Diabetes

The news is based on a study looking at drugs called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists that can regulate blood sugar and suppress appetite. The drugs are currently used to control blood pressure in some diabetic patients, but this new ...  

Previously by Margaret Durst: Aloe Vera – Good for Almost Anything That Ails You! Do you have weight gain around the middle, tiredness, irritability, insomnia, poor mental function and inability to lose weight? If you answered yes, your lifestyle needs ...  

According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, normal fasting blood sugar levels are below 100 mg/dL. Prediabetics have levels of 100-125 mg/dL. Experts like Dr. Richard Guthrie of Mid-America Diabetes Association say people with even little ...  

An automated on/off feature built into insulin pump systems can suspend insulin delivery when it detects low blood glucose levels (via continuous glucose monitoring), significantly reducing the severity and duration of hypoglycemia in ...  

This chapter only concentrates on diet for type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Refer to Gestational Diabetes Diet for information on diet modification in gestational (pregnancy) diabetes. Diabetes diet is equally important for both types ...  

Diabetic Diet Meal Plan. If you are struggling from diabetes, you probably are concerned with what you should be eating. Diabetes can be confusing for a lot of people. When it comes to eating you have to change how you eat, ...  

A specific goal to eat a set number of daily servings of low-glycemic-index foods can improve dietary habits of people with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research. Study participants were given a goal to eat either six or eight daily servings of foods with a low glycemic index - carbohydrates that are digested slowly and are less likely to spike blood-sugar levels than would carbohydrates with a high glycemic index...  

Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 78-year-old woman who resides in a nursing home is seen for management of her diabetes mellitus. The patient’s blood glucose log shows levels ranging between 40 and 400 mg/dL (2.2 and 22.2 mmol/L). She otherwise feels well. She has [...]  

In fact, anyone who has prediabetes has an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. A “normal” blood glucose level is defined as a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) lower than 100 mg/dL, while a person is said to have ...  

Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics, however exercise while under hypoxic conditions provides greater improvements in glycemic control than intermittent exercise alone, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Exercise improves glycemic control in patients...  

New study finds exercise in low oxygen environment may result in improved insulin sensitivity Newswise — Chevy Chase, MD—Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics ...  

Meter shares glucose readings Gannett News Service

Published Feb 6, 2012 12:12AM MDT

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