As of 2000, the prevalence of diabetes worldwide with ages ranging from 0 to 19 was estimated to be approximately less than a million. The worldwide population with age ranging from 20 to 44 was estimated to be around 34 million, while those whose age ranges from 45 to 64 was estimated to be around [...]
We all know bitter melon as a vegetable but it is also known as a traditional Chinese medicine. Scientists recently discovered that the therapeutic properties in bitter melon can be a powerful treatment for type 2 diabetes. Researchers pulped about a ton of fresh bitter melon and extracted four very promising bioactive components. All of [...]
US researchers said that deep, restful sleep is very important for keeping type 2 diabetes away, Research said that slim, healthy young adults who were deprived of the deepest stage of sleep known as slow-wave sleep developed insulin resistance — a trait linked to type 2 diabetes — after just three nights. The research demonstrates [...]
Myocardial infarction more than doubles the risk of new-onset diabetes and leads to a 15-fold increased risk of impaired fasting glucose, according to a study of more than 8,000 MI patients. During a mean follow-up of 3.2 years post-MI, 3.7% of patients developed diabetes, compared with 0.8% to 1.6% for historical cohort populations with no [...]
Diabetes case management that takes a patient’s specific culture into consideration can help increase life expectancy and decrease the incidence of diabetes-related complications over the patient’s lifetime, a new study finds. “Better management results in reduced long-term complications, such as blindness, stroke, amputation and nerve damage,” said lead researcher Todd Gilmer, Ph.D. The research focused [...]
Half of the US population has a gene variant that impairs glucose tolerance, putting them at risk of diabetes. Diabetes is an increasing problem, so there is great interest in predisposing factors. Although we know that lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet can contribute to diabetes, genetic factors may also be involved. A team [...]
As medicine struggles to halt the nation’s diabetes epidemic, scientists have found a potential new weapon in the most unlikely place — the skeleton. Bone cells, they discovered, generate a hormone that helps regulate the body’s metabolism. And the lack of that hormone appears to contribute to the development of diabetes. The work, conducted in [...]
Diabetes can be a killer, causing heart and vascular problems – and now scientists think they know why. Diabetics are likely to be deficient in thiamine (vitamin B1), and it is this that makes diabetes – both types I and II – such a serious condition. Researchers from Warwick University have found that diabetics have [...]
Men, eat your whole grains. Especially if you’re middle-aged or older, and you want to decrease your risk of getting Type II diabetes. Increasing your intake of whole grains will help, says a study in the issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Eating whole grains might even help compensate for other risks. Obesity [...]
Overweight cats who spend more time sleeping on the sofa than chasing mice face a growing risk of developing diabetes, researchers in Scotland said on Tuesday. Pampered fat cats are three times more likely to develop the potentially fatal condition than cats of a normal weight, according to a study by the University of Edinburgh. [...]
