Experts Back Switch to New Diabetes Test
Screening Test Called the A1c Assay Allows More Convenient Diagnosis. Diabetes experts on Friday urged a switch to a diagnostic test for the disease that’s more useful to primary care doctors and more convenient for patients because it doesn’t require fasting. An international panel recommended that a test known as the hemoglobin A1c assay... more
Ignoring Diabetes is Risky Business
(ARA) – Are you taking risks with your life without even knowing it? You may be one of the nearly 6 million Americans who have type 2 diabetes and don’t even know it. Diabetes affects nearly 24 million children and adults in the United States and another 57 million have pre-diabetes, a condition that places them at increased risk for developing... more
Biking for Your Health – Join the Fight to Stop Diabetes
(ARA) – Maybe you started biking to work when gas prices were hovering near $4 a gallon. Or perhaps you and your family cycle as a great way to spend time together on a Saturday afternoon. But did you know that using pedal power could help to find a cure for one of the nation’s deadliest diseases? With your family, on your own or as part... 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
7 Steps on How to Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes is more prevalent than ever and 95% of cases diagnosed are type 2 diabetes. Although for some the development of diabetes is inevitable, perhaps due to heriditary and other factors, for the vast majority it can be prevented by taking these 7 simple steps… Before diabetes type 2 becomes fully developed you go through a stage known as pre-diabetes.... more
Pre-Diabetes – Discover how to prevent it developing into type 2 diabetes
Pre-diabetes means you probably have higher than normal blood-sugar levels but, fortunately, not high enough to be classed as being diabetic. However it does mean that you are susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes and heart disease if you do nothing about it. Unfortunately, more often than not, there are no physical symptoms to warn you if you are... more
