http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. With one of the highest rates of obesity in the world, the Gulf region is facing an epidemic of cardiovascular disease. At least 50% of the population is below the age of 25 and the high prevalence of risk factors signals a massive wave of cardiovascular disease in 10-15 years. Cardiovascular centres are already bursting at the seams and prevention services are nonexistent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cvd-gulf-region-years.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:40:02 EST news279912060 (HealthDay)—The proportion of livers not used for transplantation is increasing, with the primary causes being donation after cardiac death (DCD), older donor age, greater body mass index (BMI), and increasing diabetes prevalence, according to research published in the January issue of Liver Transplantation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-proportion-livers-transplantation.html Other Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:00:05 EST news278100198 A new study by University of Southern California (USC) and University of Oxford researchers indicates that large amounts of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) found in national food supplies across the world may be one explanation for the rising global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and resulting higher health care costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-high-fructose-corn-syrup-global-prevalence.html Diabetes Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:38:02 EST news273238670 The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is low in countries where consumption of black tea is high, suggests a mathematical analysis of data from 50 countries, published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-prevalence-diabetes-regular-black-tea.html Diabetes Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:30:01 EST news271524624 (Medical Xpress)—Rates of diagnosed diabetes are much higher among some Asian subgroups than is apparent when aggregating all Asians as a whole, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) which appears in the current online issue of Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-pacific-islanders-south-asians-filipinos.html Diabetes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:59:07 EST news269593141 (HealthDay) -- In older adults, diabetes correlates with slower walking speed, and diabetes-linked reductions in muscle strength and worse muscle quality contribute to these walking limitations, according to a study published online May 17 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-limb-muscle-limitations-hamper-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 30 May 2012 10:03:15 EST news257590984 A new research survey conducted by the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone Medical Center shows the Bangladeshi community in New York City experiences numerous barriers to diabetes care because of limited English proficiency and lack of diabetes awareness. The study, published in the March 2012 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, also found the Bangladeshi community has an interest in participating in community health programs for diabetes prevention and care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-barriers-diabetes-nyc-bangladeshi.html Diabetes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:38:06 EST news250943879