Monday, April 30, 2012

Study: Heavy teens have trouble managing diabetes

Judith Garcia, 19, fills a syringe as she prepares to give herself an injection of insulin at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Commerce, Calif., Sunday, April 29, 2012. A major study, released Sunday, tested several ways to manage blood sugar in teens newly diagnosed with diabetes and found that nearly half of them failed within a few years and 1 in 5 suffered serious complications. Garcia still struggles to manage her diabetes with metformin and insulin years after taking part in the study at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
 A study has shown that overweight teens who develop diabetes have a very difficult time managing the disease. Within a few years of diagnosis, 1 in 5 teens' blood sugar had failed to me maintained causing severe complications in the teen. A trade off has been discovered to keep the statistics of failure down, but as a result, the medications that must be taken have been shown to increase the risk of heart problems. Dr. Phil Zeitler added that the best way to maintain diabetes is prevention. The United State's population is continuously becoming more obese and prevention needs to be taken.

http://news.yahoo.com/study-heavy-teens-trouble-managing-diabetes-191756350.html

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