Peer to Peer Diabetes Support Beats the Nurses

by | Feb 3, 2011 | 7 comments

Recent study indicates that support from fellow diabetes sufferers delivers better results than being monitored by a registered nurse. This indicates that emotional support from a person who understands what you’re going through and is in the same boat is essential...

What You Must Know About Type 2 Diabetes

by | Jun 27, 2010 | 2 comments

A significant number of people are not even aware that they have been affected with diabetes. The irony is that the rise in the number of diabetes cases (that is type 2 diabetes) is often due to misleading information. And it is often preventable, or at least in many...

Diabetes and High Cholesterol: A Deadly Mix

by | Jun 20, 2010 | 1 comment

Diabetes and high cholesterol separately are dangerous enough. Their mix could be absolutely fatal. High cholesterol contributes to diabetes and vice-versa. There are two types of diabetes: Diabetes Type 1 – In this type of diabetes, our pancreas stop producing...

Diabetes: Symptoms and Risk Factors

by | Jun 9, 2010 | 1 comment

Did you know that 285 million people worldwide have diabetes? And by 2025, this figure is expected to touch 380 million. Diabetes is nothing short of a modern epidemic – one from which even children and young adults are not safe. Largely, diabetes (that is type...

Tips to Create an Effective Diabetes Diet Plan

by | May 30, 2010 | 0 comments

Diabetes is a condition that is caused due to deficiency of insulin that results in high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is categorized as: Type I – In this condition the patient needs supplemental insulin. Type II – In this condition the patient often needs to take oral...

Type 2 Diabetes – Can it be cured?

by | May 19, 2010 | 0 comments

Did you know that Diabetes among the most common diseases in the world? Staggering number of people, close to 165 million worldwide are known to have diabetes. Although methods to detect diabetes can be traced as back as 80 years, a permanent remedy is yet to be...