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Lucentis May Treat Diabetes-Related Vision Loss
June 29, 2011 (San Diego) -- Lucentis, a drug used to treat people with vision problems from age-related macular degeneration, may help to restore vision among people with eye complications caused by diabetes, two studies suggest. The studies involved 759 patients with diabetic macular edema, a swel
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Survey: Diabetes Patients Don't Change Lifestyle
June 29, 2011 (San Diego) -- Most people with diabetes know the lifestyle changes they need to make to help control their condition but fail to follow through, according to findings of the largest nongovernmental study of its kind. Nearly nine out of 10 (87%) of 3,867 people with type 2 diabetes sur
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Diet, Metformin Cut Medical Cost for Prediabetes Patients
June 28, 2011 (San Diego) -- People with prediabetes can save thousands of dollars in medical costs by taking the diabetes drug metformin or making lifestyle changes, a new study shows. Treatment with the inexpensive drug metformin, which lowers blood sugar levels, reduced costs by $1,700 over a dec
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Metformin: Safer for Heart Than Older Diabetes Drugs?
June 28, 2011 (San Diego) -- Older people with type 2 diabetes who take an older class of oral diabetes drugs called sulfonylureas may have a higher risk of developing heart problems than those who take metformin. In a two-year study of 8,502 people with type 2 diabetes aged 65 and older, 12.4% of t
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Study: Vitamin D May Cut Risk of Diabetes
June 28, 2011 (San Diego) -- Vitamin D may help prevent diabetes in people at high risk of developing the condition, researchers report. The study does not prove cause and effect. "But if confirmed, there are huge implications because vitamin D is easy and inexpensive," Anastassios Pittas, MD, of Tu
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Drug May Treat Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes
June 28, 2011 (San Diego) -- The experimental drug teplizumab shows promise for delaying the progression of type 1 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with it, researchers say. In a study of 513 patients with type 1 diabetes, the drug failed to reach its primary goal of substantially improving blood
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Care Improving for Type 1 Diabetes
June 27, 2011 (San Diego) -- The life expectancy for people with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes has improved dramatically since 1950, according to results of a 30-year study. And the survival gap between people with type 1 diabetes and the general population in the U.S. appears to be rapidly dimini
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Thin Gene Raises Heart Risks
June 27, 2011 -- It's not how much fat you have, but where it's stored that may determine your health risk, according to a new study. Researchers have isolated a gene in some people that is associated with low body fat but also a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, especially among men. "In s
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New Insulin Cuts Risk of Dangerously Low Blood Sugar
June 27, 2011 (San Diego) -- The experimental, ultra-long-acting insulin degludec substantially reduces the risk of dangerously low blood sugar in people with diabetes, compared with the most widely prescribed long-acting insulin, Lantus, studies show. Results from two year-long phase III trials pit
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Diabetes Rates Double Since 1980
June 27, 2011 (San Diego) -- The number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to nearly 350 million, fueled in large part by an aging population and rising rates of obesity. Diabetes rates have risen or at best remained flat in virtually every part of the world during th
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70-130
131+
Your level is currently
If the level is below 70 and you are experiencing symptoms such as shaking, sweating or difficulty thinking, you will need to raise the number immediately. A quick solution is to eat a few pieces of hard candy or 1 tablespoon of sugar or honey. Recheck your numbers again in 15 minutes to see if the number has gone up. If not, repeat the steps above or call your doctor.
People who experience hypoglycemia several times in a week should call their health care provider. It's important to monitor your levels each day so you can make sure your numbers are within the range. If you are pregnant always consult with your health care provider.
Congratulations on taking steps to manage your health.
However, it's important to continue to track your numbers so that you can make lifestyle changes if needed. If you are pregnant always consult with your physician.
Your level is high if this reading was taken before eating. Aim for 70-130 before meals and less than 180 two hours after meals.
Even if your number is high, it's not too late for you to take control of your health and lower your blood sugar.
One of the first steps is to monitor your levels each day. If you are pregnant always consult with your physician.
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