A New Twist To Outsourcing – India: Diabetes Capital Of The World

One in three diabetics in the world now live in India or China. Did that surprise you too? Does the “canary in the coal mine” scenario jog a synapse or two? Global warming, financial collapse, rampant disease, and we’re supposed to be afraid of terrorists? [...]

October 5th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Diabetes | Leave a comment

Just One Session Of Exercise Can Improve Metabolic Health In Overweight Patients With Insulin Sensitivity

Exercise decreases everyone’s insulin resistance and therefore reduces the chances of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes. This study shows that even a single bout of exercise helps obese individuals increase their body’s fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health. In other words, you still have to “move it” to “lose it”. [...]

September 26th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Diabetes, Fitness | Leave a comment

Improved Patient Education May Play Key Role In Halting Diabetes Escalation

Dealing With Diabetes

With 24 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes and 10.5 million of those (44%) who report they do not have it under control, and 5.7 million (24%) don’t even know they have it yet, improved patient education seems like a critical first step to impacting the dire predictions for worldwide [...]

September 26th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Diabetes | Leave a comment