Diabetes is one topic that seems to be in most of the conversations of today. Be it a doctor, a patient, a parent or a child, talk about diabetes sneaks its way into most conversations. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in the word and this trend continues into the future. Fortunately [...]
When it comes to the concept of meal plans, the best thing you can do, if you are diabetic, is to consult your doctor. The matter of fact here is that meals should never be something that you should create on your own until you know your true status. Ideally, what you must remember is [...]
If you want to avoid a problem the best way you can go about it is to arm yourself with knowledge. This can easily be done thanks to the vast degree of access that you can afford via cyberspace. However, diabetes and diabetic prevention is something that is easily attainable provided you know what needs [...]
According to results of a study presented at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting, men who suffer from diabetes are more likely to have the need of invasive second- and third-line therapies to control erectile dysfunction (ED) compared to those men who do not suffer from diabetes. Such therapies also include surgical [...]
According to new research, a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet could not lead to complications in those who have diabetes risk factors. The study’s author Dr. James Shikany stated that usually people reduce the fat in their diet and then replace it with carbohydrates, “There was some concern that the increased carbohydrate intake might lead to if [...]
U.S. News & World just released its annual “Best Diet” rankings where they weighed in on the most effective diets present. The magazine stated on their website that the old-school belief that one diet fits everyone is erroneous. The DASH program, which is also known as the “Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension” diet came out [...]
According to a new study, moms who are overweight and who lose weight after their first pregnancy stand a less chance of developing diabetes during their second pregnancy. The researchers also found out that those women who gained weight between pregnancies had an increased risk of developing diabetes on their second pregnancy compared to those [...]
The candidate drug Lyxumia, produced by drug maker Sanofi, is designed to combat diabetes Mellitus Type 2. Lyxumia or lixisenatide, when combined with basal insulin, reduces blood glucose levels in Type 2 diabetes patients and would lead to weight loss as well. Lyxumia belongs to the GLP-1 class of drugs, which encourage insulin release when [...]
There is great news for diabetics who do love almonds. While there has been a great deal of evidence to show that people who do eat nuts like cashew, walnuts and almond could in fact reverse the events of aging, it seems there are other benefits too, especially when it comes to almonds. According to [...]
A study that was published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine concluded that 50-year old diabetics could live 6 years less. Compare this to long-term smoking, which has been known to reduce life span by a decade. The information used was medical data of over 820,000 individuals from close to 100 studies across both [...]
It is a well-known fact that carrying around excess weight whenever you are diabetic can complicate the condition. As a matter of fact, some people with certain types of diabetes are able to totally keep away from medication, simply by diabetes diet which means losing some weight and taking care of themselves. An entire industry [...]
