diabetes

Common diseases in women, 2016 health update, endometriosis, PCOS, osteoporosis, and multiple sclerosis

There are many diseases that are far more common in women, including endometriosis, PCOS, osteoporosis, and multiple sclerosis, just to name a few. In order to better educate our female readers, we have rounded up our best news articles discussing common diseases in women to compile a women’s health update for 2016. Because men and ...click here to read more

Dementia in seniors raises mortality risk from diabetes, heart disease, and smoking

Dementia in seniors raises mortality risk from diabetes, heart disease, and smoking. Dementia is the progressive loss of cognitive function and memory, rapidly becoming a leading cause of death in the U.S. Heart disease and diabetes both affect blood vessels and circulation, and – along with dementia – share many common risk factors. A research ...click here to read more

Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis pain predicted accurately by knowing health, joint pain, and diabetes status

Many orthopedic surgeons now believe there is evidence that rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis may be predicted through a person’s joint pain, diabetes status, and overall physical health. Research presented to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons shows that an algorithm created to study pain patterns essentially suggests that there is a strong joint pain and ...click here to read more

Severe hypoglycemia tied to cardiac arrhythmia, mortality in diabetes patients

Severe hypoglycemia is tied to cardiac arrhythmia and mortality in diabetes patients. Research conducted in Tokyo, Japan looked at patients with diabetes and severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and found that hypertension, QT prolongation and hypokalemia were fairly common, which may help explain why hypoglycemia may contribute to irregular heart rates and mortality. Senior author ...click here to read more

Hypertension treatment in diabetes patients reduces cardiovascular risks

If you’re diabetic, managing blood sugar is a main concern. It’s routine to check this before and after meals, a few times a day. Although monitoring blood sugar numbers is part of living with diabetes, there’s another number that diabetics should consider for their health. Hypertension treatment in diabetes patients New research shows that diabetics ...click here to read more

CDC urges to check your risk for diabetes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges individuals to check their risk for diabetes as 86 million Americans are prediabetic knowing your risks and reducing them can spare you a diagnosis of prediabetes. Prediabetes is a precursor to type 2 diabetes – both are preventable through lifestyle changes but if not prevented can ...click here to read more

Diabetic macular edema prevalence, risk factors among diabetes patients explored in study

A study has explored diabetic macular edema prevalence risk factors among diabetes patients. Diabetic macular edema is the leading cause of vision loss in diabetics and the prevalence of the condition appears to be higher in non-Hispanic black patients compared to white patients. Furthermore, those who have had diabetes for longer are also at a ...click here to read more

Stressed teens have higher diabetes risk as adults

New findings suggest that teens that are highly stressed and have difficulties managing stress are at a higher risk of type 2 diabetes as adults. Researchers examined data from 1.5 million teen men over the age of 18, part of the Swedish military from 1969 and 1997. All the participants underwent standard stress testing and ...click here to read more