Surgery Treatment for Diabetes Type 2
Diabetes Surgery Studied As Potential Treatment For Type 2 Physicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have begun enrollment for a pilot study on a promising surgical approach for the management of Type 2 diabetes. The procedure being tested is designed for adults who have Type 2 diabetes and who are overweight... more
What You Can Do to Cut Your Risk of Diabetes Type 2
Women at risk for developing diabetes type 2 can take a valuable tip from some recent news out of researchers at the University of Glasgow, UK. The British Heart Foundation study found that insulin resistance (a key biological risk factor for developing diabetes) in women identified as “high risk” dropped by 22% after just seven weeks on... more
Diabetes Exercises
How does exercise help diabetes? Exercise is a great way to help control weight and it also lowers the blood sugar level. It also lowers a person’s risk of heart disease – a condition that is very common in people who have diabetes. Exercise can also help you feel better about yourself and increase your overall health. What kind of exercises... more
Diabetes Type 2
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 sugar levels when their diabetes... more
Diabetes Type 2 Natural Treatment
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... more
Diabetes Type 2 : Myth about
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 to find out that one or more of his relatives also had... more
Types of Diabetes(Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational)
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,... more
Types of Diabetes – Type 1, 2 and Gestational
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. As a result, the body... more
Calculate Your Risk of Diabetes Type 2
Have you been reading all the announcements and updates about the diabetes type 2 epidemic and started to wonder just what your own risk may be? Well a group of British scientists have now devised an online tool for calculating your risk of developing diabetes type 2. QDScore Results The research was based on the medical records of more than 2.5 million... more
Diabetes Linked to Reduced Prostate Cancer Risk
A recent analysis of the data collected from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study confirmed that men with diabetes type 2 (diabetes mellitus) appear to be less prone to developing prostate cancer than men without diabetes. According to a report published in the March 15th issue of the International Journal of Cancer, prostate cancer was 17% less... more
