By Kieran on December 30, 2009
Diabetes Type 2, or adult-onset diabetes, is a chronic disease where either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells do not react normally to insulin. This affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose). Diabetes Type 2 may be present for years before the person knows it. People may have high blood [...]
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By Kieran on December 26, 2009
Type 2 diabetes is getting increasingly common in developed countries. Other developing countries are seeing a fast emerging trend of the disease. Diabetes type 2 is caused by insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia. Although this disease is more common in adults over 40, it is increasingly seen in young teenagers and even children. This worrying trend [...]
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By Kieran on December 14, 2009
Diabetes Type 2 : Myth about
There has been a lot of research done over recent years about the causes of type 2 diabetes. For example, doctors now realize more than ever before that type 2 diabetes is prevalent in the bloodline of families. It is very common for a person that has type 2 diabetes [...]
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By Kieran on December 2, 2009
Types Of Diabetes
In medical parlance, this disease is known as “diabetes mellitus” – diabetes from the Greek word for siphon, to illustrate the excessive thirst and urination, which is characteristic of this condition, and mellitus from the Latin word for honey – as urine of a diabetic person contains sugar and is sweet. Commonly, [...]
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By Kieran on November 28, 2009
Diabetes is a metabolic disease that is caused when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to naturally turn sugars ingested into your body into energy. There are three major types of diabetes.
Type-1 Diabetes
This type of diabetes is an autoimmune disease – which is a result of the body’s failure to fight infection. [...]
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By Kieran on October 15, 2009
There are many things that can put you at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Some of these things you have the power to change – if you smoke or exercise – and some you don’t – your age or family history. Either way, you should know how all of these things [...]
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By Kieran on September 10, 2009
A common complication of diabetes is the development of nerve damage, also known as diabetic nerve pain. This damage affects the nerves that allow patients to feel sensations such as numbness and debilitating pain – also called neuropathy.
More than 20 million people have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. By the end of the [...]
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By Kieran on July 7, 2009
A new once a day drug for type 2 diabetes which also helps patients lose weight and control blood pressure, has been launched in Britain.
Victoza offers extra choice for people with type 2 diabetes which is one of the fastest growing diseases as the majority of cases are linked to obesity.
The drug, made by [...]
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By Kieran on July 4, 2009
Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding [...]
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By Kieran on June 14, 2009
(ARA) – During a typical day, your blood pressure goes up and down, and that’s healthy. For about 65 million Americans, however, blood pressure remains high over time. Are you one of them?
When you have high blood pressure, your heart has to work too hard. That can lead to heart disease and stroke. You’re [...]
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