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On Monday, October 21, 2013, the National Institutes of Health made an announcement that diabetes sufferers may find interesting. Based on their declaration, it appears that the institute is prepared to fund a nationwide, diabetes related, clinical trial of epic proportions. As it stands now, the researchers are hoping to include adults age 30 or older in the upcoming clinical trials. The study is being undertaken to determine what impact, if any, vitamin D will have on the development and progression of type 2 diabetes. It isn’t the first time that healthcare professionals have considered vitamin D’s role in diabetes prevention. What exactly did those earlier studies reveal? Essentially, they indicated that the vitamin may be capable of influencing a person’s insulin resistance level. Insulin resistance levels, as you may already know, are indicators of a person’s type 2 diabetes risk. However, those former studies were not generally conducted on such a large scale. So researchers are hopeful that this…
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If you have diabetes, it is important to manage your diabetes through diet, regular blood glucose monitoring and other interventions as directed by your health care professional. If you do check your blood sugar on a regular basis, it is also important to keep your glucose meter in good working order and that you know how to use the control solution for regular glucose meter checks. Failure to perform these checks can result in inaccurate readings and, depending on your medication regimen or instructions for taking insulin, potential episodes of insulin-induced hypoglycemia. The benefit of regular glucose meter checks is that the control solution contains a known amount of glucose, so the result you get from testing the solution will tell you if the glucose meter and test strips are giving accurate results. Performing these checks is recommended every time you start a new box of test strips, when you change the batteries in your glucose meter and also when…
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For those who have diabetes, lancets are a way of life. Individuals who may be shy about drawing blood initially eventually realize the process is life saving and learn to complete the process alone. When a lancet or lancing device is cared for properly, there is very little that can go wrong. The Difference Between a Lancet and a Lancing Device A lancet is for one time use. If a single lancet is used repeatedly, the needle will become dull and will hurt. A lancing device includes a lancet which needs to be changed daily, but does not need to be changed after every use. Diabetics who test more than once a day prefer lancing devices. General Care of a Lancet or Lancing Device New diabetics may not understand how to care for a lancet or lancing device. If a lancet is used, it needs to be disposed of correctly to avoid harm to others. Diabetics need to speak with…
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