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Diabetics twice as likely to develop cancer
A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care reveals that diabetics have a nearly doubled risk of developing certain types of...
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Diabetes May Be Linked to Risk of Alzheimer's
People with diabetes may be twice as likely to develop memory problems and dementia as they age, including Alzheimer's disease, a study...
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Insulin Pen
An insulin pen works much like a syringe, but it looks like the type of pen you use to write. Insulin pens come in disposable and...
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Insulin Pen
An insulin pen works much like a syringe, but it looks like the type of pen you use to write. Insulin pens come in disposable and...
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Insulin Syringe
You use an insulin syringe to inject insulin into your bloodstream with a very fine needle. Pros: Flexibility. You can choose from many...
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Choosing an Insulin Delivery System
You might not have much of a say in which insulin delivery system you get, unless you're willing to spend extra money. Very often the...
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Diabetes Medicines
Two types of medicines are used in diabetes: Oral antidiabetic (hypoglycemic) drugs and Insulin, which is to be administered by an ...
Sudhir
The role of diet in diabetes:
Meal of diabetic patient is depending on calories. Which decides on it’s age, weight, gender, height, working etc. Depending on each ...
Sudhir
Iomega® StorCenter™ ix2-200 Network Storage, Cloud Edition
Iomega® StorCenter™ ix2-200 Network Storage, Cloud Edition offers content sharing with advanced security, and is ideal for small and ...
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Why diabetics are having too much hungry?
In almost 40% of people, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
If you feel tired immediately your body ...
Sudhir
Myth: Diabetes is not that serious of a disease
Fact: Diabetes causes more deaths a year than breast cancer and AIDS combined. Two out of three people with diabetes die from heart ...
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Myth: If you are overweight or obese, you will eventually develop T-2 diabetes
Fact: Being overweight is a risk factor for developing this disease, but other risk factors such as family history, ethnicity and age ...
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Myth: Eating too much sugar causes diabetes.
Fact: No, it does not. Type 1 diabetes is caused by genetics and unknown factors that trigger the onset of the disease; type 2 diabetes ...
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Myth: People with diabetes should eat special diabetic foods
Fact: A healthy meal plan for people with diabetes is generally the same as a healthy diet for anyone – low in fat (especially saturated ...
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Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::Sedentary Lifestyle
The Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health (USA, 1996) states that a sedentary lifestyle is damaging to health and ...
Sudhir
Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::Unhealthy Eating Habits
90% of people who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are overweight. Unhealthy eating contributes largely to obesity. Too much ...
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Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::Family History and Genetics
It appears that people who have family members who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are at a greater risk for developing it ...
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Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::Increased Age
It's a sad but true fact. The older we get, the greater our risk of type 2 diabetes. Even if an elderly person is thin, they still may ...
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Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::High BP & High Cholesterol
These two bad boys are the hallmark risk factors for many diseases and conditions, including type 2 diabetes. Not only do they damage ...
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Risk Factors for T-2 Diabetes::History of Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women. It begins when hormones from the placenta make the mother insulin ...
Sudhir
Reducing weight and managing diet is treatment
As we all know there are two types of diabetes type 1 and type 2. Type 1 is the most infected disease and in this type the body of a ...
Sudhir
Ayurvedic treatment for Diabetes
Ayurveda, considers diabetes as a metabolic kapha type of disorder, in which decline in activity of agni can cause increase in blood ...
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Ayurvedic Treatment for Diabetes: Diet modification
The first step for the ayurvedic treatment of diabetes it is necessary to modify diet, which includes reduced intake of sugar and simple ...
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Ayurvedic Treatment :: Panchakarma
Many diabetics have antibodies against their own pancreatic tissue (autoantibodies), hence the cleansing program Panchakarma is used to ...
Sudhir
Ayurvedic Treatment for Diabetes
Herbs: Several herbal remedies for treatment of diabetes are used by ayurveda practitioners. Shilajit, gudmar turmeric, neem, amalaki, ...
Sudhir
Ayurvedic herbal remedies for diabetes mellitus
* Bitter gourd or bitter lemon juice taken everyday in empty stomach.
* Turmeric capsules: 2 capsules daily thrice a day.
* Rose apple ...
