Diabetes Improved With Lifestyle Education

by Jodi Knapp | Jul 1, 2012 | 6 comments

Taking a proactive role in underserved communities to educate the community about natural and easy lifestyle changes has shown an incredible potential for turning around the diabetes epidemic. More than 200 participants in the San Francisco Bay area that met criteria...

Doctors Over-Treat Blood Pressure in Diabetes Patients– Study Finds

by Jodi Knapp | Jun 17, 2012 | 6 comments

A mega-study following over a million patients at VA hospitals across the nation found that doctors were doing an A+ job of screening diabetic patients for blood pressure problems. However, going overboard seems to be getting unfortunately high marks as well and...

Giving Blood to Improve High Blood Pressure Diabetes and Obesity

by Jodi Knapp | Jun 15, 2012 | 12 comments

A study following people who are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome recently revealed that donating blood can actually improve blood pressure and other health markers. Higher than normal levels of iron, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and high cholesterol are...

Your Eyes Predict High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Jun 10, 2012 | 8 comments

Spotting developing heart problems just got more reliable in those with diabetes, reports a group from New Jersey Medical School and published in the American Journal of Opthalmology. What were the researchers looking at? A narrowing in the arteries surrounding the...

New Method to Predict High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

by Christian Goodman | May 30, 2012 | 12 comments

For years, BMI, or body mass index, was the go-to measurement to determine a person’s risk level for developing a variety of diseases, including type 2 diabetes. However, a new measurement has shown to be a lot more accurate. It turns out that waist-to-height ratio is...

This Fruit Help Lower Blood Pressure and Prevent Heart Attack

by Christian Goodman | May 21, 2012 | 51 comments

There is one easy-to-find fruit that helps to eliminate high blood pressure, cites research findings released at a conference in San Diego earlier this month. Scientists with Department of Nutritional Sciences of the University of Connecticut presented research at the...