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Why Testing Matters (Use It or Lose It)
New studies making headlines say that glucose testing does nothing but make people depressed -- a doofus conclusion that make sensational headlines. Read more...
Submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Older Diabetics Struggle with Blood Sugar Control
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising in the U.S. elderly population, and nearly half of affected individuals fail to adequately control their blood sugar, new research shows.
"The current study's findings, in context of the projected increase in the elderly population, have critical public health and healthcare cost implications," Dr. Dong-Churl Suh, of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and colleagues warn in the Journal of the American... read more
Submitted by John Crowley
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How to Calculate Carbs: Useful Tools
Here's a blogger with some great links to help people with diabetes calculate the carbs in their food.
Submitted by John Crowley
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Rock Against Diabetes
Metalunderground.com has been announced as a sponsor for the Rock Against Diabetes event, taking place in Las Vegas at the Deep Rock Drive venue on August 23rd, 2008.
The event will be hosted by L.A. music promoter/Club Manager and the infamous and notorious winner of Big Brother 8, "Evel" Dick Donato. The fundraising concert's line-up currently consists of Y&T, LA Guns, Faster Pussycat, Cliff Morrison and The Lizard Sun Band, Eric Martin (of Mr. Big... read more
Submitted by TRKnight2007
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Diabetes vanished following operation
LEWISBURG — Vicki Kerstetter never thought she’d see the day when she was free of insulin shots and finger pricks to control her diabetes.
But since having gastric bypass surgery in October, Kerstetter has gone into a complete diabetic remission.
So remarkable has been the Lewisburg resident’s recovery that she landed an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
Submitted by TRKnight2007
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Older diabetics struggle with blood sugar control
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising in the U.S. elderly population, and nearly half of affected individuals fail to adequately control their blood sugar, new research shows.
"The current study's findings, in context of the projected increase in the elderly population, have critical public health and healthcare cost implications," Dr. Dong-Churl Suh, of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and colleagues warn in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Submitted by TRKnight2007
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The Bypass Effect On Diabetes, Cancer
An operation performed primarily to reduce weight in the obese has some startlingly positive side effects. Gastric bypass surgery can send type 2 diabetes into complete remission, in some cases almost instantly. It can also alleviate sleep apnea, common among obese patients, which causes them to intermittently stop breathing in their sleep.
Submitted by TRKnight2007
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Football Player Gets Diabetes
Vince Wilfork's father was so weak from diabetes that he couldn't walk. So the boy who would grow into a 325-pound nose tackle would carry him to the bathroom.
Submitted by douglasjoseph
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GlucoDay and the "Semi-Invasive" Dream
Maybe we've all been too ambitious expecting a jump straight from needles & cannulas to the non-invasive dream... Maybe there's a step in between -- something semi-invasive?
Submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Soul Singer Angie Stone Gives Diabetes FACE Time
What does this Grammy-nominated vocalist have to say about her own take on the 'betes? Come read the interview.
Submitted by Amy Tenderich
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