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A | 说到糖尿病您的第一反应是什么？老年病、大吃大喝、肥胖……其实糖尿病远比我们想象的更加狡猾和多面！糖尿病是一种“数字病”，它在发病前期没有明显症状，很容易被人忽视，只能通过监测血糖的数值变化来了解疾病状态。而糖尿病会引发一系列并发症，损伤心脑血管及神经系统，严重的会导致失明、下肢截肢等！因此早筛查、早诊断、早治疗就变得至关重要！这里为您总结了几个小窍门帮您装好血糖“小雷达”！“游泳圈”带你“游”向糖尿病四肢纤细，肚子有点肉肉，男士们叫它“啤酒肚”，女士们称这种身材为“苹果体型”。

B | 如果您也是这样，可得多关注一下自己的血糖了！拥有这类身材的人群，患糖尿病的概率更高，知道为什么吗？听听专家的解释～视频加载中...糖尿病“尊老”也“爱幼”提到“三高”，您是不是觉得只有老年人才会有？其实不然！其中，高血糖导致的糖尿病，就并非老人专属。 WOBURN, Mass. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating. The move would end a nearly four decade battle to ban the chemical known as TCE, which can cause sudden death or kidney cancer if a person is exposed to high levels of it, and other neurological harm even at lower exposure over a long period.EPA’s recent risk-evaluation studies found that as much as 250 million pounds of TCE are still produced in the United States annually. One of the first places the chemical raised concern was in Massachusetts, where it was linked to contaminated drinking water in the city of Woburn. Two locations there were ultimately designated as massive Superfund sites. Monday's news conference was held at one of them, a location which now serves as a transportation center.“For far too long, TCE has left a toxic legacy in communities across America," said Michal Freedhoff, the EPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “Today, EPA is taking a major step to protect people from exposure to this cancer-causing chemical.” Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey, who has led the effort to ban TCE, welcomed the move. “With this rule, we can see a future where we will no longer be manufacturing, processing and distributing a chemical known to be deadly,” Markey said. “We will no longer be exposing American families, communities and workers to a toxic chemical legacy that leaves questions, cancer and catastrophe in its wake.”Markey called the effort personal, citing his long-time work with Anne Anderson, a resident-turned-activist whose son Jimmy died in 1981 of leukemia.“Since Anne and I met in 1980, we have been partners in the effort to clean up Woburn, to get justice for her son, and to save other families from seeing their children fall sick as a result of contamination,” Markey said. "Thanks to the advocacy of Anne Anderson and the action of the EPA, the era of corporations using communities like Woburn as dumping grounds for toxic TCE is over.” A 1982 lawsuit over the contaminated water supply involved eight Woburn families, including the Andersons. The case garnered national attention and led to the book and movie titled “A Civil Action.” The American Chemistry Council said in a statement that TCE has several important uses in packaging and in formulating products. The proposed rule “is inconsistent with the underlying science,” the council said, calling on the EPA to avoid unnecessarily restricting valuable industrial uses for the chemical. “EPA must base its risk management proposals on best available science, including accurate assessments of exposure," the industry group said. “Where uses of chemistries have decreased over time, this must be reflected in EPA’s underlying risk assessment, because decreased use reduces potential exposure.”Meanwhile, environmental groups praised the proposed rule, which would take effect in a year. “EPA followed the science, listened to impacted communities, and proposed one of the strongest chemical regulations in recent history,” Earthjustice Senior Attorney Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz said in a statement. “Some chemicals are simply too harmful to remain on the market." TCE is used to make refrigerants and in solvents that remove grease from metal parts. It is also used in carpet cleaners, laundry spot removers and hoof polish for horses. The chemical presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment” in 52 of 54 uses in industrial and consumer products, the EPA has found.“I am overwhelmed that all of you are here to acknowledge everything that has happened and everything that was bad has turned good,” Anderson said. “I owe so much to you people to keep the fight going, making sure that everybody is safe and that toxic chemicals like TCE will no longer exist.”The proposed ban stems from a major expansion of EPA's regulatory powers under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled rules governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.The statute authorized new rules for tens of thousands of toxic chemicals found in everyday products, including substances such as asbestos and TCE, that for decades have been known to cause cancer but were largely unregulated under federal law. Known as the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, the law was intended to clear up a hodgepodge of state rules governing chemicals and to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.The 2016 law required the EPA to evaluate chemicals and put in place protections against unreasonable risks. The agency moved to ban asbestos last year and has also proposed banning methylene chloride, perchloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride.__ Associated Press writer Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report.。儿童、青少年也不能逃脱它的“魔爪”！如果小朋友出现以下症状，就需要多加小心喽！视频加载中...脾气火爆、焦虑烦躁小心变成“小糖人”！心情还能影响血糖水平？是的，您没听错！医生提示：长期负面情绪可能引起体内应激，激发高血糖和高血压，导致胰岛素抵抗。

C | 抑郁情绪带来的不良生活习惯又会进一步增加罹患糖尿病的风险。所以，糖尿病有可能是“烦”出来的，并不是危言耸听！心情波动对人体中的血糖影响到底有多大？听完以下专家的分析，可别再抑郁、焦虑、生闷气啦！视频加载中...身体自带的“血糖仪”您看懂了吗？我们的身体是一台精密的仪器，自备了一台“血糖仪”，您知道是哪个部位吗？其实就是我们的脚！如果您是一名糖尿病患者，当您的下肢又出现以下问题时，很可能已经出现了可怕的并发症！视频加载中...你是不是糖尿病易感人群？很不幸，糖尿病似乎更加青睐国人！除饮食结构、生活方式差异外，亚洲人的体质比欧美人患2型糖尿病的概率更高！除了家族遗传因素，还有这么几类人群更值得关注！戳视频，看看有没有您？视频加载中...多年来，糖尿病一直被当作老年病看待，又因其在前期发病时无明显的不适症状，造成了人们对该疾病的忽视。有些人甚至已经血糖超标，自己却不知道。长期高血糖蛰伏在我们的身体里，悄然摧毁着我们的健康。每个人都需要重新认识、了解、预防糖尿病。