Diabetes News for the Spanish Speaking Community
Original Article: https://www.healio.com/news/pediatrics/20230818/study-links-covd19-pandemic-to-weight-gain-among-children-in-us
The Years after COVIDWith almost two years since the pandemic lockdown, we are now able to see the longitudinal effects of COVID-19, including the potential for excess weight gain leading to obesity. Post-pandemic, obesity levels have … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.medtechdive.com/news/ge-healthcare-fda-clearance-wireless-vital-sign-monitor/690988/
Portrait MobileIn hospitals, doctors need to monitor vital signs. These include temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and breathing (respiratory) rates. Until recently this required patients to be attached to multiple monitors which require multiple cables. Now … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20230818/smoking-little-physical-activity-increase-risk-for-lower-limb-amputations-in-diabetes
How do lifestyle choices affect diabetes?It is established that our lifestyle choices impact our risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). What this means is that our food choices, how physically active we are, and whether … [Read More]
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Serious diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease can affect anyone. Therefore it is vital to make sure that clinical research includes people from all racial and … [Read More]
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Artificial intelligence is now being used by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) Hospitals to help to assess images obtained from x-rays and scans thereby reducing the reporting time by up … [Read More]
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Lipohypertrophy (LH) is the increased amount of fatty tissue underneath the skin caused by injecting or infusing insulin over time. It is very common but frequently not recognized by a … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023056487#abs0010
You are what you eatA healthy diet is important to overall health, but especially important to manage risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). Not meeting the minimum daily requirement of fruits and vegetables is a … [Read More]
Original Article: https://tinyurl.com/22bh3d4p
Breakfast: the most important meal of the dayWe often hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but is this the case? New research suggests that the time we eat may affect our … [Read More]
Original Article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1530891X2300472X
Airplane modeWhen traveling, we turn our phones on airplane mode during takeoff and landing, but what about other devices? More and more people living with diabetes are using wearable and other technologies. These include insulin pumps … [Read More]
Original Article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19322968231183985
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are now commonly used by adults and children with type 1 diabetes and recently by people with type 2 diabetes who take insulin. The benefits from CGMs are well-established including improved glucose levels, … [Read More]
