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AHA News: Research Opens New Avenues to Reduce Foot, Toe Amputations

AHA News: Research Opens New Avenues to Reduce Foot, Toe Amputations

Latest Diabetes News THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2020 (American Heart Association News) — Emerging research may help doctors devise better ways to prevent some of the tens of thousands of amputations unrelated to traumatic injury that occur in the U.S. each year. Diabetes is the leading cause of nontraumatic lower limb amputations, including of the toe […]

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Medtronic MiniMed 600 Series Insulin Pumps Recalled

Medtronic MiniMed 600 Series Insulin Pumps Recalled

Latest Diabetes News FRIDAY, Feb. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than 322,000 MiniMed 600 Series Insulin Pumps have been recalled by Medtronic due to a defect that could cause them to malfunction and put users at risk for serious harm or death. The recalled devices lack or have a broken retainer ring that helps […]

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Drug Duo Speeds Regeneration of Key Cells Lost in Diabetes

Drug Duo Speeds Regeneration of Key Cells Lost in Diabetes

Latest Diabetes News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A novel combination of two drugs appeared to spur faster regeneration of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, a preliminary study in mice and human tissue found. Beta cells are crucial to making insulin, a hormone that’s deficient in people with […]

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Diabetes Among U.S. Young, Especially Asians, Continues to Climb

Diabetes Among U.S. Young, Especially Asians, Continues to Climb

Latest Diabetes News THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Diabetes among U.S. youths continued to rise from 2002 to 2015, especially for Asian children and teens, a new study says. Researchers analyzed type 1 and type 2 diabetes among 5- to 19-year-olds. They found rates were generally higher in blacks and Hispanics than in […]

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FDA Not Recommending Recalls of Diabetes Drug

FDA Not Recommending Recalls of Diabetes Drug

Latest Diabetes News By Lisa NainggolanWebMD Health News Feb. 6, 2020 — The FDA says it has no plans to recall any metformin products, used to treat type 2 diabetes, after tests did not show any evidence of contamination with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) at levels that would cause concern. The FDA began testing samples of metformin […]

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Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Latest Diabetes News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you don’t need insulin, you probably haven’t paid much attention to its skyrocketing cost, but new research shows that exorbitant drug pricing eventually affects everyone. The study found that in 2017, Medicare spent nearly $8 billion on insulin. The researchers […]

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At the Barbershop, a Trim — and a Diabetes Screening

At the Barbershop, a Trim — and a Diabetes Screening

Latest Diabetes News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Hundreds of black men recently discovered they could get more than a trim at their local barbershops. They were offered diabetes testing, too. A new study offered customers diabetes screenings at eight New York City barbershops. Among those who took the […]

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Type 1 Diabetes Diet (Food, Meal Plan)

Type 1 Diabetes Diet (Food, Meal Plan)

1. HOMA Calculator. University of Oxford. 2. Glycemic Load Index. lowglycemicload.com<http://www.lowglycemicload.com/glycemic_table.html> 3. Ericson U., et al. “Food sources of fat may clarify the inconsistent role of dietary fat intake for incidence of type 2 diabetes.” Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Apr 1. 4. Trapp, C,. et al. “Preparing to prescribe plant-based diets for diabetes prevention […]