Topic: Type 2 Diabetes

November is National Diabetes Month

November is Diabetes Month Did up know one in three Americans is at risk for diabetes? Since November is Diabetes Awareness month here are the signs you should look for Adult Onset Diabetes. Adult Onset Diabetes is mainly caused by external factors, ...

Diabetic Basics

This is where the body does not produce insulin, and the body needs the insulin to convert sugar to energy. People who have Type 1 diabetes need insulin therapy and other medications, but even children can learn to control their condition and ...

4 Nutrients That Fight Diabetes

The Diabetes DTOUR Diet is based on new research that found that certain nutrients in foods are powerful at balancing blood sugar and encouraging weight loss. Scientists aren't sure how calcium burns body fat-some believe it reduces the fat-producing effects of a ...

Cliff Sperber

As Executive Director of New York Road Runners Youth and Community Services, Cliff Sperber has rallied children to the cause of good health by getting them to do one thing: Sperber, 59, joined NYRR in 2001 with the goal of getting more ...
This six-month trial will evaluate an investigational drug for people with anemia and chronic kidney disease (non-dialysis). The research site is in New York City.. The research site is in Los Angeles, Calif.. This study of an investigational drug is for people ...
Is there an obesity epidemic, and if so, what can be done about it? Anyone that wanted a sensible discussion of these issues would have been turned off by Panorama's "Tax the Fat" screened on the BBC on 15th November 2010.. To ...
Diabetes is classified as a metabolic disease (metabolism disorder). In this case, the disorder occurs when there is high blood sugar (glucose) in the body that results from pancreas producing little or no insulin or lack of ability of the cells to ...

Cynthia Standifer

On April 7, 2008, Cynthia Standifer plead guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Standifer's son, Rasheed Michael Standifer, was living in an assisted living home, but came come to visit over the holidays, he died on December 26, 2007. Standifer was ...

Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes is a chronic disease that is characterized by the body's inability to react properly to insulin . Either the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells in the body ignore the insulin. Excess fat and inactivity make ...

Rivoglitazone

Rivoglitazone is a treatment for type 2 diabetes. The doses are once-daily rivoglitazone 1, 2, or 3 mg in patients with type 2 diabetes. Rivoglitazone is a potent thiazolidinedione agent that showed glycemic benefits over a six month period, this was in ...