Diabetic patients can prevent nerve pain
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... more
Diabetes-related eye diseases
Ophthalmologists have ‘unique opportunity’ to influence patients with diabetes-related eye diseases. Diabetes prevalence has doubled in the past decade, and the increases in diabetes-related eye disease poses a new challenge to eye specialists, according to an editorial in the March issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the Journal... more
Studies link heart, diabetes risks with dementia
Taking steps to stave off diabetes and heart disease may improve a person’s chances of staying mentally sharp later in life, several research teams said on Monday. In one study, U.S. researchers found the same cluster of metabolic disorders that raise a woman’s risk for heart disease and diabetes also increase her chances of memory declines... more
Type II Diabetes (Lifestyle Diabetes)
Type 2 diabetes, otherwise known as lifestyle diabetes or mature onset diabetes is much more common than Type I. In Type 2 diabetes the pancreas either does not produce adequate levels of insulin or the body becomes resistant to its own insulin. Type I diabetes, also known as adolescent diabetes, differs from Type 2 in that the body stops producing... more
