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Category Archives: Diabetes News
Diabetes News: Atherosclerosis Evident in Four Ancient Populations, Including Hunter-Gatherers
People with Diabetes type I and type II, are often advised to modify their diets in order to control blood sugar as well as to prevent heart attacks and strokes? Do you believe atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and … Continue reading
Diabetes News: FDA Evaluating Cancer Risk for Diabetes Type 2 Drugs
Are you concerned about the cancer risks associated with incretin mimetics (byetta, victoza, and bydureon) or the DDP4 inhititors that increase levels of natural incretins produced in your body (januvia, tradgenta, onglyza). The FDA is in the process of evaluating … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Treatment, Diabetes Type 2
Tagged bydureon, byetta, FDA, incretin mimetics, januvia, onglyza, pancreatic cancer, tradgenta, victoza
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Diabetes News: FDA studies possible pre-cancerous link with diabetes drugs
Were you ever advised to take Januvia, Onglyza, or Tradjenta for treatment of Diabetes type 2 ? All drugs have side effects and the risk of using any drug needs to be balanced against its benefits as well as the … Continue reading
Diabetes News: Inflamation Causes Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Type 2
Insulin resistance is the cause of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Is the insulin resistance caused by genetic endowment, the result of environment and lifestyle or is it a combination of the two? What is the mechanism of insulin resistance … Continue reading
Diabulimia–A Risky way for People with Diabetes Type I to Lose Weight
Parents of teenagers with Diabetes Type I as well as the teenagers themselves should be aware of Diabulimia in which the teen with Diabetes will stop taking insulin in order to experience one of the symptoms of uncontrolled Diabetes, … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Type I, Diabetic Education
Tagged diabetes complications, Diabulimia, DKA, ketoacidosis, Weight Loss
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Diabetes News: An alternative to Medication for Diabetic Neuropaty
Do you have Diabetes Mellitus type 2 and suffer from the pain of Diabetic Neuropathy? Were you given medications that were either ineffective or lead to dizziness, lack of focus, fatigue or other side effects. There is an alternative to … Continue reading
Diabetes News: Reprogramming Cells to Fight Diabetes
People with Diabetes both type I and type II in later stages do not have enough beta cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. They also have a paradoxical response after meals in which alpha cells that produce glucagon act … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Treatment, Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Type I
Tagged alpha cells, beta cells, glucagon, Insulin, stem cells
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Accord offers Clues to Weight Gain in Newly Controlled Patients with Diabets Type 2
Patients with Diabetes Type 2 will often refuse treatment because they believe better control of diabetes as well as the medications used to achieve that control will cause them to gain weight. People recognize that poor control of diabetes leads … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Treatment, Diabetes Type 2
Tagged actos, Insulin, TZD, weight gain
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Diet Soda May Increase the Risk of Obesity and Diabetes
Do you feel free to drink all the diet soda you want because diet soda has zero calories and will not affect Diabetic control. Have your heard discussions about Diet soda causing Diabetes type II. The article below indicates a … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Type 2, Diabetes Type I, Diabetic Education, Diabetic Nutrition
Tagged diet soda, weight gain
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Diabetes News:First Born is More likely to Develop Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Did you know your risk of developing Diabetes Type 2 is related to your birth order. Even though first born children are more likely to be taller and skinnier, they are 21% more likely to develop Diabetes Type 2. I … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes News, Diabetes Type 2
Tagged birth order, diabetes 2, risk of diabetes type 2, siblings
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