Diabetes News Items Posted During April

This article might interest you: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580884/ It interests me because my husband has autonomic system failure from other causes (multiple system atrophy)10:22 AM, April 19, 2013 Jennysaid... Pem,Thanks! That article is very interesting indeed. It is Diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy, inflammation and cardiovascular disease. Aaron I Vinik, et al., J Diabetes Investig. 2013 January; 4(1): 4–18.Dr. Bernstein has been writing about the impact of autonomic neuropathy on people with diabetes since the 1990s. Good to see that someone else has picked up on it.Most important takeaway for people with diabetes: Autonomic neuropathy begins at blood sugars in the prediabetic range. This is another reason why diagnosing diabetes at far lower blood sugars than doctors use could save lives. Keep your blood sugar under 140 mg/dl at all times and you can slowly reverse neuropathies of all kinds.10:36 AM, April 19, 2013 Jennysaid... Several people have emailed me wondering why I didn't comment on the item that has been in the news about a newly discovered hormone that supposedly; causes the regrowth of the pancreas. This is being reported as if it was a breakthrough that held out the promise of a cure for diabetes. Here's what I have been replying to these queries: I had seen this report, but since it is a) rodent research and b) very, very far from having any practical applications for people with diabetes now, I have refrained from co...
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