Category Archives: Diabetes

As with all our senses, our sense of smell can worsen with age. An estimated 24 percent of older adults in the U.S. are said to have smell dysfunction, although the percentage of those who find it a daily interference is much lower. A decreased sense of smell can have dangerous consequences, however, as it ...click here to read more

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBS) has recently been linked to the use of an anti-diabetic drug known as dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in a new study released recently. According to the researchers, the increased risk of IBS associated with the drugs was relatively low and their research needs to be replicated before the results can be verified. ...click here to read more

A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found a correlation between cooking meat over an open flame and the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Data were examined from 113,561 women and 24,679 men from three separate studies. Among them were nearly 8,000 diagnosed cases of T2D. What they found ...click here to read more

American Diabetes Alert Day, an initiative to spread the awareness of diabetes, is held on the last Tuesday of March, every year. This year it is on the 27th, and the motive is to encourage everyone to take the diabetes risk test. According to statistics, an estimated 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, of which 8.1 ...click here to read more

Diabetic retinopathy refers to damage to the blood vessels of the eye retina due to diabetes. The condition is progressive and results in a gradual weakening of eyesight, at times causing complete vision loss. While this predominantly affects patients suffering from type 1 diabetes, approximately 60 percent of those suffering from type 2 diabetes also ...click here to read more

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease experienced by those with diabetes. Unmanaged diabetes can cause complications to the blood vessels of the light sensitive tissue in the back of the eye – the retina. Diabetic retinopathy in its early stages may be symptomless and only mild vision impairments may be noticed. This can be confused ...click here to read more

Diabetes refers to a condition in which the pancreas may produce insufficient insulin or fail to produce insulin—a hormone that converts glucose into energy. When glucose is not converted into energy, it remains in the blood stream in significantly high quantities. Sometimes, the pancreas may produce sufficient insulin, but the person’s insulin sensitivity can be ...click here to read more

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has been found to have a link with insulin resistance—a characteristic of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. Based on this finding, researchers in Sweden have been successful in developing a common treatment for both fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. Fatty liver disease, also known as hepatic steatosis (HS), ...click here to read more

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a temporary form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. This usually happens in the later stages of pregnancy when a pregnant woman’s body requires a lot of glucose but her hormones affect the production and use of insulin. As a result, glucose enters the blood stream instead of being converted ...click here to read more

More than a million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition characterized by insufficient or zero insulin production from the pancreas. Poorly controlled diabetes can lead to several complications that may even become life-threatening if not treated right away. To keep type 1 diabetes under control, patients are required to perform daily insulin ...click here to read more

Bladder leaks are no laughing matter, and although cases of them are on the rise, many people are still too embarrassed to talk about them. Another health concern on the rise is type 2 diabetes, and as cases of this continue to grow, so do cases of bladder leaks. Why? Because type 2 diabetes can ...click here to read more

Diabetes and diarrhea are two terms that are not often thought to be related, but they actually are. Diabetes is a metabolic condition that can lead to a host of detrimental health issues. One such problem is nerve damage, which can disrupt bowel functioning. Those afflicted by diabetes have diarrhea because of this complication. However, ...click here to read more

Having type 2 diabetes, also called adult-onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes, has become very common in today’s society. An estimated one in three Americans will develop type 2 diabetes by the year 2050, according to new projections by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This growing trend is in direct correlation with the ...click here to read more

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, causing conditions like nerve damage, kidney disease, and even blindness. This is why the American Diabetes Association has determined that November is American Diabetes Awareness Month to spread the word about this serious metabolic condition. As part of your weekly ...click here to read more