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It is well known that diabetes is under-diagnosed. Approximately one-third of the individuals with diabetes do not know they have it and it generally takes about 7 years to determine the diagnosis. By that time, irreparable damage may already have occurred. This report offers a reconsideration of the diagnostic criteria for diabetes.

This study demonstrated that derangements of blood glucose control occur in patients with and without diabetes who undergo cardiac surgery. The study analyzed 8,727 adults placing them in a variety of blood glucose control categories (good= < 200 mg/dl), (moderate = 200-250 mg/dl)or (poor = >250 mg/dl). They determined that the percentage that fell in the inadequate blood glucose control categories were more likely to have heart failure, hypertension, renal dysfunction and ejection fraction < 50%. The study found that 52% of patients had poor control, 31% had moderate control and 8% with good control had diabetes as a diagnosis. Inadequate blood glucose control, but not diabetes, was associated with in-hospital mortality and morbidity. Inadequate control was also associated with post-operative heart attacks, and with pulmonary and renal complications in people without the diagnosis of diabetes.

A study that looked at birth records of 13,000 births from ten different states found that birth defects were three to four times more likely to develop in women who had a form of diabetes termed “gestational” diabetes. The study provides detailed information on the types of deformities diabetic mothers are likely to incur with their infants which includes heart defects, missing kidneys and spine deformities.

So, researchers have finally done it. They have created a pill you can take instead of doing dreaded exercise.
Well, not so fast; don’t sell your treadmill yet. The newly developed exercise pill speeds the transformation of sugar-burning fast-twitch fibers to fat-burning slow-twitch ones — the same change that occurs in distance runners and cyclists through training – only WITH exercise. So, unless you’re already getting off the couch to exercise, the pill is useless! To boot, the pill has no effect on the muscles of people who already exercise.
So, unless you are a couch potato with your heart set on an Olympic medal , this pill is a waste of money.

The best thing about choosing the Scrubby Winner is that I am able to stay current on the various topics within the Industry. The good thing for you is that you do not have to spend hours doing the research!

I have to admit that this week was a tough one. The number of posts that have exceeded the greatness factor has sky-rocketed and I had the hardest time choosing the winner.

The posts varied from Politics to Malpractice and everything else in between. They were well written and honestly this was not an easy decision.

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