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More on National Diabetes Month – TipsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Living with diabetes is more than taking insulin or medication. Those who have diabetes or know someone who does knows that living with diabetes is a lifestyle. Insulin or medications, like metformin or glucophage are not a cures for diabetes, although that is a common belief. Insulin and medications merely manage the disease, allowing the person with diabetes to continue living as normally as possible. Unfortunately, the disease still can cause significant damage to the body, as the sugar levels fluctuate. People with diabetes who manage to keep their blood glucose (sugar) under strict control have a better chance of avoi...
Source: A Hearty Life - November 20, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions blood glucose levels CNN health team Dr. Melina Jampolis type-1-diabetes type-2-diabetes Source Type: blogs

Glucose Measurement In Your Ear. For Real.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A gentleman cornered me at the Diabetes Technology Society meeting earlier this month, and said he wanted to talk non-invasive glucose monitoring. How could I resist? He said his name was Avner Gal, from Israel. He pulled out a chunky little MP3-looking device, and plugged in a cord with a small clamp on the end. Then [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - November 19, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Diabetes Product Parade Products blood sugar cgm continuous glucose monitoring ear sensor glucose testing GlucoTrack Integrity Applications non-invasive glucose Source Type: blogs

Wayback Wednesday: What Makes You Think I’m Brave?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Courage and diabetes. This seemed an excellent topic to revisit on the second-to-last Wednesday of Diabetes Awareness Month. (Not to mention that I saw Wicked over the weekend with my oldest daughter ) Other than that I believe this post, from early 2007, needs no special intro: What Makes You Think I’m Brave? It’s happened many times [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - November 18, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Personal Stories Self-Disclosure bravery courage coward cowardly lion diabetes diabetes blood tests diabetes depression diabetes motivation fingersticks insulin insulin shots wicked Source Type: blogs

Two Units of Cord Blood Reduces Likelihood of Recurrence of LeukemiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A recent study conducted at the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota discovered that transplantation of 2 units of cord blood significantly reduces the likelihood of recurrence of leukemia. This finding may change treatment protocol for patients who are at high risk for recurrence of leukemia and other cancers of the blood and bone marrow. The study examined 177 patients who were treated with cord blood transplants. The average patient age was 16. Eighty-eight patients were treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 89 were treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The analysis demonstrated that that ...
Source: Cord Blood News - November 16, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

British Journal of Hospital Medicine 2009 (Vol 70 No 11)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Contents Page Fade Fave: Slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease Fade Skinny: Progression of chronic kidney disease can be slowed by careful management of risk factors. The article highlights the most important interventions that slow progression of chronic kidney disease, many of which will also reduce cardiovascular risk. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Blood Pressure, Health Behaviour, Kidney Diseases, Lifestyle, Patient Education, Renal Treatment, Risk Factors (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - November 16, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Journals Blood Pressure Health Behaviour Kidney Diseases Lifestyle Patient Education Renal Treatment Risk Factors Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood Used in TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last year, we worked closely with a family that had banked their baby’s cord blood with M.A.Z.E. The cord blood was needed for a transplant in a clinical trial to potentially treat cerebral palsy. Read more about the family and the results of the transplant here. (Source: Cord Blood News)
Source: Cord Blood News - November 11, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Is hini virus in our blood supplyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Blood recipients and donors are asking if the HINI virus could be in our blood supply. This is causing a drop in our blood supply, and a government-funded study is testing samples of blood donors for viruses in the blood.As a medical physician for over 51 years, I strive to give you the best medical information on controversial medical subjects, and help your read betwwen the lines. You must come to your own conclusions. I have no ties to any organization, pharmaceutical, or lobby group. As an practicing medical acupuncturist since 1982, I find western medicine and medical acupuncture are very complimentary. This results i...
Source: Dr. Needles Medical Blogs - November 11, 2009 Category: Physicians With Health Advice Tags: iS HINI VIRUS IN OUR BLOOD SUPPLY Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood Banking InformationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Choosing a cord blood bank is a difficult decision. There are so many different cord blood banks and many of them make different claims. How do you differentiate between those claims that are important for your cord blood processing and storage and those claims that sound good in marketing materials? While we, of course, believe that our claims are the valid ones, it would be helpful for expectant parents to have an unbiased source for this type of information. I recently discovered a great chart that was put together by the Parents’ Guide to Cord Blood Foundation. This chart is similar to our comparison char...
Source: Cord Blood News - November 4, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

New England Journal of Medicine 2009 (Vol 361 No 17)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article looks at the long-term renoprotective effect of intensified blood-pressure control among children who were receiving a fixed high dose of an angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Journals Tagged: Blood Pressure, Children, Renal Diseases (Source: Fade Library)
Source: Fade Library - November 3, 2009 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: mevlux Tags: Journals Blood Pressure Children Renal Diseases Source Type: blogs

H1N1, Vaccines, and MercuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yes, there is thimerosol in the H1N1 injectable vaccine. Yes, you are being encouraged to have the H1N1 vaccine to prevent the spread of influenza. Yes, there is a very tiny amount of mercury in thimerosol. NO, this does not cause autism. Several years ago, some doctors made a claim that the vaccines given to children caused autism. As some parents of children with autism wanted to be able to identify a specific cause for their children’s disability, they latched on to the theory that there was a connection between the vaccines and autism. The problem is, the very doctor who made this claim first has come out to say ...
Source: A Hearty Life - November 3, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions H1N1 vaccine mercury blood levels thimerosol Source Type: blogs

Countdown to World Diabetes Day: Get Ready for the Big Blue TestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hope you all had a fun Halloween weekend. Somehow the conclusion of that sugar-fest seems a great segue into National Diabetes Awareness Month, no? And the countdown begins to World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14, 2009. Where to begin describing all the activities planned around the web and around the world to “bring diabetes [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - November 2, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: D-News Examined Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff ADA American Diabetes Association Big Blue Test blood sugar blood sugar test diabetes advocacy diabetes.org diabetic glucose monitoring IDF JDRF National Diabetes Awareness Month WDD Source Type: blogs

Practical ConcernsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Yesterday, I talked about how I'm not getting the H1N1 vaccine. I've thought it over and I'm not taking the news reports of severe illness or deaths lightly. However, I don't want to jump through hoops in order to receive vaccines when I'm relatively healthy. It's a practical matter. It's almost like stealing a H1N1 vaccine from a baby...except actually, it is. Chronic illness is not an indicator in the Denver area for receiving it. I'm not faking pregnancy in order to get it, like I've been hearing on the news in other areas of the country and in Canada. Hello, I'm being prac...
Source: Diabetes Daily - November 2, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: blood glucose monitoring exercise flu shots type 2 Source Type: blogs

Do You Drink Too Much Alcohol?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It seems like a simple question. Do you drink too much alcohol? But one person’s social drinking may be someone else’s too much. So how can you tell if you’re drinking too much and what exactly is drinking too much? First, we need to decide on what is a drink – what drinks are equivalent to each other. Generally, in North America, a standard drink is one that has about 0.6 fluid ounces of pure alcohol. But how much that is in your drink depends on what it is you are drinking. Generally, standard drinks are: • 12 oz beer • 5 oz wine • 3-4 oz of fortified wine (such as port) •�...
Source: Healthbolt - October 30, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Addiction Health alcohol calculator alcohol calories blood alcohol concentration cocktail content drink sizes mixed drinks social drinking standard drinks too much alcohol Source Type: blogs

Top Ten Bipolar Blogs 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Every year the entrants for the Best of the Web awards multiply. In 2009, veterans stood tough as new kids dazzled. It was difficult to narrow the list to just ten (and some more faves we want to mention), but here are our picks for the top blogs written by people who have been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. 1. The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive Do’s and Don’ts for the Mentally Interesting was a BBC Radio play based on Seaneen’s blog produced last May and just nominated for a Mind Mental Health Media Award. Always a compelling and honest read, it was no fluke or sympathy vote that caused us to pla...
Source: World of Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandra Kiume Tags: Best of the Web Bipolar General Apples And Oranges awards Badge Of Honor Bbc Radio Bipolar Disorder Black Woman Blogs Dbsa Diary Extra Energy Failed Attempt Faves Fender Fred Goodwin Fresh Blood furious seasons Gorgeo Source Type: blogs

Who Owns Your Baby’s Cord Blood?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Banking your baby’s cord blood is a way to save it for your baby’s future. Some people wonder if the cord blood will be available if it is needed. If you bank it with a private bank, it will definitely be available. A private cord blood bank stores the cord blood for you, and you pay for the right to own it and have it whenever and if ever you should need it. Since you don’t have the equipment, supplies, and expertise required to process and store your cord blood, a cord blood bank takes care of it, but it is always your cord blood. With a public bank, you are donating the cord blood so others can s...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 27, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Regenerative Medicine – Platelet Rich Plasma Provides Joint Pain ReliefEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As a neurologist who sees many patients with neck, back and various joint pains, I practice an area of medicine known as neuro-orthopedics. As such, I treat patients for their pain without surgical intervention. Many patients with neck, back and joint pain (knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, etc.) can be successfully treated without invasive surgery and the many risk that go along with this. With surgery there is also a prolonged recovery time and need for extensive rehabilitation. The area of medicine that applies to successfully treating patients without surgery or use of narcotic medications is known as regenerative ...
Source: Sarasota Neurology - October 25, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. K Tags: Back Pain General Medicine Nerve Pain platelet rich plasma arthritis blood bones bursitis collagen elbow pain FDA FDA approved foot pain healing Hines Ward joint pain joint pains knee pain leg pain ligament lower ba Source Type: blogs

It's Amazing Really...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I had a low blood sugar. I'm recovering and am starting to feel better. I exercised incredible restraint in how I treated it, but still managed to eat at least two full meals worth of stuff.While vacuuming down all of this food, I kept saying "Hang tight Scott, you don't need much". That kept me from going ape shit and eating everything I wanted to, but it was a LOT of work. How can a person feel so... hungry? But "hungry" isn't really the right word for it, is it? Because it is not a hunger that comes from your stomach. It is coming from somewhere else, and it is powerful. A...
Source: Diabetes Daily - October 24, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: Food Issues Low blood sugar overtreat scared smart wait Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood Treatments In UteroEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers at Duke University are looking at the possibility of treating children. using cord blood, before they are born. The scientists are exploring the treatment of metabolic diseases including Krabbe disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), Pelizaeus-Maerzbacher Disease (PMD), Tay-Sachs disease, or Sandoff disease. The babies will be treated, while in utero, using stem cells from banked cord blood that have been treated to accelerate and and improve the process of engraftment. The transplant is relatively simple. The stem cells will be injected directly into the baby’s abdomen at 12-14 weeks of pregna...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 23, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood bank cord blood cord blood bank cord blood banking cord blood fetus cord blood treatment cord blood treatments diseases treated by cord blood Source Type: blogs

Maui County 36th Annual Senior Citizens Health Fair Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Maui War Memorial Gymnasium Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon Please join us at the Maui County 36th Annual Senior Citizens Health Fair on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Maui War Memorial Gymnasium from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. Come, have fun, and visit the many booths that will have health-care related displays and other pertinent information. Blood pressure testing, blood sugar level checks and hearing aids will be available. Many agencies and businesses such as the Maui County Office of Aging, Aloha Dermatology and Laser Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital, Social Security Office, ...
Source: aloha-dermatology.com - October 22, 2009 Category: Dermatologists Authors: bigwave Tags: Maui News assisted living facilities blood sugar level department of consumer affairs gammie hale makua hawaii county kula hospital maui county maui economic opportunity inc maui memorial medical center organ donors social security Source Type: blogs

Experiments, Wake Up Bolus, Breakfast, and ExerciseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I was really fighting the blues through the tail end of last week and through the weekend. Really bad. What really kicked it off for me was some job stuff that I thought was going well, but wasn't. So once again I am looking for work. Freelance, contract, full-time, part-time, a combination of all of the above - anything will help. Since Cozmo closed down, this transition has been trying. Most of all, it has been hard keeping depression at arms length. With my current contracting gig crumbling away a little bit, I got pretty dang close and comfortable with depression again, and it ...
Source: Diabetes Daily - October 22, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: blood sugar Bolus cgm Exercise Experiment Source Type: blogs

186 mg/dlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The number screams at me. I feel a chill wash over me, then a shudder. That number threatens to give me nightmares. 186 mg/dl. The highest post-prandial I have seen in months, the highest reading on the meter in months. And when I say months, I do not mean merely mean two or three...more like seven or eight. The post-prandial readings that rang out under 140 mg/dl (if not 120 mg/dl) were what prompted me and my endocrinologist to consider going off metformin back in early April. (And yet, I know my type 1 husband would kill for consistent post-prandials at 186 mg/dl.)Is this w...
Source: Diabetes Daily - October 21, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: blood glucose monitoring real people sick type 2 Source Type: blogs

Two Herbal Teas That Can Help Lower Blood SugarEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
And they taste pretty good too! In an age of pharmaceuticals we tend to forget that there are things like herbal teas that can help improve our diabetes. Herbal teas are gaining popularity in the United States and this could be due to the infusion of Western and Eastern Medicine techniques being blended together more often. So what type of herbs are in herbal teas for diabetes control? There are a few but I’m going to give you the two most popularly utilized herbal teas for diabetes control. Bilberry Tea – Never heard of it? Well maybe you know the Bilberry by it’s more popular American name of the Huckl...
Source: Battle Diabetes Blog - October 21, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: Ken Tags: Diabetes Control bilberry tea blood glucose levels herbal teas lowering blood sugar Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood Banking — Stimulus Package Supports Cord Blood ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Breaking news last week of federal stimulus funding allocated to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center had meaningful and exciting implications for future research regarding the transfusion of cord blood stem cells to treat blood tumors such as leukemia. The institution will receive more than $40 million across 60 research grants under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the Stimulus package. One grant totaling $1.74 million will be allocated to Dr. Colleen Delaney, a member of the Clinical Research Division at the Center to explore an innovative approach to increasing the number of neu...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 19, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood infection leukemia lymphoma transfusion Source Type: blogs

A Check-List of Newbie MistakesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If so, I think Ive managed to cover most of them. E-2 not enough blood on the strip. E-3 not waiting until the meter was ready to put the sample in place. Dropping strips in water. Putting a strip in backwards. Needing to stick myself half a dozen times to get a decent draw. Not washing my hands enough to get strawberry juice off (now that fasting blood sugar reading just about gave me a heart attack). Leaving loose the lid on the strip pack. Leaving the A1c test in the car (not supposed to be over 78 degrees oops) But Ive got the routine now, even when Im sleepy. Note, when you only have one eye open,...
Source: Diabetes Daily - October 18, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: meters mistakes newly diagnosed pre-diabetes testing blood sugar Source Type: blogs

15 Facts About Copper and Food SourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Copper isn't one of the necessary minerals that you hear about the most, but it's a trace mineral that plays important roles in the body, which include:1. Aiding the body in the production of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying molecule in the blood2. Works with Vitamin C to aid in formation of collagen...the part of the cell membrane that supports muscles and tissues.3. It conducts electricity so aids the nervous system 4. Oysters and nuts contain copper5. It's in drinking water that comes through copper pipes6. The fact that zinc and copper compete with one another for absorption in the digestive system should be considered7...
Source: Happy Nutritionist's Nuggets - October 16, 2009 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Trace Minerals Blood Health Copper Stress Bone Health Nerves Autism *Mineral Facts Source Type: blogs

Treating Depression and Folate Deficiency With Medical FoodsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Midweek Mental Greening First and foremost, I should offer a disclaimer for this post: The scientific media briefing I watched this morning, “Feeding the Brain to Help Manage Depression: The Role of Medical Foods,” was presented by Rakesh Jain, M.D., M.P.H., the Director of Psychiatric Drug Research at R/D Clinical Research Center in Lake Jackson, TX and Teodoro Bottiglieri, Ph.D. of the Baylor Institute of Metabolic Disease, and sponsored by Pamlab, a pharmaceutical company specializing in prescription medical foods. Neither PsychCentral.com nor myself is affiliated with Pamlab or Deplin, the new medical food discusse...
Source: World of Psychology - October 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Depression Green and Environment Medications Research Age Lifestyle Baylor Blood Brain Barrier Clinical Research Center Crohn S Disease Dietary Management Dopamine Dopamine And Norepinephrine Folate Folate Levels Hypothyroidism Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood As Treatment for StrokeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I recently read an article discussing umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants used for the treatment of stroke. Researchers at the Chi Mei Medical Center in Taiwan used mice to test the effectiveness of umbilical cord blood transplants in treating paralysis, a common, post-stroke problem. The study discovered that the cord blood improved the animals’ condition. This is just one of hundreds of studies that are exploring alternative uses of cord blood stem cells. The potential opportunities with cord blood are just amazing. We will continue to educate our readers about the various studies that are taking pla...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 15, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Check Out This BlogEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A colleague recently discovered an interesting blog. Natalie Curry was the first U.S. citizen to receive a cord blood stem cell transplant. Born in 1985, suffering from Fanconi Anemia, Natalie needed a stem cell transplant. Unable to fine an HLA match through bone marrow, her parents decided to conceive another child as a potential match. Natalie’s first sister was not a match, but her second sister was a perfect HLA match. Cord blood had not been approved yet in the US for treatment of Fanconi Anemia so Natalie’s family moved to France for a stem cell transplant. After 3 months, they returned to the U.S. with ...
Source: Cord Blood News - October 13, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

A "Wake Up" Bolus?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Is there something more than Dawn Phenomenon? The dawn phenomenon is typically described as the body releasing a handful of hormones overnight that cause some insulin resistance. You see this as higher blood sugars in the morning, even though you went to bed with a great blood sugar. I do experience the dawn phenomenon, and have been able to adjust my pump to deliver a bit more basal, or background, insulin during the early morning hours. But I've also got something else going on. When I get up for the day, no matter what time it is, my blood sugar goes up. If I wake up at 4:00 AM, it goes up. ...
Source: Diabetes Daily - October 12, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: blood sugar breakfast counter-regulatory Dawn Phenomenon pump Source Type: blogs

We Have a Winner!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories recently sponsored a giveaway for a $500 savings bond. We have a winner! The winner is Mia Fitzgerald of Orlando, FL. Mia is a student who entered the savings bond sweepstakes. We are thrilled that she will be able to use her savings bond when her own children need tuition for college. Congratulations, Mia! (Source: Cord Blood News)
Source: Cord Blood News - October 9, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Flashback Friday: Pitching YeastEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mixing it up a little from my Wayback Wednesday series today… It was four whole years ago that I wrote this tongue-in-cheek post about diabetes and yeast infections. The guys aren’t brewing at our place so much anymore, but I’m finding that ladies with diabetes are still struggling for answers. Why don’t doctors proactively tell us this [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - October 9, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Books & Resources Diabetes Essentials blood sugar Candidiasis diabetes yeast infection diabetic yeast infections Source Type: blogs

Whey Protein – How Can it Benefit Type 2 Diabetics?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Whey protein is a natural product, produced as part of the cheese making process. It is probably most renowned for being a supplement used for bodybuilders and weight trainers as it is an excellent source of protein. Whey protein is not only of benefit to bodybuilders and weight trainers but also to sufferers of conditions such as cancer sufferers, people who are overweight and to Diabetic sufferers. How can it benefit Diabetic sufferers? As mentioned already, whey protein is the best natural source of protein. Protein can become an element lacking in some Diabetic’s diets, as a result of their dietary alterations. Whey...
Source: Battle Diabetes Blog - October 8, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: Ken Tags: Insulin Resistance blood glucose levels bodybuilders pancreas whey protein powder Source Type: blogs

Sleep Apnea & Children: Hurting Heart HealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep examined how obstructive sleep apnea affects heart rate and blood pressure in children.The study involved 15 boys and 15 girls in Australia; they were between the ages of 7 and 12 years. Ten children had primary snoring; 10 had mild sleep apnea with an average of 2.5 breathing pauses per hour of sleep; and 10 had moderate to severe OSA with a mean of 15.2 breathing pauses per hour of sleep.The children were monitored during an overnight sleep study in a sleep lab. Heart rate and blood pressure were analyzed before, during and after obstructive breathing pauses.Results sh...
Source: Sleep Education - October 8, 2009 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: high blood pressure child obstructive sleep apnea Source Type: blogs

Does stress cause hypertension? A view from the real worldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If you ask a doctor, they'll say that stress doesn't cause hypertension ~ or, at least, they will analyze "stress" in biomedical terms (catecholamines and what not). But every clinician has had the experience of patients who are sure that they know when they have high blood pressure: it's when they get stressed. In a thought-provoking talk at the International Conference of Communication in Healthcare (which I return from tonight), Barbara Bokhour (from Boston) et al. helped reframe my experience with their analyses of interviews done with patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Patients have their own models for hyperte...
Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - October 6, 2009 Category: Epidemiologists Tags: doctor-patient communication ICCH hypertension blood pressure Source Type: blogs

Cord Blood Stem Cells Are Turned into Embryonic Stem CellsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists at the Salk Institute have been able to reprogram cord blood stem cells to make them very similar to embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells are very valuable because they can theoretically be turned into any type of cell. They are controversial because embryos must be destroyed to harvest them. Using reprogrammed adult stem cells is not ideal since many of these adult cells have undergone mutations. That is what makes this success so significant. Cord blood stem cells are primitive cells with no mutations. If they can be reprogrammed to become any type of cell, the possibilities are endless. (Source: Cord Blood News)
Source: Cord Blood News - October 6, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Live blood analysis: a bleeding scamEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Finally it’s out in the Star and the reporter got it right by calling it a Bleeding Scam. Whether or not carried out by hoemopaths, naturopaths, sinsehs or real doctors, Live Blood Analysis is indeed junk science. Rather curious that “Up to press time, Health Ministry’s director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican had yet to respond to requests for comment on this practice.” I am sure the MOH is aware of this practice. Rather than let thousands and thousands of gullible Malaysians continue to be duped by this scam, shouldn’t the authorities do something? Related posts: Medical misinformation in Mala...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - October 4, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Fraud watch - Nation - Palmdoc dark field microscopy LBA Live blood analysis Source Type: blogs

Caffeine – Nature’s Own Wonder DrugEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Much has been said and written about caffeine over the past half century. There have been over 20,000 studies conducted looking at the various effects and benefits of caffeine over this period of time. Numerous studies have demonstrated the tremendous health benefits that can be derived from regular daily consumption of caffeine, most commonly delivered through the consumption of coffee or energy drinks such as Red Bull or similar beveragage. All of these have a high caffeine content. In almost any way that caffeine is consumed, there are certain health benefits that it delivers. Despite all the negative press that ...
Source: Sarasota Neurology - October 4, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dr. K Tags: Brain Stimulation General Medicine Memory Loss / Alzheimer's Disease / Dementia Parkinson's disease Stroke antidepressant blood pressure BMI caffeine coffee coronary artery disease diabetes energy drink Harvard Harvard Universi Source Type: blogs

2 Low-Cost Drugs May Prevent StrokesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A three-year study of 170,024 patients has found that two low-cost medications – one for lowering cholesterol and one for lowering blood pressure – taken for two years reduced their risk of having a heart attack or stroke by more than 60% for the following year. The patients were divided into three groups at the start of the study. The high-exposure group was composed of 21,292 patients. They took both medications (40 milligrams of lovastatin and 20 milligrams of lisinopril) more than half the time throughout the two years. The amount of time they took the medications was determined by a review of pharmacy re...
Source: A Hearty Life - October 3, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions blood pressure lowering medication cholesterol lowering medication heart-attack stroke Source Type: blogs

Where Are They Now? ‘Log for Life’ Winners of the DiabetesMine Design ChallengeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last year, the DiabetesMine Design Challenge was just getting off the ground but we had some amazing contributions! The winner of the Grand Prize was Ethan Mullis, a 25-year-old graphic and UI designer at Gnoso Inc. who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in eighth grade. His submission was Log for Life, “an online logbook [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - October 2, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Diabetes Blogs and Web Stuff Diabetes Product Parade Products blood glucose tracking diabetes iPhone diabetes logs diabetes tools diabetes tracking DiabetesMine Design Challenge diabetic health tools Log for Life mobile health tool Source Type: blogs

Microsoft releases My Heatlh InfoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: ePharma Summit)
Source: ePharma Summit - October 1, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Tags: Vaccines results ePharma Summit My Health Info High blood pressure monitoring Channel Web Online medical records Source Type: blogs

M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories are F.D.A. Approved and Always Have Been!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Some of you may have heard about a cord blood bank being shut down by the FDA because it did not “have adequate protections in place against the risks of communicable disease transmission.” We’re sure all our patients know this, but we want to reassure any of you who have questions: MAZE Cord Blood Labs are and always have been FDA approved. Our last audit was in July and our lab was approved without issue. (Source: Cord Blood News)
Source: Cord Blood News - September 29, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

Tulsa EMS In The ClassroomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most of us have been there before. A puking, nearly unconscious teenager on our pram. All the predictable problems; airway issues, responsiveness issues, behavioral issues. When kids learn the hard lessons about alcohol and drugs we’re often the ones who get called in to clean up the mess. And, as tiring as the routine gets, we do what we can. We protect the airway, administer our oxygen, start the IV, monitor the capnography, pay attention to the heart rhythms, the whole kit-n-kaboodle. (You may use another term … that’s just me.) The subtleties of treatment change with level of certification and prot...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 29, 2009 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: Research and News airway blood alcohol level drug EMT overdose management Source Type: blogs

How to Be a Good Endo, From a Patient’s POVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scott Johnson is one of my favorite fellow diabetes bloggers. Always has been. This post will show you why. A Guest Post by Scott K. Johnson, of Scott’s Diabetes Journal Amy’s guest post from Dr. Anne Peters last Thursday on “How to be a Good Diabetes Patient” sure ruffled some feathers. I wanted to take [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - September 28, 2009 Category: Diabetes Authors: AmyT Tags: Diabetes Essentials Health 2.0 blood glucose blood sugar control carb counting diabetes blogs diabetes management diabetes patient diabetic Dr. Anne Peters empowered patient endocrinologist ePatient Scott Johnson Source Type: blogs

Arithmetic Ability May Affect DiabetesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Diabetes is a disease that can’t be cured yet; it can only be controlled. Part of the control is with your diet, and carbohydrate and caloric intake, so you need to be able to figure this out. If your diabetes is being controlled by insulin, it’s essential that you understand the numbers behind your blood glucose (sugar) levels and the amount of insulin you must take every day. Unfortunately, not everyone does well in arithmetic or math in school, or may be educated. This can prove to be a significant stumbling block for proper control of diabetes. Interestingly, much has been said lately about health literac...
Source: A Hearty Life - September 26, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions blood glucose control Blood Sugar Control diabetes research health literacy health numeracy type-2-diabetes Source Type: blogs

Is Cord Blood Banking Cost Effective?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Well, everyone’s entitled to his or her opinion… A study by the University of California, San Francisco, that will be published in October, uses a type of quantitative analysis called “decision analysis” to determine the effectiveness of private cord blood banking. The study determines that it is not. Hmmm. The technique used in the study only evaluates absolute cost and the probability of a family using the cord blood, based upon the currently available treatments, and crunches out a conclusion that, on average, if private cord blood banking costs $242, or if a family has a determined history of a treatabl...
Source: Cord Blood News - September 24, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood Source Type: blogs

African Americans: Higher Blood Clot RiskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s a known fact that African Americans have a higher risk of some illnesses, such as hypertension (high blood pressure) but researchers have discovered that they are also at a higher risk of developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clots in the deep veins, usually the legs. This also puts them at a higher risk of pulmonary embolism, which is the result of a clot breaking loose and going to the lungs. Dr. Garth Graham from the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services, spoke about minorities and DVTs at the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) Annual Meeting. The Venous Disease Coaliti...
Source: A Hearty Life - September 24, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions blood clots deep vein thrombosis DVTs pulmonary embolism Source Type: blogs

Child Cured of Thalassemia, Using Sibling’s Cord BloodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cord blood banking has been in the news extensively in India. Along with a number of cord blood banks starting to offer services in India, there have been some high profile treatments delivered, using the stem cells from cord blood. A recent story involves an Indian family that delivered a second child to save the life of their firstborn. Their baby suffered from thalassemia, a disorder causing the production of abnormal hemoglobin. Typically, treated with blood transfusions, thalassemia can be cured through the transplant of stem cells that can be found in bone marrow or cord blood. Stem cell matches are even more...
Source: Cord Blood News - September 22, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood stem cells cord blood treatments Source Type: blogs

When Do I Need to Decide about Cord Blood Banking?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Expectant parents often wonder when they need to decide if they are going to bank their baby’s cord blood and when they need to register with a cord blood bank. While you can decide anytime during your pregnancy, we recommend beginning your research early in your second trimester. You want to have time to examine your options and not feel rushed. You should be able to gather information packets, make any phone calls, check out some unbiased sources and maybe even talk to your pregnant friends and your health care provider. In addition, if you wait until the last minute to register, your cord blood bank may need t...
Source: Cord Blood News - September 17, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Anne Young Albanese Tags: Cord Blood cord blood bank cord blood banking cord blood collection kit cord blood costs cord blood information packet Source Type: blogs

Meet the Bloodbot (PIC)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many people are as it is afraid of needles and blood taking. Some have even been known to faint during or shortly after the process. Imagine if instead of a friendly human, you were to have this robot take your blood. Shades of terminator! I predict the Bloodbot won’t be very popular, especially if it’s only 78% accurate See Switched.com via a Tweet from Andrew Yee from the Malaysian Medical Resources Meet the Bloodbot (PIC) (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources)
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - September 15, 2009 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Palmdoc Tags: - Palmdoc - Technology Blood taking Robot Venesection Source Type: blogs

Best Laid PlansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This was going to be the week that I updated with a third follow-up to "Will the Averages Lie?", posted way back in March before my last endocrinologist appointment. This was going to be the week that I would get poked and prodded at the lab for another round of diabetes, lipids, and thyroid tests. Then life stepped in with plans for a quick trip to visit my family and meet my nieces at their upcoming baptism. Since I'd already been spending a lot of time out of the office with other doctor appointments and long weekends out of town, I just didn't think I could sneak in my endocrinologist appointment, too...
Source: Diabetes Daily - September 15, 2009 Category: Diabetes Tags: blood glucose monitoring endocrinologist type 2 Source Type: blogs