Archive for July, 2011

2011 Swim for Diabetes a Success

July 3, 2011

www.news-herald.com 2011 Swim for Diabetes a success More than 1,000 swimmers and volunteers of all ages gathered at 45 swimming pools around the Greater Cleveland area on April 8, 9 and 10 and raised more than $160,000 for the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland’s Swim for Diabetes event. Special thanks to the Ashtabula YMCA, Hawken [...]

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Diabetes Prevalence in Australia

July 3, 2011

www.apo.org.au Diabetes prevalence in Australia Australian Institute of Health and Welfare his report presents the most up-to-date estimates of the number of people with diagnosed diabetes in Australia based on self-reports to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2007–08 National Health Survey. Key findings: In 2007–08, an estimated 898,800 Australians had been diagnosed with diabetes (excluding [...]

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Diabetes: A Global Epidemic

July 3, 2011

by enn.com Diabetes: A Global Epidemic? According to a major international study which analyzed global data on diabetes since 1980, the prevalence of diabetes has gone up or at best remained unchanged in every part of the world for the last 30 years. The number of people with the disease has more than doubled during [...]

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Diabetes Patients Don’t Change Lifestyle

July 3, 2011

This is a great topic but not a great  “bad” lifestyle. This is something I say too often about diabetics. Unfortunately, it is too true.  Yes, it is hard, very hard being a daily diabetic everyday and dealing with diabetes. Yet, if you want to live healthy and as long as you can you have [...]

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Diabetes, Poor Mental Health & Wellbeing

July 3, 2011

info provided by www.apo.org.au/research/diabetes publisher type: government or gov agency Diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing: an exploratory analysis Australian Institute of Health and Welfare This report examines the association between the prevalence of diabetes and poor mental health and wellbeing in the Australian population, based on a range of measures and national data [...]

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