By Kieran on February 8, 2010
Exercise is an important treatment in normalizing blood glucose level in type 2 diabetes as well as in type 1 diabetes. It is also important to know the type of exercise diabetics should undertake that involve minimizing the risks and at the same time deriving maximum benefits to normalize the blood sugar and giving good [...]
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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 25, 2009
Strength training has several powerful benefits and it needs to be a part of any fitness program. Here are the top 5 benefits of strength training.
1. Reduces health risks. Strength training helps prevent cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, low back pain, and certain types of cancer. Even if you already suffer from one [...]
Posted in Strength Training | Tagged aerobic exercise, benefits, benefits of strength training, bone strength, fitness program, lean muscle mass, muscle loss, Strength, Strength Training, Training, type 2 diabetes
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 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 [...]
Posted in Diabetes Type II | Tagged american diabetes association, blood glucose level, cholesterol level, diabetes and heart disease, healthier foods, type 2 diabetes
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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By Kieran on May 30, 2009
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and collaborators at Harvard Medical School have linked a specialized protein in human muscles to the process that clears glucose out of the bloodstream, shedding light on what goes wrong in type 2 diabetes on a cellular level.
Establishing the function of this protein, which significantly is not [...]
Posted in Diabetes Type II | Tagged fat cells, glucose, glucose metabolism, glucose transporter, harvard medical school, insulin, insulin stimulation, muscle cells, type 2 diabetes
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