The diabetic information superhighway has been trafficked lately by news of GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia, and the recent FDA declaration…
“This seems to be type 1, and not gestational diabetes,” my new endocrinologist said, “and we’re treating two patients here: you and your baby.”
Education has fallen so low as a health priority that it’s barely noticed when the lack of it causes devastating consequences, including…
Low vitamin D levels have been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, depression and rheumatoid arthritis, among other diseases. And a study published in 2009 in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that 70% of Caucasians, 90% of Hispanics and 97% of African Americans in the US have insufficient blood levels of vitamin D.
The cost and number of drugs prescribed to treat diabetes in England has risen by more than 40 percent in the last five years, according to a new National Health Service (NHS) report released today.
According to Diabetes UK the NHS Information Centre has found that just over 35.5 million prescription items were dispensed in primary care units across England...
Since we’ve been in the midst of a heat wave for the past month here in New York, we’ve been living on dinners that require little to no cooking. Now that tomatoes are in season, gazpacho is a perfect option – delicious, easy and healthy.
Gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, typically occurs around week 24 of pregnancy and is characterized by high blood sugar that results from the body's impaired use of insulin. Researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical
During the three days I spent in Washington, D.C., I had a small taste of the challenges I’ll have to deal with when I’m much farther away from home--as much of a taste as it’s possible to have in a nice hotel with a very helpful staff.
When I left for college it was especially important for me to quickly get into a good health routine where diabetes came first...
Researchers from the University of California San Diego and GlySens Inc. have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information without wires, according to a Reuters report .
The device worked in one pig for more than a year and in another for nearly 10 months with no trouble, and the researchers hope to start a human study within a few months...