Sleep is a mystery. Although no one knows exactly why, it’s required for good health. But now, scientists have found a surprisingly clear connection between sleep and a healthy body: the regulation of sugar levels in the blood.
The new studies, all online December 7 in Nature Genetics, describe the first genetic link between sleep and [...]
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Preliminary research suggests that use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine may help reduce the risk of the development of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study in the July 11 issue of JAMA.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus affects nearly 8 percent of US adults, and its prevalence has been increasing.
Antimalarials such as hydroxychloroquine, [...]
The idea that diabetes is caused by weight is really toxic. Yes, 80% of people with type 2 are overweight, but 20% aren’t. Just ask the guy I just heard about who just went on dialysis after experiencing diabetic kidney
failure because no one ever suspected he had type 2 diabetes since he wasn’t fat.
The kidney [...]
There was quite a bit of research in the 1970s which suggested that low carbing could push up insulin resistance. There never was a consensus on why. However, that is why if you are low carbing and are scheduled for a Glucose Tolerance Test, you have to go off the low carb diet for a [...]
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There is no better source of information regarding the complications that can accompany medications you take, than your own pharmacist.
Your own physician can direct you to information regarding the diabetes prevention study and whether you can participate. Do be aware that it’s a study - in order to be meaningful, they have to have an [...]
There have been a couple of studies done, or are currently being done, where they give a person with potential for diabetes small doses of insulin. The theory being that this will help prevent the disease from kicking in. I looked into to one of these a while back, with the thought of possibly voluteering [...]
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Diet has long been believed to be an important risk factor for non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Animal studies generally support a relation between high-fat diets and development of insulin resistance.
However, conclusive epidemiologic evidence is lacking. To further investigate the role of dietary fat and carbohydrate as potential risk factors for the onset of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, current [...]
Diabetes is defined as having certain levels of blood sugar, either fasting or postprandial.
The underlying process for diabetes is decline in capacity to properly metabolize carbs. This capacity declines with age in persons with propensity towards diabetes, until finally they are unable to handle carbs that they eat and show high levels of BG, at [...]
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