How dangerous is prediabetes? It’s tough to say. The condition has only been recognized for about one decade, and there’s plenty of debate within…
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About one third of all American adults have prediabetes, an astonishing 88 million Americans, according to the criteria developed by the American…
I have prediabetes? I mean, doctor, are you sure? I’m 23 years old.
My doctor slowly nodded his head. “Your test results indicate a condition known…
86 million people in the U.S. have prediabetes, but 90% of them don’t know they have it. 30% of these individuals will transition to type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is potentially preventable. Not progressing to type 2 diabetes is far better than being a well-controlled person with type 2.
New research suggests that half of all U.S. adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes.
The study of government health surveys echoes previous research and shows numbers increased substantially between 1988 and 2012 although they mostly leveled off after 2008. Overall, 12 percent to 14 percent of adults had diagnosed diabetes in 2012, the latest data available. Most of that is Type 2 diabetes, the kind linked with obesity and inactivity.
Pre-diabetes is a lie. Pre-diabetes is Stage 1 diabetes. And I’m taking a stand now advocating that we call it what it is.
Pre-diabetes doesn’t…
Today marks the 25th Annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day® and the Association is encouraging the public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to help determine whether they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The risk test, which is available on Facebook, can be taken in less than a minute, and easily shared with family, friends and loved ones. To encourage individuals to take and share the new Diabetes Risk Test
...these were men who knew about hard things, Spike in World War II, Charlie in World War I, my dad as an immigrant slipping away from Poland on a merchant ship - they understood sacrifice, but giving up beer because of "sugar," that seemed to stump them...
My dad had his first heart attack when he was 48, but didn't develop diabetes until about 10 years later.
The long and short of this is that I have to be careful...
The current standard allows a HbA1c measurement to be within 8% – which means that a level of 6.5 could actually be a 6.0 or a 7.0...