News tagged with glucose control

Related topics: diabetes , type 2 diabetes

Researchers find link between sugar, diabetes and aggression

A spoonful of sugar may be enough to cool a hot temper, at least for a short time, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Contrary to Popular Models, Sugar Is Not Burned by Self-Control Tasks (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist says the data from a 2007 study argues against the idea that glucose is the resource used to manage ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping diabetes damage with vitamin C

Researchers at the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center have found a way to stop the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes with the combination of insulin and a common vitamin found in most medicine cabinets.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Aspirin-like Drug Could Help Control Diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine are participating in a national study testing the ability of a generic drug called salsalate to control diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New survey results show huge burden of diabetes

In the United States, nearly 13 percent of adults age 20 and older have diabetes, but 40 percent of them have not been diagnosed, according to epidemiologists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hospital diabetes care standards not met by US academic medical centers

A benchmarking study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine evaluated contemporary hospital glycemic management in United States academic medical centers, determining glucose control practices are suboptimal and do ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

International Diabetes Federation supports surgery to treat diabetes

Bariatric surgery should be considered earlier in the treatment of eligible patients to help stem the serious complications that can result from diabetes, according to an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) position statement ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0