Diabetes and Risk for Heart Disease

YouTube:People with diabetes have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, but a proactive routine can make a difference. Joe Piscatella, one of the nation's foremost authorities on the link between lifestyle habits and health, joins Dr. Steven Edelman to discuss how to formulate a realistic plan of action, and provides user-friendly tips and mental strategies for success.

World Diabetes Day: Understand Diabetes, Get Involved

worlddiabetesday.org:How well do we know diabetes? A 1-min film to set the stage for World Diabetes Day: November 14.

Diabetes risk could be minimized with leafy vegetables

Healthnews18.com:Diabetes risk is getting bigger day by day. Anyone can develop diabetes in the body irrespective of their age group. You can find number of children around the world who are diabetic patients. Diabetes is a global problem, but its intensity is higher than normal in United States. Obesity is the main reason for diabetes in younger people, and also diabetes is genetic.

Diabetes doesn’t sound as scary as some other diseases like cancer do. But diabetes is one the dangerous diseases. Diabetic people tend to relax and feel they are safe, but they have to know that their diseases will end their lives someday!...continue

Monitoring blood sugar important for diabetes care

Thedailytimes:comMonitoring blood glucose is an important part of caring for your diabetes, explains Blount Memorial Diabetes Management Center program coordinator, registered nurse and certified diabetes educator Dawn Hollaway. By checking blood sugar levels on a regular basis, an individual can learn how various foods, medications, exercise and stress affect their readings.

Most health insurance plans will cover meters and supplies with a physician’s prescription, but check with your insurance company to verify your specific coverage. Hollaway said that the supplies needed to test blood sugar include a glucose meter, test strips, lancets (needles to stick the finger) and control solution...continue

Research explains link between diabetes and obesity

Theage.com.au:INFLAMMATORY cells in fat tissue cause the body to become resistant to the effects of insulin, explaining the link between obesity and diabetes, Melbourne researchers have found.

The discovery could pave the way for drugs that prevent insulin resistance, where the body is unable to use the hormone to convert food into energy.

Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute found the immune systems of overweight people reacted against fat tissue as though it were an infection, causing complications including insulin resistance...continue

Easy way for people to assess their diabetes risk‎

Times of India:An easy way for people to assess their risk of having diabetes has been developed by a team from the University of Leicester.

Working in partnership with Diabetes UK, the largest diabetes charity in the country, and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, they have produced the first diabetes risk assessment that can be used in a multi-ethnic population.

The Diabetes Risk Score uses 7 questions to identify how high a risk someone is of getting diabetes.

These are age, ethnicity, sex, family history of diabetes, waist size, body mass index and any history or treatment for high blood pressure...continue

Life for a Child film - Trailer

IntDiabetesFed:Directed by Academy Award-nominee Edward Lachman, the documentary film Life for a Child follows the journeys of children with type 1 diabetes amid the verdant mountains and swarming streets of Nepal, one of the worlds poorest countries.

The Life for a Child film was produced by the International Diabetes Federation (http://www.idf.org) and Eli Lilly and Company to raise awareness of the devastating impact of diabetes and increase support for the IDF Life for a Child Program. http://www.lifeforachild.org...Continue

Every 10 Seconds... United for Diabetes campaign

WorldDiabetesDay:'Every 10 seconds...' is a short film exploring the devastating impact of the global diabetes epidemic. Produced by award-winning Danish company 'FilmSolutions' on behalf of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF), this seven-minute movie explains why the global diabetes community is joining forces to campaign for a United Nations Resolution.For more information see:

What Is Diabetes?

Oneindia:Diabetes is an old illness. It has affected mankind for many hundreds of years and is referred in old Sanskrit writing. It is a chronic metabolic disorder with high levels of sugar in the blood. The word “Diabetes” means siphon and “Mellitus” stands for sweet. Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus are used interchangeably in day-to-day practice...continue

Diabetes could harm lungs just like smoking

Washington,ANI:People with diabetes may have impaired lung function, which is similar to the impairment found in smokers, according to a recent study.

Researchers from The Netherlands conducted a literature review of 40 studies describing the pulmonary function data of 3,182 patients with diabetes and 27,080 control subjects...continue

Wireless Sugar Monitoring Device For Diabetes Passes Tests

Huliq.com:A new implanted wireless glucose sensor could change the face of diabetes management forever. This glucose sensor has just passed some critical tests done in animals by American bioengineers.

These bioengineers have demonstrated that an implanted glucose sensor has great promise to transform how people with diabetes manage their condition from the old fashioned way of finger sticking and short-term, needle-like glucose sensors that have to be replaced every three to seven days...continue

How diabetes occurs and how to treat it.

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