June 29, 2019
Category :Diabetes Facts| Healthy News
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Women may dread menopause for the mood swings, hot flushes and its attendant discomforts, but did you know that menopause may also herald an increase in the risk for diabetes?
Menopausal women often gain weight, but fat also tends to get redistributed. Take a look in the mirror—are you pear-shaped or apple-shaped? Pear-shaped women have more fat in their hips and thighs. Apple-shaped women have more fat in the abdomen or what has been termed as central obesity.
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cholesterol problems, insulin resistance, lean body mass, pear shaped women
June 20, 2019
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Question: “No one in my family has diabetes, so how did i get it?”
While diabetes does tend to run in families, there are also many patients with this disease with no known relatives who have it.
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insulin resistance, type 1 diabetes mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
June 9, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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Sleep deprivation is found to be a major player in the development of insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance. This was found true when the team of Dr. Planem Penev conducted a clinical trial among 11 volunteers who slept for 5.5 and 8.5 hours. The study noted a significant increase in the glucose tolerance level and reduction in the values for insulin sensitivity.
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body mass index, glucose tolerance test, insulin resistance, metabolic effects, sleep deprivation
March 22, 2019
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Dr. Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco of the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism of the University of the Philippines–Philippine General Hospital explained the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) showed that despite receiving the best standard of care, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus suffered progressive deterioration of glycemic control over a period of 10 years.
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adipose tissues, cell dysfunction, coronary heart disease, drug combinations, glucose regulation, insulin resistance, optimal blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
January 13, 2019
Category :Diabetes Research
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A recent study published in the revealed that adults with newly diagnosed diabetes are at risk to have advanced liver disease or diabetic hepatopathy. According to Liane Porepa, MD, from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and her colleagues, their population-based, matched, retrospective cohort study revealed an incidence rate of serious liver disease of 8.19 per 10,000 person-years versus 4.17 per 10,000 person-years among those without diabetes.
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diabetes, diabetes mellitus, fatty liver disease, insulin resistance, persons with diabetes
October 22, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research| Healthy Advocacy
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Are you a sweet couple? Unfortunately, diabetes may adversely affect fertility. Diabetes affects other hormones and bodily functions in such a way that can make it more difficult for a couple to conceive.
Infertility is the inability of a couple to get pregnant after 1 year of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse. About a third of infertility problems are due to female infertility, and another third are due to male infertility. In the remaining cases, infertility affects both partners or the cause is unclear. » Continue Reading
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female infertility, follicle, infertility problems, insulin levels, insulin resistance, male infertility, menstrual periods, ovarian follicles, ovaries, PCOS, unprotected sexual intercourse
October 2, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world and in order to solve this, researchers from the Medical College of Georgia observed some genetically fat mice and found out that by eliminating the protein tyrosine phosphatase 1 B, or PTP1 B, they could prevent the risk of CVD.
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blood glucose levels, cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular function, cvd, fasting glucose, insulin gene, insulin resistance, super oxides
August 14, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research
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Patients with metabolic syndrome (a precursor to diabetes) who also have high blood pressure or hypertension should be wary of taking a class of drugs called thiazide-type diuretics (TZ) because it may increase their risk of developing diabetes, results of a new study say.
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August 13, 2018
Category :Diabetes Research
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Chanting “Om” may do more than just bring you inner peace; a new study claims meditation may improve your cardiovascular health by decreasing the risk of metabolic syndrome.
A study that transcendental meditation can significantly decrease insulin resistance, lower blood pressure and decrease heart rate variability. Transcendental meditation involves sitting quietly while your mind settles into a quieter and quieter state until you are not thinking at all, or literally “transcending the thinking process.”
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diabetes and heart disease, disease risk factors, insulin levels, insulin resistance, lower blood pressure, transcendental meditation