Diabetes is a chronic condition that leads to serious life-threatening complications, however many people go undiagnosed and are undertreated — a situation being further exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. For this reason, understanding risk factors, symptoms and the importance of early diagnosis and action is essential. More than 34 million people in the United States…
Diabetes Skyrockets Amid a Pandemic of Sitting
New figures show that global diabetes prevalence has increased by 16 percent in the past two years, with 537 million adults (aged 20–79) now estimated to be living with the chronic condition. Over this same time period, COVID-19 has stopped us from doing some of the things that help prevent and manage diabetes. One of the ways…
Long-Term Blood Sugar History Predicts Risk of Severe COVID-19 Among Diabetics
According to a new study, diabetics who have poorly managed their blood sugar levels over the long term are nearly 50 percent more likely to wind up in intensive care if they contract COVID-19. The study looked at several potential impacts to COVID-19 severity in diabetes patients and also found that common diabetes-control medications could…
China’s Diabetes Population Reaches 130 Million, Many Are Young
The number of people with diabetes in China is estimated to be 10 percent of the country’s population. More notably, many teenagers and children have been diagnosed with the disease in recent years. About 129.8 million Chinese citizens live with diabetes—70.4 million males and 59.4 million females. The prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in adults…
Diet ‘Far More Powerful’ Than Drugs in Preventing Ageing, Metabolic Diseases: Study
The makeup of our diet has a much stronger impact on ageing and metabolic health than drugs, a new study has found. A pre-clinical study by the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre has suggested that nutrition, including overall calories and macronutrient balance, can better protect the body against ageing, obesity, heart disease, immune dysfunction, and risk…
All Elective Surgery Returns to Greater Sydney While National Diabetes Strategy Released
Elective surgery has returned to full capacity for public and private hospital patients in Greater Sydney as of Monday, according to NSW Health. This comes after a 75 percent cap on overnight non-urgent elective surgery had been in place in response to the outbreak of the delta variant of the CCP virus. NSW Health said…
Managing Diabetes With Diet
Diabetes should change the way you eat. Managing blood sugar can become a life or death situation, and diabetics have a much higher risk for heart disease and other heart-related risks than the general population. Tack on the risk of losing vision and limbs, and you can imagine why controlling the condition is so important….
Provention Bio Shares Tumble as US FDA Declines to Approve Diabetes Drug
The U.S. health regulator on Tuesday declined to approve Provention Bio Inc’s experimental diabetes drug, citing insufficient data, sending the company’s shares down about 28 percent. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said a study in healthy volunteers failed to show that the drug is comparable to its older version used in the clinical trials….
Can This Natural Sweetener Lower Blood Sugar?
June 13, 2021
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Many people have a sweet tooth. For some, it can become an addiction, fueled by a food industry that continually creates an abundance of highly palatable, inexpensive, ultra-processed foods. As some companies cash in on a market for lab-created, low-calorie sweeteners, one natural sweetener may help curb your sweet tooth without raising your blood sugar….
Raw Honey: A Natural Sweetener With Health Benefits
June 6, 2021
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Consuming honey, nature’s sweet gift freely given through the work and movement of honeybees, gets sweeter in light of its wide-ranging health benefits. If you reach for honey for your cup of freshly brewed tea or to sweeten your homemade desserts, you may already know that science favors honey for its wholesome health benefits versus…
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