Archive for September, 2009
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Diabeties Diets – For Life Improvement
Basically, there are two types of diabetes, 1 and 2. Type 1 is much less common than Type 2, and occurs before the age of 40. Type 1 is associated with a lack of insulin, and without enough insulin you cannot maintain a normal blood glucose level. This in turn causes hyperglycemia, or an overabun...
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Woman cured of diabetes via transplant
A Japanese woman has been cured of diabetes via a donor transplant of insulin-producing cells from her mother. It is the first time an islet cell transplant from a living donor has worked. Three months after the operation at Japan's Kyoto University Hospital, both mother and daughter are fit and ...
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Adult Onset Diabetes and ‘Quacks’
Adult onset diabetes, like the common ulcer of a few years ago, makes a lot of work and provides a lot of money for the medical system. There was a cure for the biological disease of stomach ulcers but the doctors were telling us it was stress-related (Everything is stress-related to some extent, as...
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Today is World Diabetes Awareness Day
The International Diabetes Federation would like to thank everyone for the time and effort they have invested to guarantee the global success of World Diabetes Day 2008. Follow the day minute by minute Follow the day minute by minute at http://www.worlddiabetesday.org. We are making images of ev...
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When Learning About Diabetes, Knowledge Is Power
We all remember the old schoolhouse rock song that says knowledge is power, but have you ever really thought about what benefits can be reaped by having as much diabetes knowledge as possible? In an age when information is right at our fingertips you would think that upping our diabetes knowledge...
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Pancreas Transplants – A Solution For Type 1 Diabetes Sufferers?
Type 1 diabetes was formerly known as juvenile diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes matures quickly and symptoms are very visible. This type of diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system destroys pancreatic cells. These cells are the insulin produci...
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Valentine Sweets for the Diabetic Love of Your Life
What comes to mind when you think about Valentines Day? Sweets. Unfortunately sweets and diabetes is a dangerous combination. So does this mean that a diabetic needs to miss out on that heart shaped box of chocolates? No way. Sugar free candy has come a long way. I can remember my grandmother,...
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Diabetes and Exercise – Just Move it!
While exercise and eating guidelines are based on good scientific principles, they do not necessarily agree with human nature or common sense. Recent history tells us that we are better off encouraging the mediocre people who are willing to include exercise in their daily lives, rather than cramming...
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Dallas Cowboys Coach Wade Wilson Suspended For Using HGH to Fight Diabetes
The NFL suspended Dallas Cowboys quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson (a type 2 diabetic) after he admitted to purchasing HGH or human growth hormone. A banned substance in the NFL that violates the league's drug policy. Wilson, who also played in the league from 1981-98, apologized for his actions bu...
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Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act Relating to Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association - ADA - is a huge supporter of the house of representatives passing the reintroduction of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, also known as H.R.3. The American Diabetes Association knows that the passing of this act is the best hope humans have for advancement ...
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A New Approach To Self Help Coaching From Tools To Life
The following is a sponsored post: There is no shortage of self help books and programs out there today but they are definitely not all created equally. Self help programs from Tools To Life stands apart from the crowd. The first clue that Tools To Life is a little different from all the oth...
