Prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes are common but very serious conditions. Poor blood glucose management is associated with an elevated risk of heart disease as well as Alzheimer’s disease. This association is so strong that I use the term “pre-Alzheimer’s” to describe prediabetes when talking with patient. All medical practices, including mine, now see a… Continue reading An Important Message for People Trying to Manage Their Blood Sugar Levels
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Gestational Diabetes Can Mean An Ongoing Health Risk
If you’ve had gestational diabetes, which occurs only during pregnancy and usually ends after the baby is born, you still need to monitor your condition. Gestational diabetes affects up to 10 percent of pregnancies, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The agency, part of the National Institutes of Health… Continue reading Gestational Diabetes Can Mean An Ongoing Health Risk
Gastric Banding Is As Effective As Metformin in Slowing Progression of Prediabetes and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric surgery for weight loss, had similar stabilization of their disease as did those who took metformin alone, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. These findings were published on October 3 in Diabetes Care, coinciding… Continue reading Gastric Banding Is As Effective As Metformin in Slowing Progression of Prediabetes and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
Four Prediabetes Predicaments and the Solutions
If you have prediabetes or have been told that you’re at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, you probably know that now is the best time to take action to improve your health. And hopefully you are already working on developing some habits and setting goals to get your health under control. But new… Continue reading Four Prediabetes Predicaments and the Solutions
Is Emotional Eating Contributing to Your Prediabetes?
If you’ve been diagnosed with prediabetes or have been told that you’re at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, you already know you’ve got to change your eating habits. But overhauling your diet is anything but easy—especially when you’re feeling hurt, sad, mad, lonely, or aggravated. If you turn to food when you’re stressed… Continue reading Is Emotional Eating Contributing to Your Prediabetes?
Report: More than 100 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes
Everyone agrees that diabetes is a growing problem that affects millions of people. But the latest figures are even more astonishing and disturbing than most people might have thought. Here, from the federal government, are the newest statistics on this critical disease: More than 100 million U.S. adults are now living with diabetes or prediabetes,… Continue reading Report: More than 100 Million Americans Have Diabetes or Prediabetes
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
Recommended Diabetes Screenings Overlook Many Patients
The latest guidelines for diabetes screening may not be working so well. In a narrow view of the clinical recommendations made by the United States Preventive Task Force, researchers from Northwestern Medicine found that those guidelines missed 55 percent of high-risk patients who had diabetes or prediabetes. The 2015 screening guidelines from the USPSTF —… Continue reading Recommended Diabetes Screenings Overlook Many Patients
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