By Jackie Clark
Uncontrolled diabetes is a condition that can cause chronic high blood pressure. There are three types of diabetes: type 1, type 2, and gestational. Type 1 was earlier referred to as juvenile diabetes and most often diagnosed in patients who are under the age of 15. This form of diabetes occurs when the body cannot produce insulin.

How close are we to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes – The creation of an artifficial pancreas.
The video is about Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation which have as a main goal to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes that affects almost 15.000 children every year.
You will hear the testimony of Gina Guerrero, her daughter Sofia suffer from type 1 diabetes. We’ll find out what is like a diabetes child on a daily basis and that basically she has to check out sugar about 10-12 times daily, a constant …

Prevent diabetes problems: Keep your eyes healthy
Whatever your relatives or doctors say, diabetes has complications that occur over time. Complications affect particular areas with a highly developed capillarity such as genitals, eyes, or legs. Consider it and take safety measures for preventing complications of diabetes so that the quality of your life to be good for a long period of time. These safeguards include (but are not limited) to the diet, the treatment prescribed by doctors, exercise and all other factors able to maintain normal blood sugar level and ensure …

Diabetic Foot Care Overview
Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents several diseases in which high blood glucose levels over time can damage the nerves, kidneys, eyes, and blood vessels. Diabetes can also decrease the body’s ability to fight infection. When diabetes is not well controlled, damage to the organs and impairment of the immune system is likely. Foot problems commonly develop in people with diabetes and can quickly become serious.

With damage to the nervous system, a person with diabetes may not be able to feel his or her feet properly. Normal sweat secretion and …

Advances in Diabetes
Twenty years ago when a person was diagnosed with diabetes, it meant early death often preceded by loss of limbs, blindness and kidney failure. These days are over. There have many new advances in knowledge, medication and in technology that have made it possible for people with diabetes to live long, productive lives. New developments are happening all of the time:
Insulin

DIABETES ACUPUNCTURE

Treatment of diabetes with acupuncture has been effective in reducing blood sugar levels, especially in individuals with type 2, non-insulin dependent diabetes, the most common form of diabetes. Acupuncturists have identified about 20 body acupoints that are effective in lowering blood sugar.
The Chinese medical approach to diabetes identifies its initial onset as due to a deficiency in yin. The yin deficiency causes an imbalance in yin and yang, resulting in a yang deficiency. In advanced diabetes, these …

Insulin treatment
Reviewed by Professor Ian W Campbell, consultant physician
Insulin treatment enables your body to use glucose as energy.
Insulin is an essential hormone. Without it, the body cannot control or properly use glucose (sugar) – one of its main energy supplying fuels.

What’s Up With My Triglycerides?
Perhaps it is because I am getting older that I think cartoons are not what they used to be. I have five young children, all boys. Like any concerned parent I govern what they watch. I have found that some of the most detrimental shows on television are actually the cartoons because of the values, or lack of them, that they teach.
Fortunately some of the classics are still around. My favorite has always been that wascally …