, 2023
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Kidney disease patients on dialysis are 100 times more likely to contract a dangerous blood infection than people not receiving the treatment -- and that risk is borne primarily by Hispanic and Black Americans, U.S. government health officials say.

Hispanic patients are ...

U.S. Could Face Surging Numbers of Teens With Diabetes

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• December 30, 2022
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The United States could see a huge rise in diabetes among young people over the next several decades, a new modeling study finds.

As many as 220,000 young people under the age of 20 could have type 2 diabetes in 2060, which would represent a nearly eight-fold increase, a...

Good Sleep Could Keep Illness at Bay as You Age

• Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
• October 19, 2022
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As men and women enter their golden years, those who regularly fail to get a good night's sleep face a higher risk for developing not one but two serious chronic illnesses at the same time, new research shows.

Researchers from France, Finland and United Kingdom tracked t...

Fewer Americans Are Dying of Heart Disease Than a Decade Ago

• By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• July 19, 2022
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Deaths from heart-related causes have dropped over the past 20 years, though differences persist by race and ethnicity as well as where people live and their access to care.

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), which partially funded the research, detailed the r...

Poll Finds Many Diabetes Caregivers Exhausted, Lacking Support

• Serena McNiff HealthDay Reporter
• July 5, 2022
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Diane Kondyra knows a lot about the hidden dangers of diabetes.

Both she and her husband have been diagnosed with the blood sugar disease, and her husband suffered one of its devastating complications in 2018 when he developed a staph infection that cost him part of...

Under 45 With Prediabetes? Your Heart Attack Risk Is Rising

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• May 16, 2022
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If you're a young adult with prediabetes, you may already know you have a greater than average risk of full-blown diabetes. But you could also be at increased risk for a heart attack, new research shows.

"After taking into account various influencing and modifying factor...

How Empty Cupboards Can Raise Diabetes Risk

• By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
• May 12, 2022
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Young adults who struggle to afford food face an increased risk of diabetes later in life, possibly due...

Could Vaping Put You on a Path to Diabetes?

• March 7, 2022
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People who vape may be setting themselves up for developing diabetes, even if they don't smoke traditional cigarettes, a new study suggests.

Among more than 600,000 U.S. adults, researchers found that those who used electronic cigarettes were more likely to have prediabe...