The news that was heard around the world in the entertainment industry was the devistating report that beloved actor Patrick Swayze has been battling pancreatic cancer.
Can cancer be prevented? I do not believe so. We all know people who have gotten lung cancer and never smoked a day in their lives. But there is thought in the medical community obesity in older adults advances the risk of pancreatic cancer.
New research suggests that obesity may raise older adults’ risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease.
The study, by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, found that men and women who were severely obese were 45 percent more likely than normal-weight adults to develop pancreatic cancer over five years.
Abdominal obesity, in particular, was linked to a higher risk of the disease among women, the researchers report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Bottom Line — obesity kills. No matter what the condition, obesity just doesn’t do the body good.
The information in this next story may be true - but I get the knee-jerk reaction its just another way to try and force government run healthcare down our throat by pulling at our heart strings. Diabetes care is 99% the patient. The doctor can give you all the medication and advice you need, but in the end its up to the patient to decide if they are going to follow those guidelines. It doesn’t matter, in my Type 2 opinion, what race or income bracket you’re in - the patient has to be the one to take care of themselves once given the tools.
Minorities, Poor Have Tougher Time Monitoring Diabetes
Study found those who used insulin fared worse than white counterparts
Minority and low-income Americans with insulin-treated diabetes are less likely to monitor their blood glucose than other diabetics, a new study shows.
The researchers examined data on 16,630 Hispanic, black and white adults aged 19 and older with insulin-treated diabetes to come to this conclusion.
At every income level, fewer Hispanics and blacks reported daily self-monitoring of blood glucose than whites. The study was to be presented Friday at the American Heart Association’s Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
“Minority and financially vulnerable adults with insulin-treated diabetes appear to have lower reported rates of self-monitoring of blood glucose [SMBG] — a vital disease management component,” study author Dr. Deborah A. Levine, an assistant professor in general internal medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, said in a prepared statement.
“Efforts to improve diabetes control, including the collection and use of SMBG data in Hispanic and black populations with diabetes [particularly those on insulin], are warranted given that Hispanics and blacks have a higher frequency of diabetes-related complications compared to whites. We need to better understand income’s role in racial and ethnic disparities in SMBG to offer effective programs and policies to improve SMBG by minorities,” Levine said.
Cry me a river. I never went to my diabetes education classes the doctor scheduled for me and I blew off the nutrionist. Why? Because I didn’t want to be talked down to like a 2 year old. Been there, done that. The classes were FREE and I still didn’t go. So I really think this study is full of holes and partial information manipulated to pull in the reader.
Additional Reading:
- Diabetes Mine: Diabetes Blogs Can Change Your Life
- More Talk, More Action Required In Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes
- FDA Approves Abbott’s FreeStyle Navigator(R) Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Short sleepers more likely to be fat
- Weight-loss works better than intensive insulin therapy for type 2 diabetics
Have a great Monday!
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