Clarksville, TN – With the help of a national competitive grant, the Austin Peay State University School of Nursing is partnering with the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center to provide a diabetes management program for low-income adults.
Teens have trouble managing diabetes
Judith Garcia, 19, gives herself an insulin injection. A major study released Sunday found that nearly two of three tested ways to manage blood sugar in teens recently diagnosed with diabetes failed within a few years.
Armpits, Belly Buttons and Chronic Wounds: The ABCs of Our Body Bacteria
Minutes after you were born, bacteria moved in. Since then, their populations have exploded, diversified and spread-on your skin and eyes and in your mouth and gut, not to mention other places.
Armpits, belly buttons and chronic wounds: The ABCs of our body bacteria
Minutes after you were born, bacteria moved in. Their populations have exploded, diversified and spread in and on your body, including your skin. Scientists are learning how and why bacteria colonize particular places, possibly pointing to ways of treating skin and other conditions. Researchers have discovered that each person’s collection of bacteria is unique — like fingerprints. But unlike your fingerprints, the bacterial communities can change depending on your diet, environment, health, age and many other factors. Swab samples from about 200 volunteers’ belly buttons contained an astonishing variety of bacteria — nearly 4,000 different strains, many of which are completely new to scientists.
Metformin And Rosiglitazone Combo Best For Kids With Diabetes Type 2
Controlling blood sugar in children and teenagers with diabetes type two is best achieved with a metformin plus rosiglitazone combo, compared to just metformin or metformin plus lifestyle changes, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). Blood-sugar control is also known as glycemic control, or blood glucose control…
Metformin And Rosiglitazone Combo Best For Kids With Diabetes Type 2
Controlling blood sugar in children and teenagers with diabetes type two is best achieved with a metformin plus rosiglitazone combo, compared to just metformin or metformin plus lifestyle changes, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). Blood-sugar control is also known as glycemic control, or blood glucose control…
