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High-Fat Diets and Sedentary Lifestyles Contribute to Childhood Obesity Type 2 diabetes was once considered an adult-only disease. Not anymore. Every year the number of cases of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents increases. Why? Because kids are getting heavier and are exercising less. Obesity is becoming an epidemic. As the incidence of obesity rises, the incidence of obesity-related diseases rises. Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol are all associated with obesity and threaten potential long-term complications. The duration of diabetes is a strong predictor of risk for developing complications. How much more likely is someone…
The fastest-growing segment of the American population consists of individuals aged 60 and older. In 1994, one out of every eight individuals in our country was over 65 years old. By the year 2020 it is estimated that one out of every six people will be over 65 years old. Approximately 20 percent of people aged 65 years or older have diabetes, and just about half of those people don’t even know that they have it! Another 20 percent of people over the age of 65 have impaired glucose tolerance. That adds up to a full 40 percent of our…
Antioxidants have received a lot of attention in recent years, in relation to wellness and disease prevention. More studies are needed to better understand how antioxidants may affect diabetes management and treatment. Several vitamins and minerals are classified as antioxidants. An antioxidant is a substance that reduces cellular damage. Our bodies produce some antioxidants naturally. Certain foods are also good sources of antioxidants. It’s well accepted that eating foods rich in antioxidants is a healthful thing to do. The jury is split on whether or not to use vitamin supplements to further boost antioxidant intake. Some studies show benefit from…
Until recently most treatments for diabetic neuropathy have been painkillers that helped some people but not others. Even if they helped control the pain, they did nothing to reverse the neuropathy. My web page on “Diabetic Neuropathy” describes many of these treatments. About half of us have some degree of neuropathy. It is probably the most common complication of diabetes. We now have better ways to deal with neuropathy than these palliative measures that relieve or sooth the symptoms of neuropathy without effecting a cure. Some are drugs that are in development and are pending approval by the Food and…
Sorry to hear that you have joined us! Diabetes is a lot to live with, but really, it is manageable! And if you are depressed, I can understand. Being depressed is pretty common with us, especially right after a diagnosis. In fact, if you take care of yourself, you will be healthier and happier than you ever were. That paradox is something many of us experience. Learning about diabetes... will give you...power over the disease. The first thing is to get a good doctor, if possible an endocrinologist, which is a doctor who specializes in diabetes. Have the doctor give…
When it comes to blood glucose testing, with only a little simplification there are three types of people in the world – those who use insulin, those who control their diabetes without insulin, and those who don’t yet have diabetes. People with type 1 diabetes and pregnant women who take insulin need to test at least three times a day, according to The American Diabetes Association’s Position Statement on Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. But the recommendations are murky for people with type 2 diabetes who use insulin and anyone changing therapy and are especially murky for people who…
Working with Medicare is one of the biggest challenges for people seeking coverage of diabetes supplies and services. '"People have a hard time with Medicare,'" says Tim Cady of Advanced Diabetes Supply (www.northcoastmed.com.), a division of North Coast Medical Supply in San Diego. Tim should know, because his national mail order diabetes company specializes in helping people who have Medicare insurance get their testing and insulin pump supplies. Medicare is the nation's largest health insurance program, covering about 40 million people. You are probably eligible for Medicare if you are disabled, have reached your 65th birthday or have permanent kidney…
David Mendosa is a freelance journalist and consultant on diabetes. Since 1995, his Web site, www.mendosa.com, has become one of the largest about diabetes. He publishes '"Diabetes Update'" online each month and is a coauthor of the book "What Makes My Blood Sugar Go Up and Down." Like comedian Rodney Dangerfield, glucose tablets and gels "don't get no respect." That's not good grammar, but nothing else better captures the low regard that many of us have for this wonderful product. ...glucose...is the sugar that our bodies use the fastest. Maybe it's the cost. None of the five manufacturers make expensive…
The Insulin Pumpers mailing list that took shape this year is certainly highly specialized. But for those people with diabetes who are looking for the tightest possible control, if offers knowledgeable advice from pumpers and their parents. That candy meant more to him than anyone could imagine. For Rose Lulla, the mailing list encouraged her to find an endocrinologist who would put her 10-year-old son Ravi on a pump. "Doctors here in Omaha, Nebraska, don't have much interest in putting kids younger than 12 or 13 on the pump," she tells me. Ravi had got his diagnosis on his seventh…
If you have erectile dysfunction, you don’t have to shop for the increasingly rare rhinoceros horn or the often deadly Spanish fly, which is made from the remains of the blister beetle. There are hundreds of other reputed aphrodisiacs, but none have been found to work. What about Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis? You don’t even have to inject a drug into your penis, which was the best thing that Western medicine had to offer just eight years ago. Before that, the best you could do was either use a pump to draw blood into your penis or a penile implant,…
