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New York is taking its diabetes situation very seriously. Recently, New York became the first American city to monitor diabetes. The city has also started a program to educate pregnant women about gestational diabetes. The aim is to reduce the risk of diabetes in New York by 20 percent by 2008, according […]
Eating large amounts of potato could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by upto 14 percent, according to a study by Harvard University. The research involved nearly 85,000 women participants. Obese women were particularly found to have a strong link between potato intake and diabetes risk. Specifically among potato based foods, […]
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that strikes pregnant women. It usually subsides after child birth, but could return later, permanently. In New York, 4 percent of the pregnant women get gestational diabetes. To educate pregnant women about gestational diabetes New York city will send out information packets. These will […]
Diabetes is spreading fast and furious in Asia. This article in BBC News gives an alarming picture of the epidemic in waiting. Some statistics from the article
The number of diabetics will increase by 90% over the next 20 years in Asia.
Diabetes is affecting children as young as 9 years old.
Diabetes is spreading the […]
Is it possible to reverse diabetes? Researchers at the University of Minnesota have transplanted insulin producing cells in monkeys from pigs’ pancreas and were able to reverse diabetes. It would be a huge step in the treatment of diabetes if this can be successfully done in humans. There would be no shortage […]
US scientists have developed a new technology to produce fruits which are low in sugar. These fruits have just half the calories as the naturally produced ones. These have been produced using genetic modification, but according to the researchers they can also be produced using the standard methods. The study appears in […]
Every year thousands of people lose their limbs to diabetes. Diabetes could block the free flow of blood and hence cause various problems from numbness to pain and finally to amputation (a sad fact is that most of the amputations could be prevented if the diabetics take proper care of their feet). A […]
That obesity is a major cause of diabetes is a very well known fact. But thin people are also affected by diabetes. Nearly 25% of the diabetics in India are thin. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has undertaken a project to study the spread of diabetes in undernourished people, […]
TEDDY - which stands for “The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young” is a massive program aimed at finding the environmental factors that cause type 1 diabetes. The study will screen 220,800 babies across four states and three countries. What is probably different about this program is the huge role played by […]
Check out the lens that Seth Godin has created at squidoo. All the royalties will be given to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). I haven’t read any of the books, but all of them are from Oprah’s book club, so chances are they will be great. If you are going to buy […]
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Written by Kendra James, RN [email] for b5media.
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