Monday, December 3, 2012

Where on the internet can I find the following medical article for purchase?

Q. Paron NG, Lambert PW. Cutaneous manifestations of diabetes mellitus. Prim Care 2000;27:371-83.

I need to purchase thius article. Can anyone please help me by telling me which website can I find this article for purchase?
Heather, your answer is just stupid, if you cannot contribute then just don't answer!

A. One problem is that I couldn't find the full name of the journal. If you can use the name of the journal and then find the publisher's site, that should help.

One other option is to contact the medical library of a nearby medical school. They can also get it for you at a reasonable cost.

Good luck.


What happens to people who can not afford dental care who have bad teeth?
Q. I don't know if diabetes makes things worst on a persons teeth it seems to destroy everyting else. I just happened to look at my teeth in a really good mirror & it looks like the tooth next to my front teeth has a cavity....I don't want to be toothless. Do I have any alternatives or hope that something I can afford will be made available in the future?

A. One of the programs the previous person is referring to is care credit (http://www.carecredit.com). Most dental offices accept this.

The other thing you may want to check is if there are any dental schools or public health clinics in your area. They will both see patients for a fraction of what a private dentist charges.

The worst thing you can do is neglect any dental issues because they will not go away, but will only get worse. For example, if you have a cavity now, it probably just requires a filling, which may be like ~$100-$200. If you wait and the decay progresses, you may end up needing a root canal and or a crown (both of which may be in the $1000 range EACH), or if you ever lost the tooth, you'd need either an implant or bridge, both of which are in the thousands.

If you look at it that way, $100-$200 doesn't seem like that much anymore, does it?

We see this everyday. If people got their problems fixed early, they'd save thousands of dollars.


According to latest research, what are the principle contributing causes to late onset diabetes?
Q. Some fruits are higher than others on the glycemic index. Is it possible that fruit eaten in any quantity could become a cause of diabetes? I had always thought that the enemy was sucrose, not fructose consumed in raw, fresh fruit.

Have read that overweight can be a contributing factor. If one remains consistently slighly under-weight can such an individual develop diabetes?

If the reader happens to be an expert in the matter, why not list for me up-to-date guidelines for the avoidance of this problem?

A. Nuts prevent type 2 diabetes

There was great excitement in the press very recently when researchers from Harvard studied more than 83,000 women and found that those who reported eating a handful of nuts or two tablespoons of peanut butter at least five times a week were more than 20 percent less likely to develop adult onset (type II) diabetes than those who rarely or never ate nuts. Type II diabetes develops when the body cannot properly use insulin. The women had been followed for up to sixteen years. The speculation is that the results apply to men as well as women. It�s not only the �good� fat in the nuts that work on heart health. The fiber and magnesium in nuts help maintain balanced insulin and glucose levels

Use ¼ to ½ teaspoon of cinnamon per day. Add it to your coffee, oatmeal, smoothie, or wherever you find it palatable.
If you already suffer from diabetes, be sure to stay on a regular schedule with your cinnamon usage so that your blood sugar levels don't yo-yo.Use the same amount at the same time every day so that you can get a sense of how cinnamon affects your own personal blood sugar readings.
Use the powdered spice or a cinnamon stick. Cinnamon pills are also available, and can be found easily via an online search. MHCP is water soluble and is not found in cinnamon oil.

Lime and lemon juice delay the digestion of starches as does vinegar. I've found that 2-3 tablespoons of lime or lemon juice reduces my post prandial BG response by 10-20 points. Rick Mendosa's site has a lot of material on acids in the diet. Take a look at http://www.mendosa.com/acidic_foods.htm .

Also a low Glycemic diet may stave off the onslaught of Diabetes.Here is the best Glycemic Index on the web:www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

Benefits of Regular Exercise: Stronger Muscles
Most people know that exercise keeps muscles strong. But did you know that strong muscles burn more calories? Muscle mass is metabolically active tissue. In other words, the more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn even when you're not working out.

Studies estimate that for each pound of muscle you add to your body, you will burn an additional 35-50 calories per day. So an extra 5 pounds of muscle will burn about 175-250 calories a day, or an extra pound of fat every 14-20 days.

Because guys have more muscle mass, they burn calories faster and lose weight more easily than girls. So girls need to work out daily to stay strong and in shape.

You can develop type 2 diabetes if:

Your body does not respond properly to insulin, making it difficult for your cells to get sugar from the blood to make energy. This is called insulin resistance.
Your pancreas does not make enough insulin.
Your weight, how much physical activity you get, and your family history all affect the way your body responds to insulin. If you are overweight, get little or no exercise, or have family members with dia
betes, you have a greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes.

Fight Diabetes with Sweet Laughter
A Japanese study finds a chuckle after a meal may help lower your blood sugar.

A chuckle may help the body process blood sugar, according to research from Japan. A study of type 2 diabetes�the most common form of the disease�found that laughter was linked to lower blood sugar levels after a meal.

Over two days, participants were given identical meals. On one day, they watched a humorless lecture, and on the next they watched a Japanese comedy show. The group of 19 people with diabetes and five without had their blood sugar monitored during the study.

Afterward both diabetics and non-diabetics alike had lower glucose levels after laughing through the comedy show than they did when they listened to the monotonous 40-minute lecture. The study was published in Diabetes Care.

Keiko Hayashi, of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, who led the study says that he cannot yet explain the laughter-glucose connection. It could be that laughter affects the neuroendocrine system, which monitors the body's glucose levels. Or it may be an effect of energy used by the stomach muscles.

Increased blood sugar can cause major complications for diabetics. If glucose is not kept in check, diabetics are more at risk for heart disease, kidney disease, and blindness. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin to control the body's glucose levels.


Good luck>


How do you care for a dwarf hamster?
Q. I've had syrians before, and I understand basic hamster care, but I want to get a Campbell Dwarf hamster. So, should I get one or two? Also, is dwarf hamster care different then syrian hamster care?

A. Well, only get 2 if you're sure they're the same gender, or are prepared for a lot of little dwarf hammies. Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to sex them as early as you'd want to buy them, so it's risky. So long as you play with them often though, they won't get lonely, so one's okay.

Speaking of play, they're not as tame as Syrians, so you will have to handle them often and early to ever have a non-biting dwarf. I was lucky and got one that had just been weaned and not displayed at the store yet. Usually by the time they're on display, it's too late to socialize them. A good rule is if it bites you at the store, it likely will at home too so move on, or ask if there's any younger ones in the back.

Feeding is pretty much the same--just cut out sugary treats and fruits--they can't handle it as well as the big ones and can get diabetes. Mine loves peas and carrots, and the occasional tidbit of a berry. They eat the same pelleted food as the Syrians, though you might want to crack it into small enough pieces for them to hold when they're young.

Otherwise, just make sure your cage is REALLY secure and that everything is suited to their size (water bottle height, wheel and ball, etc). Oh, and love it! That's probably the most important part of dwarf hamster care I can think of.

Good luck~!





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