Time to act on diabetes scourge:

Loosening diabetes’ hold: Prevention, treatment options broaden; following advice remains a challenge . Sometimes, prevention takes not just a nudge, but a firm push. When one of Jackie Rogers’ diabetes clients told her he still was drinking regular Coca-Cola, she handed him part of her personal stash of sugar-free, flavored drink powders to mix with water. On his next visit, he admitted he gave away the mix and would stick with Coke. Ms. Rogers, a diabetes educator at the Memorial Hospital Diabetes Education Center, said she was furious. With her client seated in front……   .

BITTER SWEET Having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes this year, the Preds’ Jimmy Fryzel is just happy to still be playing arena football. Jimmy Fryzel sees no practical purpose fretting about life’s uncertainties. He knows diabetes is an insidious disease. With a quiet resolve, Fryzel plays football every weekend, understanding that the challenges can be overcome with medication, self-discipline and, in some instances, a bag of Skittles. “I just have to deal with it right now, ” he said after a recent Orlando Predators practice. “I know I can still play.

Time to act on diabetes scourge, say experts NSW has recorded a 300 per cent increase in the number of people with diabetes over the past 10 years, and experts have warned both the health system and the economy will soon be crippled by its impact. Already 1. 4 million Australians have diabetes, and if trends continue, 2 million will develop the disease-mostly caused by diet and lifestyle factors-by 2010. Calling for urgent and co-ordinated action, 200 diabetes experts, health professionals and government representatives are……   .

Living with diabetes IOWA CITY-Twelve-year-old Kasey Walsh of Cedar Rapids has lived with Type 1 juvenile diabetes since being diagnosed at age 4. This is the type of diabetes generally diagnosed in children, teenagers or young adults, not the more common type 2 diabetes, which is often in the news these days because of its link to sedentary lifestyles and obesity. Kasey is anything but sedentary, participating in sports such as volleyball. Her mother, AnnElise Walsh, said having the chronic condition has……   .

New York  City to Warn New Mothers of Diabetes Risk In an effort to improve outcomes for the rising number of women who get temporary diabetes during pregnancy, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city would routinely send information packets about the condition to all women who get the disorder. Speaking at the health department’s district officein Bedford-Stuyvesant,