Blood sugar monitoring
A ‘bin liner’ that sits inside the gut and stops it absorbing calories from food could be a radical new treatment for diabetes.
Kids’ diabetes dilemmas (WHOI Peoria)
By Jen Christensen Thursday, October 02, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Teens Type 2 diabetes is a condition which affects the body s ability to use insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin is needed to enable the body s cells to use glucose (sugar) for fuel.
The tastiest way to drop blood sugar (The Post and Courier)
It’s great on french toast. It’s lovely in apple pies, oatmeal and eggnog. And now, cinnamon may be good for your blood sugar, too. One study found that people with diabetes who ate three-eighths of a teaspoon of the spice a day had better blood sugar levels after a little more than a month.
Through his son, Allen has new cause (The Nashua Telegraph)
NEWPORT, R.I. — The other day, Ray Allen caught his son under the table eating M&M candies. Not a big deal for most 21-month-olds, but Walker Allen has diabetes. “His (blood sugar) levels went through the roof,” Allen said Wednesday after the Celtics practiced at Salve Regina University. … – By JIMMY GOLEN The Associated Press
What is type 1 or juvenile diabetes? (Wilson County News)
It is a condition caused by the body s failure to produce insulin, which helps the body turn glucose, or blood sugar, into energy. Without insulin, the glucose builds up in the blood, causing high blood sugar.