Did you know that RLS is common in Diabetes?

According to the Doc News Diabetes Journal, Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is common in type 2 diabetes, particularly among those with peripheral neuropathy.

A group of researchers at the Federal University of Ceara in Brazil studied RLS in 100 consecutive patients regularly attending their diabetes clinic. They assessed sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of each participant, and evaluated for RLS. Overall, 27% of the participants had RLS. Nearly half of all participants reported poor sleep quality, which was associated with peripheral neuropathy, advancing age, and RLS. More than one-quarter of all participants reported excessive daytime sleepiness.

Wow, that's a huge correlation!

If you have diabetes, or know of someone who does, then you know how important it is to help Diabetes associations like The American Diabetes Association.

Scott Hanselman is a local Portlander who I used to work with at a technology company a few years ago.  He suffers from Diabetes and has set a goal to raise $50,000 for The American Diabetes Association (and with over 14,000 readers of his blog, I really think he'll do it!

Please check out his blog at http://www.hanselman.com/fightdiabetes and learn about diabetes and how you can help fight diabetes.