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Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures

Health Newstrack

Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, FracturesForbes, NYAvandia, one of a class of medications known as thiazolidinediones, is used to lower blood sugar in patients withtype 2 diabetesin combination with two other drugs, metformin and sulfonylurea. Several earlier studies had suggested that the risk for…Some Doctors Question Safety Study on Glaxo's AvandiaWall Street JournalCombination Therapy [...]

Healthbeat: New treatments offer hope for type 2 diabetes

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Healthbeat: New treatments offer hope fortype 2 diabetesElmLeaves, ILThe American Diabetic Association estimates that 23.6 million Americans now havediabetes, with as many as 50 percent of diabetics going undiagnosed.Type 2 diabetes(or adult-onsetdiabetes) is the most common form ofdiabetes, affecting nearly 95…Insulin, Blood Sugar, Symptoms and TreatmentOratoEndocrinology & Metabolism NewsJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolismall 30 news [...]

'Cancer hope' from diabetes drug

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'Cancer hope' fromdiabetesdrugBBC News, UKA common anti-diabetesdrug may boost the potency of vaccines against cancer, research suggests. Tests on mice found metformin, used forType 2 diabetes, helps the body's T-cells work more effectively. These cells, the body's key defenders against…Diabetesdrug may help fight cancer, mouse study suggestsCBC.caMetformin may help make vaccines work better: studyNational Postall [...]

It's Time for the Rides of My Life

Washington Post

It's Time for the Rides of My LifeWashington Post, United StatesSince I haveType 2 diabetes, this is especially important. Exercise is terrific fordiabetesbecause it makes muscles use insulin better. (Terrific, but also a bit tricky, since physical activity can cause low blood sugar in people withdiabetes,…

Diabetes shouldn't affect Sotomayor's ability to serve

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Diabetesshouldn't affect Sotomayor's ability to serveLos Angeles Times, CAPeople with Type 1diabetesaccount for about 5% to 10% of all cases ofdiabetesmellitus, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The more common variety of the disease,Type 2, affects people whose bodies produce insulin…Type 1DiabetesMay Double in Young KidsWebMDDiabetesCases in Children to Double by [...]

How to recognize Type-2 Diabetes and ways to prevent it

Examiner.com

How to recognizeType-2 Diabetesand ways to prevent itExaminer.comDiabetescan be very serious, causing a plethora of health problems, including: kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, blindness, and death. Unlike Type-1 (Insulin-Dependent)Diabetes,Type-2 Diabetescan often be prevented.…Annual Sadie's Walk –diabetesawarenessLa Ronge Northernerall 5 news articles

Fenofibrate Cuts Amputation Risk For Type 2 Diabetics -Study

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Fenofibrate Cuts Amputation Risk ForType 2Diabetics -StudyCNNMoney.comLONDON -(Dow Jones)- Using fenofibrate to lower blood fats in people withtype 2 diabetesreduces the risk of a firstdiabetes-related amputation by 36%, according to an article published Thursday in UK medical journal The Lancet.…Drug Cuts Amputation Risk inDiabetesWebMDHeart attack risk reduced in patients withtype 2 diabetesNursing TimesFenofibrate cuts risk [...]

Ben Vereen takes Q&A one-on-one with your St. Louis Diabetes Examiner

Examiner.com

Ben Vereen takes Q&A one-on-one with your St. LouisDiabetesExaminerExaminer.comI found out that my mother haddiabetesand my sister also hasdiabetes. She's had it for about twenty years… it may run in the family. It (type 2 diabetes) isn't genetic. People think, “It isn't running in my family, so I won't get it.…

Early diagnosis key to treating Type 2 diabetes

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Early diagnosis key to treatingType 2 diabetesThe Durango Herald, Coloradoby Dr. Matthew A. ClarkType 2 diabetesmellitus is among the leading causes of chronic adult illness in the United States. Along with high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking, it is a leading contributor to cardiovascular disease,…Health - A weekely column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh's Hospital…Stabroek [...]

Spit test shows promise in diagnosing, monitoring diabetes

HealthNewsDigest.com

Spit test shows promise in diagnosing, monitoringdiabetesUSA TodayA third of the patients haddiabetes, a third had prediabetes and a third were clinically healthy. The researchers' goal was to characterize proteins in human saliva that indicated prediabetes andtype 2 diabetes, said Srinivasa Nagalla,…Can New Surgery RevolutionizeDiabetesTreatment?PR Newswire (press release)all 47 news articles

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