Tag: diabetes
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June 11, 2007 05:32 PM EDT --
Depression and diabetes run together often enough that researchers have long wondered if one might cause the other. There’s little doubt that living with a hazardous chronic condition like diabetes . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Q. First it was Vioxx and now Avandia. Why can’t doctors and the government screen out unsafe medicines?
A. The FDA requires testing for effectiveness and safety before it approves a drug. As citizens, . . .
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October 30, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
Early work suggests that rosiglitazone (Avandia) may not be best for the heart.
In May 2007, millions of people with diabetes got something extra to worry about — the possibility that a . . .
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March 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT --
If you're living with diabetes, there might be advice you wish you were given back when you were first diagnosed. What do you wish others had told you? If you could turn back the clock, is there some . . .
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June 11, 2007 05:12 PM EDT --
Diet therapy is crucial to treating diabetes, but the approaches are quite different for type 1 and type 2. In type 1 diabetes, your diet must be coordinated with your insulin regimen. Because the goal . . .
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June 11, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
The immense growth in alternative therapies during the last 20 years has not bypassed diabetes treatment. Most people with diabetes who turn to alternative therapies do so to relieve the symptoms of complications, . . .
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June 07, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
About 5 percent of women experience gestational diabetes, which is the development of high blood sugar and diabetes only during pregnancy. Even if you have never had problems with your blood sugar before, . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:15 PM EDT --
More than 180 million people worldwide have diabetes, the World Health Organization says. That number is expected to double by 2030. Diabetes causes serious health problems, such as blindness, kidney damage . . .
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July 03, 2007 11:35 AM EDT --
The benefits of exercise may sound too good to be true, but decades of solid science confirm that exercise improves health and can extend your life. Adding as little as half an hour of moderately intense . . .
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June 28, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
Diet therapy is crucial to treating diabetes, but the approaches are quite different for type 1 and type 2. In type 1 diabetes, your diet must be coordinated with your insulin regimen. Because the goal . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
No matter which type of diabetes you have, the foods emphasized in your eating plan are good for everyone in your family. A diet low in saturated fats, cholesterol, and sweets, but high in fiber, fruits, . . .
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July 23, 2007 10:01 AM EDT --
Q. I read about a study at UCLA in which men with type 2 diabetes were in a program combining aerobic exercise, low-fat diets, and relatively high amounts of “good” carbohydrates. Half of them . . .
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August 20, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
In the past few years, several such studies have proved that you can protect yourself against getting diabetes by changing your lifestyle and that most people can make the changes successfully. One very . . .
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September 26, 2007 12:56 PM EDT --
We've all heard this one before: Get more exercise. Considering the health benefits of exercise, it's no wonder that this advice is so common.
But, many of my patients ask for more information. . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:10 AM EDT --
Whether you’re meeting with a dietician or not, a food diary is a tool that can help you analyze your current eating patterns. By tracking what you currently eat, you or your dietitian can get a . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
Does your idea of an eating plan mean simply that you plan to eat at some point when you get hungry? Are the “what” and “how much” left to be discovered when you open the refrigerator . . .
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July 23, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
Move over, blood sugar. In the fight against diabetes, it’s time to focus on managing cholesterol problems and blood pressure, too.
Ever since diabetes was first described more than three thousand . . .
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July 30, 2007 05:42 PM EDT --
If it’s untreated or poorly treated, diabetes can cause serious complications, such as eye, kidney, and nerve damage (see Figure, below). Nearly all complications develop from having high blood glucose . . .
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July 30, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
Q. What does it mean if my fasting blood sugar level is high (135–145) but my glycosylated hemoglobin test is negative?
A. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) defines diabetes as having a fasting . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:21 AM EDT --
Vitamin D has long been recognized as vital to bone health because the body needs the vitamin to absorb calcium. But research has suggested that it may be good for a lot more than just bones. Ample intake . . .
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