Typically whenever I hear something on TV or the radio about diabetes my ears perk up and I listen carefully. This past week there were a few things that caught my attention. First I heard a slew of commercials for a mail-order diabetes supply company touting that they had a …

Aspirinpod For those who are at risk for a heart attack, Aspirinpod has recently launched its Aspirinpod emergency aspirin container — a small heart-shaped container that can be carried on a key chain. Aspirinpod is a reminder to have aspirin with you at all times in the event of a …

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Tomatoes Found to Contain Nutrient Which Prevents Vascular Diseases: They are the most widely produced fruit in the world and now scientists have discovered that tomatoes contain a nutrient which could tackle the onset of vascular diseases. The compound, 9-oxo-octadecadienoic, was found to enhance fatty acid oxidation and contributed to …

Diagnostic Value of HbA1c for Type 2 Diabetes: A1c test was investigated for its use as screening parameter for diabetes in a cohort at increased risk for the disease. The oral glucose tolerance test classified 1,523 individuals as normal glucose tolerant (NGT), 387 as impaired glucose tolerant (IGT) or having …

AHA: More Than One-Third of U.S. Could Have Cardiovascular Disease by 2030: If current policies and prevention strategies go unchanged, the U. S. is facing “a cardiovascular crisis of alarming proportions,” said. Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association. The aging U.S. population and the increase in medical spending are the …

“We’ve all been brought up to think insulin is the all-powerful hormone without which life is impossible, but that isn’t the case,” says Dr. Roger Unger from UT Southwestern Medical Center….

Increased insulin, IGF-1, and IGF-2 signaling through the insulin receptor and IGF-1 receptor can induce….

If your children are getting less than 9 hours of sleep per night, they need more to avoid metabolic factors that predispose them to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease….

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued an updated Guideline for newer drugs for the management of all aspects of Type 2 diabetes. The guidelines review the newer agents from four classes with a cost analysis….