Fear Of Hypoglycemia A Barrier To Exercise For Type 1 Diabetics

Fear Of Hypoglycemia A Barrier To Exercise For Type 1 Diabetics
According to a new study, published in the November issue of Diabetes Care, a majority of diabetics avoid physical activity because they worry about exercise-induced hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and severe consequences including loss of consciousness. Despite the well-known benefits of exercise, this new study builds on previous investigations that found more than 60 percent of adult diabetics aren't physically active. "Our findings confirmed our clinical suspicion," say Dr.

Vitamin K Linked To Insulin Resistance In Older Men
Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA). "Men who received vitamin K supplementation had less progression in their insulin resistance by the end of the clinical trial," said Sarah Booth, senior author and director of the Vitamin K Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA.

Sleep Apnoea Frequently The Cause Of Long-Term Sick Leave And Even Loss Of Employment
People with sleep apnoea have an increased risk of needing to take long-term sick leave or give up working completely. So concludes a major Norwegian study on over 7,000 subjects, to be published in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the scientific publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). This finding is especially alarming since sleep apnoea, although widespread, is little known not only to the public but also to many doctors.

Molecular Partnership Controls Daily Rhythms, Body Metabolism
A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has discovered a key molecular partnership that coordinates body rhythms and metabolism. Lazar and his colleagues, including the study's first author Penn Veterinary Medicine doctoral student Theresa Alenghat, studied a protein called NCoR that modulates the body's responses to metabolic hormones.

Education Tool From Joslin Available For Primary Care Physicians To Prevent, Manage And Treat Diabetes
Just as Diabetes Awareness Month continues to raise the public's awareness of the growing diabetes epidemic, Joslin Diabetes Center's Web-based resource and community for primary care physicians - the Joslin Professional Education Consortium, or JPEC for short - continues to expand its comprehensive support and education for doctors wishing to improve patient care for diabetes.

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Therapy Decreases Cardiovascular Risk
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep disorder characterised by snoring, repetitive apnoeas associated with oxygen desaturations, and sleep disruption. It has been estimated that 2-4% of the adult population in Western countries suffer from clinically significant OSAS. OSAS has also been associated with high blood pressure, stroke and myocardial ischaemia in epidemiological and observational studies.