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Diabetes Awareness Month, living in the shadow of Breast Cancer

Diabetes Awareness Month, living in the shadow of Breast Cancer
I want to raise the same kind of cash for diabetes research that is being raised for breast cancer. I want diabetes to get out of the pumpkin and ride to the castle in a gold plated horse carriage, no longer the ugly step-sister. Oh my

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UN aims to fight cancer, diabetes, heart, lung diseases

UN aims to fight cancer, diabetes, heart, lung diseases
Next week, the UN General Assembly will hold its first summit on chronic diseases — cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease. Those account for nearly two-thirds of deaths worldwide, or about 36 million. In the US, they kill nearly nine of 10 …
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Diabetes Drug Fights Breast Cancer

Diabetes Drug Fights Breast Cancer
By Linda Fugate PhD HERWriter August 22, 2011 – 5:46am A common drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may soon join the arsenal of treatments for breast cancer. Metformin (brand names Glucophage, Glumetza, Fortamet, and Riomet) has several biochemical …
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How can we find local diabetes or cancer foundations to donate to?

Question by thesoccerchick87: How can we find local diabetes or cancer foundations to donate to?
We would like to donate money in someone’s name, to a cancer foundation or diabetes foundation or something along those lines. Unfortunately, everyone wants to go online these days and we do not want to donate to a foundation over the

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Diabetes can takes six years off your life by increasing risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, study says

Diabetes can takes six years off your life by increasing risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, study says
A 50-year-old with Type 2 diabetes will lose an average of six years of life as a result of the disease, only one year less than would be lost by a smoker of the same age, researchers reported

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Clue to diabetes, cancer seen in short Ecuadoreans

Clue to diabetes, cancer seen in short Ecuadoreans
In remote villages of Ecuador, scientists have found a population that may hold clues to fighting diabetes and cancer – people with a type of dwarfism who almost never get those diseases.
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Breast Cancer Patients With Diabetes Need Better Care

Breast Cancer Patients With Diabetes Need Better Care
Breast cancer patients are nearly 50 percent more likely to die of any cause if they also have diabetes, according to a comprehensive review of research conducted by Johns Hopkins physicians. The findings, published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest future research could

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How can we find local diabetes or cancer foundations to donate to?

We would like to donate money in someone’s name, to a cancer foundation or diabetes foundation or something along those lines. Unfortunately, everyone wants to go online these days and we do not want to donate to a foundation over the internet, we would like to do it in person and have a proof of

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Pediatric Cancer Survivors At Risk For Diseases That Predispose Them To Heart Disease

Bridgewater students walk the walk for diabetes research
The six Williams Intermediate School students who have diabetes know they have their whole school behind them.

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Predicting diabetes in children
Basic tests conducted by pediatricians may be able to predict which children will develop Type 2 Diabetes.