diabetes

When faced with the abundance of holiday food, managing blood sugar levels may be more of a challenge for diabetics but that doesn’t mean they have to miss out on the holiday cheer. Health experts show us how it’s possible to enjoy holiday meals while maintaining blood sugar levels.

Families of children with type 1 diabetes are frustrated after a technical issue caused a popular monitoring device to fail, resulting in a blackout of crucial blood sugar readings and alerts.

The San Diego-based company Dexcom experienced outages this weekend, and their app is still not fully functional. NBC 7’s Danica McAdam has the story.

Kaiser Permanente in November will launch two additional Kaiser-staffed retail clinics in regional Target stores.

An Atlanta couple’s dream cruise vacation took a scary turn when Tori Austin’s fiancée suffered a serious medical emergency on board the ship, NBC News reports. Austin told NBC News her fiancée, Stephen Johnson, was rushed to a private hospital in Progreso, Mexico, over a week ago in critical condition after medics aboard a cruise ship diagnosed him with pancreatitis,...

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults surveyed believed they were likely to develop dementia. The results suggest many didn’t understand the connection between physical health and brain health and how racial differences can affect dementia risk. Substantial numbers of people...

Ten people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were apparently accidentally injected with what’s believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Emergency responders were called Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Tulsa, on a report of an unresponsive person and...

An 80-year-old San Diego man has died due to complications with the flu, marking the third flu-related death of the season, the County Health and Human Services Agency confirmed Wednesday.

Years of research have demonstrated that a healthy diet can help cut the risks of illnesses including diabetes and some cancers. Now a growing number of studies suggest that food choices may have an effect on our emotions.

With trick or treating over, all that candy is in your house. So now what? You can hide it from the kids, or maybe eat it yourself, but there are concerns about the amount of candy kids are consuming. “I am a really big candy fan,” says Heather Flannery. “We eat a lot of candy at our house.” The National...

Dr. Nicholas Testa answers all your flu shot questions ahead of what could be a long flu season.

Rancho Penasquitos firefighters said their uneven working hours and high stress cater to poor eating habits which they said puts them at risk for diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Americans’ diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier but there’s still too much sugar, white bread and artery-clogging fat, a study suggests. Overall, the authors estimated there was a modest improvement over 16 years on the government’s healthy eating index, from estimated scores of 56 to 58. That’s hardly cause for celebration — 100 is the top...

Are you feeling tired and stressed by the pressures of your life? Consumer Reports says that an easy and free way to feel better is to simply open your door and step out into nature. A wealth of scientific evidence has found that stress hormones drop and health benefits rise after even small doses in green spaces. Consumer Reports says…

San Diego police are asking for help to find a missing 75-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease.

The 2nd annual Dance for Diabetes raises money for Type 1 diabetes research with a night of food and dancing under the stars.

Peñafiel bottled water is being pulled from store shelves after a report found that the products contained arsenic at levels that exceeded federal standards, NBC News reports. Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., the company that makes this brand of bottled water, said Peñafiel unflavored mineral spring water products are involved in the market withdrawal. It wrote in a statement Friday that...

Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi, was buried under heavy security early on Tuesday, a day after his dramatic collapse and death inside a Cairo courtroom, a member of his defense team said. Morsi’s family attended funeral prayers in the mosque of Cairo’s Tora prison, followed by the burial at a cemetery in the city’s eastern district...

NBC 7 welcomes guests to talk about the free summer camp that the YMCA is offering for kids with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes.

Dozing off to late-night TV or sleeping with other lights on may mix up your metabolism and lead to weight gain and even obesity, provocative but preliminary U.S. research suggests. The National Institutes of Health study published Monday isn’t proof, but it bolsters evidence suggesting that too much exposure to light at night could pose health risks. “Evolutionarily we are...