CHECKUP : NEWS, TIPS AND TRENDS EARLIER DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES, BETTER CARE FOR BOOMERS.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Baby boomers will cope with diabetes nearly two decades longer than their parents - not because the disease strikes earlier now, but because boomers monitor their health better, so the disease is diagnosed sooner. That's the conclusion of a study done by Dr. Gerald Bernstein, associate clinical professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a private medical school located in the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Yeshiva University in the Morris Park at Yeshiva University in the Bronx, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . People from boomers' parents' generation were 54 years old, on the average, when they learned they had Type 2 (adult-onset) diabetes, according to a survey done by Roper Starch Worldwide; boomers are about 37 when diagnosed with the disease. And although boomers are more likely than their parents to be angry and depressed about having diabetes, a disease that occurs when the body is unable to produce enough insulin or is insulin-resistant, they also are more likely to take good care of themselves, Bernstein's study said. New guidelines endorsed by the American Diabetes Association The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of urge all adults age 45 and older to be tested for diabetes and, if tests are normal, to be tested again at three-year intervals. Risks of becoming diabetic include being overweight and leading a sedentary, couch-potato lifestyle. Chances of developing the disease increase if there is a family history of diabetes; if a person is African-American, Latino, American Indian or Asian-American; or has related health problems such as high blood pressure and low HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. (``good'') cholesterol levels. Women who have delivered a baby weighing more than 9 pounds also are at risk. Untreated diabetes, or complications of the disease, can trigger heart disease, blindness and the need for amputation amputation (ăm'pyətā`shən), removal of all or part of a limb or other body part. Although amputation has been practiced for centuries, the development of sophisticated techniques for treatment and prevention of infection has greatly . Work is a pain: Whatever your occupation, it probably has a hazard. So says the Wall Street Journal, citing a University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal , Wellness Letter report on a recent meeting of radiologists. Attendees discussed an ailment known as ``housemaid's knee'': inflammation of bursae Bursae A closed sac lined with a synovial membrane and filled with fluid, usually found in areas subject to friction, such as where a tendon passes over a bone. (fluid-filled sacs) around the knee. Carpet installers get it, too. Also discussed: ``gamekeeper's thumb'' - an injury to thumb ligaments traditionally caused by twisting a wounded rabbit's neck. |
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