January 31, 2020 Category :Fitness 0
Believe it or not, the knee is one of the most complex joints in the human body. A lot of soft tissues function together just to attain a normal range of motion within this joint, and we depend on it more than we are aware of.
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bones, spine, stress, weight
January 30, 2020 Category :Healthy Advocacy 0
Motivational interviewing (MI) has recently become a topic of great interest in the diabetes behavioral field. It has been applied to the management of a wide range of target behaviors, including addictive behaviors, HIV risk reduction, eating disorders, criminal justice case management, fruit and vegetable intake, exercise, and major psychiatric disorders. Also, several authors have identified its potential role in the management of diabetes.
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behavior change, complications of diabetes, diabetes, physician
January 29, 2020 Category :Diabetes Facts 0
Every 10 seconds, someone dies from diabetes-related causes and 2 new cases are diagnosed in the world. Diabetes has become one of the leading causes of death in the modern world. And it is on the rise among younger people.
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Asian Outlook, diabetes, insulin, type 2 diabetes
January 28, 2020 Category :Diabetes Research 0
Hold it with that huge chunk of steak!
Consider having fish instead because researchers have found that eating fish leads to smaller risk of diabetes, while consuming too much red meat leads to higher risk of obesity and greater weight gain which may result in other diseases.
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cardiovascular, diabetes, disease, red meat
January 27, 2020 Category :Diabetes Research 0
Too much or too little sleep? Either way, it deals a hard blow on a person’s blood sugar level by getting in the way of the body’s insulin production, thus raising the amount of glucose in the blood.
The result is definitely not as sweet as it sounds: type 2 diabetes. Yet the solution seems doable if one is serious about his health: 7.5 to 8.5 hours of sleep every night, especially for teenagers.
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diabetes, glucose, insulin, sleep
January 26, 2020 Category :People and Places 0
Marie Joyce Reyes was living a normal, happy life, focusing her energies on her family and her job at a government bank, when she began to have difficulty breathing in her sleep in 2008.
“It started with a simple allergy,” Joyce recounted. “Then, it got to the point when I’d suffer headaches and dizziness all the time, up until I couldn’t breathe properly while lying down.”
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sleep, sleep apnea, surgery, TMC
January 25, 2020 Category :Diabetes Research 0
Lixisenatide, which stimulates insulin release when glucose levels become too high, and slows down stomach emptying will be sold under the brand name Lyxumia soon.
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diabetes, diabetes patients, regulatory approval, type 2 diabetes
January 24, 2020 Category :Diabetes Research 0
If a woman has diabetes, there is a likelihood she will develop breast cancer later on.
A study in Sweden led by Dr. Hakan Olsson, a professor of oncology at Lund University, looked into the medical records of more than 2,700 patients with breast cancer and about 20,500 patients who never had cancer. The records analyzed spanned 10 years of the participants’ medical history prior to having breast cancer.
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breast cancer, cancer, diabetes
January 23, 2020 Category :Diabetes Facts 0
If digital glucose meters seem too static and boring, why not get a cute, cuddly, and barking one instead?
Aside from detecting illegal drugs, hidden bombs, and disaster survivors, dogs are now being trained to sniff for changes in a patient’s blood sugar levels and alert caregivers to administer medication to the patient when necessary. This is especially helpful for diabetic children since they usually are not yet wary of their condition to monitor their own blood sugar.
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blood sugar, diabetic, glucose, sugar
January 22, 2020 Category :Diabetes Research 0
Previous studies have established that cinnamon has beneficial effects on diabetes patients as it can decrease insulin resistance to lower blood sugar levels.
Capitalizing on that idea,Sri Lanka, the world’s largest exporter of cinnamon, has started experimenting on its healing power as a treatment for diabetes and cholesterol, and as a cinnamon-based medicinal product.
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blood sugar, cholesterol, diabetes, sugar