Levels of brain insulin and its related receptors are lower in individuals with Alzheimer's disease, a Northwestern study sheds light on the emerging idea of Alzheimer's being a "type 3" diabetes. Read more on these findings.

There is so much news you won't want to miss: 

Latest News - New Diabetes Information: Alzheimer's, A1c, ACTOS and more.

Latest News- Self-Management - Health - Help Yourself: Vitamins, Teen Cholesterol cutoff values and more.

Latest News - Self-Management - Prevention: Preventing diabetes and childhood obesity.
Latest News - Self-Management - Diabetes - Help Yourself: Alcohol, Statins, Sleep and more.

Latest News - New Diabetes Complications: Hearing loss, Hip fractures and more.

Healthy and Tasty Recipes - Good for Diabetics: Great recipes taking advantage of the freshest fruits and vegetables of the season.

Islets of Humor™: Theresa Garnero will remind us Baby Boomers of our "Hippy Days".

Mr. Diabetes® Wake Up and Walk® Tour: Mr Diabetes®, Andy Mandell, is back at it - walkin' and talkin' and sharing his adventures.

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Know Your Fruits and Veggies: This is a new feature written by our Public Outreach Director, Dawn Swidorski. You'll learn a lot and get a new and tasty recipe too.

DIABeducation™: Just in time for the baseball playoffs, Theresa Garnero, APRN, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE, writes a heartwarming account about a Diabetes Prevention Clinic with a professional player and children

Treatments on the Horizon: Magic Pill, Diabetes Vaccine, New category of diabetes drugs - WOW!

Shirley's Vegetable Garden: Shirley Barriger helps you get your garden ready for the first frost.

There is a lot more information coming around soon, including new A1c guidelines. So, please come back to www.DefeatDiabetes.org often. Check out our E-Lerts™ Newsletter Archives.

 

Good Health,

Lisa M. Rasolt

Program Director

Defeat Diabetes Foundation

Awareness + Action = Prevention®  

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Cheap Pill 'Cuts Deaths From Diabetes:  A combination pill consisting of perindopril and indapamide can save thousands of lives: Diabetic patients who were put on the combination drug Coversyl Plus were 18 per cent less likely to die from heart-related illnesses, according to the study, the largest of its kind.The results could have implications for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, the biggest killer of diabetics. The trial involved more than 11,000 people with Type 2 diabetes in 20 countries, including Britain.  It concluded that the effects of adding the drug to their regime was so effective that all diabetic patients should be on it, whether they had hypertension or not.  Lancet

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Triglycerides in the Diabetic Heart Explains Development of Heart Failure 

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90 Million Lack Health Insurance: One-third of people in the U.S. under 65 went without coverage for some or all of the last two years, reports Families USA, an advocacy group for the uninsured. The 89.6 million individuals identifying themselves as lacking insurance for at least a month, according to the advocacy group, was almost double the number of uninsured reported by the Census Bureau for 2006.  More than 70% of those without insurance in part or all of 2006 and 2007 were employed full time, the report said. Half lacked insurance for nine months or more. According to the most recent census data, about 47 million people said they were uninsured in 2006. That figure comes from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, which is conducted yearly. Diabetes In Control

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Diabetes: Try green tea instead:
If you suffer from diabetes, drink plenty of green tea every day.  It’s just as effective – and far safer – than the world’s leading anti-diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), which also increases the risk of heart attack by 43 per cent.  The tea contains an antioxidant called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), which is as effective as Avandia in those with moderate diabetes.  It’s been tested against Avandia on a group of mice with diabetes, and the mice that were fed EGCG were just as able to tolerate sugar and produce insulin as the mice given Avandia.  At the end of the 10-week trial, the green tea extract preserved insulin-producing tissue and gave other protective effects in the pancreas. The most powerful benefits have been among people who drink up to six cups of the tea every day. The new study, prepared by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.  (European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Amsterdam, 19 September 2007)

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A mathematician and a physicist agree ...

A mathematician and a physicist agree to a psychological experiment.

The (hungry) mathematician is put in a chair in a large empty room and his favorite meal, perfectly prepared, is placed at the other end of the room. The psychologist explains, "You are to remain in your chair. Every minute, I will move your chair to a position halfway between its current location and the meal."

The mathematician looks at the psychologist in disgust. "What? I'm not going to go through this. You know I'll never reach the food!" And he gets up and storms out.

The psychologist ushers the physicist in. He explains the situation, and the physicist's eyes light up and he starts drooling.

The psychologist is a bit confused. "Don't you realize that you'll never reach the food?"

The physicist smiles and replies: "Of course! But I'll get close enough for all practical purposes!"

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Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.

Diabetes Can Impair Tuberculosis Treatment Response 
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Great recipes taking advantage of the freshest fruits and vegetables of the season. 

You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening! 

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October 2007   

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Did you know? 

3 cups water & 1 cup white vinegar in a spray bottle.  Spray, rub a little with hands, rinse.  Lettuce can be soaked for a few seconds and then rinsed.  Of course your hands should be washed before and after this process. National Public Radio (NPR)

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Well, we’re back at it – walkin’ & talkin’.  It was a bit slow gearing up, again, after not walking for that time, but we still managed to log some miles, meet many hundreds of individuals, conduct 10 newspaper and TV interviews, meet with one Mayor, receive a Certificate of Recognition from South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and a greeting of well wishes and encouragement from diabetic actress/comedienne Park Overall.  Only 5.0 miles to the Georgia state line in Augusta!!  For list of interviews and appearances see DDF Home Page (upper left) – WHATS NEW - www.DefeatDiabetes.org .  Read more

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New Diabetes Breath Test Monitors Glucose Levels :
Scientists say it may be possible to use a breath test to monitor blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. US researchers have discovered people with type 1 diabetes exhale higher levels of methyl nitrates when their blood sugar levels are too high. The team from the University of Irvine in California hope their work could replace the need for regular blood tests. This study shows the possibility of non-invasive methods that can help the millions who have this chronic disease  The researchers used a chemical analysis technique developed to test for air pollution. Methyl nitrate concentrations were as much as 10 times higher in children with type 1 diabetes when they were in a hyperglycemic state, than when their blood sugar levels were normal. "More research will be needed to prove that breath-analysis testing can be an effective way of monitoring blood glucose (sugar) levels for people with diabetes." Diabetes In Control

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Know Your Fruits and Veggies veggies

 

How can one superstar athlete stop diabetes before it happens? Start by thinking small.

 

That was the approach taken by Mark Ellis, the second baseman of the Oakland Athletics, when he partnered with the Washington Hospital Diabetes Program in Fremont, California to host a diabetes prevention clinic for more than 50 children at the Fremont/Newark YMCA this August. Read more

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Freezer burn is caused by food that is not properly wrapped and comes in contact with air. Dehydration occurs on the surface of the frozen product. Homestead Harvest

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Common sense is the genius of humanity -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Fall is upon us once again and it’s time to harvest what you can before a frost arrives.  Jack Frost is most likely to come when the night is clear and there is no cloud cover to hold the heat into the earth. 

 

If the air is dry and the temperature is 45 degrees Fahrenheit or colder by l0:00 p.m. then watch out—he’s coming! Read more

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Rubberbands last longer when refrigerated. 

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This concludes the Defeat Diabetes® E-Lerts™ Newsletter.