Diabetes

A free diabetes self-management course will be offered at the Sedalia Public Library beginning on September 30.

by Mona Shand JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - In Missouri and across the nation it's American Diabetes Month. It comes as the disease becomes more prevalent in the state and nationwide. David Becker is a spokesman for the American Diabetes Association, which reports that about one in 10 Missouri adults has the disease and it can lead to kidney failure, blindness and amputations...

A troubling new study reveals an increase in type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children up to age 19.

As the old saying goes, breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. New research actually shows that people who consistently eat breakfast have a significantly reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

Health experts have been buzzing this week after a new study seemed to show a dramatic rise in the number of teenagers who have diabetes or are at risk for developing it. But are the research findings really cause for alarm?