The Importance of Staying Hydrated

By sarajean on 8/15/10 4:53pm
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Hydration really isn’t a laughing matter. Once my aunt, whom we live with and care for, got so hydrated that she began to get sick. When I told her she needed to drink more water, she didn’t drink much more, and had to see her doctor. Her brother and sister then came to take her to their home to monitor her liquid drinking so they wouldn’t have to hospitalize her, and it was a scary couple of days.

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Pregnancy Weight Gain Can Cause Gestational Diabetes

By sarajean on 2/25/10 11:31pm
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Even if you’ve never had diabetes before, pregnancy can bring the disease on. If you’re pregnant or trying to become pregnant, you may want to heed this warning: studies have found that gaining weight during pregnancy—particularly within the first trimester—can increase your risk of gestational diabetes by 50%.

This risk is particularly large for women who are nonwhite, age 35 or older, and already overweight. Most women who are diagnosed with gestational diabetes are at 28 weeks or further along in their pregnancies. Here are some more facts about gestational diabetes:

Gestational diabetes is simply the condition of having high blood sugar during pregnancy. It can often be prevented by monitoring your blood sugar with the help of your doctor.

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American Diabetes Month

By sarajean on 11/21/09 5:33am
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Considering that at the rate we’re going, 1 out of every 3 kids will end up with diabetes in their lifetime, highlighting diabetes this month seems like a pretty worthy cause. Diabetes, though treatable, is a very serious and incurable disease that can lead to stroke, blindness, amputation, heart disease, kidney disease, and death. It’s not something that any parent would wish on their child, yet so many children are leading lifestyles right now that will eventually lead to this condition in the future.



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New to this

By Anonymous on 11/5/09 12:42pm
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hello.. Im a 23 year old female and my husband has just been diagnosed with diabetes. He's only 24. Im a little scared as to how were suppose to adjust to a completly diffrent way of living overnite. I'm becoming depressed and unsure if we can handle this type of change. We have a 5 year old son and a 2 year old son and Im worried that because my husband has it they might acquire it also. Im also $ months pregnant and very stressed out. My husbands blood glucose was 612 when we arrived @ the hospital # days ago and they cant seem to get it lower than 160.. and it shoots right back up.. I dont know how to handle such a big lifestyle change @ such a young age.. Any suppot groups out there..???? oh and we dont have any health insurance so i dont know how we will afford his medication.. Is there anywhere i can go for help in miami, fl... i love him and dont want to loose him to this condition..

Exercise to Control Your Diabetes

By sarajean on 10/14/09 10:27pm
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Many patients with diabetes worry about getting limb problems—some that can result in amputation—due to lack of muscle strength or exercise. When bodies remain stationary for lengthy periods of time, this can occur; in fact, 60% of U.S. amputations can be attributed to the disease. And while some drugs can help lower the risk, the real preventative measure that all people can take is exercise.

Building muscle through exercise helps reduce amputation risk as well as help patients control their weight—which also lower blood sugar. These are all huge health benefits for diabetic patients. It can also help lower your risk of heart disease, which is also common in people with diabetes.

Exercise can also help…

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Diabetes and Health Care Reform Teleconference Tomorrow

By sarajean on 9/15/09 9:15am
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The American Diabetes Association is hosting a free Health Care Reform Teleconference tomorrow at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time. Chair of the Board of Directors, George Huntley, and Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and Advocacy, Shereen Arent, will be featured in the call.

For fifty minutes, you can listen live and find out the latest health care updates, find out about how health care reform will impact people with diabetes, and also discover ways to get involved in the reform process and how to voice your own opinions and concerns.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson New Ambassador of Diabetes Aware Campaign

By sarajean on 8/15/09 8:46am
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While 24 million people in America are living with diabetes today, about a quarter of them aren’t even aware of it. To encourage people to prevent developing the disease and to raise awareness about diabetes itself, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is serving as the new ambassador of the Diabetes Aware Campaign.

I have to say that they picked a pretty good spokesperson. I wasn’t much a fan of “The Rock” as a wrestler, but once he started acting I thought, “Hmm, that’s one handsome fella” or some warped, drooling sentiment to that effect. If there’s anyone who knows how to stay fit, he’s probably it, right?

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New Risk Factor Found for Diabetes

By sarajean on 6/13/09 8:36pm
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As if headaches, irritation, memory loss, exhaustion, hallucinations, concentration problems, heart disease, depression, and tremors weren’t enough, there’s a new side affect that can possibly come with insomnia and sleep deprivation: diabetes.

According to a new study, “Individuals with insomnia and objective short sleep duration are at increased risk for developing diabetes.”

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laser photocoagulation

By mous on 2/7/09 7:50pm
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i am about to have laser surgery regarding retinopathy.has anyone had this surgery and can anyone tell me how their vision has been affected by the surgery.worse ,no better, or same.also any vision impairment from the surgery? i am awaiting a response anxiuosly.please reply

diabetes

By mous on 2/7/09 3:33pm
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im a mother off 3 children,im 33,single,from the UK.i am a type 2 diabetic,and id loved to more more about my condtion as i dont no much.