Blood sugar below 70 mg/dL? 15 g of fast sugar, recheck in 15 minutes. Unconscious or can’t swallow? Call 911Below 70? The 15-15 rule
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Legislators took a timeout from session to promote the importance of diabetes screening. Lawmakers took advantage of the screenings during Legislative Awareness Day. Those getting the prick hope the effort will prompt others to do the same. “It’s a busy
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A student at the University of Wales Newport is beating diabetes after becoming one of the first athletes in the UK to be fitted with a special insulin pump to help her fulfil her ambition of winning Olympic gold –
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Almost everyone knows someone who has diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association, an estimated 23.6 million people in the United States – or 7.8 percent of the population – have diabetes, a serious, lifelong condition. It is the seventh
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Patients with diabetic nephropathy, kidney disease caused by diabetes and treated with high doses of vitamin B, suffered rapid deterioration of the kidneys, a recent study has found. Diabetics in addition to kidney function loss also were affected by higher
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Charlie Kimball is a highly motivated Firestone Indy Lights driver with a life-long goal of competing in the Indianapolis 500. Growing up in a motor sports family, the articulate driver has had many memorable experiences in Europe and the United
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Dr. Kristen Yee is growing concerned about the pets she??d in Block by Block are equal partners with the medical professionals in the program, says Rush’s Dr. Steven K. Rothschild, who is leading Block by Block along with Jose Lopez,
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It seems like every time I turn around there is a new study or information about how bad certain foods are for my body. Conventional wisdom says if you avoid fast food, you’re doing alright. If you cut down on
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A team from Warwick Medical School in the U.K. has found that people who maintain healthy vitamin D levels are 43 percent less likely to get heart disease or diabetes. After evaluating 28 different studies conducted on nearly 100,000 people,
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Patients with type 2 diabetes who can’t control their blood glucose levels with the drug metformin alone do better after adding injections of the drug liraglutide compared to oral doses of another drug called sitagliptin, researchers report. In the study,
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It’s no secret that type 1 diabetes is on the rise in children. If current trends continue, new cases in kids younger than 5 could double by 2020, according to a study published last year in The Lancet. What’s up
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PepsiCo Inc. spent $3.6 million in the first quarter to lobby the government on taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, childhood obesity and other matters, according to a recent disclosure report. That’s well above the $400,000 it spent in the year-ago period
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Bret Michaels condition is still listed at critical, but the rocket is reportedly doing better and is awake and talking. Micheals’ the ‘Rock of Love’ star suffered a brain hemmorhage late last week that is now being linked to his
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