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 ) expert.
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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 Wednesday.
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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 these amputees die within two years because of circulation problems that lead to heart attacks or stroke. At least half of …

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Chile begins vaccination campaign
Chile has started a hepatitis and tetanus vaccination campaign as it warns people displaced by the earthquake about the threat of diseases and infections in the heavily damaged coastal towns and cities.

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Analysts say Avandia lawsuits pose up to $6B risk to GSK
Get the latest news alerts: Follow LTW at Twitter. RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Personal injury lawsuits against GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK ) over the diabetes drug Avandia post a risk of up to $6 billion, according to analysts at UBS.

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Breast-Feeding Helps Mom Stay Slimmer Later in Life
FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — The benefits of breast-feeding for infants are numerous and well-known, but researchers are finding more and more that breast-feeding can be a boon to mom’s health as well.

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Glaxo could face $6bn Avandia liability, says UBS
could face a liability of up to $6bn following problems with its diabetes drug Avandia in the US, according to City followers of the company.Analysts at UBS said the risk came from the filing of more …

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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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