Vitamin Deficiency Common in Diabetics www.defeatdiabetes.org Source: Diabetes in Control: Diabetes Care Something like three out of every five patients with Type 2 Diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency, Italian researchers report. Giovanni Targher states that, “Our findings, “confirm some previous evidence demonstrating that vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in people with Type [...]

Of course! Don’t we all or wouldn’t we all prefer to take oral medications if we could and if we have/had to take drugs to survive, wouldn’t you want it to be oral instead of  injection?! The other thing is that people who are told they have to take injections and take insulin usually don’t, [...]

Significant Improvement Noted In Diabetes Management Using Chronic Care Model www.defeatdiabetes.org Source: Diabetes in Control: Diabetes Care The results confirm what many people in the field have suspected for some time, that optimal diabetes care requires comprehensive education for both patients and providers. Educating people with diabetes in a primary-care setting with sustained, comprehensive intervention [...]

Depression Not Tied to Diabetes Control in Elderly www.defeatdiabetes.org Source: Diabetes in Control: Diabetes Care There is no strong relationship between depression in elderly patients with diabetes and the degree to which they control their blood sugar levels, researchers report. Dr. Paula M. Trief states that, “We often assume that elderly diabetes patients who are [...]

Blood Sugar Readings In A Painless Blink Of The Eye by Oculir, Inc. www.defeatdiabetes.org Source: Diabetes in Control Oculir™ is developing a non-invasive glucose meter that measures glucose from the white of the eye (the conjunctiva). No contact with the eye is required; simply point the sensor at the eye and click. The commercial version [...]

Some Diabetes Patients Lose Lower Limbs Because of Skin Changes www.defeatdiabetes.org Source: Diabetes in Control: University of Bristol, UK Researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, have discovered why patients with diabetes develop a condition which leads to amputation of the lower limbs. It is caused by an alteration in their skin tissue before leg [...]

Nearly 30% Of Americans Likely To Have Diabetes By 2050 www.medicalnewstoday.com “Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence” James P Boyle, Theodore J Thompson, Edward W Gregg, Lawrence E Barker and David F Williamson Population Health Metrics 2010, 8:29doi:10.1186/1478-7954-8-29 Written by [...]

Implanted Wireless Glucose Sensor That Could Transform Management Of Diabetes Passes Crucial Test www.medicalnewstoday.com “Function of an Implanted Tissue Glucose Sensor for More than 1 Year in Animals.” David A. Gough, Lucas S. Kumosa, Timothy L. Routh, Joe T. Lin, and Joseph Y. Lucisano. Sci Transl Med Vol. 2, Issue 42, p. 42ra53 Written by: [...]

Majority Of Americans Will Have Diabetes Or Pre-Diabetes By 2020 – With Huge Financial Costs www.medicalnewstoday.com Source: UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization (UnitedHealth Group) Written by Christian Nordqvist Imagine a society where over half its people, i.e. the majority of them, are diabetic or prediabetic. There is a good chance this will happen [...]

Diabetes May Clamp Down on Cholesterol the Brain Needs www.medicalnewstoday.com Source: Joslin Diabetes Center The brain contains more cholesterol than any other organ in the body, has to produce its own cholesterol and won’t function normally if it doesn’t churn out enough. Defects in cholesterol metabolism have been linked with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative [...]