February 2007

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February 28, 2007

Online Glucose Stats Soon to be Available

You may have guessed it already but I like online tools. So when the announcement about the launch of SugarStats showed up on digg.com my interest was peaked. SugarStats is an online service aimed at enabling individuals with diabetes to... ... more

Posted at 12:15 PM | Comments (1)

February 27, 2007

Has this smoking ban gone too far?

Officials at the University of Missouri Health Care have announced a new policy to prohibit smoking on all property owned by its hospitals. A smoking ban announced by University of Missouri Health Care includes all outdoor areas and vehicles parked... ... more

Posted at 12:21 PM

February 26, 2007

The Magic of Black Soya Beans

Black soya beans (the wonderful soybean) could help control weight, prevent diabetes and lower cholesterol, this according to a study on rats:Experts in Seoul, South Korea, allowed 32 male rats - split into four groups - to gorge on a... ... more

Posted at 11:15 PM

Garlic is Out for Cholesterol Control

You know those garlic pills you've been taken to lower your choesterol? Well, a new study has concluded that garlic does not lower LDL, the bad-boy of cholesterol: Although garlic and garlic supplements are widely promoted as cholesterol-lowering agents, a... ... more

Posted at 10:45 PM

Can the Government Stop the Rising Epidemic of Diabetes?

It's an interesting question, considering that the prevalence of diabetes in the U.S. population almost doubled between 1980 and 2004 and the average HbA1c for diabetic patients seeing primary care physicians is 9.7%. For those under the care of endocrinologists... ... more

Posted at 9:43 PM

February 24, 2007

Will Cloning Cure Diabetes?

When Governor Chet Culver recently declared that "it's really up to the 100 state representatives now to decide if they want to give hope and opportunity to tens of thousands of people" he surrounded himself with children who have juvenile... ... more

Posted at 3:42 PM

Justifying Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Plenty of lawmakers have a personal stake in the debate over stem cell research - a sick child hoping for a cure, a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, a friend with diabetes. (Illinois Senate approves research on embryonic stem cells) Sen.... ... more

Posted at 3:29 PM

Children with Diabetes

Some 1.2 percent of children in an area of Sweden have been shown to have Type-2 diabetes. The first case of adult-onset diabetes in a Swedish teenager was recorded just two years ago. I suppose the question to be asked... ... more

Posted at 3:25 PM

February 12, 2007

Researchers Correlate Genetic Finger Print to Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers speculate that Type 2 diabetes is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors, although specific causal factors are unknown. Now an international team of scientists has found four points on the human gene map that together account... ... more

Posted at 7:46 AM

February 10, 2007

Where does your city rate in the fatness scale?

I'm wondering how each city rates in relation to its incidence of Type II Diabetes: The results are in and all bets are off - - Sin City weighs in as the metropolis with the most pounds. Las Vegas has... ... more

Posted at 1:30 PM