Diabetes

The Health Benefits of Nuts

Aug 21, 2020 · · Cancer
Consuming nuts several times a week is linked with reductions in many diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and inflammation. Nuts’ benefits are a result of their many nutrients, including protein, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, B vitamins, and minerals (calcium, magnesium, and copper). Here’s a look at where nuts show … Read More

Newsbriefs: Lower Alzheimer’s Risk; Stroke Risk; Diabetes; Online Exercise and Nutrition Programs; Stroke Recovery; Inflammatory Bowel

Jul 17, 2020 · · Cancer
Two Antioxidants May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk People in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort (2,801) who consumed the highest amounts of flavonols and anthocyanins—both powerful antioxidants—had the lowest risk of Alzheimer’s and all forms of dementia than those with the least amount of flavonols and anthocyanins. Participants were free of … Read More

The Obesity-Diabetes Connection

Jul 9, 2020 · · Cancer
More than 34.2 million people in the United States have diabetes, with 90 to 95 percent having type 2. Type 2 diabetes develops as cells in the body become resistant to the hormone insulin. Over time, the pancreas must produce more and more insulin to combat the resistance. Eventually, the … Read More

Prevent Debilitating Complications from Diabetes

Jun 15, 2020 · · Cancer
Approximately 34.2 million people living in the U.S.—more than 10 percent—had diabetes in 2018, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 2020 National Diabetes Statistics report released earlier this year. And an estimated 7.3 million of those people were adults who had undiagnosed diabetes, meaning … Read More

Group Visits Improve Diabetes Management

Feb 21, 2020 · · Cancer
The many facets of diabetes care can be difficult to cover in a standard 10- to 15-minute-long doctor’s appointment. Questions go unanswered, challenges undiscussed, opportunities for better management missed. That’s why a growing number of medical practices are turning to group medical visits, where patients can find education, communication, and … Read More

Diabetes Drugs Lower Heart Failure Risk

Jan 21, 2020 · · Cancer
When a person with type 2 diabetes has poorly controlled blood glucose or a high hemoglobin A1c level, a medication called a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor may be added to his or her existing medication regimen. That addition does more than lower blood sugar: It also lowers the risk of … Read More

Diabetes and Vitamin D

Oct 22, 2019 · · Cancer
Up to 75% of North Americans are vitamin D deficient, and that can spell a higher risk of a wide range of disorders, including diabetes. Over the summer, two new studies explored whether high-dose vitamin D supplements could slow the progression of diabetes (looks promising) or prevent it altogether (not … Read More

Watching and Waiting With Diabetic Macular Edema

Jul 30, 2019 · · Cancer
About 10 percent of people with diabetes develop diabetic macular edema (DME), a build-up of fluid in the eye that causes blurred vision that can’t be improved with corrective lenses. Timing treatment is as much of an art as a science: Treating too soon can expose patients to risks, while … Read More

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