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Washington, Apr 3 (ANI): A new research has revealed that eating eggs may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes as it improves glucose balance in the body.

The research led by University of Eastern Finland examined men aged between 42 and 60 years and observed that egg consumption was associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes as well as with lower blood glucose levels.
The researched noticed that men who ate approximately 4 eggs per week had a 37 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes than men who only ate approximately 1 egg per week even after some confounding factors such as physical activity, body mass index, smoking and consumption of fruits and vegetables that were taken into consideration.
The research explained that eggs contain many beneficial nutrients that can have an effect on glucose metabolism and low-grade inflammation, and thus it lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes, but consumption of more than 4 eggs did not bring any significant additional benefits.
The research is published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Diabetes , Eggs , Health

Eating 4 eggs a week reduces risk of type 2 diabetes by 37 pc

Unknown Friday, April 3, 2015

Washington, Apr 02 (ANI): A new study has indicated that every hour spent watching television means increasing the risk of developing diabetes by 3.4 per cent.
The research was conducted by Dr Bonny Rockette-Wagner, lead author and Dr Andrea Kriska, senior author from the University of Pittsburgh , PA, USA, and colleagues, with the aim to study the effects of sedentary or 'sitting' time on diabetes risk.
The study had enrolled 3,234 overweight US adults of at least 25 years of age with the goal of delaying or preventing type 2 diabetes in high risk individuals with either a metformin drug or lifestyle intervention. It was examined whether the DPP lifestyle intervention, which was shown to be effective at increasing physical activity, also decreased self-reported sitting time.
Prior to the intervention, total time spent watching TV was not found to be significantly different between the placebo, metformin, and lifestyle groups of DPP (around 140 minutes per day in all three groups).
For the lifestyle participants, a reduction in reported TV watching time throughout follow-up was observed for all participant subgroups including age, sex, work status, race, obesity status, or those achieving the weight or activity goal. Similarly, the lifestyle group had the greatest reduction in mean time spent in TV watching time plus time sitting at work during follow-up. The combined average reduction in TV watching and time sitting at work was 9, 6, and 37 min per day for the placebo, metformin and lifestyle groups respectively.
The authors also investigated the impact of sedentary behavior over time on diabetes incidence. For participants in all treatment arms, the risk of developing diabetes increased approximately 3.4 per cent for each hour spent watching TV after adjustment for age, sex, treatment arm and time-dependent leisure physical activity. This association was reduced when time-dependent weight was added to the model suggesting that subsequent changes in body weight may account for some of the relationship between sitting behavior changes and diabetes development.
Dr K riska said that the findings were noteworthy because a decrease in sitting occurred despite the absence of program goals aimed at reducing sitting. He added it was likely that a lifestyle intervention program that incorporated a specific goal of decreasing sitting time, would result in greater changes in sitting.
The study is published in Diabetologial, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. (ANI)

Care , Diabetes , Health

Watching TV increases risk of diabetes by 3.4 percent every hour

Unknown Thursday, April 2, 2015

Washington, Mar 29 (ANI): A new study has examined that glucose or sugar-lowering medications prescribed to patients with diabetes may pose an increased risk for the development of heart failure in these patients.
The study conducted at American College of Cardiology examined clinical trials of more than 95,000 patients and found that for every one kilogram of weight gain attributed to a sugar-lowering diabetes medication or strategy, there was an associated seven per cent increased risk of heart failure directly linked to that medication or strategy.
Dr. Jacob Udell, the study's principal investigator, and cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network (UHN) and Women's College Hospital (WCH), said that patients randomized to new or more intensive blood sugar-lowering drugs or strategies to manage diabetes showed an overall 14 per cent increased risk for heart failure and this increased risk was directly associated with the type of diabetes therapy that was chosen, with some drugs more likely to cause heart failure than others, compared with placebo or standard care.
Dr. Barry Rubin, Medical Director, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network (UHN), asserted that the results of this study could prove to be the catalyst for how diabetes patients at risk for heart disease were managed moving forward and as the number one global killer, and the second leading cause of death in Canada, the growing burden of heart disease was in many respects impacting patients, families and the health-care system in ways that were unsustainable.
Heart failure is a common occurrence for patients with type 2 diabetes and has a major impact on one's life expectancy and quality of life as well as representing a major driver of healthcare costs.
The study is published in the current issue of The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. (ANI)

Care , Diabetes , Health , Heart

Diabetes drugs may increase risk of heart failure

Unknown Sunday, March 29, 2015

Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): A new research has suggested that Vitamin D plays a major role in preventing the inflammation that leads to type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis.
The research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis argued the previous study that claimed vitamin D was linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, as the new study examined mice that lacked the ability to process vitamin D in immune cells involved in inflammation, and found that it made excess glucose, and accumulated plaques in its blood vessels.
Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, the senior investigator, said that inactivation of the vitamin D receptor induced diabetes and atherosclerosis, so it concluded that normalizing vitamin D levels might have the opposite effect, and inadequate vitamin D turned immune cells into transporters of fat.
Bernal-Mizrachi explained that inactivating the vitamin D receptor on monocytes and macrophages promotes inflammation of the liver and in artery walls, and also increases the ability of monocytes in the blood to adhere and migrate into blood vessel walls, where they deposit cholesterol and secrete inflammatory substances that lead to diabetes and heart disease.
The researchers are still practicing these findings on humans, but favored their findings as it's much easier to find treatments that target something in the blood than it is to target the same cells after they move into the wall of a blood vessel.
The research is published in the journal Cell Reports. (ANI)

Diabetes , Health , Vitamin D

Vitamin D may prevent type 2 diabetes, clogged arteries

Unknown Saturday, March 21, 2015

One of my sisters, who is in her 40s, has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I don’t have the healthiest of lifestyles, so I wonder should I have my glucose checked?
There are a number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and these include having a first degree relative with the disease, being female, obesity and being over 40 years of age. Type 2 diabetes is a disease where the body either doesn’t produce enough insulin or the cells in the body don’t react to insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas and it controls the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood. The symptoms of type 2 diabetes include:
* Feeling tired.
* Poor vision.
* Recurrent infections either bacterial or fungal.
* Being thirsty.
* The need to urinate frequently.
* Weight loss.
As the symptoms develop slowly and over a period of time it is possible not to realise you have diabetes, so it is important to get an early diagnosis. I would advise you to make an appointment with your GP and arrange to have your glucose level tested. Tell your GP of your sister’s recent diagnosis. Your GP will also check your blood pressure and arrange a cholesterol test.
Lifestyle is very important in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and here are some lifestyle suggestions to consider:
* Have a healthy well balanced diet with a variety of foods and at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day.
* Your diet should be low in fat, salt and sugar and high in fibre.
* If you are overweight, lose weight.
* Incorporate some form of physical exercise into your daily routine, ideally at least 30 minutes a day.
Aim to build up to 60 minutes a day on five days a week. If you have not been active you should first discuss this with your GP.
* If you smoke, stop.
* Reduce alcohol intake.
You should have your blood pressure and cholesterol level checked at least every six months — sooner if necessary.
My mother who is in her s 60s had a nosebleed for the first time ever last week. It stopped within minutes but I think it gave her a fright. She is in good health apart from high blood pressure. Should I encourage her to have a check up with her GP?
Although they are usually mild or self-limiting, a nose bleed (epistaxis) can be unpleasant and frightening.Anyone can get a nosebleed at any age but is more common if you are young, usually less than 10 years old, pregnant or elderly.
Many nosebleeds are from an innocent cause such as:
* Picking the nose.
* Nose injury.
* Blocked stuffy nose.
* Inflammation of the nasal passages as a result of a cold or flu.
* Blowing the nose very hard.
* Hay fever or other allergies.
Most simple nose bleeds (those with no underlying serious cause) can be treated at home with simple first aid.
Make sure to sit down and lean slightly forward; don’t tilt your head back. With the thumb and index finger, pinch the soft part of the nose firmly (just above the nostril openings but below the bridge of the nose) and hold for at least 10 minutes.Once the bleeding has stopped don’t do anything that might restart it, such as picking or blowing your nose.
Some people are at greater risk of nose bleeds if they are taking blood thinning medication such as warfarin, aspirin or if they have high blood pressure. Nose bleeds can indicate a more serious underlying problem and like any medical symptom should not be ignored.
As your mother has a history of high blood pressure, she needs to make an appointment with her GP, who can review her case. If before her appointment your mother has a heavy nose bleed or it lasts for 20-30 minutes, then she needs to seek medical attention as soon as possible.

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