Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Infrared Energy Doesn't Ease Diabetic Nerve Damage ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Gene Discovered Linking High-fat Diet to Diabetes ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Number of People with Diabetes in Maine Doubles ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Alcohol Cuts Diabetes Risk in Older Women ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Get Moving for a Longer Life Free of Diabetes ADA Logo<http://main.diabetes.org/images/content/pagebuilder/19905.gif> Antipsychotic Meds May Raise Blood GLucose Infrared Energy Doesn't Ease Diabetic Nerve Damage Devices that deliver monochromatic infrared energy (MIRE) are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for certain uses, but it seems they are no better than placebo treatments in reducing the foot numbness experienced by people who have nerve damage related to diabetes. " Clinicians should be aware that MIRE may not be an effective modality for improvement of sensory impairments in patients with diabetic neuropathy, " warn Judy K. Clifft, a physical therapist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues, writing in the medical journal Diabetes Care. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=6o21rNqw9wxBnIuH0QuswQ..> Read more about neuropathy. <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=9MRz9bcLWYqJcj14WxEEMg..> Gene Discovered Linking High-fat Diet to Diabetes A team at the University of California at San Diego has identified a gene that produces an enzyme that enables cells in the pancreas to recognize glucose and secrete insulin. Furthermore, a high fat diet suppresses the enzyme. In a study published in the research journal Cell, Dr. Jamey D. Marth and colleagues describe the gene that encodes GnT-4a, a glucose transporter enzyme. Without GnT-4a, beta cells in the pancreas fail to produce insulin when exposed to glucose and fat. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=0FgXPs3DEmiEXW-DUwVU4Q..> Number of People with Diabetes in Maine Doubles The number of diabetics in Maine has doubled since 1994, and state officials are worried that inactivity and overeating are pushing rates up even more. Figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that 3.4 percent of adult Mainers had been diagnosed with diabetes as of 1994. Within the last decade that figure has grown to 7.6 percent of adults across the state. " This is a much bigger deal than people realize, " said Jim Leonard, director of Maine's Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. " Diabetes does not have a cure. " All told, the CDC estimates that more than 100,000 Mainers have diabetes, but one-third of that population is unaware they have the disease. Maine is not alone in the battle against diabetes, which is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. In the last decade, 23 states have doubled their diabetes rates. Puerto Rico has the highest rate, at 10.8 percent, and Colorado has the lowest, at 4.8 percent. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=lpcY7pc9vecdAgYVF3Cwcg..> Alcohol Cuts Diabetes Risk in Older Women Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol appears to protect older women from developing type 2 or non-insulin-dependent diabetes, Dutch researchers report. Although an association between alcohol use and reduced diabetes risk has been observed previously, much exploration of this topic has centered on men and few studies have involved older women, Dr. Michiel L. Bots of University Medical Center Utrecht and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes Care. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=PNShTEXg_wFrycMJSVaZHA..> Read more about diabetes and alcohol. <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=SGExYc2JpIb1UvYL_xV3Tw..> Get Moving for a Longer Life Free of Diabetes The results of a new study may motivate couch potatoes to get moving in the New Year. According to the study, people who are physically active live longer and spend more years free of diabetes than people who are inactive. Using data from the Framingham Heart Study, which has followed some 5,200 residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, over the past 46 years, researchers calculated the differences in life expectancy in subjects with and in those without diabetes associated with different levels of physical activity. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=pw_MEFj6tUeUqQaZ7VPrdQ..> Antipsychotic Meds May Raise Blood GLucose High levels of glucose in the blood, also known as hyperglycemia, is a common finding in individuals taking atypical antipsychotics who are thought to have normal blood glucose levels. Over a 2-year period, Dr. J. Sernyak, of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System and colleagues examined the frequency of undiagnosed high blood glucose in 647 patients taking atypical antipsychotics. The investigators found that blood glucose levels were normal in 70 percent subjects, elevated in 25 percent and very elevated in a little more than 5 percent. Learn more>> <http://main.diabetes.org/site/R?i=KxqO8TZAsS6mGCIOHP8AbA..> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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