February 2010

Glycosylated hemoglobin

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

This is relatively anew investigation for the diabetics. Its abbreviated as Hb A1c. Best part is it doesn’t require overnight fasting.
Principle behind it:
Glucose in the blood gets itself attached to the membranes of red blood cells aka RBC. These stay till the life of the rbc is over ie 120 days [...]

Celebrity Casey Johnson’s death and Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Published on: 21st February, 2010

An heir to Johnson & Johnson Health Care Products Casey Johnson died of complication of diabetes called Diabetes Ketoacidosis.Johnson has been insulin dependent since childhood. An autopsy was conducted Jan. 5, a day after Johnson’s body was found at her home. It is believed that she must have slipped into diabetic [...]

Natural sweeteners-better than sugar?

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Hoping that you all had a great Valentine’s Day …… yup even if you are a Type 2 Diabetic. As diabetic people can always think of out of box on celebrating Valentine’s Day.
Moreover , one chocolate or a candy won’t do much harm to you. But the question is can you resist the [...]

Heart disease and Diabetes

Published on: 8th February, 2010

Diabetic patients are more prone to heart diseases but why ?????
Diabetes speeds up the hardening of arteries and this occurs when the cholesterol level gets too high .
LDL and HDL are the lipoprotein that carry the cholesterol which circulates in our body. LDL takes the cholesterol through the circulatory system where it is needed and [...]

Top 10 interesting facts and news on diabetes for 2009

Published on: 4th February, 2010

Ten interesting facts and news articles regarding diabetes for the year 2009 are:
1. The Asian population is affected five times more with diabetes than the white population.
2. Almost six percent of the total world population is affected by diabetes. This equals to about 246 million.
3. India is also termed as the world’s capital for diabetes. [...]

Knowing Diabetic Coma – Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Published on: 3rd February, 2010

Coma is defined as a condition of unconsciousness. Diabetic coma generally occurs in case of people with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes .We all know that irregular change of blood sugar level causes diabetes. When this blood sugar level is extremely high or extremely low human condition turns to coma, which is a very [...]

Diabetes in pets – Symptoms, treatment and diet tips.

Published on: 2nd February, 2010

Diabetes can affect many pets and most commonly older pets. In diabetes condition, the body registers high amount of glucose in the blood as the body stops producing the insulin or doesn’t react to its production. Diabetes can develop in one’s pet due to any illness, hereditary reasons, obesity and many medications (if taken for [...]

Exercise precautions and tips for pregnant diabetic women.

Published on: 1st February, 2010

This article is about the exercise precautions that should be taken by pregnant women and some tips to help them manage in their gestational period.
 A pregnant woman experiences a lot of hormonal changes and these hormones can many times stop the body from registering the insulin. This may result in gestational diabetes.

A daily exercise [...]