Medical researchers now believe there is a link between not having enough sleep and putting on weight.
It seems the body responds to being deprive of its proper rest by craving more fuel, and, when someone does not get enough sleep, when the level of activity and the amount of calories is constant, the body says [...]
Diabetes is a disease in which the body either lacks insulin or does not produce enough insulin to breakdown ingested glucose into cells. As a result, the glucose remains in the blood and causes damage to blood vessels. A high content of glucose in the blood is called hyperglycemia and is often a precursor to [...]
Type 2 diabetes is considered the most common form of the disease. With people afflicted with this form of diabetes, their body is either unable to produce insulin or its cells are ignoring insulin. As insulin is a necessary element to be able to use sugar, the absence of it in the cells and instead [...]
There was this guy who jumped off the 37th floor of a tall building. As he fell, people at each floor inside the building heard him say as he passed them, “So far, so good…so far, so good…”
Diabetes is a disease which cannot be “trusted.” I know that’s an odd way of putting it, but [...]
Cancer is one of the scariest diseases today for most people and being diagnosed with the dreaded word can stop us in our tracks. If there is a history of cancer in your family, like there is in mine, it’s something you think about every time you find a lump, notice a new spot or [...]
The antioxidants, magnesium, and fiber of vegetables may reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes by up to 30 per cent, according to a new study coming from China.
The study, published in the March 2008 edition of the Journal of Nutrition, tracked the eating habits of 64,191 women aged 40 to 70 in China. Food [...]
Type 2 diabetes is getting increasingly common in developed countries. Other developing countries are seeing a fast emerging trend of the disease. Diabetes type 2 is caused by insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia. Although this disease is more common in adults over 40, it is increasingly seen in young teenagers and even children. This worrying trend [...]