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Qatar Leads in Investment in Diabetes Care among GCC Countries, says HMC Expert

Qatar Leads in Investment in Diabetes Care among GCC Countries, says HMC Expert
DOHA, 19 th March 2011: Diabetes is a major health problem affecting approximately 15% of Qatar’s population and accounts for 10 per cent of the country’s health care expenditure, according to a senior Hamad Medical Corporation Hamad Medical Corporation ( HMC HMC )

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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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Glaxo could face $6bn Avandia liability, says UBS

Thousands of needless amputations and deaths ‘could be prevented’
Thousands of people are needlessly having legs, feet and toes amputated because of a failure to treat foot diseases properly. More than 11,000 people in England suffered amputation of a lower limb because of disease last year – a 7 per cent rise since 2004/05. Half of

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Osiris says stem cell therapy meets study goals

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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