Blacks with diabetes are no more likely to be depressed than other Blacks,...

Westside Gazette;  June 15, 2006 ;   Anonymous;   700 words ...Blacks and Diabetes Depression The rate of diabetes among Blacks in the United States is twice that of the general population (13 vs. 6.2 percent). Deaths from diabetes and certain types of diabetes complications are more common...

Waging war against diabetes.(Well Being)

Manila Bulletin;  May 24, 2004 ;     518 words ...Diabetes mellitus, a disease of the insulin -producing cell sin...Philippines alone, an estimated 3.0 million are diagnosed with diabetes, with probably an equal number that remain undiagnosed...worldwide have been issuing warnings on the threat of diabetes since many years back, it continues to be a grave ...

Dietary Aloe vera supplementation & glycemic control in diabetes.(Clinical...

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  May 1, 2007 ;   Jones, Ken;   787 words ...Diabetes is a deficiency or absence of the hormone insulin, which is the main hormone...in the United States, or about seven percent of the population, suffered from diabetes. Of this group, only about 15.6 million have been formally diagnosed with diabetes; another 6.2 million people remain unaware that ...

The Consequences of the Diabetes Epidemic in Hispanic and Latino...

The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  June 2, 2008 ;   Kaplan, Mitchell A;   787 words ...Diabetes mellitus is defined as a group of medical conditions marked...According to statistics from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the incidence and prevalence...States age 20 and older currently suffer from some form of diabetes. The national data further indicate that ...

Diabetes in older people--a disease you can...

Pamphlet by: National Institute on Aging;  November 1, 2007 ;     787 words ...Diabetes is a serious disease. People get diabetes when their blood glucose level, sometimes called blood sugar, is too high. Diabetes can lead to dangerous health problems, such as having a heart attack or a stroke...

Early use of insulin in Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Drug Topics;  October 1, 2002 ;   Stoneking, Kent; Farr, Glen E;   787 words ...Diabetes mellitus is reaching epidemic proportions in the United...165% by 2050. Of the estimated 16 million Americans with diabetes, approximately 90% have Type 2. This dramatic increase...American Medical Association reports that obesity and diabetes have increased in the nation over the past decade. ...

Lower your risk of diabetes

Chicago Defender;  August 2, 2004 ;   G, Michelle;   787 words ...Type 2 diabetes is on the rise throughout America. In...rate has tripled over the past 30 years. Diabetes can mean big problems for the 17 million...amputations, and more. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) estimates that over...

Diabetes; Overview.

NWHRC Health Center - Diabetes;  May 26, 2006 ;     787 words ...Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body produces too...million Americans (seven percent of the population) have diabetes, and each year about 1.3 million more aged 20 or older...with the disorder, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). ...

Walk for Diabetes at Zoo

La Prensa;  September 27, 2006 ;   Anonymous;   534 words ...Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly...sugar, starches and other food into energy. The cause of diabetes continues to be a mystery, although both genetics and...lack of exercise appear to play roles. The major forms of diabetes are type 1 and type 2. Type 1 diabetes is ...

The diabetes epidemic among African-Americans

New Pittsburgh Courier;  June 19, 1999 ;     617 words ...The diabetes epidemic among African-Americans What is diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches and other food into energy...

Psychiatric co-morbidity & diabetes

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  March 1, 2007 ;   Sridhar, G R;   787 words ...Diabetes mellitus as well as psychiatric disorders are common. These may occur with one another and/or one may worsen the other. Psychological stress may follow screening for diabetes, as well as when diabetes is first identified. Acting through the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, stress may initiate or ...

Diabetes epidemic in Blacks: Controllable

New Pittsburgh Courier;  September 29, 1999 ;     506 words ...Diabetes epidemic in Blacks: Controllable What is diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed...

Dealing with diabetes

VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine;  April 1, 1998 ;   Turbak, Gary;   787 words ...Diabetes. Experts call it the silent epidemic, because half of...know it. You could be one of them. A few generations ago, diabetes was fatal. Most diabetics died prematurely, many within...effective treatment became possible. Today, most people with diabetes can live long and active lives. Yet first they ...

How to spot and treat diabetes.(News)

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  September 19, 2005 ;     583 words ...Diabetes is a condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood...used as fuel by the body. The main symptoms of untreated diabetes are increased thirst, needing the toilet all of the time...weight loss and blurred vision. There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1, which is also known as insulin ...

ADA Youth Advocate Recruited to Frontline in Battle Against Diabetes.

PR Newswire;  November 9, 2006 ;     787 words ...The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has selected Dana Lewis from Huntsville...Youth Ambassadors to support the IDF-led 'Unite for Diabetes' campaign to pass a UN Resolution on diabetes. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The 'Unite...