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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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I found this a bit interesting…
Trans-fatty acids have been the topic of a lot of negative health news, but a new dietary study in rats suggests that trans-fats do not increase the risk of insulin resistance and diabetes, which may ease at least one area of concern.
This shows that our muscles can utilize the trans […]
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Raynor Country Day School in Long Island, New York, USA has settled on a law suit and is now admitting diabetic students.
The Raynor School allegedly denied requests to permit children with diabetes to attend the camp and denied requests for the school to supervise the children in daily monitoring of their […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hooray!!! I lost 5 pounds and my A1c was 4.0! What a good week for the diabetic me. The doctor was happy with this and so am I. I honestly didn’t believe it. But I will take it.
So yes the scale finally moved. 5 whole pounds- honestly I think it is stress of recent. But […]
A Pacemaker like device to help one lose weight? This type of machine/mechanism has been around since 2005 and has been hit or miss in the past. This summer Dr. Ikramuddin plans to implant a device like such in up to 30 volunteers as part of an international research study.
In this case, a pacemaker-like device […]
Diabetic medications are expensive and essential in good treatment and plans of care…
The Together Rx Access® Program, a free prescription savings program created by leading pharmaceutical companies that is enrolling about 10,000 people every week, has reached its 1.5 million cardholders milestone. The Program, introduced in January of 2005, allows cardholders to access immediate and meaningful savings […]
There is already a link/thought process that there is a mental decline directly following the consumption of a high fat meal among type 2 diabetics.
“Our bottom line is that consuming unhealthy meals for those with diabetes can temporarily further worsen already underlying memory problems associated with the disease,”said lead author Michael Herman Chui, who conducted […]
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