Archive for July, 2006

Physical Exercise Everyday Keeps Diabetes And Heart Disease Away

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

A study over 1,700 pre teens and adolescents in Europe says that at least 90 minutes of physical activity every day lower their risk for heart disease and diabetes.

Diet Can Help Prevent, Control Diabetes

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

According to Connie Aclin (extension educator with the LSU AgCenter), the two most important factors in the treatment of type 2 diabetes are diet and exercise. Lowering body weight by as little as 10 percent has been shown repeatedly to lower blood glucose.

Same Protein Linked To Diabetes & Atherosclerosis

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Called aP2, a protein that has no useful function in the body, is not only responsible for type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis, may also be responsible for asthma by regulating inflammation in human lung a new research says.

Folate And Vitamin B Help Normalize Juvenile Diabetes

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

According to a study over 124 children with type 1 diabetes, high-dose folate and vitamin B6 can normalize endothelial function, a precursor of vascular disease, which begins early in juvenile diabetes.

Better Eating Habits May Cut Diabetes Risk for Blacks, Asians, Hispanics

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Compared to whites, age-adjusted diabetes risk was more than 120 percent greater for blacks, about 76 percent greater for Hispanics, and 43 percent greater for Asians, the study shows.

Diabetic Coma Claims Two Young Lives in Fiery Car Crach

Friday, July 14th, 2006

CHP investigators are looking into the possibility that a diabetic coma or blackout might have caused a Paso Robles man to drive erratically, lose control of his truck and cause a fiery crash that killed two people Monday night in San Jose.

Diabetes Prevention Program to Adults with Pre-Diabetes Could Reduce Onset of Diabetes

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Providing a diabetes prevention program to adults with pre-diabetes at age 50 could significantly reduce the onset of diabetes for older adults, according to a new research.

Type-1 Diabetics Three Times More Likely to Develop Multiple Sclerosis

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

People with type 1 diabetes are more than three times more likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) than are those without diabetes, new research (by Dr. Nete M. Nielsen, from the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, and colleagues) from Denmark shows.

‘Avandamet’ Approved by FDA for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Type 2 Diabetes Can Short Your Life by Increasing Heart Risk

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

If you are suffering from type 2 diabetes, you can face stroke, heart attack, or cardiovascular disease 15 years earlier than a person who is diabetes-free.