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Diabetes: Half of People with Diabetes Don't Take Aspirin Therapy
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) found that 48 per cent of U.S. adults over forties with diabetes do not take aspirin therapy to reduce their risk of recurrent heart attack or stroke and they even do not report or discuss this situation ...

Discover the Positive Effects of Exercise for Diabetes Sufferers
There are two main types of diabetes, type I and type II. Type Idiabetes is characterized by the pancreas making too little or noinsulin. An individual with diabetes type I will have to injectinsulin throughout the day in order to control glucose ...

What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. Diabetes causes glucose ...




5 Diabetes Symptoms You Should Know
 
As the baby boomers age, they are faced with an array of diseases that accompany the golden years. Along with grandchildren and retirement, they are faced with ailments from arthritis to diabetes. The thought of getting a disease such as diabetes can be worrisome, it helps to be aware of what diabetes symptoms are and be able to recognize them early enough to get the help you will need to get the disease under control.

1- There are some common diabetes symptoms that should be checked out by a physician. By themselves, each symptom is not a cause for alarm. However, if more than a couple are noticed at one time, an appointment with your primary care physician should be made without hesitation.

2- The first thing that you should know about diabetes is, it is very important to pay attention to your body. There are over one million new diagnoses of diabetes that are made each year. Diabetes is directly or indirectly the cause of approximately 200,000 deaths every year. It is estimated that 17 million people in America have diabetes, it is also estimated that approximately one third of these people do not even know they have the disease.

3- The reason that so many people do not know that they may have diabetes is because some people show no diabetes symptoms. Therefore, it is very important to have blood work checked every year after the age of 45. This is often part of a routine physical at this age, but it is always a good idea to check with the doctor to make sure the test is being run.

4- There are several diabetes symptoms to be on the look out for, they include, but are not limited to: Sudden weight loss Drinking excessive amounts of water Excessive urination Feeling a numbness or tingling in the hands or feet Having infections more often than usual Being slow to heal from a wound It is also important to note that any one person may have all, some or none of these diabetes symptoms. These symptoms can also be experienced in any combination.

5- Along with this list of symptoms, diabetes can also be accompanied by stomach pains, vomiting or nausea. If these symptoms occur in conjunction with the list, it could be the immediate onset of type 1 diabetes, otherwise known as insulin-dependent diabetes. When you call your doctors' office for an appointment, be sure to tell them you are experiencing possible diabetes symptoms and that you need to be seen right away.

About the author:

John Mancini has been writing about Diabetes online and offline for a long time. Visit http://diabetes-expert.com or http://diabetes-solutions.info to read more about matters like diabetes symptoms and diabetes care.



Diabetes News


Short Breaks During Exercise OK for Diabetes Control: Study
U.S. News & World Report
8 (HealthDay News) -- Taking short breaks while exercising, or "intermittent" exercise, is an effective way to improve insulin sensitivity and blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new British study.

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Diary of a Diabetic Chef: Chef begins his journey with diabetes
OregonLive.com
By Special to The Oregonian View full sizeMichael Lloyd/The OregonianKen Gordon, owner of Kenny and Zuke's Deli, was diagnosed with diabetes early this year. He will keep a diary of his efforts to help improve his condition with diet and exercise.
Lifestyle Intervention More Effective Than Drugs for Pre-DiabeticsCisionWire (press release)

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The Next Diabetes Management Evolution is Coming from PositiveID (PSID): JNJ, ABT
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However, to give credit where it's due, it's little PositiveID Corporation (OTC:PSID) that may have unveiled the game-changing (read 'health improving') aspect of the hand-held, portable glucometers used by diabetic patients to take daily blood-glucose ...
PositiveID Corporation Announces Initiation of Clinical Trial of Its Easy ...MarketWatch (press release)
Biotech stocks News; PositiveID Corporation (OTCBB:PSID) Announces Initiation ...Your-Story.org (press release)

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Loughborough News

Curing Diabetes: How Type 2 Became an Accepted Lifestyle
The Atlantic
By John-Manuel Andriote Diabetes is big business, and many have been convinced that managing it forever is their only option. But it is possible to cure the disease. Chuck Lynch figured that after being diagnosed with type 2 (adult onset) diabetes, ...
Universities of Leicester and Cambridge spearhead one of UKs biggest diabetes ...Loughborough News
University receives $3 million grant to improve diabetes educationRed and Black

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BBC News

Duchess of Cornwall sees Cambridge hospital diabetes work
BBC News
A star of the movie War Horse who has diabetes has met the Duchess of Cornwall at a hospital research centre investigating the condition. Actor Jeremy Irvine met the duchess at a visit to the Cambridge Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility at ...
My tears for War Horse, by CamillaThe Press Association

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