July 26, 2019
Category :Healthy Advocacy
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It is never too early to start diabetes prevention. For newborn and infant nutrition, breast milk really IS best. It reduces the risk for type 2 diabetes in both the breastfeeding mother and her child. And the longer one breastfeeds, the greater the reduction in type 2 diabetes risk for both mom and baby.
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July 13, 2019
Category :People and Places
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Men and women are created equal. But men and women are different, too. And diabetes has a gender bias—against both sexes. In some aspects, men get the shorter end of the stick; in other aspects, women do.
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blood sugar levels, low testosterone levels, prostate cancer risk
June 21, 2019
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If you have type 1 diabetes-or if you have type 2 diabetes and oral medications are not controlling your blood sugar, you have to take insulin. If you have gestational diabetes, you may need to take insulin if diet and exercise have not been able to keep your blood sugar levels within your target range.
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blood sugar levels, insulin injection, insulin therapy
May 2, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists – a class of drugs used to treat advanced prostate cancer-can increase patients’ risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
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blood sugar levels, cigarette smoking, diabetes risk, gnrh agonist
April 21, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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Diabetes UK warned around 7 million people in the UK who have early warning signs of diabetes about the long-term damage if they would not change .2 their unhealthy lifestyle. “People with higher than normal blood sugar levels are 12 times more at risk in developing full-blown type 2 diabetes,” Diabetes UK chief executive Douglas Smallwood said.
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blood sugar levels, glucose regulation, kidney failure, lifestyle changes, pre-diabetes, staggering figures, type 2 diabetes
April 16, 2019
Category :Diabetes Facts| Healthy Advocacy
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Once you have diabetes you’re stuck with it. But there’s no need to lose hope. It’s really not as bad or hard as it sounds. The key to taking good care of yourself and your diabetes is to learn three simple things (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases): » Continue Reading
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March 16, 2019
Category :People and Places| Stress Busters
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Did you know why the Earth is so far the only known planet where life could exist? It is because of water, the universal solvent, the one that sustains life on this planet. The importance of water has always been highlighted because it alleviates dehydration, especially during hot weather.
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blood sugar levels, bubble pool, diabetes patients, hydrotherapy massage, massage experience, massage systems, water the universal solvent
March 14, 2019
Category :Fitness
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Wearing that fabulous-looking swimsuit with all that flab showing is surely depressing (not to mention distracting!), but what should actually depress us more is the fad that obesity complicates the management of type 2 diabetes. It increases insulin resistance and blood sugar levels, and it also increases the risk for dyslipidemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
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blood glucose concentrations, blood sugar levels, high expectations, moderate weight loss, physical appearance, unwanted pounds, weight reduction
February 15, 2019
Category :Healthy Advocacy
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Marissa Sanchez, a singer/ actress/comedian, has type 2 diabetes and admitted indulging in food before. She shares that she used to eat anything and everything she wanted and craved for, and most especially, she loved rice. But then, symptoms started appearing: blurry vision, constant and unusual thirst, and going on constant bathroom trips. That was the time it was confirmed that she was diabetic and was asked by her endocrinologist, Dr. Augusto Litonjua, to change her eating habits. Although she wasn’t able to kick her usual eating habits all at once, she says that once she was able to control her food intake, she began experiencing miracles in her diabetes management.
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February 5, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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A new non-invasive way to monitor blood sugar levels is currently being developed by scientists at the University of California, Irvine. The study was conducted after a chemical analysis method used for air pollution testing was found to have effectively measured high concentrations of methyl nitrates in type 1 diabetics in hyperglycemic state.
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blood sugar levels, breath analysis, diabetes researcher, glucose levels, methyl nitrate, nitrate concentrations