Prediabetes means having blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet in the territory of diabetes â and you can easily make changes that will improve your health and lower your risk of developing diabetes and its related complications.Adding nuts to your diet has been shown to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes,â Corcoran says. The best picks are raw or dry-roasted, with no added fat, salt or sugarâadd them to salads or grain dishes for extra flavour or nutrition.
A type of computed tomography (CT) scan called a spiral or helical CT scan is currently the best method for diagnosing stones in either the kidneys or the ureters. This test is fast, does not require instruments or foreign chemicals to enter the body, and provides detailed accurate images of even very small stones.
A kidney scan is done to: 1  Check the blood flow through the kidneys. 2  See how a transplanted kidney is working. 3  Check the extent of kidney damage caused by an injury or infection. 4  Find an obstruction in the kidney or ureter, such as from a kidney stone. 5  Find growths in the kidneys (rare).uring a scan to look at kidney function, a radioactive tracer substance is injected into a vein in the arm and then travels through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The tracer flows through the blood vessels in the kidneys and then is excreted into the urine.