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Diabetes News:Walking Can Lower Risk of Heart-Related Conditions as Much as Running
Are you waiting for the perfect drug to help control your diabetes, improve your blood pressure or cholesterol? While new drugs and scientific advances are coming out every day, lets not forget the basics–good diet and exercise. Many people shy … Continue reading
Diabetes News: Study Aims to Use Stem Cell Research for Diabetic Retinopathy
Feb. 14, 2013 — Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast are hoping to develop a novel approach that could save the sight of millions of diabetes sufferers using adult stem cells. Were you wondering about research underway to help patients with … Continue reading
Doctor’s daughter with Diabetes
Do you think diabetes is different when it strikes the family of a physician? This doctor describes how he and his daughter dealt with a diagnosis of diabetes. Her case started as MODY which had been named for Maturity Onset … Continue reading
Diabetes News: Sleep Deficits in Teens Increase the Risk of Diabetes type 2
Is your teenager getting enough sleep? Most experts recommend that teenagers get about 9 hours sleep per night. In a study done at the University of Pittsburgh, the average teenager had 6.4 hours of sleep. An additional hour of sleep, … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, insulin resistance, Sleep, sleep deficit
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Diabetes News: Slightly High Blood Sugars May Cause Brain Dysfunction
Are your sugars a little higher than normal, but not high enough to classify you as Diabetes or Prediabetes. A study in which brain scans were performed on 249 people at age 60 and repeated at 64 years old, discovered … Continue reading
New Government Commission Could Streamline Diabetes Care
From Medscape Medical News New Government Commission Could Streamline Diabetes Care July 30, 2012 — Two US senators have introduced an act that would ensure a thorough review of the US government’s approach to diabetes care, an effort experts hope … Continue reading
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Tagged commission, Diabetes, Early Detection, government, Treatment
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Diabetes and Exercise
What do you do with your pump when you exercise? Some people with type I Diabetes think they should take their pump off when they exercise. While blood sugar typically goes down during exercise, when doing endurance exercise the need … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, exercise, insulin pump, pump
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Diabetes and Inner peace
Some People with Diabetes Struggle to find Inner Peace In order to achieve inner peace, people need to balance all eight dimensions of their lives. They will only be as strong as their weakest link. The eight dimensions are relationships, … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, Diabetes type I, how to find inner peace, inner peace
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Diabetes News: Walking Lowers the Risk of Developing Diabetes
Would you like a simple strategy to lower your risk of developing diabetes type 2. As described in the June 20 issue of diabetes care, researches evaluated the risk of developing diabetes in a group with low physical activity. After … Continue reading
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Tagged Diabetes, exercise, risk of diabetes, walking
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Can Water Prevent Diabetes?
Can you prevent Diabetes by drinking water? A study in Reuter’s medical news reported in medscape tried to find out the reason for this. They noted a 10% increase in diabetes over 12 years in women for every cup of … Continue reading