Diabetes,

Hey. Perhaps I was a little harsh the other day when I called for divorce. That’s not to say I want to keep you around. Don’t get me wrong. I desperately want you out of my house. I still hate you very much and harbor a great amount of resentment toward you.

But, that said, today you were absolutely dreamy. You had me at 97. I am all too aware that you could have very easily pissed all over my fishing trip with Charlie with the snap of your evil tentacles. But you didn’t.  I hardly even thought of you today.  Thank you for making yourself scarce; for not being the center of attention; for giving me some quality time with my son. Maybe you had "gone fishin’" too.

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Experts often recommend that people lose weight to protect themselves from diabetes.

As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes continues to grow, researchers are focusing on discovering why the prevalence of the disease is increasing.

Mountain Empire Older Citizens will offer free diabetes patient education workshops in September through the University of Virginia Office of Telemedicine.

Carbohydrates have become the ugly stepsister in the family photo album of healthy eating. Standing in the grocery aisle, consumers study ingredients and food labels, counting and analyzing the carb content of their foods. In the last decade, the popularity of low carb diets rose to dramatic heights as Americans gravitated toward the South Beach, Atkins, and Zone diets. Fruits were forsaken for plates piled high with steak and eggs.

The drug branded as Trajenta in Europe and known as Tradjenta in the United States, was cleared by the European Commission when used in combination with an older generic drug called metformin while only certain patient groups can take the pill without metformin, the companies said in a joint statement.

The 10th Annual Taste of the Vine & Auction fundraiser hosted by the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute of Santa Barbara last Saturday afternoon was centered on the continuing quest for prevention, treatment and a cure for diabetes, which affects 25 million Americans.

The cannabinoid receptors for I’ -THC, and particularly, the CB receptor, as well as its endogenous ligands, the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, are deeply involved in all aspects of the control of energy balance in mammals.