March 2008
March 14, 2008
Airborne Gets Nailed
I've used their product for years. Yes, the marketing worked on me but the idea proposed by the company, that one dose can instantly protect you when flying, is incorrect. The makers of Airborne have agreed to refund money to... ... morePosted at 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 11, 2008
Weight Loss May Beat Intensive Insulin Therapy ...
Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a diabetes researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center.... ... morePosted at 10:36 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Get to Sleep - Here's How
We've written for years about the correlation between diabetes, obesity and the lack of sleep. While some prioritize other activities above a good night's rest, others simply have difficulty getting the 7-8 solid sleep that doctors recommend. Here's a list... ... morePosted at 9:20 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
How many can you do?
That is, how many push-ups can you do? Based on national averages, a 40-year-old woman should be able to do 16 push-ups and a man the same age should be able to do 27. By the age of 60, those... ... morePosted at 8:58 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 10, 2008
Mechanisms - Knowing and Curing
By answering the question of how diabetes surgery works, we may be answering the question of how diabetes itself works. Gastric bypass surgery can lead to diabetes remission independent of weight loss even in subjects who are are not obese,... ... morePosted at 8:54 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 4, 2008
Good Side Affects?
Usually drugs for disease treatment are listed with serious side affects. However, researchers have noted that certain certain drugs for type II diabetes also appear to lower patients' blood pressure. Drugs called thiazolidinediones (TDZs), which are used to treat type... ... morePosted at 9:57 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Diabulimia Triples Your Risk
The term for withholding insulin to lose weight is "Diabulimia" - there's a medical term for everything. It turns out that ... Women with type 1 diabetes who take less insulin than they should to try to lose weight triple... ... morePosted at 8:03 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Skipping breakfast takes its toll
It leads to weight gain: University of Minnesota School of Public Health Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have found further evidence to support the importance of encouraging youth to eat breakfast regularly. Researchers examined the association between breakfast frequency... ... morePosted at 8:01 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Your new permanent gadget?
The Greener Gadgets Conference suggested a gadget concept that is 'tattooed' under your skin and runs on blood by turning glucose and oxygen into electricity. I'm not sure I like the permanence of this system unless, perhaps, it is a... ... morePosted at 7:56 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack