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Diabetes Notes

Archive for the ‘Research’ Category

July 30th, 2008

Soaking your brown rice is good for your diabetes

Soak your brown rice and eat it up! Researchers have found that a compound that is beneficial among brown rice consumption among diabetics is triggered to activate again after being submerged in water.
Up to now we knew that brown rice was good for diabetics but did not understand exactly how and why this process took […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

July 23rd, 2008

The epidemic of diabetes hasn’t even begun…

Apparently we haven’t reached the meat of the issue…
“The full impact of the childhood obesity epidemic has yet to be seen because it can take up to 10 years or longer for obese individuals to develop type 2 diabetes,” says Lee, a member of the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit at Mott. “Children […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

July 17th, 2008

Diabetes increases risk of active Tuberculosis by 3 fold

Now here is one I have never seen linked previously. TB and diabetes.
The Harvard School of Public Health has completed 13 studies and concluded that having diabetes increases your risk of acquiring active TB by three fold.
Ultimately, if this study is true with what it suggests, controlling diabetes would in turn help control worldwide TB.
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July 11th, 2008

New surgery to alleviate pain due to diabetic neuropathy now being studied

Specialists in diabetes, neurology, pain management and rehabilitation have begun a ground breaking study of peripheral nerve surgery to help patients with long-standing pain and numbness in patients with diabetic neuropathy.
About one-third of patients with diabetic neuropathy have overlying compression of certain nerves in the leg that may worsen the pain and cause loss of […]

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July 9th, 2008

Male infertility and diabetes- directly related

Male fertility and diabetes… Scientists told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that diabetes in men has a direct affect on infertility. The large increase in the amount of diagnosed diabetics led to this research.
This will have large implications for many of couples that are struggling with infertility […]

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June 21st, 2008

Pre-screening for obese kids to help prevent diabetes

Knowing if an obese child might develop diabetes in later years could prompt parents to make the necessary lifestyle changes for their child to lose weight. That’s the rationale behind a pre-diabetes screening recommended by the American Diabetes Association.
This comes from Kids Health Notes. Grace has some really good info on her site about diabetes […]

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June 21st, 2008

Lowest of lows- tell me your number!

What is the lowest your blood sugar has been?

100-150

75-100

50-75

below 50- not good!

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June 10th, 2008

Will lowering blood sugars protect against heart disease… or not?

A study with very mixed results was published earlier in the week. Lowering your bloodsugars may not protect against heart disease but will help with kidney disease down the road. This from the American Diabetes Association…
But what may be most important is what the study results have in common - patients with the lowest blood […]

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June 5th, 2008

Pesticides and living on a very high mountain can increase diabetes risk

Reading through all the diabetic news today, I saw a trend. There are apparently 10 billion things that cause or increase your risk for diabetes. I always take what I read with a grain of salt. Here are two examples of what I found.
They are now saying that sunlight, vitamin D, helps prevent the occurrence […]

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May 31st, 2008

Could cocoa help diabetics fight heart disease?

Here is one for you… and it involves something yummy!

For people with diabetes, sipping a mug of steaming, flavorful cocoa may seem a guilty pleasure. But new research suggests that indulging a craving for cocoa can actually help blood vessels to function better and might soon be considered part of a healthy diet for the […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments