Diabetes News for the Spanish Speaking Community
Original Article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/996528
Medical tests directly to the consumerImagine you’re a healthy 43-year-old, and you want to check your vitamin D levels, but your doctor is reluctant to order the test. You, as a patient, are still wanting reassurance … [Read More]
Original Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/19322968231199113
Not all people with diabetes are the same.The study aimed to understand the relationship between a marker called HbA1c and blood sugar (glucose) levels in young people with type 1 diabetes. In this study, the researchers … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-speak-can-reveal-whether-you-have-type-2-diabetes
Diabetes and the way you talkArtificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful tool in the medical world, and now it can be used to detect signs of type 2 diabetes (T2D) just by listening to someone … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02179-7/fulltext
Type 1 diabetes and insulinPeople with type 1 diabetes T1D have to take insulin to help their bodies manage their blood sugar effectively. Although an increasing number of people with T1D use an insulin pump which … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2023.1150724/full
We know that exercise is beneficial to health but!Exercise is good for health including for people living with a chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), a particularly enjoyable and beneficial type of exercise is … [Read More]
Original Article: https://diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/american-diabetes-month-help-fight-growing-diabetes-epidemic
With over 37 million Americans and 500 million people worldwide living with diabetes, World Diabetes Day emphasizes the importance of equitable access to diabetes care including effective medications, education and increasingly technologies that have been shown to … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/how-virtual-care-can-help-ease-rural-mental-health-crisis
Mental Health Challenges in Rural Areas:A recent policy brief from the Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the top priorities for rural healthcare. The problem is that rural areas … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medicaldevice-network.com/news/shl-telemedicines-at-home-ecg-device-reduces-hospital-visits-for-patients/
Checking your heart at homePeople with heart problems need careful monitoring. Often this requires taking time off from work to go to hospital appointments. For many people with heart problems, it is important that their doctors … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2023/09/UB-research-semaglutide-Type-1-diabetes-insulin.html
A new use for a new class of drug?Recently, there has been a great deal of excitement about the use of a new type of medication, called Glucagon-Like-Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists or GLP-1RA for short. These drugs … [Read More]
Original Article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2808900
The growing number of female surgeonsOn August 30th, 2023, the Journal of American Medical Association published a commentary entitled “Are Women Better Surgeons Than Men?” In a field that was once completely dominated by men, surgeons … [Read More]
