Tag: diabetes management

THE rate of diabetes has increased by up to 40 per cent over five years in coastal retirement areas of NSW and has reached worryingly high levels in western Sydney - areas of the state least able to deal with the illness. New analysis shows the incidence of diabetes in NSW has increased by an average ...

Posted on: Thursday, 7 July 2011, 09:46 CDT ORLANDO, Fla., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, and the advocacy organization Children with Diabetes, Inc. (CWD) today announced a two-year partnership to develop and distribute resources that will help newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes adjust to their new ...

The University of Virginia Health System has received a $300,000 grant to study the "Call to Health" model, which uses text messages, stress reduction and other techniques to help African-American women manage type 2 diabetes. UVA was one of five organizations to receive two-year grants from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation as part of the foundation's $100 ...

Lentils One of the healthiest and most inexpensive sources of protein and fibre on the planet. Lentils have very low GI levels and are abundant in calcium and folic acid. In other words: potatoes, suck it. Millet Sure to be next year's quinoa, this gluten-free grain is not only high in protein, fibre and magnesium (which might lower ...

The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study appears online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and is scheduled for the July print issue. Blood sugar monitoring is ...

By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Science has shown that diets that veer close to starvation can make everything from mice to monkeys live longer. But can such a strict eating regimen prolong human lives, and if so, would those extra years be healthy, happy ones? Recent research from Washington University scientists found that ...

A comprehensive review of research focusing on the debate between High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) and other sweeteners presented May 24th finds there is no evidence of any significant variation in the way the human body metabolizes HFCS as opposed to standard table sugar, or any difference in impact on risk factors for chronic disease. James ...

OBJECTIVE Bile acids (BA) participate in the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis acting through different signaling pathways. The nuclear BA receptor farnesoid X receptor (FXR) regulates pathways in BA, lipid, glucose, and energy metabolism, which become dysregulated in obesity. However, the role of FXR in obesity and associated complications, such as dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, has not ...

In an effort to raise awareness for one of the most costly chronic diseases facing adults and children, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), together with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), will feature a two-day diabetes forum for the first time at its 2011 BIO International Convention. The Convention will take place June 27-30, 2011, ...

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announced a new enhanced version of its DCA Vantage Analyzer, a point-of-care (POC) immunoassay analyzer for diabetes management. The system now provides enhanced operator management and connectivity capabilities to meet the growing demands in POC testing for improved compliance management and data capture into patient records. The DCA Vantage Analyzer with Version ...