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Active or Passive Smoking May Be Linked to Glucose Intolerance

Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Although smoking cessation can result in modest weight gain, smoking is related to a more unhealthy distribution of upper body weight and greater waist:hip ratio. Smoking has also been associated with risk of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, suggesting that tobacco smoke may be directly toxic to the pancreas."

Cutting Calories Helps You Live Longer

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

Reducing calories over six months resulted in a decrease in fasting insulin levels and body temperature, two biomarkers of longevity.

Diabetic Children Should Be Screened for Depressive Symptoms

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

Poor glycemic control and frequent ER visits are among the signs that a child or adolescent with diabetes may have a depressed mood.

Lifestyle Changes Regenerate Nerve Fibers in Prediabetics

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

In patients with diabetes, nerve fiber damage that causes diabetic neuropathy is irreversible.
Researchers have found that with weight loss and exercise in patients with impaired glucose tolerance neuropathy -- so-called prediabetes -- the affected nerve fibers can be reinervated, causing a reduction in the patients' pain

Too Much TV Put Extra Pounds on Your Preschooler

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

In a new study, researchers found that preschool-age children who are exposed to more than two hours of TV a day are three times as likely to be overweight than kids who watch two or fewer hours of TV daily.

Three-Week Diet/Exercise Study Shows 50% Reversal in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, April 21, 2006

The study shows, contrary to common belief, that Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome can be reversed solely through lifestyle changes." This regimen reversed a clinical diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome in about half the participants who had either of those conditions.

Scientists Say Exercise Strengthens Brain

Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2006

It boosts brain power by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss.

Glycemic Index ‘Unrealistic’ and Not Very Useful

Posted: Friday, March 17, 2006

The glycemic index, a current hot diet trend, “does not seem useful in understanding how diet impacts health, it only makes life more complicated for those trying to adopt a healthier lifestyle.” says the author of a new study.

Why 40 Percent Do Not Test Their Blood Sugars As Recommended

Posted: Friday, March 17, 2006

Testing blood sugar levels is one of the most important things that people with diabetes can do to help manage their disease and live a healthy lifestyle. Diabetes is one of the few diseases where you can get instant feedback as to how well you are in control

Results from a recent survey of over 1000 patients with diabetes tell why they do not test as often as their educators and doctors tell them.

well you are in control.

U.S. Diabetes Population Grows 86 Percent Over Last Decade

Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2006

Research reveals diabetes complications are widespread and growing, and patients desire to gain better control.