Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an innovative way to study glucose regulation in the body: by transferring the vital insulin-producing cells from the pancreas to the eye, the latter can serve as a kind of window through which health reports can be obtained from the former.
Researchers at Medical Economics found that the diabetes management apps Diabetes, iCookbook Diabetic, Diabetes in Check, and Glucose Companion were among the top 10 most often recommended by physicians.
A new score chart may help obese patients with type 2 diabetes determine beforehand if gastric bypass surgery will – or will not – be an effective way to send their diabetes into remission, better determining if such a drastic surgery is the right choice to make in treating the disease.
Row upon row of dietary supplements line store shelves, offering better health the “natural” way. It’s tempting to stock up on supplements, trying to make up for less than nutritious diets or hoping to find an over-the-counter capsule that can lower blood glucose levels.
Social Security Disability Benefits and Diabetes Although many individuals who have diabetes are able to control their condition with medical treatment or lifestyle changes, not all people are able to control their diabetes. As a result, they may suffer from severely debilitating side effects. These side effects can include vision loss, kidney disease, nerve damage, […]
The World Awake research found that those surveyed had experienced an average of three night time events in the previous 30 days that they could treat themselves.1 Of those who worried about these events, three quarters (75%) stated that the worry impacted their sleep and one in five (19%) said that it caused them severe […]
The results from these studies show that ACE inhibitors significantly decreased the doubling of creatinine compared with placebo (OR=0.58; 95% credible interval, 0.32-0.9), and the use of beta-blockers significantly increased mortality risk (OR=7.13; 95% credible interval, 1.37-41.39).
While fat isn’t necessarily a bad thing, what seems to have been overlooked is the use of lifestyle management to help with managing cholesterol and reducing heart disease risk. Just like with diabetes management, medication, eating, and exercise all work together to lessen heart risk.
Researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, in collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health, have discovered a simple way to further predict a diabetic patient’s risk for heart disease: by measuring their body mass index or BMI.
Fifteen patients with diabetes and 14 healthy older adults, average age 62, were administered a single 40-unit dose of insulin or saline in a randomized order on two subsequent days. Measurements of brain function were then made using regional perfusion and vasodilatation with 3 Tesla MRI and neuropsychological evaluation of learning and memory
“The good news is that a lot of the diabetic complications people are worried about are avoidable,” says Robin Goland, MD, codirector of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center. “And you can certainly delay them.” Control of three health measures is essential—A1C (glucose), blood pressure, and cholesterol.
“Some research has shown that increased coconut oil consumption leads to reduced cholesterol production, less oxidation (hardening) of LDL cholesterol and better ability to break up blood clots,” says Laura Brieser-Smith, a dietitian and owner of Healthy Designs nutrition counseling in Denver.
Now, there’s further evidence that coffee also helps cut the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. In the most recent , researchers found that drinking two or more cups of coffee per day was associated with a 12 percent decreased risk of developing the disease. And even decaffeinated coffee seemed to cut the risk, though […]
The DiabetesMine™ 2013 Patient Voices Survey has found that according to patients, the factors that would most improve their quality of life are not being sufficiently met by diabetes technology currently in the market. The survey shows patients attribute this to two factors: one being the technology itself, and the other being limitations on access […]
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released a new clinical practice guideline to help primary care clinicians better identify adults who may be at high risk for developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, potentially serious cardiovascular conditions caused by atherosclerosis, and who thus may benefit from lifestyle changes or drug therapy to […]
We wanted to take a closer look just how the World Diabetes Day awareness campaign has evolved through the years, and what kind of impact is it having? So guess what? We were able to track down the D-Mom who started it all… AND interview the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) itself about how they view […]
To highlight World Diabetes Day which takes place each year on Nov. 14, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) released its sixth edition of the Diabetes Atlas. The report estimates how many adults between the ages of 20 to 79 will be affected by the disease in the future.
According to results of a new study, high levels of serum calcium – the calcium that shows up in extracellular fluid or muscle tissue – could be linked to type 2 diabetes.
A diet high in acidic foods — meat, fish, and sodas, for instance — may put some women at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, researchers found.
The Center for Disease Control puts out a report every few years called “The State of Health and Aging in America”. Here are the six steps the CDC recommends for living a long and healthy life: