Posts by: Anna Tan, RN

Anna Tan, RN

Anna is responsible for the scripting and production of video news content. Her skills as a registered nurse as well as a proven video content creator on YouTube and other social media platforms allow her to create video news reports that are engaging and easy to understand for patients.

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014

Enterovirus Infection Could Lead to Type 1 Diabetes, Study Shows

News, Type 1 Diabetes News

A recently concluded study by a team of researchers from China Medical University looked into the potential causal relationship between a prior enterovirus infection and the development of type 1 diabetes ... Read more

October 8, 2014October 8, 2014

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors Included in New Screening Recommendations

News, Type 2 Diabetes News

It is always a major step towards improved health care on a national or even global level when an amended set of evidence-based guidelines are released from a comprehensive evaluation and ... Read more

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014

E-learning More Effective to Teach Diabetes Patients Self-Management

News

One of the benefits the internet offers to healthcare consumers is convenient access to medical information. This is particularly useful for those living with a chronic condition such as diabetes. Among ... Read more

October 6, 2014October 6, 2014

Scientists Highlight Molecular Mechanism in Diabetes

News, Type 1 Diabetes News, Type 2 Diabetes News

A group of scientists from the University of Auckland (New Zealand) may have recently discovered a major advance in diabetes research by uncovering what they believe to be the molecular mechanism that ... Read more

October 1, 2014October 1, 2014

Artificial Pancreas May Improve Diabetics’ Glucose Control, Cambridge Scientist Says

News

Diabetics can experience either of two unusual blood sugar phenomenons that happen overnight. One is the Somogyi effect, or “rebound hyperglycemia,” during sleeping hours, likely caused by going to bed with ... Read more

September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

Gastric Bypass Better than Banding for Type 2 Diabetes Management

News, Type 2 Diabetes News

Type 2 diabetes is different from Type 1 in that it is commonly caused by an unhealthy lifestyle and poor nutrition. While volumes of research and healthcare providers strongly recommend ... Read more

September 23, 2014September 23, 2014

Baylor Recruiting for Long-Term Type 2 Diabetes Drug Study

News

Research and development initiatives for better patient care and disease treatment are often times focused on ways to build upon existing treatments options. For the longest time, type 2 diabetics have turned ... Read more

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014

Cholesterol May Not Be a Factor for Heart Disease in Diabetics

News

Diabetes is notorious for causing a wide variety of other diseases and complications in the body. When blood sugar levels are poorly controlled and for a prolonged time, certain parts ... Read more

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014

CDC Task Force Releases Recommendations to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

News, Type 2 Diabetes News

According to the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention National Diabetes Statistics Report of 2014, there are approximately 29.1 million Americans living with diabetes. That comprises 9.3% of the ... Read more

September 2, 2014September 8, 2014

Study Designs New Method to Predict Complications of Type 1 Diabetes

News, Type 1 Diabetes News

While most of today’s research efforts on health focus on prevention, treatment, and palliative management or rehabilitation, one recently completed and published study centered on developing a method to predict the likelihood ... Read more