Considering this is the heart of the growing season in many regions of the country, it’s a great to time to push yourself to think outside the box. Looking for inspiration? Here are a few suggestions. These five underappreciated vegetables deserve some love.
Researchers evaluated the association between HbA1c variability and mortality due to all causes, cancer, and non-cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes independent of mean HbA1c levels.
Pharma giants Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) have formed the BI-Lilly Diabetes Alliance, a joint effort, involving the development of several drugs aimed at treating type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients.
“This study provides evidence that hormonal contraceptive methods may increase a woman’s risk for GDM (gestational diabetes) in her following pregnancy, even after adjusting for maternal age, race, education and income level, marital status, Medicaid status at delivery, and type of prenatal care received,” the researchers wrote in the study, released today by the Centers […]
Over time, we may to lose our ability to recognize hunger. This may be a result of the various reasons we eat that have nothing to do with hunger- we eat for pleasure, stress, boredom, or just because the food is there.
In mice with diet-induced diabetes—the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans—a single injection of the protein FGF1 is enough to restore blood sugar levels to a healthy range for more than two days. The discovery by Salk scientists, published today in the journal Nature, could lead to a new generation of safer, more effective […]
An agreement between the Google[x] resesearch lab and pharmaceutical giant Novartis will license the technology for actual medical use for people with diabetes and other conditions.
Left untreated, at its most extreme high-blood sugar, can induce ketoacidosis, the build-up of toxic-acid ketones in the blood and urine. It can also bring on nausea, weakness, fruity-smelling breath, shortness of breath, and, as with hypoglycemia, coma.
We all procrastinate in one way or another, choosing easy pleasures over more necessary or fulfilling tasks, telling ourselves “there’s always tomorrow” — and the day after that, and the day after that… But there’s far more science behind procrastination than you might expect.
We have two new reviews to share with you. First, we have a review of the new, smaller OmniPod tubeless insulin pump system, by pumper Greg Nickleski. Second, we have a review of Level Foods glucose gels reviewed by Kimberly Hislop.
The toy is interactive, letting kids check his sugar levels with a simple squeeze of any of his fingers. If glucose is too high, a toy insulin pen along with the interactive touchscreen on the bear’s chest can be used to correct it. Moreover, Jerry can be fed various foods that come in the form […]
The oral medicine metformin (brand name Glucophage and others) is more effective at controlling blood glucose levels in African-Americans than in whites, according to new research published in The Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Global Data estimates that the blood glucose monitoring business will reach 12.2 billion dollars by 2017. The new UniStrip1 is poised to capitalize on this market by offering low cost alternative test strip to use with some LifeScan monitors.
Writing in Nature Medicine, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, describe how the new handheld microchip test shows not only high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, but also potential to discover previously unknown biomarkers of the disease.
For kids facing stress at home or school, comfort food may lead to unexpected and unwelcome side effects. According to a study from Belgian researchers, that extra eating can lead to increased body fat — and increased obesity risk.
Throughout July, we’re featuring excerpts from Ginger Vieira’s new book, Dealing with Diabetes Burnout. In this second of four excerpts being featured, Vieira argues small daily victories in daily diabetes care are better than shooting for being a perfect person with diabetes.
For some people with diabetes, manipulating insulin to achieve weight loss has turned into a dangerous phenomenon nicknamed “diabulimia.” Diabulimia is a portmanteau of diabetes and bulimia and is believed in some estimates to affect approximately 30% of women with Type 1 diabetes.
Did you know that people with Type 1 diabetes also are at greater risk of having celiac disease? The odds of having celiac disease are 5 times to 7 times times greater for people with Type 1 diabetes than for the general population.
A diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes carries with it a seemingly overwhelming amount of data to track. Blood sugar, carbohydrate intake, exercise, weight – nearly every aspect of a life that can be quantified and recorded. On top of that, a medication regimen must be remembered and followed.
Recent diabetes news include a report from the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism predicting that there will be a shortage of endocrinologists for the next decade and the recent success of Columbia University researchers at retraining human gastrointestinal cells to produce insulin.