I did not become familiar with gestational diabetes until recently when my sister-in-law and my best friend were both diagnosed with it within a week. Many women I know, myself included, have made it through pregnancies without having any serious problems like gestational diabetes. Basically, gestational diabetes is a disease that can come on during […]
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Where To Get Diabetes Supplies
Diabetes has slowly crept into the lives of almost eleven million Americans who have diabetes and are aware they have the illness, and up to seven million Americans who are not aware they have diabetes. Added to this glaring number of diabetes-stricken Americans are the millions more who are in the prediabetes stage. People with […]
Some Useful Vitamins That Lower Blood Sugar
Certain vitamins and minerals have been found beneficial in lowering blood sugar and thus useful in the treatment of diabetes. Vitamin B complex – Vitamins of the B group are valuable in the treatment of diabetes. Despite and adequate intake of these vitamins, diabetics often have abnormally small amounts of vitamin B in their blood […]
Diabetes: Latino Kids May Develop Type 2 Diabetes Due To A High-sugar Diet
Diet is a quite important matter for diabetic people. Everything they eat may have a consequence positive or not in their disease evolution. According to researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, overweight Latino children show signs of beta cell decline, a precursor of type 2 diabetes because they are […]
8 Signs of a Diabetes Symptom
In a health conscious world it is easier to spot symptoms of diabetes in the early stages, which is known as pre-diabetes. Discovering and taking notice of early diabetic signs gives you a fighting chance of preventing diabetes altogether. Look out for these 8 pre-diabetes symptoms… If you have two or more of these pre-diabetes symptoms […]
7 Reasons Why Smoking is Even More Hazardous for Diabetics
Are you a diabetic? Do you smoke? Do people around you smoke? We all know smoking is a direct cause of cancer but if you have diabetes. smoking – including passive smoking – leads to other health problems. Here are 7 reasons why mixing diabetes with smoking is a very bad idea: 1) You are more likely […]
7 Diabetes Foot Care Tips
If you have diabetes information about how to manage your condition is vital to your well being. If you don’t look after your feet you run the risk of developing sores or infections that could, in the worst case scenario, lead to amputations. As happened to my father-in-law. Reduce your risk of infection or amputation by incorporating these […]
Don’t Accept Diabetes
A short while ago, a friend came up to my office, and she told me how her father-in-law wound up in the hospital and came out with a diagnosis of Type-2 diabetes. His doctor sent him home with a booklet about watching his diet, a glucose test kit, and a bag full of syringes and […]
What You Must Know About Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus is a disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps the body’s tissues absorb glucose (sugar) so it can be used as a source of energy. The condition may also develop if muscle, fat, and liver cells respond poorly to insulin. In people with diabetes, glucose levels […]
Cataracts and Blindness: What You Need to Know
The month of June is “Cataract Awareness Month” so now is an excellent opportunity to shed some light on the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Approximately 20.5 million Americans age 40 or over are afflicted with a cataract in one or both eyes. About 6 million of these people have undergone cataract surgery, which has […]