Author: admin

Deadly Combination of Depression and Diabetes

Exposure to bright artificial light between dusk and bedtime can reduce the quality of your sleep and increase the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.

A new study by researchers of Harvard Medical School has found that exposure to bright room light before sleep shortened the duration of melatonin production by about 90 minutes.  Room light during sleep hours strongly suppressed melatonin by more than 50 percent.  Melatonin, a physiology-regulating hormone made at night in the brain is known to regulate the sleep-wake cycle, blood pressure, and body temperature.

The research monitored blood plasma melatonin every 30~60 minutes in 116 healthy participants aged 18 to 30 who were exposed to bright or dim light for eight hours before bedtime.  The study is scheduled for publication in the March issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

“Given that chronic light suppression of melatonin has been hypothesized to increase relative risk for some types of cancer and that melatonin receptor genes have been linked to type 2 diabetes, our findings could have important health implications for shift workers who are exposed to indoor light at night over the course of many years,” said the lead author Dr. Joshua Gooley, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

                          

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Canada Leads the Fight against Diabetes

One of the greatest gifts Canada has given the world is Dr. Frederick Grant Banting’s research that led to the discovery of insulin in 1921.  In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of his achievement, a three-metre high sculpture has been unveiled at Banting House National Historic Site of Canada located in London, Ontario.

“Canada is at the forefront of the effort to improve the quality of life for the millions of people around the world living with diabetes.  We wouldn’t be where we’re at had it not been for Banting’s brilliant idea,” said Michael Cloutier, President of the Canadian Diabetes Association.

He added that the sculpture would serve as a symbol of the ongoing research conducted around the world in search of a cure for diabetes, and how the world continues to look to Canada as world-class experts in the field of diabetes management and research.

Recently, Banting has been voted the fourth greatest Canadian of all time in CBC’s The Greatest Canadian Contest.  He also received Maclean’s magazine’s prestigious title of greatest Canadian innovators for discovering insulin.  At the time of his discovery, diabetes was a slow but sure death sentence that generally affected people under the age of 30.  For delivering hope to them, he became the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1923.

Many Canadian researchers have carried on the proud Canadian legacy of pioneering breakthroughs in diabetes research.  Following in the footsteps of Dr. Banting, scientists are working towards improving health for people suffering from the global diabetes epidemic.

Among them, one who has played a pivotal role in changing the way diabetes is treated is presented the Frederick G. Banting Award.  The annual award is paving the road to diabetes cures by recognizing a significant contribution to either preventing diabetes or to improving the quality of life of individuals affected by diabetes.

                          

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Canada’s Contributions to Diabetes Research

When 11-year-old Elizabeth Hughes was diagnosed with diabetes in 1919, it was equivalent to a death sentence.  She was not expected to live beyond her 14th birthday.  At that time, the only known method of prolonging the life of diabetics was to put the patient on a salad-based starvation diet devoid of sugar and starch with only the minimum calories needed to survive.

In the process, Elizabeth came to weigh just 45 pounds of skin and bones three years after her initial diagnosis.  But she was lucky enough to be one of the first patients to try the new revolutionary treatment Dr. Frederick Banting of the University of Toronto developed by isolating insulin from pancreatic hormones.  She lived up to be 74 years old, and Dr. Banting’s discovery has been called one of the most important scientific advances of the 20th century.

The story of Elizabeth Hughes and diabetes research were brought to light by recently published book ‘Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle’ by Thea Cooper and Arthur Ainsberg.  It details the great moment of medical history, those who made it happen and those whose lives were changed forever.

Dr. Banting won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1923.  Since then, Canada has been the leading country in the area of diabetes research.  Banting’s name was immortalized as his birthday has been taken as World Diabetes Day, November 14th.

Today, we know that the injectable insulin was not a fundamental cure for diabetes.  Even with its symptoms brought under control, diabetes has become as epidemic as to be called ‘The Plague of Modern Times.’  It not only destroys the lives of patients and their families but also causes a financial catastrophe for individuals and society.

According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, 7.8% of the population, has diabetes.  Of that amount, 17.9 million people are diagnosed, and 5.7 million people go undiagnosed.  Additionally, 57 million people have pre-diabetes, and each year 1.6 million new cases of diabetes are diagnosed in people aged 20 years and older.

The need for the safe and permanent diabetes cure is getting more essential for the health and well being of people than ever.

                          

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Thirty Percent of Canadians to be Diabetic by 2020

Did you know that November is Diabetes Awareness Month?  According to the Canadian Diabetes Association, 9 million people, nearly 1 in 4 Canadians, have diabetes or pre-diabetes.

More alarming figure is that thirty percent of Canadians will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by 2020.  On the occasion of Diabetes Awareness Month, CDA released the findings forecasting a 62 percent increase in the diagnoses and cost of diabetes over the next 10 years.  Pre-diabetes is a condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed with diabetes.

Michael Cloutier, President of CDA says it’s largely due to changing demographics of the aging population and new ethnic communities.  It is estimated that the direct and indirect costs of diabetes in British Columbia will increase up to $1.9 billion per year by 2020.

The economic burden of diabetes represents only a part of the challenge.  The human cost of the disease is also reaching epidemic proportions.  There are currently 338,000 people, or 7.4 percent of the population, diagnosed with diabetes in BC.  It is not an exaggeration to say that diabetes is called the ‘Plague of the 21st Century.’

In order to offset the burden caused by diabetes, CDA demands that the government introduce an enhanced diabetes strategy through an independent review of current diabetes policies and programs.  Cloutier said that “turning the tide against diabetes requires a shift in government approach, private sector involvement and broad-based personal and societal change.”

CDA is also sponsoring events to help people with diabetes maintain healthy lives while they work to find a cure.  Canada has been the leading country in the area of diabetes research since the discovery of insulin by Dr. Frederick Grant Banting of the University of Toronto in 1921, one of the most important medical advances of the 20th century.

                          

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Is Moderate drinking beneficial to Diabetics?

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Next Avandia?

We all heard a lot about Avandia, a diabetes drug.  Many people died of heart attacks due to its side effects…

This is not an isolated incident for this particular diabetes drug.

This is a pattern that has been repeated for many years for many other diabetes drugs in the past and repeats many times in the future under different brand names by different manufacturers.

OK, the pattern:

1) A ‘sensational’ diabetes drug is ‘invented(?)’ by a major multi-national pharmaceutical company.  Its stock value goes up through the roof by many many billions of dollars.  The company spends billions of dollars to promote the new drug and every newspaper, TV station, and magazine in the world talks about it.  The company pays billions and billions of dollars to doctors who prescribe this drug.

2) The company usually makes 6-10 billions of dollars a year by selling the drug.

3) In 3-4 years, some deaths are reported and many (sometimes 7-8%) patients complain about many side effects.  But nobody pays attention.

4) Some doctors raise their voice.  But immediately, their opinions are silenced by famous diabetes scholars and prestigious universities whose conclusions are “No, it is not entirely conclusive, statistically abnormal hetero-stochastic outlying confidence level…”  Nobody knows what it really means.  True, that is exactly what they intended. Obfuscate.  The whistle blowers are persecuted and marginalized in academia for being skunks in a party in which everybody is having a great time.  Many argue that there are safer alternatives, but these people are derided and scorned.  Many people attack these doctors as ‘quacks’ and ‘un-scientific.’

5) Patients keep dying and pharmaceutical companies keep making billions of dollars.

6) The danger of the drug becomes an open secret.  Patients keep dying and pharmaceutical companies keep making billions of dollars.

7) Too many people begin to die to be kept as secret.  The deaths are reported to FDA.  FDA, rather than investigating the problems from a critical viewpoint, leaks the story, in a crony friendly way, I mean a quiet way, to the pharmaceutical company to get prepared for the potential future problem.  The drug company slowly activates the ‘exit plan’, which had already existed.

8) The company issues a statement that strongly argues that there is no danger.  They usually say that the wife of the president also uses the same drug.  Really?  Who cares?  Patients keep dying and pharmaceutical companies keep making billions of dollars.

9) Hundreds of thousands provable victims appear.  Then, only then, FDA starts investigations.  But, Patients keep dying and pharmaceutical companies keep making billions of dollars.

10) Massive class actions start.  The pharmaceutical company is found to have had the knowledge about the danger from the beginning.  FDA and scholars were found not really financially independent from the pharmaceutical company.

11) The pharmaceutical company drags the litigation on and on and on.  Settling some, fighting some.  The stock price usually goes down.  But, the stock price sometimes goes higher back when manipulated by some news provided by the pharmaceutical company.  In any way, by this time, original shareholders have already sold their shares long time ago, having realized the astronomical gains.  Billions of billions of dollars.

12) The stock price eventually goes down and down.  Then, the company is acquired by another pharmaceutical company.

13) After a few years, nobody remembers the name of the drug and the name of the company that does not exist anymore.

14) The above 1) starts under different names by different companies.

15) Then, the above 2

In our next few newsletters, we will show what are the next Avandia’s and how to protect yourselves from them.  Also, how would you know whether you were a victim, and if you are already a victim of these drugs, we will guide you how to get help.

Dr. Youngsoo Kim
CEO
Eastwood Bio-Medical Research Inc.

                          

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Be aware of high Potassium levels if you are diabetic

The kidneys are the filtering devices of the blood; they remove waste products from your body by producing and secreting urine. Urine may also contain sulfate and phenol waste, as well as excess sodium, potassium, and chloride ions. Among these, potassium is a very important mineral to help nerve conduction, help our heartbeat, and help our muscles contract.Low potassium can occur for many reasons. Use of water pills, diarrhea, and chronic laxative abuse are the most common causes of low potassium. Signs and symptoms of low potassium are weakness or tiredness, cramping in arm or leg muscles, nausea or vomiting, and irregular heart rhythms.

High potassium levels are often the result of kidney damage. Kidney damage is usually due to not only poorly controlled diabetes but also the incorrect usage of pharmaceutical drugs, especially those for diabetes and weight control. Too much potassium can lead to weakness, paralysis, irregular heartbeat, or even a heart attack. If you have diabetic kidney disease and your potassium levels are high (above 5.2), your health-care provider will likely recommend for you cut down on your potassium intake. Foods high in potassium include bananas, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and legumes which are regarded as healthy foods for diabetes and obesity.

Having kidney failure on top of having diabetes is bound to be overwhelming and confusing. To prevent it, we must be careful when selecting what we eat and drink. Most quick weight loss products are diuretics, inducing artificial, excess urination with huge side effects and the toxicity levels are terrible. The more toxic a diuretic is, the more powerful the weight loss effects become because the body wants to remove the toxin, resulting in more urination. In the process, kidney damage is inevitable.

When we originally formulated Eleotin, one of the first herbs tested was a traditional remedy for kidney diseases found in a Southeast Asian tribe. It is known to rejuvenate kidney functions and works wonders for diabetes and obesity problems as well. Testimonies of its effectiveness can be found on our website, with numerous people reducing the frequency or even stopping dialysis altogether after using Eleotin.

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com

Obesity is bad for your brain as well

A recent study published in the journal Human Brain Mapping compared the brains of obese, overweight and normal weight individuals. To define between the categories, scientists used BMI, or Body Mass Index, to establish that normal-weight people had a BMI between 18.5 and 25, overweight from 25 to 30, and obese over 30. Scientists discovered that obese individuals had 8% less brain tissue than normal weight people, and overweight people showed a brain tissue loss of 4%. Furthermore, when they compared both grey and white matter, obese people had lost more brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes, those critical for memory and planning. Also compromised were the anterior cingulated gyrus (attention and executive functions), basal ganglia (movement), and the hippocampus (long-term memory). Overweight individuals had loss mostly in the basal ganglia and parietal lobe, the sensory lobe.
The scientists also noted that the brains of obese people looked 16 years older than leaner people, and the overweight brains appeared to be 8 years older. This loss of tissue depletes cognitive reserves and put a person at greater risk for Alzheimer’s. This risk can be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle.

For more information, visit www.eastwoodcompanies.com / www.medireport.com  Or email us at info@eastwoodcos.com Affiliate Program for Eleotin Family “Recession Free High Income Job. Work At Home. 100% Flexibility in Work Schedule. Easy. No Training Necessary. No Risk.  To unscribe this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line.