Surgery to eradicate diabetes knocks India’s door
New Delhi, Feb 23 : In what can be described as good news for 25 million diabetic Indians, Ileal interposition surgery, which can help in controlling the disease among obese people, has reached the country’s doorstep.

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Video: Diabetes Drug a Heart Risk
A new Senate report blames the diabetes drug Avandia for thousands of heart attacks. As Kimberly Dozier reports, calls to remove the deadly drug from the market have gone unheeded.

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Video: Diabetes Drug a Heart Risk
A new Senate report blames the diabetes drug Avandia for thousands of heart attacks. As Kimberly Dozier reports, calls to remove the deadly drug from the market have gone unheeded.

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Report on diabetes drug causes concern
A U.S. Senate report says Avandia is linked to heart attacks, rasing concern for many of the estimated one million Floridians who suffer from the disease.

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Osiris says stem cell therapy meets study goals
Osiris Therapeutics Inc. said Wednesday its stem cell therapy Prochymal met study goals as a treatment for graft vs. host disease in children.

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UPDATE 2-Novo hits high as FDA approves diabetes drug
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Freedom Meditech Presents Data Showing Benefits of Non-Invasive Diabetes Screening and Glucose Monitoring in the Eye …
LONDON—-People with diabetes or who are at risk of developing the disease – now estimated at over 400 million globally – could reduce complications, improve quality of life and reduce healthcare costs by using new non-invasive technology to screen for and monitor the illness, according to a presentation by Freedom Meditech at the 6th Annual Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy Conference in …

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Saturday, January 30
The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi’s Super Conference starts at 7 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel (200 E. Amite St.). Cost includes all sessions and lunch. Space is limited. $25, $40 for two, $10 children 12 and under; call 601-957-7878 or 877-DFM-CURE. …

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Intense blood sugar treatment risky
Aggressively treating some people with Type 2 diabetes to lower their blood sugar levels may increase the risk of premature death, researchers have found.

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Osiris Completes Enrollment in Stem Cell Trial for Type 1 Diabetes
COLUMBIA, Md.—-Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it has achieved a $750,000 milestone payment from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for completing enrollment in a Phase II clinical trial evaluating Prochymal, an adult mesenchymal stem cell therapy, as a treatment for patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

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