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Type 2 diabetes can have a slow onset, and early symptoms can be confused with signs of stress, being overweight, or a poor diet. But the arsenal of tools to combat diabetes grows every year.
Not Just Living With, but Living Well With, Type 2 Diabetes
Here's a shocker: About a quarter of the 24 million Americans who have diabetes don't know it yet. Whether you're a newbie or a veteran, there is much more than medicine involved in the treatment of this disease.Type 2 Diabetes News
Middle-Aged Diabetics May Need Earlier Colon Checks
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Researchers who say they’ve linked type 2 diabetes with earlier development of precancerous colon lesions recommend people with the blood sugar disorder start colorectal screenings at a younger age than others. “Based on our data, it implies that people with diabetes should get screenings earlier, possibly at [...]
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Facing Diabetes
MONDAY, May 21, 2012 (Health.com) — The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes or borderline diabetes has jumped dramatically since the late 1990s, raising the possibility that this generation of young people may face high rates of heart disease and other complications as adults. As of 2008, 23% of adolescents between the ages of 12 and [...]
U.S. Teens Heading for Heart Trouble: Study
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Many American teenagers, including some with a normal, healthy weight, already have one or more risk factors for heart disease, researchers say. About 22 percent of today’s teens have borderline-high or already high LDL cholesterol — that’s the bad type. And 15 percent have pre-diabetes [...]
Diabetes Can Take a Toll on Your Emotions
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Many people know diabetes — both type 1 and type 2 — can take a serious toll on physical health. But these blood-sugar disorders also can affect your emotions and, in turn, your emotions can wreak havoc on your diabetes control. Extremes in blood-sugar levels can cause [...]
Eye Changes May Predict Heart Disease in Blacks With Diabetes
MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — In black Americans with type 1 diabetes, narrowing of the small arteries in the eye’s retina (retinal arteriolar narrowing) is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease, a new study finds. “Retinal arteriolar narrowing has long been described as one of the characteristic changes associated with hypertension [high blood pressure] [...]
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