Diabetes

Last June, Dennis Nelson started experiencing symptoms he thought were related to allergies.

The 54-year-old Roy resident went hiking and couldn't seem to get enough air. His doctor said he had some sinus issues and prescribed some medicine that seemed to take care of the problem.

"Then soon after, I started getting some migratory joint pain, but it only lasted about a week, so I didn't think much of it," Nelson said. "In October, the joint pain came back.

The list of possible health hazards for people who consume soft drinks just keeps getting longer.

Not only can the drinks raise your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease and obesity, but a new study reveals that drinking too many may be associated with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Adelaide in South Australia and published in the February edition of the journal Respirology. Nearly 17,000 people age 16 and older were asked in a telephone survey about their soft drink consumption.

Overall, 13.3 percent of participants with asthma and 15.6 percent of those with COPD reported consuming more than half a liter of soft drink per day. That equals roughly two 8-ounce glassfuls. The study also found that smoking makes the problem even worse, especially for COPD.

McKay-Dee Hospital food and nutrition director Kathleen Nielsen said that, while the study is interesting, it is not conclusive, and, because it was a self-reported study, the data may not have been as reliable.

CLEARFIELD -- According to Clearfield police, at approximately 7 p.m., Tuesday, the mother of missing juvenile Samuel Appleby called police and said she located her son and was in custody of him.

No further information was available, according to a press release from Clearfield police.

An earlier release stated that on Saturday, the 13-year-old Appleby ran away from his home in Clearfield.

LOS ANGELES — People undergoing kidney dialysis often have three treatments a week — which means they have a two-day-off break each week. But a new study suggests this regimen may be too risky for people with end-stage kidney disease.

What’s killing us? For decades, global health leaders have focused on diseases that can spread — AIDS, tuberculosis, new flu bugs. They pushed for vaccines, better treatments and other ways to control germs that were only a plane ride away from seeding outbreaks anywhere in the world.

America continues to get fatter, according to a comprehensive new report on the nation's weight crisis. Statistics from 2008-2010 show that 16 of the nation's states are experiencing steep hikes in adult obesity, and none has seen a notable downturn in the last four years.

Meanwhile, cases of Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure that health experts have long warned would result from the nation's broadening girth and sedentary ways are becoming increasingly widespread, according to the report, titled "F as in Fat," released Thursday.

OGDEN -- A new procedure that helps patients with nonhealing diabetic foot ulcers may have saved a South Weber woman from losing two of her toes to amputation.