Nanoparticle Suspension and Ultrasound Deliver Insulin Without Regular Injections

  Insulin injections are no fun for diabetics and they have to be taken as needed by the body, not by the patient’s personal schedule. This means if you have diabetes, you can’t just pre-inject yourself and go worry-free throughout the day. A nanotechnology developed at North Carolina State University...

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Banana Power

This is interesting. After reading this, you’ll never look at a banana in the same way again.Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.Research has proven that just two bananas provide...

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Tips to Minimize Occurrence of Stretch Marks During and After Pregnancy

Stretch marks during and after pregnancy are inevitable. It occurs as a result of the stretching of the skin up to its limits. As the skin tends to stretch to house the growing fetus, the collagen fibers tend to compensate to bring skin together. This is the reason why there are white streaks around...

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Treatment For Gastrointestinal Conditions May Be Improved By Targeting Neurotransmitter

Selective targeting of the neurotransmitter that differentially affects brain cells that control the two distinct functions of the pancreas may allow for new medication therapies for conditions like diabetes, dyspepsia and gastro-esophageal reflux, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers."This...

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Risk Of Diabetes May Be Reduced By Up To 25 Percent By Moderate Coffee Consumption

Drinking three to four cups of coffee per day may help to prevent type 2 diabetes according to research highlighted in a session report published by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC), a not-for-profit organization devoted to the study and disclosure of science related to coffee...

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Better Therapies For Cardiovascular Disease May Be Product Of Protein Tug Of War

Two proteins are in a tug of war that determines how much the body makes of superoxide, a highly reactive and potentially destructive product of oxygen that's dramatically elevated in cardiovascular disease, researchers report.Their finding indicates an antiulcer drug just may help the body reduce...

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Postpartum Depression May Be Reduced By Eating More Fish

Emerging evidence suggests many pregnant women are deficient in omega-3Low levels of omega-3 may be behind postpartum depression, according to a review lead by Gabriel Shapiro of the University of Montreal and the Research Centre at the Sainte-Justine Mother and Child Hospital. Women are at the highest...

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Diet Enriched With Arginine And Proline May Speed Wound Healing In Diabetes

Chronic wounds such as foot ulcers are a common problem for diabetics and are the cause of more than 80 percent of the lower leg amputations in these patients. There is currently no effective way to improve healing of these types of wounds, but new research offers hope.French researchers found that...

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New Depression Treatment Avoids Cognitive Side-Effects

Magnetic Seizure Therapy (MST) may be an effective treatment for the 30% of depression patients who do not receive benefits from conventional treatment.The treatment was analyzed by a team of experts from the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc). Their research was published in two leading...

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Oraquick–The Next Step in Testing

What is OraQuick? OraQuick® is the first FDA-approved oral swab in-home test for HIV-1 and HIV-2. It's an oral swab test that doesn't require blood. It's completely private. And it's based on the same HIV test that healthcare professionals have used since 2004. With OraQuick, you have the comfort...

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Patch that could replace insulin jabs for diabetics

A stick-on patch that blasts insulin through the skin could banish the need for daily injections for many diabetics. The high-tech electronic patch contains enough insulin to last the patient several days. When a hand-held device, called a sonic applicator, is held over the patch, it fires sound waves...

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Oil Pulling Therapy

So recently I was introduced to the concept of Oil Pulling Therapy. My sisters doctor who is from India told her about this treatment which is supposedly able to cure a slew of different aliments. Since my sisters doctor had put her on the Raw Vegan diet/lifestyle my sister has lost over 60lbs in...

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Testosterone Treatments

So I have had to begin taking testosterone due to being diagnosed with Low T as well as some of my other medical problems. What I found funny is when my doctor told me that it was a controlled substance. I started laughing and I just envisioned a dude in jail for pushing Testosterone on the streets. So the very first time I applied it I got HIGH…So now after having taken it for about 4 days I am...

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Long-Overlooked Protein May Be The Gateway To The Storage And Burning Of Fat, Diabetes Treatment

Humans are built to hunger for fat, packing it on during times of feast and burning it during periods of famine. But when deluged by foods rich in fat and sugar, the modern waistline often far exceeds the need to store energy for lean times, and the result has been an epidemic of diabetes, heart diseaseand other obesity-related problems.Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies...

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Mouse Study Hints at New Path for Diabetes Treatment

Suppressing the hormone glucagon might lower blood sugar, insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes A potential new treatment for type 2 diabetes targets the hormone glucagon instead of insulin, according to a new study in mice. Although the research hasn't yet progressed past animal models of the disease,...

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Diabetes quadruples birth defects risk, say researchers

The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, researchers say. The Newcastle University study, published in the journal Diabetologia, analyzed data from more than 400,000 pregnancies in North East England. The risk of defects such as congenital heart disease and...

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The throat sighs!

I have had a sore throat for the last few days and nothing has helped it. A sore throat is an infection that can be either viral or bacterial. It is most commonly caused by a contagious viral infection (such as the flu, cold or mononucleosis), although more serious throat infections can be caused by a bacterial infection (such as strep, mycoplasma or hemophilus). Bacterial sore throats respond well...

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Diabetes and depression

Managing diabetes can seem like an overwhelming task, particularly for the newly diagnosed patient. Many diabetics struggle to cope with the requirements of the disease and the complications that it causes. As a result, many diabetics suffer from depression. Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder witnessed in the diabetic population. I am worried that I might be getting depressed because...

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Helping my friend Ashley quit smoking

About three weeks ago me and my friend Ashley were out and about and she lit up a cigarette and kind of caught me off guard. I thought that she had quit smoking a month ago. When I questioned her she said that the cravings were really strong, and that she just couldn’t seem to kick them. I pointed out that people try to quit smoking with less than ten percent succeeding on their first try. I didn’t...

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Doctor Not Happy

Well I had to get established with my new Dr. the other day and so she wanted to run a blood panel on me to see what's going on under the hood. We had our initial talk about what I was looking for in a doctor, and what she could help with and what she had to offer. So I get my blood drawn and the next day I get a phone call “Hello Mr. Peterson, I am calling from Dr. Hongs office and I wanted to go...

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