Diabetes News – Weekly Newsletter for December 6-13, 2010

Video games help lower diabetes, obesity risks in kids

WASHINGTON – Researchers have come up with a unique method to convince children to eat better and exercise more to fight obesity- video games.

‘Escape from Diab’(Diab) and ‘Nanoswarm: Invasion from Inner Space’ (Nanoswarm) are epic video games specifically designed to lower risks of type 2 diabetes and obesity by changing youth diet and physical activity … Read more >>.

Benfotiamine derivative of Vitamin B1 potential to cure Heart Diseases in Diabetic Patients

KOLKATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com) — A new research carried on in Bristol University seems to have nice implications for the diabetic patients. An experiment carried out on mice has suggested that a derivative of Vitamin B1 called benfotiamine that speeds up heart attack recovery in diabetic patients.
Persons affected by diabetes have a high risk of … Read more : Benfotiamine derivative of Vitamin B1 potential to cure Heart Diseases in Diabetic Patients.

Limiting salt key to warding off serious threats to diabetics’ health

WASHINGTON – A new review of studies has found that reducing the amount of salt in diabetics’ daily diet is key to warding off serious threats to their health.

In the Cochrane review, the authors evaluated 13 studies with 254 adults who had either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

For an average duration of one week, …. Original source  : Limiting salt key to warding off serious threats to diabetics’ health.

Type 2 Diabetes Better Controlled with New combo of Drugs

KOLKATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com) — A new combination of drugs can provide better blood sugar control in patients affected by Type 2 diabetes. Only insulin will not help. New diabetes drug exenatide combined with insulin is proved to to promote weight loss and better blood sugar control.
Type 2 diabetes is a threatening disease that may …. Original source  : Type 2 Diabetes Better Controlled with New combo of Drugs.

No Salt for Diabetic patients

KOLKATA, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com) — A recent study suggested that reduction in salt intake by diabetic patients can considerably prevent them from major health threats such as stroke, heart attack and diabetic kidney disease.
An experiment was conducted on 254 diabetic patients and their diet were restricted to large reduction in their daily salt intake. After … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : No Salt for Diabetic patients.