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...paralyzed. "Then I said O.K., I got something I got to do here," Bradley says. "I got to change." And change she did. The 5-ft. 7-in. mother and grandmother started eating better and working out on a treadmill several times a week. Her weight dropped from 272 lbs. to 210 lbs., and her fasting glucose fell from 300 mg/dL to 103 mg/dL. "It's amazing how your cravings diminish when you're eating the right food groups," Bradley says. Her vision problems have disappeared, and her doctor believes she will no longer need to take insulin-sensitizing drugs...
...enrolled in the Diabetes Prevention Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, hoping to help others with the disease. He was surprised to learn that he was prediabetic. By paying closer attention to what he eats and by making sure to walk nearly every day, Marinello dropped 28 lbs. from his 260-lb., 6ft. 1-in. frame, and his fasting-glucose level is down to 110 mg/dL. "I may still be at risk, but I'm not diabetic," Marinello says. "I'm kind of proud of that...
...boot camp in which she learned how to monitor her blood-sugar levels, change the way she eats and boost the amount of physical activity in her life. Her parents bought her a turquoise BMX bike, which she rides at least an hour every day. She has lost 24 lbs. so far, and her glucose levels have stabilized. "Before she was diagnosed, she was happy to sit here by herself, playing with her Barbies," says Tammy Carroll, Hillary's mother. "I thought she was so calm then, but now that we have her sugar under control, she's more active...
Every year about 60,000 babies are born in the U.S. weighing less than 3.3 lbs. and at risk of chronic lung disease. University of Chicago researchers reported last week that the outlook for such neonates could be improved with low doses of nitric oxide. In a study of 207 preemies, doctors gave half the group nitric oxide with their oxygen; the other half got the standard stuff. While 85% survived in the nitric oxide group, only 78% of the controls did. Of the nitric oxide infants, 61% were free of lung disease; that was true...
...rather than the 1-2-2 zone that was so effective against Holy Cross—to spark a comeback, the Sturgill threat was expected to put extra pressure on junior center Graham Beatty, who is also listed at 6’8 but weighs only 225 lbs...