Are you ready to work and bike at the same time? Researchers have discovered that employees who pedaled at their desk while working improved insulin responses to a test meal. And (in case you were wondering) the participants’ work skills didn’t decrease because they were pedaling. The discovery, by kinesiologists at the University of Massachusetts… Continue reading A New Kind of Daily Bike Ride
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A Gene Mutation that Could Someday Block Diabetes
Researchers have discovered a gene mutation that slows the metabolism of sugar in the gut, giving people who have the mutation a distinct advantage over those who do not. Those with the mutation have a lower risk of diabetes, obesity and heart failure. According to a news release from the National Institutes of Health, the… Continue reading A Gene Mutation that Could Someday Block Diabetes
Can Sugar Dissolve Your Memory?
Recent studies conclude that high glucose levels can negatively affect memory and impair cognition. In fact, individuals with diabetes, a condition that causes elevated high blood sugar levels, are known to have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia. It seems that the brain in type II diabetes, just like the… Continue reading Can Sugar Dissolve Your Memory?
Cancer Cells and Glucose
Researchers have identified a method that restricts the ability of cancer cells to consume glucose, a key source of energy. Malignant cells consume exorbitant amounts of glucose, and shutting down this process has long been a goal of scientists. But until now, there have been no good pharmacological methods to stop cancers’ ability to uptake… Continue reading Cancer Cells and Glucose
Sleep and Heart Disease
People who have a common set of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes – and who sleep less than six hours daily – are about twice as likely to die of heart disease or stroke as are people who don’t have those risk factors, according to new research. For those with the same factors who did… Continue reading Sleep and Heart Disease
Sugar Alert
Editor’s note: Sugar plays a role in serious conditions such as diabetes and obesity. And even for the healthiest among us, it provides only empty calories. You might think it’s easy to recognize sugars when checking a food label. But sugar comes under a number of different names, and it can benefit your health to… Continue reading Sugar Alert
Progress in Diagnosing Pre-Diabetes
Professional organizations don’t agree on how to define pre-diabetes, a condition that indicates a patient is likely to develop type 2 diabetes and its potential complications in the near future. For example, the American Diabetes Association recommends using hemoglobin A1C or glucose levels to diagnose pre-diabetes, while the World Health Organization recommends physicians use glucose… Continue reading Progress in Diagnosing Pre-Diabetes
Smartphone Health Apps and Blind Readers
University of Washington researchers who conducted a review of nine mobile health applications found that they were not fully accessible to blind customers. In a paper published in the Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities, the researchers investigated nine common iPhone mobile health (mHealth) applications that upload data from blood pressure and blood sugar… Continue reading Smartphone Health Apps and Blind Readers
Skipping a Meal Can Lead to Belly Fat
Skipping meals won’t make you any thinner. In fact, it sets off a chain reaction that can lead to abdominal weight again. In the study, by researchers from The Ohio State University, mice that ate all of their food as a single meal and fasted the rest of the day developed insulin resistance in their… Continue reading Skipping a Meal Can Lead to Belly Fat
What You Need to Know About Blood-Sugar Tests
Keeping glucose (blood sugar) numbers in a target range can help diabetics feel better and stay healthier. If you have diabetes, keeping your blood sugar (glucose) numbers in your target range can help you feel good today and stay healthy in the future. Here, from experts at the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a division… Continue reading What You Need to Know About Blood-Sugar Tests
Diabetics: Protect Yourself from Teeth and Gum Problems
Diabetes brings with it a host of health problems, but it’s often overlooked that one of those issues can cibcerb teeth and gums. According to the SeniorHealth division of the National Institutes of Health, diabetics can be more liable to tooth and gum problems if their blood glucose stays higher. Why? Because glucose is present… Continue reading Diabetics: Protect Yourself from Teeth and Gum Problems
How to Fight Prediabetes and Win
Editor’s note: Diabetes is one of the most significant health problems today; according the American Diabetes Association, 9.3 percent of the population has this serious illness, and the rate among people 65 and older is 25.9 percent. But if you are diagnosed with prediabetes, you can work to postpone the onset of diabetes and, in… Continue reading How to Fight Prediabetes and Win