One of the most significant issues that pregnant women face is temporary diabetes or what is known as gestational diabetes. The most worrying issue here is that gestational diabetes may at some point lead to Type 2 diabetes later on in life, as per research. According to Dr. Brian Egan, Provena Saint Joseph obstetrician/gynecologist, almost [...]
Those who are suffering from Type-1 diabetes could face a high risk of being infected by tuberculosis (TB). This is according to a study that was published in the May issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The study, which was conducted on “medically-underserved” communities living in Mexico and the USA, showed that [...]
New research conducted at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center indicates that a common and widely available test can be used to predict early death in those afflicted with diabetes. According to Donald W. Bowden, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Diabetes Research at Wake Forest Baptist and the lead investigator, “We’ve discovered that [...]
Older diabetics who regulate their blood glucose levels better tend to face a lower risk of diabetes-related complications such as heart attacks, kidney disease and amputation. With this good news, there is also bad news. Diabetics who consistently experience low blood sugar may stand a higher possibility of death than those who have their blood [...]
Controlling dietary habits is the key to keep blood glucose in control in case of both type1 and type2 diabetes. Holidays are the time your regular diet plan might go out of control because of the holiday dinners you attend. This might affect your amount of intake of food and spacing of meals. Following are [...]
You have been stuck by diabetes. Well, honestly speaking, no matter what everyone must be saying, you must keep reminding yourself that now the time has come when you have to live a disciplined, diet restricted and healthy life with healthy diet and workouts. Now no more of binging into alcoholic drinks with friends and [...]
You may wonder what exactly the term pre diabetes means. Pre diabetes is actually the stage before diabetes. When you are at this stage, your blood glucose level is slightly higher than normal though medically speaking you don’t have diabetes yet. Pre diabetes leads to type 2 diabetes within 3 years in 11% of the [...]
