Not only may an intensive program of diet, exercise, or both delay progression from prediabetes to diabetes, but among women, it may also lower CVD and all-cause mortality
Eggs are beautiful. They are a picture-perfect example of what nature is able to accomplish. They help make us more beautiful by helping both the inside of our body, like our hearts, as well as the outside of our body, like our hair.
The drug, an inhaled powder, completed phase III testing in August of 2013. If approved, it will be the first ultra rapid-acting mealtime insulin therapy available in the United States.
Driving the long and bumpy road of life with diabetes can be challenging in so many ways, including what happens behind the wheel of an automobile. That’s the focus of today’s special edition of our weekly advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil Dubois.
Why would anyone put her family of four through a radical food experiment that would deprive her children of Halloween candy and chocolate-chip cookies?
Many Times readers, some of whom have Type 1 diabetes, are upset over an article last Sunday in which Elisabeth Rosenthal explored the often extraordinary expense of treating the disease. It was an installment in her series, “Paying Till It Hurts,” about the high cost of medical care in America.
Using pooled analysis studies, scientists showed that adherence to this diet was associated with a 21% reduction of risk for developing diabetes when compared to control groups.
The benefits of dark chocolate appear to be due to the anti-inflammatory byproducts of cocoa fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract. Combining dark chocolate with other foods, such as fruits or probiotics, could bring additional benefits.
More than a third of patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (37.5%) achieved an HbA1c level of 6.0% after 3 years, as did 24.5% of the patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy. That was significantly better than the 5% of medically managed patients who reached goal (P<0.001 for bypass and P=0.01 for the sleeve).
Researchers from the U.S. government’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to look further into the issue. Their goal was a simple but important one: finding out how many adults with diabetes had arthritis. And of those who had both diabetes and arthritis, the scientists wanted to know how many had to limit their […]
On April 1, an FDA advisory panel gave a thumbs up to MannKind Corp.’s inhaled insulin Afrezza, which would be used specifically for meal-time doses to prevent post-prandial blood sugar spikes and would be quick and easy to dose via a tiny inhaler device that fits in the palm of your hand (and looks like […]
With the start of spring, you might be thinking about freshening up your diabetes hardware. Every year new meters, pens, pumps and continuous glucose monitors come to market.
Glance around the gym, and you’ll probably see lots of people who are exercising in an attempt to shed pounds, tone muscle and look better. But numerous research studies have uncovered many other benefits to working out — ones that aren’t necessarily visible from the outside.
The Diabetik app is a way for patients with diabetes to track and manage their disease. The app was created so that users can input their own data including medications taken, meals, blood glucose, activity, etc.
Glucagon injections are used to treat people with severe hypoglycemia who cannot swallow food or liquid due to sleepiness, unconsciousness, or seizures. However, mixing and administering the injection can be difficult for bystanders who don’t have medical training.
Researchers evaluated different measures of hand and finger function in type 2 diabetic patients
Sometimes, when you’re stuck and spinning your wheels without making much forward progress, putting it in reverse can get you going. That’s what Dr. Lawrence Steinman and his colleagues are doing by attempting to cure type 1 diabetes with a unique and groundbreaking “reverse vaccine.”
Cost savings in diabetes cannot come at the expense of quality. This is a part of the story that wasn’t clearly conveyed in the NY Times article. Read an open letter from Manny Hernandez to the New York Times.
The glycemic index, or GI, refers to how much a food will raise blood sugar levels. Understanding the basics of the glycemic index, including which foods are high or low on the GI scale, can help you plan nutrient-rich meals that will keep you full, balance your blood sugar, and keep your diabetes in check.
Nothing is perfect. That can certainly be said for the comprehensive front-health-page article the New York Times ran this Saturday, April 5, on the high cost of new type 1 diabetes tools.