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by John W. Johnson - 2007-01-08
According to the Mayo Clinic, "Exercise can be a useful tool. Improving your overall fitness, it can also help you manage your blood sugar levels, control your weight and improve your cardiovascular h...
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by Matt Hamburg - 2007-01-08
Dealing with diabetes is hard enough in itself.But the cost of his diabetic medications, buying a meter, as well as waiting the weeks for the Medicare reimbursements to come through for supplies may b...
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by Michael Kohler - 2007-01-05
A common question that is asked today in our ever-increasing insulin deficient society is what exactly is type 2 diabetes. The long answer to this question is that it is a chronic endocrine disorder ...
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by Ng Peng Hock - 2007-01-04
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the body produces too little or ineffectively uses insulin, resulting in high levels of glucose in the blood. Diabetes has long been associated with heart dis...
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by Ng Peng Hock - 2007-01-04
People always associate sugar with diabetes. Perhaps it is partly because of the fact that patients with diabetes are monitored with regular measurement of their blood sugar. As you know, diabetes cau...
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by Christopher Wen - 2007-01-04
Diabetes is a common disease. Every year, more and more people are stricken with this disease. If you start to have diabetic symptoms, you have start monitoring your condition. Failure to do so may re...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-01-02
Type 1 diabetes is a very well known disease due its permanent existence in the body system and also the serie of procedures that involves. Diabetes occurs due to the lack of beta cells in the pancrea...
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by Terry Edwards - 2007-01-01
With the rise of obesity in America, not only are we getting heavier, but we are becoming more unhealthy. No where is this more true than with the explosion of Type 2 diabetes.More than 21 million peo...
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by Mary Shackelton, MPH ND - 2007-01-01
According to a study conducted by Columbia University's Department of Medicine, nuts and seeds have been found to decrease inflammation in blood vessels. As a result, there's a reduction in the risk o...
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by Carla Donnelly - 2007-01-01
The diabetic has certain challenges with meal planning. If you are taking insulin or pills for diabetes it is helpful to plan in advance the timing of your meals so you can watch your sugar levels....
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by Hector Milla - 2006-12-30
The age factor is not a great matter with diabetic patients because diabetes affects all people, even children, in result injuring the heart, kidneys and even nerve systems if left untreated. Treatmen...
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by Jerry Goodwin - 2006-12-29
What is Diabetes?Diabetes Mellitus (Sugar Diabetes) is a disease characterized by the body's inability to produce or regulate the production of the hormone Insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is secret...
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by Pam Loo - 2006-12-29
Since diabetes can lie dormant for a number of years without being detected, by the time a person is diagnosed with this chronic illness, complications may have already set in.Therefore, it is importa...
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by Stephen Thomson - 2006-12-29
Diabetes is a chronic condition in which body does not produce or produce less insulin compared to healthy individual or body develops resistance to insulin (body does not respond to insulin).Most foo...
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by Pieter De Wet - 2006-12-28
The main objective of a diabetic patient is to control his sugar level. The food and beverages that we consume will have an effect on that control. Some food and beverages have even a bigger effect. A...
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by Pieter De Wet - 2006-12-28
Primary or Idiopathic DiabetesIdiopathic diabetes Type 1, also referred to as IDDM or juvenile onset diabetes, is the result of the immune system's destruction of the insulin producing pancreas and it...
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by Jasen Tan - 2006-12-27
If both hands are right, then having diabetes isn't a big deal because there is medication to help keep it under control. Unfortunately, this is not true. Having a healthy diet and maintaining a healt...
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by Jerry Goodwin - 2006-12-24
What is Diabetes Insipidus?Unlike other types of diabetes such as Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Insipidus is a disease that is linked to the pituitary gland in the brain. When the word diabetes is mentio...
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by Cydne Kaelin - 2006-12-24
Controlling diabetes with diet is never more important than during the holidays. November, December and January are challenging for anyone who is watching what they eat, but more so for diabetics and ...
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by Jesus Chirino - 2006-12-22
Studies have shown that those diabetics who keep their blood sugar levels under control dramatically decrease their risks of diabetes related complications. This means that keeping your blood glucose...
