Glucose Strips On EBay — Is It a Bargain or a Trap?
Posted on October 9, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Bargain glucose tips are available on EBay for 30 to 70 percent off retail. But don’t take risks that may cause real damage to your health by buying blindly. Read this report to understand how to buy safely.
Glucose testing is a vital part of an effective blood sugar management program for people afflicted with diabetes. Having access to cost effective test strips is an absolute must but even though blood sugar testing devices have been around for over 20 years, the cost of testing strips has not declined very much, if at all.
Why is this so?
Read More..>>How Can Children Continue To Live With Type-1 Diabetes?
Posted on May 28, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
Living with diabetes is a challenge, especially for children and teenagers. It is difficult to convince them to cooperate and take regular medication because they are unaware of the extent of damage and complications it can trigger. They hardly understand the importance of monitoring blood glucose levels periodically, the medical issues involved and taking correct insulin dosage. The symptoms of the disease and the treatment regimen recommended, leaves them totally puzzled, scared, frustrated and sometimes even makes them stubborn and highly un-cooperative.
Read More..>>Diabetes Symptoms - What To Watch For In Children
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
Unfortunately one in every 700 children of school going age is suffering from diabetes. According to a research, it has been proved that this ratio will increase to a good amount in coming years. Most parents are not able to spot when the disease has already started in their children. The worst part is that most of the symptoms of diabetes are treated as normal.
Most people are not able to identify this disease in their children because the symptoms do not appear all at once. There are possibilities that a particular symptom appear at present and the other may take about some months to appear.
Read More..>>Diabetes - Lets Review Some Facts About Diabetes
Posted on April 28, 2008 - Filed Under Health and Fitness | Leave a Comment
You have probably heard of diabetes, but were unsure of what it really is. Basically, the body of a person with diabetes cannot properly absorb sugar. A common feature of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes is the elevated levels of blood sugar, commonly known as glucose, that arise from inadequate amount of insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas.
Across the world, cases of diabetes are expected to exceed 250 million people by 2025, which will result in 35 million heart attacks, 13 million strokes, 6 million episodes of renal failure, 8 million instances of blindness or eye surgery, 2 million amputations, and 62 million deaths.
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