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6 more diabetes genes identified
LONDON - U.S. and European scientists have found six more genes that make people more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, in a study they say may help prevent and treat the chronic condition.
The finding extends the total number of genes linked to the disease to 16 and provides clues to how the biological mechanisms that control blood sugar levels go awry when people get type 2 diabetes, the researchers said.
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Bitter Melon Has Potent Anti-diabetes Effects
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Substances isolated from bitter melon, a plant eaten and used medicinally in much of Asia, could provide the basis of new drugs for treating diabetes and obesity, an international team of researchers reports.
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Diabetes and Disability Revisited
Do you consider yourself disabled with diabetes? Perhaps not, but what about protection under the law. It's a delicate dilemma...
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Welchol(TM) Added As New Treatment to Lower Blood Sugar and Cholesterol
PARSIPPANY, NJ, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiichi Sankyo announced today that Welchol(TM) (colesevelam HCl) has been added to the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 2008 "Road Maps to Achieve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus." The Road Maps are updated regularly by ACE/AACE to provide physicians with the latest and most comprehensive treatment options for their patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Welchol is the first and... read more
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All About LADA (Adults with Type 1)
Who here got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in their '20s, '30s, or even '40s?
If so, you are (like me), a victim of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA), once considered exceedingly rare but less and less so each year. Read all about it at DiabetesMine.com today.
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Egg Consumption Poses Risks for Diabetic Men
A new study suggests that consuming more than six eggs a week seems to raise the risk of dying from all causes.
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And diabetics seem to face an even higher mortality risk, according to the study that was limited to men.
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Pfizer warns of lung cancer with inhaled insulin
Pfizer Inc and Nektar Therapeutics said on Wednesday clinical trials of the inhaled insulin Exubera found increased cases of lung cancer, leading Nektar to stop seeking a marketing partner for the troubled product and abandon it.
Pfizer said on Wednesday it updated the product's labeling to include a warning with safety information about lung cancer cases found in patients who used Exubera, which U.S. regulators approved in January 2006.
The warning states all patients who... read more
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Diabetes Unlikely Cause of Semi Crash
Complications from diabetes don't appear to be behind Monday's horrific crash on Yellowhead Trail that killed a 25-year-old truck driver, the medical examiner's office said yesterday.
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Sports Charity Auction to Benefit the ADA
SU (Syracuse University) Sport Management Club holds online sports auction in collaboration with Steiner Sports April 1-10; precedes Charity Sports Auction April 8 at the Carrier Dome, keynote speaker Donovan McNabb.
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Diabetic suing Dollywood for sugared soda mixup
William Kinne is diabetic, and in a suit filed Friday, he says he made that very clear to his waitress at Dollywood's Back Stage Restaurant.
Kinne says he ordered a Diet Coke and asked the waitress repeatedly to be sure it was diet, after he noted it tasted strange.
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