Type 3 Diabetes.....Alzheimer's?

Just in case you need another reason to cut back on junk food, it now turns out that Alzheimer’s could well be a form of diet-induced diabetes. That’s the bad news. The good news is that laying off soda, doughnuts, processed meats and fries could allow you to keep your mind intact until your body fails...

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Electronic Medical Records

Living in the digital age has brought around new technologies that revolutionize the health care industry. In a day and age where you can keep the contents of your entire computer on something the size of a stick of gum, doctors and healthcare professionals are now pushing for their patients to carry...

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Electronic Medical Records Software

Living in the digital age has brought around new technologies that revolutionize the health care industry. In a day and age where you can keep the contents of your entire computer on something the size of a stick of gum, doctors and healthcare professionals are now pushing for their patients to carry...

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Marijuana Controls Diabetes

Marijuana Compound May Help Stop Diabetic RetinopathyA compound found in marijuana won’t make you high but it may help keep your eyes healthy if you’re a diabetic, researchers say.Early studies indicate cannabidiol works as a consummate multi-tasker to protect the eye from growing a plethora of leaky...

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Study Links Mothers’ Weight and Blood-Sugar Levels to Health of Newborns

Pregnant women with weight and blood-sugar levels even slightly above average may pose a risk to their pregnancies and the health of their newborns, a study suggests. The 2008 Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome study showed a possible link between mothers with elevated blood sugar — but below...

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Study Links Mothers’ Weight and Blood-Sugar Levels to Health of Newborns

Pregnant women with weight and blood-sugar levels even slightly above average may pose a risk to their pregnancies and the health of their newborns, a study suggests. The 2008 Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome study showed a possible link between mothers with elevated blood sugar — but below...

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Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially in Women

Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.Women between the ages of 60 and 75 with well-controlled diabetes had better hearing than women with poorly controlled diabetes, with similar hearing levels to those of non-diabetic...

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Insulin Therapy May Help Repair Atherosclerotic Lesions in Diabetic Patients

New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diabetic vascular disease. The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Pathology. "Our results particularly endorse the...

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Scientists Reassess Weight Loss Surgery For Type 2 Diabetes

Weight loss surgery is not a cure for type 2 diabetes, but it can improve blood sugar control, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Surgery. Whereas some previous studies have claimed that up to 80 per cent of diabetes patients have been cured following gastric bypass surgery,...

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Novel Biosensor Benefits

Purdue University scientists have developed a method for stacking synthetic DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode, a development that may lead to more accurate measurements for research related to diabetes and other diseases. Standard sensors employ metal electrodes coated with enzymes that react with compounds and produce an electrical signal that can be measured. But the inefficiency...

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Blame Does A Body Bad: New Study Links Attitudes To Diabetes Management

Genetics play a critical role in developing diabetes. So do eating properly, exercising and not smoking. According to a new study by an Ithaca College psychology professor and her two colleagues, people with diabetes who see themselves as responsible for their disease onset blame themselves for making...

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Diabetes Drug cause of Heart Problems?

A new study published on the British Medical Journal website adds to mounting evidence that rosiglitazone -- a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes -- is associated with an increased risk of major heart problems. It finds that rosiglitazone is associated with significantly higher odds of congestive heart failure, heart attack and death compared with a similar drug (pioglitazone). Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone...

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Alternate form of Insulin?

  A new study shows that an alternate form of insulin may be approved in upcoming years that is longer lasting, overall helping patients living with diabetes to have an improved quality of life by not having to inject themselves daily. This incidence may be able to be cut in half. People diagnosed...

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Natural Remedy for Helping Diabetes

The importance of regulating blood sugar is clear: stabilizing blood sugar can prevent lots of health problems, one of the most obvious being diabetes, which is often a result of years of unstable blood sugar. Fortunately, for most of us it is within our power to take control of our blood sugar levels...

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Two great sites for those strapped for cash…

Being Diabetic I know the importance of having my eyes looked at on a regular basis, but don’t like having to shell out the high price fees associated with it. Well here is a great tip for saving you some money on your next visit. If you have a Wal-Mart with a vision center get your eyes tested there....

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Transplanted Feces Improve Insulin Sensitivity

  European researchers have reported that when fecal matter transplanted from healthy and thin people to obese people with pre-diabetes, insulin sensitivity of the latter group increased. (Insulin sensitivity is the body's ability to use insulin properly to regulate the amount of glucose in...

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Pedometer Progress week 7

Well I was able to make my 20 mile mark + 3 additional miles. I am finding that it is easier for me to make 15-20 miles a week verse’s anything else. So I think that I’m going to keep my distance between those ranges until spring. I did really well on my mileage on Saturday, but that is because I...

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New User Submitted Resource Page

I just added a resource page that I am hoping that people can use and take advantage of. If there is resources in your area and you would like to submit them to me, Please do so by emailing them to me at michael@hellocupcakeitsme....

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Depression and Taking Care of Yourself

So many of you may or may not already know this about me, but I suffer from a serious case of depression, anxiety, and what we are beginning to think is bipolar. I have struggled with this for many years now, and as I get older I find it harder and harder to deal with certain things, as well as attempting...

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