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NASHVILLE – The Nash County Board of Health kicked off a new year with its first meeting on Friday.Board members Dr. Tom Akers, Sherri Lamm and Billy Morgan – also a Nash County commissioner – were sworn in. The governing body also re-elected Bill Buchanan as chairman and appointed Dr. John Avent as vice chairman. |
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Queen Latifah has reigned over music and movies and now she wants to tackle her weight. But Latifah, who recently won a Golden Globe for best actress in "Life Support," told "Good Morning America" that she didn't become a Jenny Craig spokeswoman to end up stick thin. |
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India is the leading country for diabetes with 31.7 million cases in 2000 and the number is expected to rise to 79.4 million by 2030, followed by China with 20.8 million, and the US is third with 17.7 million, according to a study by the World Health Organisation (WHO). |
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Another health issue affecting nearly 21-million Americans is diabetes. That's seven percent of the population. The American Diabetes Association held a conference today called Diabetes University. Its goal is to educate diabetics and their families about new information and research. |
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Preventive medicine is hardly a new concept. Any public or private sector employee who pays health insurance premiums knows that periodic screenings and wellness exams are routinely covered by insurers as a way to avert more costly medical problems later. |
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JAIPUR: A medicinal composition for the cure of diabetes, prepared from the extracts of the commonly found Kadamb tree (Mitragyna parvifolia) leaves, has been granted patent by the Controller-General of Patents, India. The composition, containing cadambine and dihydroconchonine, two types of alkaloids found in the tree, has also received an international classification number from the World Trade Organisation (WTO). |
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It took a medical scare before former Miss America Nicole Johnson realized she had to talk about her disease.In 1993, at age 19, the then up-and-coming beauty queen was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes - a disease that affects the body's ability to regulate blood sugar. |
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Singapore - Researchers from Singapore and New Zealand are launching a study on the role of genes in diabetes and why Asians are about twice as likely as Caucasians to come down with the disease, a news report said Monday. Indians are two to three times more likely than Chinese to contract type II diabetes, the most common form of the disease, which occurs when the body produces insufficient insulin to convert glucose into energy, The Straits Times said. |
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LONDON (Reuters) - Statins -- the best-selling class of cholesterol-fighting drugs -- should be considered as standard therapy for all diabetics, apart from children and pregnant women, researchers said on Friday. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans with diabetes are doing a better job of keeping their blood glucose under control, a new analysis shows. |
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| Parallel parking, left turns ... and glucose monitoring? For a diabetic seeking a driver's license, a good bill of health is just as important as passing driver's ed. A history of poor glucose control can be a red flag for diabetics, as extreme blood sugar levels can adversely affect driving. |  |
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