Diabetes News Review

Breaking news this month included the need to combine different sorts of exercise to fight diabetes, and the fact that both forms of diabetes are linked to hip fracture.

Poor sleep increases risk of heart problems and diabetes

According to research teams from the University of Warwick and University College London, having too much or too little sleep could lead to a greatly increased risk of fatal cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The team found that those who cut their sleeping down from the average of seven to just five hours every night faced a doubled risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

Diabetes drugs drive cost of disease

According to a recent survey conducted in Greece, the cost of diabetic drugs Actos and Avandia have nearly tripled the overall expense of diabetic medicines to treat type 2 diabetics, over the past eight years.

The shocking findings, reported at the Laiko Hospital in Athens, saw a climb in diabetes drug cost from 23 to 79 euros, largely driven by the two controversial diabetes drugs.