What is a Healthy Diet Anyway?
Thursday February 28, 2008
Think of the word "diet" and what springs to mind? Restrictive meal plans? Best-selling books by skinny celebrities? Guilt producing health nuts who make us feel bad about craving our ... Read More
Human Embryonic Stem Cells Generate Insulin Producing Cells in Mice
Monday February 25, 2008
Scientists at Novocell, Inc. have turned human embryonic stem cells (hES) into pancreatic cells that can produce insulin. After implantation into lab mice, the hES cells generate into glucose responsive ... Read More
Actress Elizabeth Perkins Living With Type 1 Diabetes Since Age 44
Sunday February 24, 2008
Diabetes Forecast magazine's February 2008 issue features actress Elizabeth Perkins on the cover. Ms Perkins has starred on stage and film and can currently be seen in Showtime's hit series, ... Read More
Sugar Substitutes Lead to Weight Gain... At Least in Rats
Wednesday February 20, 2008
Artificial sweeteners have been popular for decades, as a way to enjoy sweet foods and beverages and not gain the weight associated with sugar. Paradoxically, obesity has been steadily climbing ... Read More
A Fast Food Diet And Your Liver
Sunday February 17, 2008
America is the land of fast food. When Morgan Spurlock made his documentary about eating nothing but fast food for a month, called, "Supersize Me", he gained 26 pounds. But ... Read More
Hypo Dogs to the Rescue!
Sunday February 17, 2008
Hypoglycemia alert dogs are a new way to protect yourself from dangerous lows or highs in blood glucose levels. Instances where dogs could be invaluable are when the person with ... Read More
Think Outside the Candy Box This Valentine's Day
Thursday February 14, 2008
Valentine's Day... the holiday of love. People everywhere take this day to express their love to others with hearts, flowers, valentines, and lots and lots of chocolate.
If you have diabetes, ... Read More
Cinnamon Scores Well on Lowering Postprandial Blood Glucose in Recent Study
Monday February 11, 2008
Cinnamon has received some attention recently as a compound that may lower blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. A study from 2003 showed that 1 gram of cinnamon taken ... Read More
Diabetes Study Altered Due To Increased Death Rate in High Risk Participants
Thursday February 7, 2008
The ACCORD (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Trial, was partially shut down Monday, February 4th, due to the unexpectedly high rate of deaths from cardiac complications.
Sponsored by the ... Read More
Inspired by Diabetes? Express Yourself
Wednesday February 6, 2008
The International Diabetes Federation and Eli Lilly and Co. are sponsoring "Inspired by Diabetes" and the Creative Expression Competition, worldwide, to give people with diabetes a chance to share their ... Read More
Can Anti-Inflammatories Guard Against Type 2 Diabetes?
Sunday February 3, 2008
According to a January 28th press release from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), results from a study from Joslin Diabetes Centers showed that taking an anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate may ... Read More