Archive for January, 2009
Diabetes numbers continue to climb - Los Angeles Daily News
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The most recent analysis of data on diabetes in the United States finds that almost 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have the condition, 40 percent of whom have not been diagnosed. Thats a larger proportion of diagnosed patients than noted in a …
Does diabetes make the mind go to pieces? (USA Today)
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A number of studies have suggested that people with diabetes when the body either does not make enough insulin or cannot process it are more prone to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s. Studies are getting closer to understanding the link between the two conditions and which parts of the brain are most affected by glucose and insulin.
Healthy Diet Is The Key To Being Healthy
By Julian Slowebr /br /Because of so many illnesses and chronic diseases that occur among people through the years, more and more individuals are playing attention to their health and fitness because these would help them combat certain medical conditions. Today, one of the major reasons wh….
Weight control program ups diabetics’ well being
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with type 2 diabetes show improvements in their physical and mental health-related quality of life after a year of participation in a weight management program, a report out this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows.
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Nano pill may give insulin jab the flick
People with diabetes could soon take a pill of insulin-loaded nanoparticles instead of having to give themselves painful injections, Indian researchers say. News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
Diagnosing Diabetes with a Simple Saliva Test - Digital Chosunilbo
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According to an article published in the latest edition of the Journal of Proteome Research, a prestigious academic journal in the field of protein research, the saliva of diabetes patients contained double the amount of 65 types of proteins than …
MPs Keith Vaz And Adrian Sanders Win Diabetes UK Parliamentary Awards (Medical News Today)
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Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, and Adrian Sanders, MP for Torbay and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes, each received an award from Diabetes UK at the charity’s 75th Anniversary Parliamentary Reception. Keith Vaz won the inaugural Diabetes UK Parliamentary Champion Award and Adrian Sanders the Diabetes UK 75th Anniversary Award.
Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller has legs amputated below knees due to diabetes complications (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller has had both of his legs amputated 6 inches below the knee. Jazz spokesman Jonathan Rinehart says Friday’s surgery was the result of complications from Type 2 diabetes.