Category Archives: Diabetes

As we age, the risk of osteoporosis increases, as does the condition’s role in the increased risk of mortality. Exactly what role it is that osteoporosis plays in the general mortality of elderly patients is unclear, however. Other risk factors include type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, although, like osteoporosis, these conditions have not ...click here to read more

Statins are a type of medication that lowers cholesterol production in the liver, which reduces the amount of cholesterol in the bloodstream and is the primary treatment for high blood pressure. They have been proven highly effective in treating hypertension and in reducing the number of mortalities from cardiovascular disease. Recently, however, research has shown ...click here to read more

The leading cause of death for type 2 diabetes patients is cardiovascular disease, accounting for 44 percent of mortalities. The rates of diagnosis for type 2 diabetes are increasing exponentially year by year and cardiovascular-related deaths have increased proportionally. As such, identifying risk factors for cardiovascular disease is of high importance so medical practitioners can ...click here to read more

Obesity is a very serious medical concern, often causing life-threatening complications of type 2 diabetes. A new study has emerged that examines participants with type 2 diabetes and their related eating preferences. The study looked at participant’s preference for meal times and body mass index (BMI). The 210 participants involved in the study all had ...click here to read more

What if we told you that you could reduce your risk of diabetes and heart disease by simply changing one daily habit? You probably wouldn’t believe us, but one regular habit that many of us have has been linked to a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. So, what is this common habit ...click here to read more

As with all our senses, our sense of smell can worsen with age. An estimated 24 percent of older adults in the U.S. are said to have smell dysfunction, although the percentage of those who find it a daily interference is much lower. A decreased sense of smell can have dangerous consequences, however, as it ...click here to read more

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBS) has recently been linked to the use of an anti-diabetic drug known as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in a new study released recently. According to the researchers, the increased risk of IBS associated with the drugs was relatively low and their research needs to be replicated before the results can be verified. ...click here to read more

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found a correlation between cooking meat over an open flame and the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Data were examined from 113,561 women and 24,679 men from three separate studies. Among them were nearly 8,000 diagnosed cases of T2D. What they found ...click here to read more

American Diabetes Alert Day, an initiative to spread the awareness of diabetes, is held on the last Tuesday of March, every year. This year it is on the 27th, and the motive is to encourage everyone to take the diabetes risk test. According to statistics, an estimated 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, of which 8.1 ...click here to read more

Diabetic retinopathy refers to damage to the blood vessels of the eye retina due to diabetes. The condition is progressive and results in a gradual weakening of eyesight, at times causing complete vision loss. While this predominantly affects patients suffering from type 1 diabetes, approximately 60 percent of those suffering from type 2 diabetes also ...click here to read more

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease experienced by those with diabetes. Unmanaged diabetes can cause complications to the blood vessels of the light sensitive tissue in the back of the eye – the retina. Diabetic retinopathy in its early stages may be symptomless and only mild vision impairments may be noticed. This can be confused ...click here to read more

Diabetes refers to a condition in which the pancreas may produce insufficient insulin or fail to produce insulin—a hormone that converts glucose into energy. When glucose is not converted into energy, it remains in the blood stream in significantly high quantities. Sometimes, the pancreas may produce sufficient insulin, but the person’s insulin sensitivity can be ...click here to read more

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been found to have a link with insulin resistance—a characteristic of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. Based on this finding, researchers in Sweden have been successful in developing a common treatment for both fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. Fatty liver disease, also known as hepatic steatosis (HS), ...click here to read more

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a temporary form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. This usually happens in the later stages of pregnancy when a pregnant woman’s body requires a lot of glucose but her hormones affect the production and use of insulin. As a result, glucose enters the blood stream instead of being converted ...click here to read more