Type 2 Diabetes
Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes - What Do I Do Now?
You are newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and you are getting so much information on how you need to change your lifestyle to a diabetes friendly lifestyle you are probably feeling overwhelmed. I figured I would touch on the topic of newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes for those asking - “what do I do [...]
What Does the Diabetes Drug Byetta and the Gila Monster Have in Common with Causes Weight Loss?
There are many people with Type 2 Diabetes that currently utilize the drug Byetta marketed by Eli Lilly and Amylin. The active ingredient in Byetta is a synthetic version of a protein produced in the saliva of the Gila Monster. More than just help with diabetes, researchers have just released findings for another positive benefit [...]
Janumet: Two For the Price of One
FDA approval has just been given to Merk’s Janumet, the newest drug approved for fighting type 2 diabetes. I know, you are saying to yourself “A new drug, what’s the big deal? There is already Metformin and Januvia”.
Type 2 Diabetes Raises the Risk of Parkinsons Disease
A shocking discovery is just coming out linking Type 2 Diabetes to Parkinson’s Disease. There are nearly 1.5 million Americans diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, according to the National Parkinsons Foundation, which is a disease affecting brain cells and neurons causing reduced levels of dopamine. The lowered levels of dopamine cause such side effects as tremors, [...]
BYETTA Let’s Talk in Atlanta
The BYETTA Let’s Talk Atlanta will be making it’s stop at Atlanta’s Dogwood Festival at Piedmont Park which will be taking place April 13th - April 15th.
Upon visiting the BYETTA Let’s Talk booth at the festival you will be able to speak to Delta Burke who is currently the spokeswoman for the Let’s Talk [...]
BYETTA Lets Talk in New York
The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign is making a stop at the Third Avenue Merchants Spring Expo in Manhattan. The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign will there on Sunday, April 29th from 11am - 6pm.
Taking on the role of spokeswoman for the BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign, Delta Burke has been battling her own diabetes and wants to [...]
BYETTA Let’s Talk in Boston
The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign Boston is kicking off at the New England Spring Flower Show. The Flower show is being held at the Bayside Expo Center from March 17-25. You can find BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign located at booth numbers 470 and 570.
You can visit the BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign booths from 10am - [...]
Delta Burke is Battling Diabetes with the Lets Talk Campaign
Actress Delta Burke was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 41. Her goal is to get people talking about better management of diabetes. She is achieving that goal by leading the BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign.
The BYETTA Let’s Talk Campaign has been designed towards teaching patients of type 2 diabetes the [...]
LifeScan OneTouch Counterfeit Glucose Test Strips are Out There
LifeScan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company and makers of the OneTouch® Brand of diabetes testing supplies, has identified several incidents of counterfeit OneTouch® Ultra® and OneTouch® (Basic®/Profile®) Test Strips. These test strips being sold in the United States are intended for use with various models of LifeScan’s OneTouch® Brand Blood Glucose Monitors used by [...]
Diabetes and Better Sex
Of course you know that eating right and exercising are good for you. But do you know that a healthy diet and regular physical activity are directly related to your ability to have normal sexual function? If you have diabetes, it’s even more important to pay close attention to your diet and exercise routine.
The benefits [...]
Top Gun Training Tactics Result In Better Care For Inner-City Diabetes Patients
Employing training methods originally developed to save lives in the air, LifeWings Partners LLC, helped a resource-strapped inner-city clinic significantly improve care for their diabetes patients.
Memphis, TN (PRWEB via PR Web Direct) September 23, 2005 — The critical need for better patient care is an imperative for medical facilities large and small. Increasingly stretched community [...]
Double Diabetes - Placing Your Kids at Even More Risk
In some medical circles it’s called Type 3 Diabetes. Teenagers and young adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, if overweight or obese, can develop type 2 diabetes later in life. It’s a double whammy and the medical consequences of such a diagnosis don’t look good.
First, let’s briefly cover the basics of diabetes.
Diabetes is Elevated Blood [...]
Type II Diabetes: Non Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
The term diabetes refers to higher than normal levels of sugar, or glucose, in the blood. Type II diabetes, also known as NON insulin-dependent diabetes, was commonly referred to as adult onset diabetes until recently when the name no longer accurately describes the population with this disease.
Type II diabetes, in the past, was relegated to [...]
Type I Diabetes: Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
Type I diabetes is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes. This form of diabetes is mainly found in children. The primary problem in all forms of diabetes, regardless if it is Type I or Type II is that the glucose (sugar) levels of the body are too high.
In a healthy person, the beta [...]
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 the [...]