The prospect of undergoing surgery can be unnerving, leaving you feeling overwhelmed and vulnerable. A million questions could be running through your head: What if something goes wrong? How long will it take me to recover? Is it worth doing it at all?
If you’ve been reading about gestational diabetes over the past couple of weeks, you might be thinking that it seems like an awful lot of work to manage it. You’re right, it is. Remember that gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs during pregnancy.
Is there anything to the myth of cholesterol levels being connected to how many eggs you eat? And statins seem so confusing, what do they do for us?
The nifty ratio – weight divided by the square of height – was invented in the mid-1800s by Belgian social scientist Adolphe Quetelet. But its use as an indicator of obesity-related health risks dates to a 1972 journal article by American scientist Ancel Keys, the man who renamed it.
These are two separate benefits: DSMT(E) covers the topic areas outlined in the National Standards of DSME. The topics cover such things as checking your blood glucose, taking your medications and finding ways to healthfully cope with the stress of having a chronic disease. It also includes a section on nutrition basics for diabetes.
Hospital staff failed to properly monitor the blood sugar levels of a diabetic woman who later died after going into a coma, an inquest heard.
More than half (56%) of these deaths occurred in people younger than 65 years of age. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, “These findings are really striking because we are talking about hundreds of thousands of deaths that don’t have to happen,” Frieden said during […]
Providing families with diabetic children access via pager to a transport team improves outcomes and efficiency, according to a recent study performed at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
People with a family history of Type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of developing prediabetes, according to a new analysis from the German Center for Diabetes Research. Approximately 79 million people in the United States currently have prediabetes.
Fear is a funny thing. In a controlled situation, say a movie theater or roller coaster, it can be exciting. It gets our blood pumping, gets our adrenaline racing. But in the real world, where anything can happen and safety isn’t assured, fears can get out of hand.
This has been a VERY busy August in terms of diabetes activity and advocacy, so while it’s always tough to pinpoint just a handful of the great posts around The Blogosphere. We found it particularly challenging this month! But we managed somehow. So here’s our monthly snapshot of posts we found particularly noteworthy
Biologists at the University of Fribourg have been looking at a threadworm gene which also occurs in humans. This gene could be central to a genetic system which is responsible for development, reproduction and the ageing process.
The hemoglobin A1c test is a common blood test used to determine how well patients are managing their diabetes. It is also called the HbA1c, glycohemoglobin, or glycated hemoglobin test. The test is commonly used to screen for type 1 and 2 diabetes.
Celiac disease manifests itself as an intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. As many as one in every 133 Americans may have the condition, and people with Type 1 diabetes are 10 times more likely than people without Type 1 diabetes to have it.
People with diabetes may have a new way to indicate their blood sugar level is too high or too low, by turning to our trusty canine friends, after researchers have found that dogs can help with hypoglycemia monitoring.
Starting on October 1, 2013, individuals and families have a new opportunity to buy health insurance through a Health Insurance Marketplace available in every state.
Meagan Esler shares her take on how to deal with the fear and anxiety of a visit to the doctor.
Smartphones have gotten good enough to provide nearly continuous, closed-loop, outpatient control of blood sugar in people with diabetes, according to a recently published study
What made the annual meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) in Philadelphia last week an extra special experience this year?
A recent report published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine breaks down the costs of living with type 2 diabetes over the course of a lifetime. The dollar amount is eye-opening, and so are the differences in costs between men and women.