If you are a woman and you want to reduce your risks of developing diabetes, you need to stop sitting so much. That was the conclusion drawn by researchers from the University of Leicester Departments of Health Sciences and Cardiovascular Sciences. Their study showed that women who sit for long periods of time each day [...]
Many people with diabetes use the glycemic index to help manage their blood sugar. A recent study from Purdue University showed that eating low glycemic foods early in the day may help prevent blood sugar spikes later in the day. Diabetes is the condition that results when sugar or glucose accumulates in the blood. Normally [...]
One commonly recognized risk for developing diabetes is being overweight. Now, research shows an even higher risk may come from the combination of being overweight and being infected with the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria. H. pylori is a bacterium that can infect the lining of the stomach. It may cause chronic inflammation of the [...]
Statins are medications that are used to lower cholesterol. High cholesterol can cause serious health problems including increased risk of cardiovascular disease due to blocked blood vessels. But research shows that statins may place some people including postmenopausal women at increased risk of developing diabetes. A recent study analyzed data collected in the national, multi-year [...]
If you have type 2 diabetes and you’ve made the switch from regular to decaf coffee, you could actually be benefiting your brain, according to researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Researchers have long known that diabetes can cause problems with brain function. Diabetes results when the body is not able to correctly [...]
If you have diabetes, you could be at increased risk for dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. But researchers are not in agreement about why this is the case or what can be done to reduce the risks. Diabetes results when excess sugar or glucose accumulates in the blood. Over time, this excess sugar [...]
Hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, is a common concern for people with type 1 diabetes who inject insulin. A recent study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics shows that certain insulin pumps can help reduce both the severity and the length of hypoglycemia attacks in people with type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes occurs when [...]
Researchers at Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, UK, have developed a new urine test they say is able to distinguish between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This is significant for patients who may be getting treatment for the wrong type of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, which was once known as juvenile diabetes, results when [...]
Vision loss can be a result of diabetes. This is one of the symptoms that is less well-known for this disease. Yet your eyes can suffer significant harm when diabetes is not well-controlled. This heightened risk to vision for the diabetic is due to the effects of high blood glucose levels on blood vessels. Diabetics are [...]
