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What are the benefits of fiber?
Importance that FOOD can make to your diet and control insulin balance.
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Calorie-Restricted Diets and Other Ways to Avoid Aging
As much as we'd all like to find that fountain of youth, how many people would dive in if it meant eating a lot less—cutting, say, 600 calories a day from a 2,000-calorie diet? A new study published today in the journal Science may tempt many folks to try such an approach: University of Wisconsin researchers found that feeding rhesus monkeys 30 percent fewer calories over a 20-year period seemed to slow down the aging... read more
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Insulin and Cancer
The series of articles brings up all sorts of questions: Do other newer long-acting insulin analogs such as Levemir (insulin detemir) also share this association? If Lantus is associated with cancer, what kind of cancer? Does the administration of insulin cause a new cancer, or cause a pre-existing cancer to grow faster than if there had been no insulin therapy? None of these questions are answered in the studies that are published here.
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Cancer Risks from Insulin
The buzz on the Internet this weekend is the news that insulin glargine (Lantus) might increase cancer rates. Needless to say, this is very upsetting news to a lot of people, although Lantus has been linked with cancer in the past.
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Should You See a Dietitian or a Nutritionist?
Do any of the following sound familiar?
You’re trying to lose weight.
Your doctor told you your cholesterol is high and it needs to come down.
You found out you have diabetes, high blood pressure or cancer and you really need nutrition and diet information but don’t know where to turn.
You’ve had a heart attack and don’t want another one.
You’re tired of reading conflicting news stories about nutrition... read more
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Good News: Type 2 Diabetes Seems to Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer
Finally some good news!
Scientists at the Harlyne Norris Research Center in Los Angeles report that type 2 men are at less risk of developing prostate cancer than men without diabetes.
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Good News: Type 2 Diabetes Seems to Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer
Finally some good news!
Scientists at the Harlyne Norris Research Center in Los Angeles report that type 2 men are at less risk of developing prostate cancer than men without diabetes.
Submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Good News: Type 2 Diabetes Seems to Lower the Risk of Prostate Cancer
Finally some good news!
Scientists at the Harlyne Norris Research Center in Los Angeles report that type 2 men are at less risk of developing prostate cancer than men without diabetes.
Submitted by Amy Tenderich
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Almost 60% Of Europeans Never Heard Of Neuropathic Pain (NeP), Which Affects 22 Million People
Alarmingly, nearly sixty per cent of Europeans have never heard of neuropathic pain (NeP), 1a a debilitating nerve condition that affects approximately 22 million people, 2,3 according to new surveys carried out amongst the general public and patients across Europe. NeP can often be a complication of diabetes, shingles, HIV and cancer causing such unbearable pain that individuals are often left unable to walk or even wear clothes.
In the survey, commissioned by Pfizer... read more
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