Category: Diabetes
Accuracy of blood glucose meters draws scrutiny
Consumers often buy the devices based on which is cheapest, or which is covered by their insurance policy without realizing that not all meters offer same accuracy.
One in three US adults has prediabetes, yet few aware they have the condition
Only one in ten Americans with prediabetes are aware they have elevated blood sugars that put them at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the CDC reports.
Managing diabetes – Tips from the CDC
In the United States, 26 million are living with diabetes and 79 million more have prediabetes. Here are tips from the CDC to help you reduce your risk of diabetes or, if you already have diabetes, how to take charge of your diabetes.
Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes event Seattle – Oct. 13
A walking event in Seattle to support the American Diabetes Association’s efforts to STOP DIABETES!
Saturday, October 13, 2012 – SEATTLE: Magnuson Park
King County health officials say consumption of sugary drinks contributing to obesity among the young
Close to a third of high school students, or 26,000 youth, drink soda daily in King County, and 8,000 students drink two or more sodas per day, according to a new report.
Ten things you didn’t know were in the Affordable Care Act
he 2010 health law’s big-ticket items have been the stuff of political debate and policy controversy. But the law’s hundreds of pages include a number of other initiatives that have gained much less notice, including provisions on assisted suicide, free drug samples for doctors and privacy breaks for nursing mothers.
Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute appoints John Wecker president and CEO.
Dr. Wecker, who has been Global Program Leader, Vaccine Access and Delivery at PATH, succeeds Dr. Jack Faris, who has been serving as acting CEO during the past eighteen months. Dr. Faris will remain part of the PNDRI team as a strategic advisor.
Single men spend weekends sitting and watching TV; Women: reading and dining out
Men spend more time sitting while watching TV or using the home computer, while women spend more seated time doing other leisure activities, like reading or eating out.
Five-year campaign seeks to use prevention to cut heart disease
The 5-year Million Hearts Campaign hopes to help millions of Americans improve their heart health by preventing and treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and tobacco use.
How to cut your risk of heart disease — Tips from the NIH
The bad news: Heart disease is the number one killer of both women and men in the U.S. The good news: there’s much you can do to prevent heart disease. Here’s how . . .
Self-monitoring blood sugar of no benefit for diabetics not on insulin, study
For type 2 diabetics who are not on insulin, monitoring their blood sugar does little to control blood sugar levels over time and may not be worth the effort or expense, according to a new evidence review.
Insurance often does not cover weight-loss surgery for teens
As obesity among young people continues to rise, a growing number of clinicians say that weight-loss surgery may be their best chance to take off significant weight. But although health plans frequently cover bariatric surgery in adults, coverage for patients under age 18 is spotty.
The health of Hispanics often worsens the longer they live in the U.S.
After 20 years of U.S. residency, rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity rise sharply for Hispanic immigrants.
Dieting beats exercise for diabetes prevention, combination is best — Hutch study says
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study suggests that, in postmenopausal women at least, dietary weight loss alone is effective while exercise alone is not effective — but both together are best of all.
Washington state’s obesity rate more than doubles over 20 years
The percentage of adults in Washington state who are obese has more than doubled over the past two decades from 10 percent to more than 26 percent — and two-thirds, 62 percent, are either obese or overweight.
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