Tai Chi help diabetics lower glucose levels Reported October 02, 2009 In the University of Florida study of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, those who participated in a supervised tai chi exercise program two days a week with three days of home practice for six months significantly lowered their fasting blood glucose levels, improved their … [Read more...]
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Mid-Life Diabetes Linked to Alzheimers
Mid-Life Diabetes Linked to AlzheimersReported April 14, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A long-term study from Sweden shows men who develop diabetes in mid-life have a significantly higher chance of getting Alzheimers disease. Researchers tracked men who had abnormal insulin levels at age 50. When they checked them 32 years later, they found the men with a low insulin … [Read more...]
Overweight: The New Healthy?
Overweight: The New Healthy? Reported January 15, 2009 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's an ever-growing number -- 66 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, but, finally, there's some good news for those who are carrying around just a few extra pounds. New research shows being moderately overweight may actually be good for you. Tracey … [Read more...]
A Clearer Look at Diabetes
A Clearer Look at DiabetesReported July 14, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) - A new research method to study what is going on inside the pancreas of diabetic patients may be just what scientists need to discover a promising treatment. Within the pancreas lie islets, or clusters of cells that produce insulin for the body. Diabetes attacks the insulin producing cells, and … [Read more...]
Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection
Blood Sugar Test May Also Aid Diabetes Detection Reported August 07, 2008 THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A widely used test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes could help identify millions of people with undetected diabetes, according to a consensus statement released by a team of experts. The hemoglobin A1c test (HbA1c) shows how much glucose red … [Read more...]
Diabetes Risk Increases After Heart Attack
Patients who have had a heart attack have a new concern to worry about. New research reveals patients who have had a heart attack are 4.5-times more likely to develop diabetes compared to the general population. Heart attack patients are also 15-times more likely to develop a pre-diabetes condition known as impaired fasting glucose (IFG), according to the research. The … [Read more...]
Drugs Provide Same Benefit as Angioplasty for Diabetics, at Lower Cost
Drugs Provide Same Benefit as Angioplasty for Diabetics, at Lower CostReported November 20, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers say medications provide the same amount of protection as angioplasty in treating type-2 diabetics, and new insight shows the choice could be a significant money saver. In an NIH trial, more than 2,000 patient with type-2 diabetes took … [Read more...]
Tea can treat diabetes!
Tea can treat diabetes!April 19, 2005 A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Scranton suggests that tea might prevent diabetes and its ensuing complications, including cataracts. Researchers led by Joe Vinson fed green and black tea to diabetic rats for three months and then monitored the … [Read more...]
Women Fitness : City News
Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Lead to Thinner KidsReported August 28, 2007 TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- When women develop diabetes during pregnancy and don't get treatment, their kids face an increased risk of childhood obesity, but new research suggests that treatment can essentially eliminate that risk. It's "remarkable" that the doubling of the … [Read more...]
Vision screening for diabetics goes high tech
Vision screening for diabetics goes high tech Reported October 22, 2008 Screenings for diabetes-related eye disease available with help of new technology in Las Cruces One of the most serious concerns to people living with diabetes is the threat of blindness. Starting in November, the New Mexico Department of Health and the University of New … [Read more...]
Preferred Drug for Gestational Diabetes
Preferred Drug for Gestational DiabetesReported May 08, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Metformin (Glucophage, Fortamet) is a commonly prescribed drug to help control the blood sugar of women with gestational diabetes mellitus, but randomized trials to evaluate its safety and effectiveness have been lacking, experts say; however, a new study reveals metformin may be a better … [Read more...]
Sleep Apnea Treatment Helps Diabetics
Sleep Apnea Treatment Helps Diabetics Reported March 2, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients with type 2 diabetes who also suffer from sleep apnea can lower glucose levels by receiving the most common sleep apnea treatment. Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where a person's breathing stops or becomes irregular … [Read more...]
Trip to the Gym a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Trip to the Gym a Day Keeps the Doctor Away Reported January 24, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows in as little as two days of physical inactivity, the body's efficient use of insulin may decrease, which can potentially lead to diabetes and other related diseases. Researchers from the … [Read more...]
Alter Lifestyle or Risk High Rate of Diabetes, Say Experts
Alter Lifestyle or Risk High Rate of Diabetes, Say ExpertsReported November 08, 2009 DUBAI - The UAE will remain among the top 10 countries with high rates of diabetes for another decade if unhealthy lifestyle habits are not changed, experts discussed at an international congress on Saturday. Unhealthy habits contributed by abundance of wealth and access to easier options … [Read more...]
Artificial Liver Extends Lives
Artificial Liver Extends Lives Reported March 18, 2009 NEW YORK (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There's help for failing kidneys and hearts -- but there's no fix for dying livers. More than 27,000 people die every year from liver disease and fewer than 6,000 liver transplants are performed. Doctors are now testing an artificial liver that bridges that gap and gives patients another … [Read more...]
Diabetes in women linked to irregular heart rhythm: study
Diabetes in women linked to irregular heart rhythm: studyReported November 10, 2009 Women with diabetes are more likely to develop an irregular heart rhythm than non-diabetics of either gender --and this increases their risk of stroke. This is a key finding of a study published in the October issue of Diabetes Care. Dr. Greg Nichols, the lead researcher for the seven-year … [Read more...]
Do we Have a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes?
Do we Have a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? Reported April 21, 2006 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers make a big step toward a potential cure for type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. The team at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) found a combination therapy reversed the disease in the … [Read more...]
Diabetes? Blame it on your genes
Diabetes? Blame it on your genesSEPTEMBER 22, 2005 NEW DELHI: In a major scientific breakthrough, a research project led by a Chennai-based diabetologist has found that the non-performance of a particular gene in the blood of most Indians is making them more prone to diabetes. The gene PPAR-Gamma is known to protect people … [Read more...]
Jumping Gene Staves Off Type 2 Diabetes
Jumping Gene Staves Off Type 2 DiabetesReported July 09, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition has identified a genomic fragment, called a transposon, or "jumping gene," that diminishes the activity of the diabetes risk gene in both mice and humans. Transposons are sequences of DNA that can move around to different positions … [Read more...]
Diabetes screening goes mobile to neighborhoods
Diabetes screening goes mobile to neighborhoodsReported August 10, 2008 WASHINGTON - Getting tested for diabetes is smart, preventative medicine for everyone, but it has a much deeper meaning for Vanessa Rushing. "My great grandmother, my grandmother, my mother and three of my mother's sisters all died from diabetes," Rushing, 44, said. So, when the Howard University … [Read more...]
Fitness News : Women Fitness > Diabetes > Diabetes Linked to Psychiatric Illnesses in Children
Diabetes Linked to Psychiatric Illnesses in ChildrenReported June 24, 2005 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- According to a new study, as many as one in five children with type 2 diabetes may also have a psychiatric illness. The research also suggests children with psychiatric illnesses may be at risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes and … [Read more...]
Undiagnosed Kidney Disease Common Among Diabetics
Undiagnosed Kidney Disease Common Among Diabetics Reported June 16, 2005 By Stacie Overton, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research presented this week at the American Diabetes Associations Annual Scientific Sessions in San Diego shows that undiagnosed chronic kidney disease is common in … [Read more...]
Type 1 diabetes rate jumps
Type 1 diabetes rate jumps Reported July 02, 2008 NEW cases of type 1 diabetes are increasing at the rate of 3 per cent a year - equivalent to an extra 6000 people affected between 2000 and 2006. A report on the incidence of the disease - also known as juvenile-onset or insulin-dependent diabetes - finds an average of two extra people a day … [Read more...]
Diabetes Personal Trainers may Help Youth Manage Their Disease
Diabetes Personal Trainers may Help Youth Manage Their Disease Reported October 15, 2007 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A little intervention may go a long way in helping youth with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes management includes blood sugar monitoring, physical activity, and dietary management. The blood sugar control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes deteriorates partly because … [Read more...]
Does Omega-3 Decrease Diabetes?
Does Omega-3 Decrease Diabetes? Reported September 26, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could eating more fish, walnuts and eggs decrease your risk for developing type-1 diabetes? Preliminary data in children suggests it may. While it is believed the development of type-1 diabetes has some hereditary influences, research also suggests environmental factors -- … [Read more...]
Gender, Diabetes and Vascular Disease
A new discovery may change the way men and women with diabetes are medically treated in the future. Researchers from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., wanted to know if early changes in the arteries of diabetic animals differ by sex. They tested the theory on male and female rats with induced diabetes. Eight weeks after the study began, researchers measured how … [Read more...]
Higher Diabetes Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Higher Diabetes Risk in Childhood Cancer SurvivorsReported August 17, 2009 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Childhood cancer survivors face an increased risk of morbidity and mortality as a result of their curative therapies, according to a new report. Almost 75 percent of survivors will develop a chronic health condition such as diabetes, and 42.4 percent will develop a severe, … [Read more...]
Lifestyle Interventions Hold Diabetes at Bay
Lifestyle Interventions Hold Diabetes at Bay Reported May 28, 2008 (Ivanhoe Newswire) Teaching people with higher than normal blood sugar levels how to eat better and exercise more can significantly influence their risk of developing diabetes. In a study conducted among nearly 600 people in China over a 20 year period, investigators found those who took part in … [Read more...]
Milk Does Diabetes Good
Everyone knows milk helps build strong bones. Now researchers suggest it may ward off diabetes as well. A new study out of Tufts University in Boston reveals people who consume three to five servings of milk or milk products a day are about 15-percent less likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as those who consume less than one and a half servings. The researchers … [Read more...]
Paging Chronically ill Kids
Paging Chronically ill KidsReported October 16, 2008 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The number of American kids with chronic diseases has quadrupled in the past 25 years. The daily drugs and treatments that help manage conditions like diabetes, asthma and cystic fibrosis can be overwhelming for a family. Now, a new program uses technology to teach kids how to … [Read more...]
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