Diabetes headlines

Meter Accuracy Counts More -- and Less -- Than You Think

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 14:57

Recently I wrote a post asking, "Why Can't Meters Tell Me My Blood Sugar?" It was prompted by checking my blood sugar on two different meters from two different companies, and to my surprise discovering the results were quite dissimilar.

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Source: Huffington Post


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Weight training "reduces diabetes risk"

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 15:08

Weight training helps to prevent type 2 diabetes in men, research suggests.

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Source: BBC


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Public awareness programme on diabetes in Madurai

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 10:31

A mega public awareness programme on diabetes is being held from August 10 -12 at the Lakshmi Sundaram Hall,Thallakulam, in the city.

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Source: The Hindu


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Wrong call: the trouble diagnosing diabetes

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 10:28

With cases of diabetes growing each year, many adults are getting caught in a potentially dangerous situation: they are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes when they actually have Type 1 diabetes, a substantially different condition.

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Source: The Wall Street Journal


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Hope for treating AIDS — and diabetes

Submitted by bruna.nania on Fri, 07/27/2012 - 12:04

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, diabetes affects approximately 25.8 million people in U.S, while approximately 1.2 million live with AIDS .

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Source: The Washington Post


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Obesity produces diabetes epidemic in India

Submitted by bruna.nania on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 12:10

India is bracing for a massive surge in type 2 diabetes, with credible estimates putting the number of sufferers in the next 20 years at more than 100 million.

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Source: ABC News
 


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Safeguard our children from global ‘diabesity’ epidemic

Submitted by bruna.nania on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 11:02

An ageing population and the highest levels of obesity and chronic disease in the country all work against us in Tasmania.

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Source: The Examiner


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The International Diabetes Federation Organizes the First African Diabetes Congress

Submitted by bruna.nania on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:27

The First African Diabetes Congress is regarded as a highly influential event that will raise attention to the health care delivery in diabetes and other NCDs in the Africa Region. 

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Source: Yahoo News


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Kid soldiers for diabetes war

Submitted by bruna.nania on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 09:34

One person dies from diabetes and two more get the disease every 10 seconds in India. Given that exercise and diet can go a long way in keeping diabetes at bay, the government is pulling out all stops to increase awareness about the disease — and it is starting with schoolchildren.  

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Source: The Times of India

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Diabetes to cost money and lives: expert

Submitted by bruna.nania on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 14:13

Obesity will make diabetes the leading cause of death and disease in 10 years and put a heavy burden on the Australian healthcare sector, a health economist says.     

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Source: The Australian


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