7 Often Heard Diabetes Myths
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
Diabetes is a contagious condition. There is no truth in this at all. It is believed however that individuals with diabetes have a genetic predisposition ...
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Mutations In The Insulin Gene Can Cause Neonatal Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Science Daily -- Mutations in the insulin gene can cause permanent neonatal diabetes, an unusual form of diabetes that affects very young children and ...
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Diabetes drug Avandia increases heart attack risk: report
AFP -
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- An analysis of four clinical trials involving more than 14000 patients found that diabetes medication Avandia (rosiglitazone) taken over ...
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New Approach To Fighting Obesity And Diabetes: Analyze Starches
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... an unhealthy lifestyle and poor eating habits were significant factors in Australia's obesity and diabetes epidemics, they were not entirely to blame. ...
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UNC Professor Assumes Presidency Post at American Diabetes Association
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Buse, a longtime researcher and a longtime critic of the GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia, will be the association's primary spokesperson and advocate ...
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Paperwork swamps diabetes doctors
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Diabetes costs Australia more than $3 billion a year, including $1 billion for complications such as heart disease, stroke, blindness and amputation, ...
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Two California Physicians Studying, Addressing Diabetes, Obesity ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Kaufman treats children with diabetes and heads the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, while Peters focuses ...
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Phenomix Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial of PHX1149 for Type 2 ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The trial is being conducted at multiple sites worldwide and will assess the safety and efficacy of PHX1149 in combination with anti-diabetes medications ...
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Diabetes projections grim
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA
By ERIK HOGSTROM TH staff writer The millions of Americans currently suffering from diabetes are about to get some company -- lots of company. ...
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