A selection of expert articles to help you understand Diabetes better.
Shingo Ito, Associate Professor of the Kumamoto University, Japan, and his team have presented unique work claiming that it will soon be possible to create insulin in pill capsules that would completely replace injections.
Physical activity won’t fight diabetes, but it can help to stabilize it.
A clinical study conducted by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, has shown that it is possible to develop a vaccine that would prevent the development of type 1 diabetes. The results were published in the journal Diabetes Care.
There are certain diseases in which it is unsafe for the person to drink alcohol. Diabetes is not one of them, but with this diagnosis, the use of alcohol should be treated with caution and one should know how to cope with the possible negative consequences.
In medical circles, metabolic syndrome is known by many names — for example, the "deadly quartet" and "curse of the 21st century". Those who suffer from this disorder have several types of metabolic malfunctions and are subject to a higher risk of cardiovascular disorders and type II diabetes. Let's find out who is at risk.
Diabetes mellitus can appear at any age. To avoid missing the beginning of the disease, you should regularly check your blood glucose levels. This is especially true if you are over the age of 45, are overweight, or have noticed several of the symptoms listed below.
According to the International Diabetes Federation, 537 million adults on the planet are living with a diagnosis of diabetes. Additionally, about the same number of people simply do not know about their diagnosis and another 1 billion people are in a prediabetes state. What is the reason for these sad statistics, and, most importantly, can the disease be prevented?
Thanks to recent medical advances, many of the limitations that people with diabetes had to live with are now a thing of the past. Still, there are important questions that both diabetics and their loved ones need to know the answers to. We have tried to answer the most common ones.
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