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Diabetes Notes

Archive for the ‘News’ Category

March 10th, 2008

Nationals Dmitri Young still battling weight loss and diabetes

Diabetic MLB ex-Tiger Dmitri Young is frustrated with his lack of weight loss and diabetic complications that could occur as a result.
The 2007 National League comeback player of the year told mlb.com that he exercised, hired a chef to prepare food out of a cookbook for diabetics and even tried to fast for a day. […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

January 24th, 2008

Now Showing: Online Health Records Courtesy Of Google

I also shared this over at A Hearty Life this morning but it is a good find so I must share it here as well…I don’t know how I feel about all this, that is for sure. As I read on TechCrunch this morning, it seems that a login page for Google Health was spotted […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

January 19th, 2008

Australia… Aborigine… Children… Discovery Health Has It All!

Taking you back to the post I wrote last Saturday about the diabetes explosion occurring in Australia, I happened to come across a program on the Discovery Health channel about diabetes. Guess what the subject matter was? You guessed it- diabetes and the Aborigine people.
The series is called Discovery Health- CME and it is […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

January 17th, 2008

Do Copays Keep Diabetics From Staying Healthy?

With January 1st came plenty of monetary changes. Real estate taxes, state taxes, hotel taxes, cigarette taxes… and higher copays!
The medical insurance industry is no different than any other, it all revolves around the green stuff. Sad to say but very true. I wish that it was different and that we could all have affordable […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

December 26th, 2007

Top 5 Interesting Diabetes News From Around The World

Top 5 interesting tidbits of news about diabetes from around the world this fine Wednesday morning…
1. One out of every four citizens of the United Arab Emirates has diabetes — a federation that includes the city-states of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
2. While the treatment of people with diabetes who suffer a heart attack has improved, […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

November 6th, 2007

Sleep Cuts Childhood Obesity Thus Decreasing Risk For Diabetes

Yet another reason to get the sleep you need at night. I should so not be preaching this since I am not good at the whole sleep thing, but my kids sure are. I have a 3, 5 and 7 year old and they all have a bedtime of 7:30-8:00 PM and get up around […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 2 comments

October 24th, 2007

“Day In The Life” Producer Rick Smolan Launches Diabetes “Meet The Face Of Change” Photo Exhibit

The Meet the Face of Change exhibit is now complete and will be kicking off its five-city tour in New York’s Bryant Park this Friday, October 26. Meet the Face of Change is a national traveling photo exhibit that honors and showcases those with type 2 diabetes who are embracing change as part of […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 22nd, 2007

Congenital Heart Disease And Diabetes

Researchers have discovered a new congenital heart disease. What does this have to do with diabetes? Well, it seems that the heart muscle in this case does not depend on and use glycogen for energy in crunch time thus leaving the heart void of activity. So, the children will suddenly collapse and die with little […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

October 3rd, 2007

Would You Give Up 10 Years Of Your Life To Live Without The Burdens Of Diabetes?

Would you be willing to give up 8 years of your life to do away with your diabetes regimen? Do you feel like your medications and treatments are an enormous burden? If your answers are yes… and yes, then you are not alone.
A group of researchers conducted face to face interviews with over […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

September 25th, 2007

Non Invasive Way To Test Blood Sugars On Horizon

I know that I have written about something similar to this in the past, but here is new research that offers a non invasive way to analyze blood sugars amongst type 1 diabetics.
By using a chemical analysis method developed for air-pollution testing, UC Irvine chemists and pediatricians have found that children with type-1 diabetes exhale […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments