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Living with Diabetes
I am a Diabetic who has had diabetes 5 years, it has been a very frustrating disease to live with. Please share your experiences.
Background:
Neuropathy is one of the complications caused by diabetes mellitus (DM) which is directly related to the gastrointestinal manifestations of the disease. Antioxidant substances such as vitamin E may have an important role in the reduction of the neurological damages caused by DM. The aim of this study was to evaluate if vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) in different concentrations perform any effects over the morphology of the intestinal...
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OTTAWA -- Bronwyn Cruden's battle to win back a foreign-aid posting in Afghanistan - which she lost because her type 1 diabetes was deemed a risk - probably won't garner massive public support. But two medical specialists have written that her ...
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Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes. It is also the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. today.
What is diabetic retinopathy?
The retina is full of tiny little blood vessels. Retinopathy is the damage to the blood vessels of the retina, caused by prolonged high blood glucose levels. The blood vessels can become enlarged or clogged when blood sugar is high. They can also become weak and rupture. The retina can even become...
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Diabetic Care Services responds to the National Retail Federation's updated "Buyer Beware" list with tips on avoiding fraudulent diabetes supplies. The NRF updated its list of common household items, including diabetes supplies, sold on online auction sites that are at risk of being stolen or tainted.
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In diabetes patients, high blood glucose levels can end up killing certain cells in the eyes and kidneys, which is why diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness and of kidney failure. Years ago, scientists identified one main route for this destruction-high glucose produces oxidative stress through the NF-kB molecular pathway-but success has been elusive for drugs targeting that pathway.
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- Pain Control Methods for Diabetic Neuropathy (associatedcontent.com)
Diabetes patients should always control their own blood sugar values if this leads to improvements in their treatment. This is the view advocated by Michael Nauck of the Bad Lauterberg Diabetes Center and his coauthors in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[37]: 587-94), who discuss sensible approaches to blood glucose self-monitoring.
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Dr Mike Edmonds, a diabetes consultant at King's College Hospital in London, believes that more than half of diabetic amputations could be avoided if all a patient's diabetic complications were treated, rather than just their feet.
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