Depression With Diabetes Speeds Mental Decline: Study

The Coolest Awards Show in Diabetes

Researchers determined whether an individual was depressed using a 9-question form patients filled out themselves. More than 2,600 people completed the tests at all three time points. Sixty-two percent of these never had scores indicating depression. Eighteen percent were depressed at the start of the study, 16 to 17 percent were depressed at 20 and 40 months and five percent had scores indicating depression at all three time points. Researchers found that people with symptoms of depression at any point were more likely to be women, younger, non-Hispanic whites, overweight or obese, and to have higher blood sugar, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein, or “bad” cholesterol, than others. Yet, the researchers report in JAMA Psychiatry, depression was linked to greater cognitive decline regardless of other risk factors.
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Giving diabetes the boot

CGM in my jacket pocket and pump just peeking out, clipped on my left halter strap. Ive said it before and Ill say it again: I am a total Insulindependence fanboy. Or girl, I guess. Type 1 diabetes athletes! And not just, Yeah, I bowl, athletes, but surfing, climbing, Ironmanning athletes.
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Finance Sun, Aug 25, 2013, 6:40 AM EDT – U.S. Markets closed Giving diabetes the boot Print Sun Life Financial launches diabetes program to support preventative research across Canada TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2013 /CNW/ – Today marks the beginning of the Sun Life Financial Kick Diabetes program in support of JDRF. In partnership with the Canadian Football League (CFL), Sun Life will make a $101 donation to JDRF every time a successful field goal is kicked during the CFL regular season, up to $40,000, to honour the 101st playing of the Grey Cup Championship Game.
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6 dangerous pills for diabetes

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns consumers to avoid such products. “Bogus products for diabetes are particularly troubling,” says Gary Coody, R.Ph., national health fraud coordinator for FDA. “People with chronic or incurable diseases may feel desperate and become easy prey. There are effective options available to help manage this serious disease rather than exposing patients to unproven and risky products.” Effective options for diabetes and pre-diabetes include diet, exercise, and prescription medications. However, if consumers delay or discontinue effective treatments in favor of “all natural” products, they risk serious health complications such as hypoglycemia, amputations, kidney disease, blindness and death. Over 26 million people in the U.S.
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Giving diabetes the boot

Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF. About JDRF JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners who share this goal. Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.7 billion to T1D research.
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Leukocyte telomere length linked to diabetes risk

15 in Diabetes. (HealthDay)For American Indians, leukocyte telomere length is associated with the risk of incident diabetes, with an almost two-fold increased risk for those with the shortest versus the longest length, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in Diabetes. Jinying Zhao, M.D., Ph.D., from Tulane University in New Orleans, and colleagues investigated whether leukocyte telomere length at baseline predicts incident diabetes, independent of known diabetes risk factors, in a cohort of 2,328 American Indians free of diabetes at baseline participating in the Strong Heart Family Study. During an average follow-up of 5.5 years, the researchers found that 292 participants developed diabetes. Those in the lowest quartile (shortest) leukocyte telomere length had a significantly increased risk of diabetes compared with those in the highest quartile (hazard ratio, 1.83).
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Type 1 Diabetes Support Group

Smith hopes the support group will not only give patients a chance to share information, but also give them a chance to simply talk to each other about the disease. “Some of our most successful patients with Type 1 diabetes are those who take their medications and check their blood sugar are those who have a good support system around them,” Smith said. A support system that will hopefully help people like Magstadt be as healthy and happy as possible. “I choose to eat better and exercise and maybe it’s a good thing it happened to me. I shouldn’t say that that way, but I feel like it,” Magstadt said.
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Snoring, lack of romance blamed for divorces in Saudi Arabia

Snoring: What It Says About Your Health

A marriage contractor told Al Youm that women insist on getting a divorce due to trivial issues, like the look of the husband inside the house among many others, Gulf News reported. He added that young wives were getting influenced by the media and dramas. The drafting marriage contractors had a meeting with religious figures to discuss the figures and causes of divorce, in Al Qateef in eastern Saudi Arabia. Several measures, including the need to check on the background of prospective grooms and not relying solely on matchmakers, were suggested in the meeting to curb the increasing divorce rates in the kingdom. The religious leaders and the marriage contractors also suggested to not rush into making final decisions on ending a marriage, until all ways for a reconciliation are exhausted and the spouses be given ample time to reconsider their options.
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You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. A study carried out by the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has proved that snoring can be reduced simply by singing. For three months, the patients in the clinical trial have been doing singing exercises to improve the tone of their throat muscles. Choir director Alise Ojay is the inventor of Singing for Snorers exercises. She told Today presenter Evan Davis that she had found that patients who sung the sounds ung and gar found that their snoring decreased or stopped. Hello. Im Alise Ojay the sound ung-gar is the only example I had time for on the Today Programme interview in fact the Singing for Snorers CD programme uses a number of different sounds and tunes to cause strong repetitive movements in the areas of the throat relevant to snoring.
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Interview With Alise Ojay About Singing Affecting If We Snore

While this sounds like a good thing, it isnt, namely because this repeated pattern triggers the nervous system and produces chemicals that not only leaves unhealthy plaque in the blood vessels, it also damages the tissue. Over time, this can lead to a number of health problems. One of the best ways to tackle sleep apnea is to avoid snoring in the first place. While there is no exact cure, there are some methods that can be put into place to alleviate your snoring.
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Snoring can be deadly | Dr. Rich

How Snoring Can Wreak Havoc On A Marriage

Obesity is strongly associated with OSA due to the extra fat and tissue deposits in the neck that further block the airway. Other risk factors include smoking, alcohol use within three hours of bedtime, taking sedatives or tranquilizers and a family history of the condition. The treatment for sleep apnea traditionally has been limited to instructing the patient on the use a CPAP machine. A CPAP is a small, electrically powered air pump connected to a hose and mask that the patient must wear while they sleep.
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Ordinarily affectionate couples can have a strain in their relationship caused by snoring. Sometimes if it wasn’t for their spouse, a snorer wouldn’t even know they had a problem. As one of my patients recently told me, “I was very surprised when my lovely wife first clued me in that I was snoring at night. It was disturbing her sleep, but I didn’t realize that snoring was the cause of my own fatigue.” The reason for resentment is understandable. Snoring can cause daytime symptoms that can cause serious problems in one’s waking life, and unfortunately it is not just the snorer that suffers — the snorer’s spouse can suffer just as much. According to the National Sleep Foundation, 39 percent of American adults get less than seven hours of sleep each weeknight , and more than one in three (37 percent) are so sleepy during the day that it interferes with daily activities.
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Divorce Reasons: Couple Splits Due To Husband’s Incessant Snoring

Dr. Parnes can determine which kind of appliance is best suited for you based on your specific needs. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a condition where the soft tissues of the upper airway collapse and completely block air flow, usually for about 10 seconds at a time. This can happen several times during an hour.
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Dr. Parnes Offers Snoring and Sleep Apnea Solutions

The divorce was granted and the judge asked the man to pay his ex a settlement of 5,000 yuan, or $806.45. Sure, snoring may be a strange reason to file for divorce, but it’s happened before. In 1997, an Iranian man filed to divorce his wife because of her snoring; she admitted to drugging him with sleeping pills at the beginning of their marriage so he wouldn’t notice her snoring habit. Other odd-ball grounds for a split? In 2012, a Nigerian woman divorced her husband because he talked too much, and a Taiwanese woman divorced her husband in 2013 because his penis was too small . Click through the slideshow below to see even more weird divorce stories. Loading Slideshow Kidney Catastrophe Is it appropriate to ask your ex to return a gift post-divorce?
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5 Best Food & Nutrition Tracking Tools

SparkPeople lets you track your meals, add food items you’ve cooked yourself or search for restaurant items, and will break those items down into nutrition information so you can see how many carbs you’re eating, how much sugar, and whether you’re getting your recommended daily allowance of vitamins and minerals. Since it also tracks exercise and activity, you can keep tabs on everything in one place. SparkPeople sports mobile apps for iOS and Android to help you track yourself on the go, and a barcode scanner for packaged food. SparkPeople’s community is massive and sprawling, and its network of sites contain a wealth of information, recipes, health and nutrition news, tips, and information. However, the flip side of that is that it can be intimidating to new users, difficult to get your arms around, and difficult to stick with. Sparkpeople has multiple mobile apps, different forums for different sites, and while your one login should carry you across most of them, it can be a little off-putting.
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Organic Nutrition Products Specialist on the Benefits of Gluten-Free Dog Treats

Below are four other reasons why it is important that dog owners choose gluten-free food for their pooches: – It is difficult for dogs to digest gluten because it is a gummy protein. – Celiac’s Disease can cause dogs to suffer from damage to the intestinal tract, weight loss and chronic diarrhea because the condition is an autoimmune disease and gluten can prompt the immune system to attack the lining of the small intestines. – Gluten intolerance is usually the cause behind several digestion-related problems whose origin is not pinpointed until dogs are specifically tested for it. – A number of nutritional experts claim that gluten can increase dogs’ chances of developing diabetes. There are a limited number of companies, like Gold Key Nutrition, that offer natural pet nutrition products.
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In U.S., Less Than Half Look at Restaurant Nutrition Facts

take steps to comply with a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires restaurant chains with 20 or more locations to list calorie information on menus and menu boards by 2014. Other restaurants added nutritional information to their menus prior to the Affordable Care Act’s passage in 2010 to meet city or state requirements, to be transparent with their customers about the nutritional content of their food, or to respond to pressure from health groups. While menu labeling in restaurants is a new federal requirement, the federal government has required all packaged food to have nutritional labeling since 1990. As a result, Americans may be more accustomed to looking for nutritional information on packaged foods. Men, Young Adults Less Likely to Pay Attention to Nutritional Information There are some differences in the attention Americans pay to nutritional information among key demographic groups: Women are more likely than men to pay a great deal or fair amount of attention to nutrition information on food packages, 73% to 61%, and on restaurant menus, 49% to 36%. Young adults aged 18 to 29 are the age group least likely to say they pay attention to nutrition information. College graduates (81%) are the group most likely to say they pay attention to nutrition labels on food packages, exceeding those with some college (67%) and those with a high school diploma or less (58%).
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Nutrition and healthy eating

Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D. As a specialty editor of the nutrition and healthy eating guide, Katherine Zeratsky helps you sort through the facts and figures, the fads and the hype to learn more about nutrition and diet. A Marinette, Wis., native, she is certified in dietetics by the state of Minnesota and the American Dietetic Association. She has been with Mayo Clinic since 1999.
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3 Fitness Gadgets to Revamp Your Workout

The Polar FT4 heart rate monitor communicates with a transmitter, so you can see your overall progress when you’re working out. The FT4 is one of the lower-level models; if you want more aggressive training and detailed statistics, Polar has that, too. I love that the watch has a backlight. I also adore the color (mine is a pink/purple).
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Free and Easy: Screen on the Green, fitness day and Ward 8 festival

SATURDAY This celebration of the history, culture and community of D.C.s Ward 8 isnt just for residents. St. Elizabeths East, the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. and THEARC present a family-friendly festival with performances, art exhibits, workshops and more. The festival continues Sunday.
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