Glucerna Advance RTD The new formula includes CarbSteady Ultra, slowly-digestible carbohydrates designed to help minimize blood sugar spikes; plant-based phytosterols and Omega 3s to support heart health; vitamin C, E and selenium to support immune health; and chromium from chromium picolinate to help support carbohydrate metabolism. The new ready-to-drink shake …
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Nobel Winners Shed Light on How Diabetes Functions
The three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine discovered mechanisms for how hormones, enzymes and other materials are transported inside cells and used throughout the body, helping to reveal the operations of diabetes and other diseases. The three are James E. Rothman of Yale University, Randy …
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Dutch researchers found nonmetastatic breast cancer patients who had diabetes were 23% less likely than those without diabetes to suffer cancer recurrence, and those in the oldest age group had a 33% reduced risk of relapse. However, patients with or without diabetes but who had other comorbidities showed worse overall …
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Thirty-six percent of Americans indulged in dessert at least twice a week in 2010 but now the number is over 40% according to a new report. The report also revealed that more Americans are eating desserts during morning and afternoon hours as snacks or post-meal treats. "Consumers aren’t holding off …
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Bariatric surgery shows long-term positive effects for some obese patients with diabetes….
Read More »Insulin Pump with Low Glucose Detection Now Approved
FDA approves the first US insulin pump with low glucose suspend feature….
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Not enough or too much sleep is linked with diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, anxiety and obesity….
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Confirmation of biomarkers allows researchers to predict cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes….
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