Between half and three-quarters of older adults are diagnosed with pre-diabetes. But what does it mean? And what should you do if you get such a diagnosis? Increasingly, many experts say older ...
Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How concerned should they be? Not very, say some ...
Diet plays such a crucial role in managing – and, in some cases, reversing – prediabetes that you ignore it at your peril. The condition increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke by at ...
Pre-diabetes is much more common than you might think: Diabetes expert Dr. Tim Graham says about forty percent of Americans are pre-diabetic and less than ten percent of those people even know they ...
Dear Doctors: My wife and I have been seeing stories on the news about something called prediabetes metabolism. Apparently, some people have it but aren’t aware of it. We have never heard of this term ...
No, having prediabetes is not a guarantee that you will develop type 2 diabetes. You can lower your chance of a diabetes diagnosis with lifestyle changes, such as eating choices, exercise routines, ...
BOSTON — Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your medical questions. If you have a question, email her or message her on Facebook or Twitter. Missy writes on Facebook, "I was told by my primary care ...
Type 2 diabetes, linked to insulin resistance, affects a significant portion of the American population, many undiagnosed. Pre-diabetes, also caused by insulin resistance, often progresses to Type 2 ...
After you’ve been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, one of your first questions will likely be what foods you need to avoid with diabetes. Will you still be able to enjoy lunch out with friends? Will ...
For years, I obsessed over every carb and sugar gram, thinking that was the secret to managing my diabetes. You know the drill – no sugar, limit carbs, count everything like your life depends on it.
Monitoring of the body’s blood sugar is essential to the treatment of diabetes. But getting effective glucose readings has long been a challenge, according to UW Medicines Diabetes Institute professor ...