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Diabetes News

News on Diabetes continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

1 hr ago | CBS News

Trace Arsenic In Water May Be Linked With Diabetes

A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

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6 hrs ago | AndhraNews

Death fears over lizard saliva diabesity drug

In the wake of deaths and severe illness among US patients, Australian health authorities can upgrade warnings on Byetta - a new diabetes drug that mimics a hormone found in the saliva of a North American ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration

10 hrs ago | MedicineNet

Women, Sex, & Diabetes

When most people hear the words "diabetes and sexual dysfunction," they automatically think it's the man's problem.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Human Sexuality, Endocrinology

15 hrs ago | CalorieLab Calorie Counter News

Nibbles: Heart disease risk rises with obesity and diabetes, plus UK...

Nibbles: Heart disease risk rises with obesity and diabetes, plus UK wonders if childhood obesity equals neglect Almost all obese diabetics get heart disease Women who were both obese and had diabetes in a ...

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Mon Aug 18, 2008

A Weight Lifted

Diabetes: "Step Out" Walk to Fight Diabetes

According the American Diabetes Association, "there's something stronger than America's fastest growing disease: The people who are doing something about it." On their website an on radio advertisements, the ...

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Kpic.com

FDA reports new deaths with diabetes drug Byetta

Federal regulators are working on a stronger label for a widely used diabetes drug marketed by Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Health, Biotech, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Eli Lilly

Diabetes Mine - the all things diabet...

How a Diabetes Educator Defines Success

As you may know, I'm a huge fan of Theresa Garnero: diabetes educator extraordinaire and talented artist with a funny bone for diabetes.

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PhysOrg Weblog

A therapy for baby boomers to sleep on

If you're over 55 and have spent more than a few sleepless nights, you're not alone -- insomnia affects about half of all people over 55 -- but you may also be at increased risk for physical and mental ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Sun Aug 17, 2008

HealthDay

Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men

Statins might quickly help reverse erectile dysfunction among men who have metabolic syndrome, new animal research suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Erectile Dysfunction

Free Republic

ESCR: By Whatever Means Necessary?

"As a mother of a diabetic child, I don't care where a cure comes from - adult or embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells - as long as a cure is developed." - Rep.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Diana DeGette, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Michael Castle, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Reuters

Heart disease risk soars with obesity, diabetes

NEW YORK - People who are both obese and have diabetes are highly likely to develop heart disease during their lifetime, a new study shows.Researchers found that of more than 3,400 adults in a long-running U.S. ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Bethesda, MD

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Diabetes Mine - the all things diabet...

The Real Lessons from ACCORD

Rich has a very impressive new title at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston; he's Director of Medical Affairs, Healthcare Services, and Strategic Initiatives, which would be totally intimidating if he weren't such ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Daily Record

Morris ranks high in preventive care

Morris and a couple of other affluent counties have the lowest numbers of hospital admissions that could have been avoided by better preventive care, according to a state report released on Friday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hypertension, Health, Middlesex Metro

Ivanhoe

Low Vitamin D Levels, High Death Risk

People with low levels of vitamin D may have a higher risk of death from all causes, according to a new report.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

District Chronicles

Diabetes screening goes mobile to neighborhoods

Getting tested for diabetes is smart, preventative medicine for everyone, but it has a much deeper meaning for Vanessa Rushing.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, African-American

Fri Aug 15, 2008

The Westside Gazette

Diabetes makes people more vulnerable to TB: Study

Having diabetes nearly triples a person's risk of developing active TB, a new study finds.

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KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Study Reveals Possible Connection Between Diabetes, Birth Defects

Pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes are three to four times more likely than non-diabetic women to have a baby with at least one birth defect.

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Related Topix: Health, Las Vegas, NV

MedlinePlus

Gestational Diabetes ups Cardiovascular Risk

Young women who develop diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, also referred to as gestational diabetes, have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, compared with women without gestational diabetes, ...

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

CourierPostOnline

The silent killer

When Denise Minks was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1993, she knew nothing about the disease and received little advice except to watch what she ate.

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Related Topix: Health, Metformin (generic), Glucophage, Medication, Louisville, KY

Diabetes Self Management

Taking Steps Toward Healthy Feet

In fact, it is the number one cause of lower limb amputations in the United States.

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