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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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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.

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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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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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