News tagged with high blood sugar
The not-so-sweet truth about sugar -- a risk choice?
More and more people have become aware of the dangers of excessive fructose in diet. A new review on fructose in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) indicates jus ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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High-sugar diet increases men's blood pressure; gout drug protective
A high-fructose diet raises blood pressure in men, while a drug used to treat gout seems to protect against the blood pressure increase, according to research reported at the American Heart Association's 63rd High Blood Pressure ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 23, 2009 |
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New diabetes treatment lowers blood sugar with less need for insulin
Diabetes can result from either a deficiency of insulin (type 1 or insulin-dependent diabetes) or decreased sensitivity to insulin (type 2 diabetes). Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a mechanism for ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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5 Americans: How health care law affects them
(AP) -- A couple on Medicare got a rebate check to help with prescription drug costs. A Chicago man with diabetes got health insurance through a new government program. And a Philadelphia businessman is hoping his company ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Could standard treatment for traumatic brain injury be wrong?
Traumatic brain injury — not heart disease, stroke or cancer — is the number one cause of death and disability in people under 45. Each year, some 1.5 million Americans, including soldiers, athletes, the elderly and children, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Smoking, high blood pressure, being overweight -- top 3 preventable causes of death in the US
Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the leading preventable risk factors for premature mortality in the United States, according to a new study led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), ...
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Nutritious new low-sugar juice targeted for diabetics, individuals with high blood sugar
Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally high ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Triple heart threat cuts decade off lifespan: study
Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published Friday.
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Study results leave search for new diabetes and heart disease treatments unresolved
Treatment with the anti-hypertensive drug valsartan (Diovan) led to a modest reduction in the development of type 2 diabetes but did not significantly reduce cardiovascular events in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Mechanism explains complications associated with diabetes
New research uncovers a molecular mechanism that links diabetes with an increased risk of cardiovascular problems and sudden cardiac death. The study, published by Cell Press in the June 24 issue of the journal Neuron, finds ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 23, 2010 |
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URI pharmacy professor studies the relationship of diabetes, hypoglycemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people are aware that diabetes is associated with high blood sugar levels. What they might not be aware of is some diabetes patients also run a high risk of developing hypoglycemia, also known as low ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Hunger in the womb raises risk of diabetes
Exposure to hunger in the uterus raises the risks of high blood sugar levels in later life, claim Dutch and Chinese researchers in the journal Diabetes.
Nov 05, 2010 |
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Heart Hazards of Woeful Wives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women in strained marriages are more likely to feel depressed and suffer high blood pressure, obesity and other signs of "metabolic syndrome," a group of risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Hyperglycemia
Hyperglycemia, hyperglycaemia, or high blood sugar is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. This is generally a blood glucose level of 10+ mmol/L (180 mg/dl), but symptoms may not start to become noticeable until later numbers like 15-20+ mmol/L (270-360 mg/dl)or 15.2-32.6 mmol/L. However, chronic levels exceeding 125 mg/dl can produce organ damage.
The origin of the term is Greek: hyper-, meaning excessive; -glyc-, meaning sweet; and -emia, meaning "of the blood".
For more information about Hyperglycemia, read the full article at
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