Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 2)
In this article Amy talks about how you can lower your triglyceride levels if they?re above target (150 mg/dl).
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Sunday 15 April 2007
Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 1)
What are triglycerides, how are they are related to heart health and diabetes, and what do you do if they're too high?
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Monday 9 April 2007
DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION AWARDED PATENT FOR BREAKTHROUGH GLUCOSE-SENSING RFID MICROCHIP
DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION AWARDED PATENT FOR BREAKTHROUGH GLUCOSE-SENSING RFID MICROCHIP
Implantable Microchip Allows Diabetics to Accurately and Conveniently Monitor Glucose Concentration Levels
SO. ST. PAUL, MN. (October 25, 2006) ? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX: DOC) a patent for its syringe-implantable glucose-sensing RFID microchip, Digital Angel announced today. The RFID microchip measures the glucose concentration levels of diabet
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Sunday 28 January 2007
Schizophrenia drug under scrutiny
Leaked documents show that American drug maker Eli Lilly knew about potentially-dangerous side effects of Zyprexa almost a decade ago.
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Wednesday 24 January 2007
Diabetes linked to malfunctioning pain cells
Scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of diabetes.
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Saturday 16 December 2006
Considering your Socks
A brief article discussing the in's and out's of sock choices.
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Wednesday 13 December 2006
Considering your Shoes
Seven Rules to guide you in your shoe purchases.
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Wednesday 13 December 2006
Metformin and Risk For Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Amy Campell discusses the outcomes of a recent study of people on metformin and the risk that was identified.
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Wednesday 13 December 2006
Cree cures may curb diabetes epidemic
Scientific study finds plant extracts as effective as many pharmaceuticals
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Tuesday 12 December 2006
The American Diabetes Association and Its Pharmaceutical Donors
The New York Times reported last week about potential institutional conflicts of interest affecting the American Diabetes Association. The Times' article's main focus was on the organization's ties to the food industry, especially to makers of highly caloric food but what may be a more important issue is the ADA's relationships with pharmaceutical companies. This is an ongoing issue for all not-for-profit organisations.
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Wednesday 29 November 2006
60HR WK DOUBLES RISK OF DIABETES
WORKING more than 60 hours a week doubles the risk of Type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women, a study reveals.
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Tuesday 21 November 2006
Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Fitting Sugar Into Your Meal Plan
Another article from Amy Campbell.
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Sunday 19 November 2006
Milk thistle compound may help sugar-control in type II diabetes
Giving antioxidants is recognised as one way of helping people with diabetes to control their blood sugar levels.
The herbal medicine extracted from seeds of the Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum (silymarin) is known to have antioxidant properties and research published this week in Phytotherapy Research shows that this extract can help people significantly lower the amount of sugar bound to haemoglobin in blood, as well as reducing fasting blood sugar levels.
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Sunday 19 November 2006
Joslin Launches Free Online Educational Videos for People with Diabetes
Joslin Diabetes Center for diabetes research, care and education, have a new free educational tool on its Web site the "Staying Healthy with Diabetes" video series. The set of six short videos gives people with diabetes important information about the regular tests they need to have done to live a healthier life.
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Sunday 19 November 2006
Portion Control: Tricks of the Trade
What can we do about large portions? The answer may seem obvious?eat less! But that?s easier said than done. If food experts have a hard time keeping portion size down, what does that mean for the rest of us? An article by Amy Campbell
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Sunday 19 November 2006
November 14th is World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every
year on 14 November. The date commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting,
who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in
1921.
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Saturday 11 November 2006
Warning about fake diabetes cures
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Friday 20 October 2006
Diabetes, Your teeth and Gums
Diabetes can lead to many complications, some of them very severe. This means that the effect that diabetes has on your teeth can often be completely overlooked. Diabetics are at a higher risk for periodontal disease (diseases of the mouth) than most
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Monday 9 October 2006
Hypoglycemia- Know diabetes to control it
Hypoglycemia is a common problem of the diabetics. The most common sign of hypoglycemia is scarce blood sugar in the body.
Actually, hypoglycemia causes the blood sugar to pass out via urine. This is notwithstanding the fact that different person
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Friday 6 October 2006
Key diabetes discovery excites NZ team
Auckland researchers have unlocked the secrets to a key enzyme that could lead to relief for hundreds of thousands of diabetes sufferers.
A research team at Auckland University's Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery has mapped the ex
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Wednesday 4 October 2006
Ph.D. student discovers complex diabetes link
New biochemical connection found, Med School hopeful for advance
For 20.8 million Americans suffering from diabetes, hope might lie in the recent findings by a team of Stanford scientists.
Some might call it a breakthrough, a gateway to new
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Saturday 30 September 2006
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