Artificial Sweeteners Are Not the Answer to Weight Loss

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Posted by Heather Aarons on May 18, 2012 at 11:01 am

Sweeteners can be found at all restaurants, coffee shops, and in a wide assortment of foods at the grocery story. They are our substitutes for sugar, especially for diabetics, so we can still enjoy a sweet taste and avoid the added calories from sugar, and the unwanted jumps and drops in our blood sugar. However, trying to satisfy your craving for something sweet with someone else may not be the answer to losing weight or being healthier.

Re-evaluating what patients eat in order to make sure they have healthy, well-balanced diet is a major part of Fast Weight Loss diet clinic Dallas programs. Too many other trendy diet programs focus on cutting calories instead of focusing on healthy nutrition. As a result participants do not get their essential nutrients and are left feeling unsatisfied. Sweeteners are similar in that they are empty calories that often leave us feeling hungry!

In fact, there are studies dating back to the 1970s linking the use of artificial-sweeteners to weight gain. A long-term study that began in 1970 discovered this relationship among 31,940 women using saccharin and in the early 1980s, the American Cancer Society found that after one year almost 7% of those using artificial sweeteners gained weight compared to those that didn’t.

One possible reason for the link between sweeteners and weight gain is that artificial sweeteners are thousands of times sweeter than sugar. By adjusting your taste buds to this new level of sweetness sweeteners just make you crave more.

To learn more about how a healthy, well-balanced diet can lead to successful weight loss visit Fast weight loss Dallas.

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Link between male infertility and diabetes requires closer monitoring

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Posted by Franco Cignelli on May 11, 2012 at 3:14 pm

Male InfertilityFor years there has been a strong correlation linking diabetes and male infertility.

Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are on the increase throughout the world, with the latter caused by lifestyle, diet and obesity. Type 1 is usually diagnosed in younger people and is also increasing at the rate of 3% a year in European youngsters.

The reason for the increase in Type 1 diabetes is not known, but some scientists are suggesting that genetic factors could be involved, or that viruses could trigger the onset of the disease.

Infertility is already a major health problem in both the developed and developing world, with up to 1 in 6 couples requiring treatment to conceive.

The  incidence of systemic diseases such as diabetes may further increase male infertility. However, it is not clear to what extent clinics consider information about the diabetic status of their patients when investigating fertility problems.

Studies show increased levels of sperm DNA damage in diabetic men. This is an important finding in light of the overwhelming evidence that sperm DNA damage impairs male fertility and reproductive health.

Other studies have already shown that, while the female egg has a limited ability to repair damaged sperm DNA, fragmentation beyond this threshold may result in increased rates of embryonic failure and pregnancy loss. In the context of spontaneous conception, sperm DNA quality has been found to be poorer in couples with a history of miscarriages.

Considering the global rise of diabetes, it is vital to examine the reproductive outcomes of pregnancies fathered by diabetic men, and the prevalence of diabetes amongst men requiring infertility treatment.

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Is the Government Wasting Money with Medicare?

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Posted by Heather Aarons on April 24, 2012 at 11:25 pm

New federal report that was discussed in an article in the New York Times yesterday in an article entitled “G.A.O. Calls Test Project By Medicare Costly Waste” claims that Medicare is wasting more than $8 billion on an program that is rewarding providers of mediocre health healthcare.

The report will be issued by issued by the Government Accountability Office in order to encourage the Obama administration to halt this program that has been deemed useless to improving healthcare and hindering any revenue cycle management solution for Medicare. This program is suspected to hand out bonuses to health insurance companies that handle millions of Medicare beneficiaries.

However, the administration officials believe that this experimental project is useful and could increase the quality of care for older Americans, and have defended its usefulness. It began in 2010 with a new health care law when Congress cut Medicare payments and began offering bonus payments to those that report to have highly-quality care. However, after investigation, it was discovered that many plans that received bonuses did not meet the benchmark rates designed by Congress.  While this plan may give an added boost to healthcare collections training, it is estimated to cost $8.3 billion over the course of the next 10 years and 80 percent of the cost will occur in the first five years.

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Dieting While Pregnant Increases Child’s Risk for Diabetes, Says Study

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Posted by Heather Aarons on April 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm

A new study shows that women that diet while they are pregnant may be unintentionally and unknowingly putting their child at risk for obesity and diabetes.

Cardiologists in Florida at Cardiovascular Institute, leaders in advanced cardiovascular care, know well that the obesity epidemic and the increase in diabetes, also increasing patients’ risk for developing heart disease. Therefore, it is very important that we find ways to prevent all this negative and limiting healthy conditions from day one.

The study that led researches to make this conclusion about women dieting while pregnant was conducted by a British research team at the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institue. They found this exact relationship in pregnant sheep and believed that this same process could be mapped onto humans.

The findings of this particular support the conclusion made from a New Zealand led-research team that it the most important time to shape a baby’s life-long health is before birth. Additionally, the most crucial time to inform mothers about healthy in pregnancy may be even before conception. This means that the time that women normally seek medical care between six and eight weeks of pregnancy.

To learn more about cardiologists in Florida visit the Cardiology Associates homepage.

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Stomach Bacterium May Contribute to Diabetes, Says Study

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Posted by Amanda Rahi on April 11, 2012 at 2:19 pm

It is well-known fact that unhealthy diets, inactivity, being overweight, and genetics put us at risk for Type 2 diabetes; however, we are still looking for other reasons and possible risk factors for diabetes.

While, weight loss Dallas specialists, who help patients get on the fast track to health and weight loss, can help fight against the well-known risk factors of diabetes, a new case study presents an interesting theory about another risk factor for this disease, that a healthy life style may combat as well.

New research is now building evidence that a stomach bacterium present in ulcers may be another risk factor for diabetes. The bacterium, called Helicobacter pylori, has been linked to two digestive hormones that are believed to influence hunger and satiety such that it can increase levels of a hormone that increase the feeling of hunger and lower levers of the hormone that induces the feeling of being full, or satiety.

The belief is that the bacterium increases levels of ghrelin, the ”hunger hormone,” which is known to promote weight gain. At the same time, H. pylori is thought to lower levels of leptin, the ”satiety” hormone, which reduces appetite and promotes calorie burning.

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Studies show that gastric surgery can reverse diabetes

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Posted by Franco Cignelli on April 5, 2012 at 8:11 am

Studies show that gastric surgery can cure diabetesStudies have found that gastric surgery can vastly improve or possibly reverse Type 2 diabetes.

346 million people worldwide have diabetes. The number of deaths from complications of the disease is expected to double by 2030, with obesity considered a leading cause of diagnosis. Diet Center Dallas is one of many places committed to creating programs to help individuals with their weight loss goals.

There is good news. Two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine, report surgery that reduced the size of the stomach reversed diabetes in 40% of patients.

Italian researchers, reporting on the results of a more radical gastric procedure, say 75% of diabetes patients in their study went into remission, while 95% were cured.

Less radical bariatric procedures, that don’t remove part of the stomach, are being developed to reverse Type 2 diabetes for people who are not obese.

Gastric surgeons at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston are recruiting thin diabetic patients for a study of a surgical procedure called ilial transposition. Through small incisions in the abdomen, the procedure moves the ileum closer to the pancreas, the organ that produces insulin. A digestive hormone in the transposed intestine stimulates the pancreas to secrete more insulin, so diabetics don’t need to take it artificially. Patients are off their medications and their blood sugars return to normal before they leave the hospital.

Research is continuing with another ten to 15 types of surgical procedures becoming available within the next two years.

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Is Outsourcing a Good Idea in Hospitals?

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Posted by Amanda Rahi on March 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm

Over the last decade, medical work is being outsourced due to staff shortages, and the constant need in the industry to work around the clock. Radiologists, for example, in hospitals across the country needed a solution to being woken up in the middle of the night with an emergency. Instead, using radiologists in another time zone helped solve the problem of the limited hours doctors can physically work in one day.

Medical debt collection and billing services is another large area for outsourcing in hospitals where there is only so much the staff on hand can handle. This is all part of the growing tend to establish a rapid transfer of medical data over the internet. It is important to note that in most cases the doctors and outsourced employees are U.S. trained or have some type of training in the United States.

On the other hand, for services like handling and managing medical accounts receivable and billing functions, there are fewer concerns about safety and the focus instead is on the added value and efficiency of using such services. Functions can be performed at a lower cost and more efficiently by an organization that specializes in a certain aspect of the medical business, in this case billing and collecting.

In the case of outsourced work to radiologists, there are important implications for emergency care patients and staff, including diabetics. Radiology or medical imaging is used to diagnose, reveal, and examine disease by creating images of organs and tissues. Radiologists are especially important for diabetes patients that have diabetes-related food problems such as osteomyelitis and charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy.  By having staff available 24 hours a day without overworking doctors, the quality of care can only go up.

Arlogix is leading healthcare accounts receivable, billing, and collections outsource provide committed to increasing efficiency in the medical industry.

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FDA Warns Diabetes Risks from Statins

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Posted by Amanda Rahi on March 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm

Patients in the United States are overdosing on cholesterol-lowering statins, according to an op-ed article recently published in the New York Times, entitled “The Diabetes Dilemma for Statin Users”

The Food and Drug Administration is also voicing concerns over the long list of side effects associated with statins and the high health risks, including diabetes and memory loss.

Leaders in heart disease treatment and prevention, such as Florida cardiologists at Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida, must work with patients on finding the safest option for curing and preventing heart disease. Considering the risks, statins may not be the best option.

Over 20 million Americans take statins according to this New York Times article, many of which have never had heart disease. In such cases, this medication may not be necessary and may be preferable avoided.

While the risk for memory loss from statins has been assessed to be relativity small, the risks involved for diabetes are not based on date from large clinical trials.  Conservative estimates from research conclude that one in every 200 patients treated with statins will have the side effects of diabetes. Additionally, data shows that the higher the dosage of statins the higher the risk for diabetes.

If you are taking statin drugs and worried about your risk for diabetes, you should speak with your Florida cardiologist or a specialist near you.

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Diabetes Patients at Higher Risk for Disc Disease, Says Study

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Posted by Amanda Rahi on February 29, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Diabetes mellitus puts patients at a higher risk for developing lumbar spinal stenosis, according to a study conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University.

Degenerative disc disease mn experts at Twin Cities Pain Clinic, have been treating patients for lower back pain and helping them return to their routine daily activities or recreation. Back pain is a major problem in the United States, and is the second most common neurological aliment in the country.

Patients with diabetes, another very common problem in the United States, need to pay extra close attention to back pain, as diabetes is a disease that can affect various organs, connective tissue, and bone and cartilage. The researchers at Tel Aviv found that particular skeletal conditions are more common in people with diabetes. They studied this association further with a cross-sectional analysis of 395 patients that were diagnosed with spinal stenosis, degenerative disk disease or osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

The results showed that there was a significantly higher rate of diabetes in the patients that had spinal stenosis. The researchers concluded from these results that diabetes mellitus may be a predisposing factor for lumbar spinal stenosis.

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Are Asthma and Diabetes Related in Children?

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Posted by Amanda Rahi on February 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Asthma is a common respiratory disease in children and can often cause complications in the life of a child by limiting physical activity and increasing sensibility to cold, allergens, and emotional stress. Children with asthma need special care and according to pediatric pulmonologist experts at Rocky Mountain, childhood asthma is a leading cause of missed school and activities.

Childhood diabetes is becoming another disease common among children that in many cases is very severe and problematic. The Mayo Clinic reports that type 1 diabetes can disturb almost every major organ in a child’s body, including the heart, blood vessels, nerves, eyes, and kidneys.

In countries where diabetes is prevalent, asthma is also a very common problem according to a report published in the journal the Lancet. Both conditions are ones that need constant attention and require taking precautionary measures.  Pediatric pulmonology care is necessary for childhood asthma and regular visits to a family doctor are important for children with diabetes.

Fortunately, according to Alan Greene MD FAAP, children with type 1 diabetes are less likely to get asthma, eczema, or hayfever and vice versa; children with asthma are less likely to develop diabetes. Greene suspects that this negative association has to do with two types of immune cells: T-helper 1 cells and T-helper 2 cells. Children with diabetes have more T-helper 1 cells whereas children with T-helper 2 cells have more T-helper 2 cells. Greene explains that is very rare for one child to have both types of T-helpers cells.

Diabetes symptoms in children include excessive thirst and need to urinate, extreme hunger, weight loss, fatigue, irritability or strange behavior, blurred vision, and yeast infections in girls. Symptoms of asthma include shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, wheezing, and constriction in the chest.

To learn more about childhood asthma treatment and care visit Rocky Mountain pediatric pulmonologist Colorado Springs website.

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