Health News: [diabetes ]: Escape from poverty helps explain diabetes epidemic in the American South

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Escape from poverty helps explain diabetes epidemic in the American South Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 09:09 AM PDT The strikingly high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the American South can be partially traced to rapid economic growth between 1950 and 1980, new research suggests. Continue reading Eating a big breakfast fights obesity and disease Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 09:09 AM PDT Professor Daniela Jakubowicz of Tel Aviv University has found that people who eat their largest daily meal at breakfast are far more likely to lose weight and waist line circumference than those who eat a large dinner. They also had significantly lower levels of insulin, glucose, and triglycerides throughout ... Continue reading Our blissful ignorance Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 08:44 AM PDT Many of us are walking around with diabetes or high cholesterol, and just don't know it.         Continue reading Cholesterol findings startling Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 08:29 AM PDT Nine in 10 Australians with high cholesterol and one in five with diabetes are unaware of their condition.         Continue reading Tests uncover 'hidden' extent of high cholesterol, diabetes Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 08:13 AM PDT Nine in 10 Australians with high cholesterol don't know it, and one in five adults with diabetes are unaware they have the condition.         Continue reading Cuckoo for coconuts? Hold on Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 06:04 AM PDT My patients ask me about coconut oil all the time. They see talk shows and websites claiming that it helps with everything from losing weight to preventing diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart disease and a host of other ailments. Continue reading Event raises funds for diabetes research npc-news.fremonttribune.com Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 06:00 AM PDT The Fremont Cosmopolitan Club 100 is launching a new event to send youth to camp and further fight diabetes. Continue reading Telcare's Diabetes Pal App 2.0 Released with Withings and BodyMedia® Mon, 05 Aug, 2013 05:11 AM PDT A world's first for patients with diabetes, Diabetes Pal™ 2.0 provides passive tracking and analysis of blood glucose, fitness, physical activity and sleep duration data. (PRWeb August 05, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb10995826.htm Continue reading

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