A new study suggests that just like in adults, obesity surgery may prove effective to reverse diabetes in youngsters.

The researchers told that after one year of weight-loss surgery, ten out of 11 very obese teens found that their diabetes had reversed during that time. However, one patient was found with diabetes, but that patient not required diabetes pills and he was taking quite less insulin.

Many other studies have already shown that obesity surgery is beneficial for adults’ diabetes, says, Thomas Inge, the lead author of the study.

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According to a new study, lack of a vitamin D that is received through sunlight can increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

Dr. James H. O’Keefe, who led the study, says in this connection: “There are many studies that show link between vitamin D deficiency and higher risk of cardiovascular diseases.”

“Usually risk of high blood pressure, left ventricle stiffening and diabetes are related to vitamin D deficiency. People deficient in vitamin D have higher ratio of inflammation and inflammation is considered quite important for heart disease.”

According to some experts, almost 30% children and teens, and half of adults in the US suffer from vitamin D deficiency.

Data from the Framingham Heart Study shows that people with below 15nanograms/ml blood have two times more risk of having a heart attack or some other cardiovascular disease.

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A UK government agency advises that pregnant women should reduce caffeine consumption and wouldn’t take more than two cups of coffee or four cups of tea a day.

The previous recommended levels of the stimulant levels were of 300mg a day, but now the Food Standard Agency has lowered them to 200mg which is a reduction of a third.

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According to a Canadian study, vaccination against pneumonia almost halves the risk of a heart attack.

In this study the researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec compared 999 people (who were admitted to different Canadian hospitals for heart attacks) with those 3996 who were admitted for other reasons. The researchers didn’t find any difference in those who had or hadn’t the penumococcal vaccine in the previous year, but a 50 percent lower rate in those who were vaccinated two years earlier.

The study has been published in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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According to John Hopkins researchers, regular aerobic exercise and weightlifting may reduce high liver fat levels in patients with type2 diabetes.

High levels of fat are quite common in patients with type2 diabetes and they often seem to contribute in heart disease risk.

77 diabetic men and women took part in the study and they were divided into two groups. One group was asked to do three 45-minute sessions of moderate aerobic exercises including brisk walking and bicycling for six months. They were also asked to do three 20-minute sessions of weightlifting per week.

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Diabetes drugs must go through longer studies to make it certain that they are free from unexpected heart risks; this has been recommended by a government panel. It may cost pharmaceutical companies millions but it is protective for the patients to avoid unexpected heart risks.

On Wednesday, with a 14-2 voting, the advisers of the Food and Drug Administration recommended that all new diabetes drugs must have undergone longer studies to make it certain that they didn’t boost cardiovascular problems risks.

The diabetes experts, cardiologists and statisticians opined for less than a year after the FDA was badly criticized regarding managing the issue of GlaxoSmithKline’s commonly used pill. The drug was recommended in 1999 but FDA didn’t warn about possible heart risks till last November.

Many members of the panel suggested that drug companies should start safety tests before submitting any drug to the FDA, and they also complete the studies after the availability of the drugs in the market. The testing would cost tens of millions of dollars to the drug manufactures and will take a time of five to seven years to complete.

According to Dr. Eric Felner who is a pediatric specialist at Emroy University School of Medicine, “If such amount of time is spent for testing, it will be certainly preventing some drugs that may prove better than the already available drugs.”

It is not essential for FDA to follow the advice of the panel but it often does. Almost 24 million Americans are the victim of Type 2 diabetes that can cause kidney failure, blindness and heart disease.

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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful. - Dale Evans

Diabetes is a chronic syndrome that is characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood sugar. Diabetes is caused by inherited and/or acquired deficiency in production of insulin by the pancreas, or by the ineffectiveness of the insulin produced. Such a deficiency results in increased concentrations of glucose in the blood. The characteristic symptoms of diabetes are excessive urine production, excessive thirst and increased fluid intake and sometimes even blurred vision.

Type I or Juvenile diabetes is a type of diabetes that begins during childhood or adolescence. In this type of diabetes, the pancreas produces little or no insulin. Taking daily injections of insulin treats this condition. For this reason, this type of diabetes is also called insulin-dependent diabetes.

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