diabetics

A person could significantly lower their risk of heart disease and strokes by taking a statin each day. Researchers analyzed patients over a period of five years and found that for every 1,000 people with diabetes that were given statin, there were 42 less heart attacks and strokes than there would have been if the patients wouldn’t have taken the statins. The statins even helped the people already diagnosed with vascular disease. It is recommended that women that are pregnant shouldn’t take them.

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A few weeks ago, my body was beating me up. I felt horrible most of the time, and I kind of knew why. I have a sugar addiction, and I just couldn't stay away from the sweets. I'm diabetic, and my glucose had been averaging around 205, though I was spiking as high as 300 every once in awhile. Not good at all.

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Let me tell you a story about karma and how I made $250 by reporting an Adsense cheater!

It started when I came upon a web site where some kid was blatantly breaking the rules by asking his buddies to click on his Adsense ads.

This has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves! Why do people think they can break the rules at the expense of other peoples' AdWords budgets?

So I did what a lot of people do... I contacted Google!

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I am 47, a diabetic since 7 years. I only take tablets before and after meal twice a day.

I check my glucose at my home with a Glucometer periodically.

So, naturally this news story from yahoo news immediately caught my attention.

Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent reports for Yahoo news about a new product that monitors blood sugar live and warns instantly whenever sugar level goes beyond the stipulated norms.

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