JDC monthly diabetes newsletter.Issue 28, February 2011

Issue 28, February 2011

Dear Friends,

This issue's Malayalam video presentation by Dr.Jothydev is on 'Using Glucometers in the Proper Way'.Though regarded as the gold standard in diabetes care, false beliefs and wrong techniques are major barriers to proper use of glucometers. Self monitoring of blood glucose using glucometers helps in changing medications and lifestyles to maintain normal sugars.

Numerous tips on how to deal with the problem of ‘gas in the abdomen’ is vividly discussed in this issue of Gems. Scientists have discovered the root cause of blood vessel damage in diabetes. This will be helpful for the diabetes treatment in future. Also there is good news for T1 patients and their parents. Both the above articles and some other interesting articles on the importance of safflower oil and cinnamon in diabetes control etc. also find place in Gems.

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Regards
JDC Diabetes Gems Team
Jothydev's Diabetes and Research Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA
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1.	International Award for Dr. Jothydev Kesavadev International Kohinoor Award being presented to Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev by Korn Dabbaransi (Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thailand) in the presence.........

2.	Tips to reduce "Gas in the Abdomen " Gas in the abdomen is really a problem whether you are diabetic or not; especially when you are surrounded with people. Passing gas is a natural process of body........

3.	Ray of Hope for Type 1 Diabetes? Type 1 diabetes could be converted to an asymptomatic, non-insulin-dependent disorder by eliminating the actions of a specific hormone; says researchers from the UT........

4.	Mechanism behind Blood Vessel Damage in Diabetes Discovered Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a key mechanism that appears to contribute to blood vessel damage in people with diabetes........

5.	Safflower oil improves glycemic control and lipids in Type 2 diabetic women Researchers from the The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA found that supplementation with safflower oil improves glycemic control and lipid levels, and reduces inflammation in women with Type 2 diabetes..........

6.	Cinnamon Really good for diabetes? For the past few years there has been a widely spread belief that cinnamon reduces diabetes even though there were not much scientific...........

7.	Diabetes Medicine Updates Sanofi-aventis announces GetGoal-X Phase III study of lixisenatide against type 2 diabetes..........

8.	JDC Updates Diabscreen free screening and education camp was conducted at Provident Fund office, Kollam on 10th of this month.. Chief organizer of the camp was Rakesh V S. Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev.........

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