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Ground-breaking study to cap the growing trend of type 2 diabetes in overweight adolescents

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Doc

Type 2 diabetes affects 85 to 90 per cent of all people with diabetes. While it usually affects mature adults, younger people and children are increasingly being diagnosed. Often people with type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and are overweight or obese. Continue reading →

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Health benefits of Cinnamon

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Doc

Some of the natural compounds in cinnamon have the ability to mimic insulin, helping glucose get into cells, where it can be used for energy, and significantly lowering blood sugar in the process. Continue reading →

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Diabetes drug shows promise against multiple sclerosis

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Doc

A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine report in a study currently available online in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Continue reading →

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Is vitamin D deficiency linked to Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Doc

Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D deficiency, an article in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (May 2009) by William B. Grant, PhD of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center (SUNARC) suggests that further investigation of possible direct or indirect linkages between Vitamin D and these dementias is needed. Continue reading →

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Diabetics’ heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Doc

(University of Cambridge) People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in the Lancet has shown. Continue reading →

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Triglycerides implicated in diabetes nerve loss

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Doc

To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor levels of an easily measured blood fat as closely as they do blood sugar, study suggests Continue reading →

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Diabetes Control with Diet by Manikekadigit

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Doc

There are large numbers of scientific research results to ascertain the effectiveness of plant foods in the management of diabetes disease. Over the centuries, more than 400 plants have been identified, use, as described by the treatment of diabetics Continue reading →

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What Are The Symptoms Of Diabetes? by JohnJames

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Doc

Ensure that you don’t eat foods that will increase your blood sugar level. That’s a very big mistake lots of diabetic patients make. They still think they are young, gay and without any problems. As soon as you get diagnosed with diabetes, it’s time to eat and drink responsibly and with a great deal of caution, least you worsen the condition. Continue reading →

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