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Diabetics in study were twice as likely as others to develop dementia

Diabetics in study were twice as likely as others to develop dementia
By Linda Searing, THE QUESTION Might diabetes, which is increasing rapidly among US residents, play a role in the development of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, also on the rise? THIS STUDY involved 1017 people, age 60 and older, who did not have …
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Study Challenges Old Weight-Loss Equation

Study Challenges Old Weight-Loss Equation
That calculation, however, assumes that if "I cut 500 calories from my diet … the number of calories I'm burning will stay the same," says Kevin Hall, a physiologist at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. …
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Study links diabetes and coeliac

Study links diabetes and coeliac
Karen Addington, of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which helped fund the study, “These studies demonstrate that type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease share far greater genetic overlap than had been appreciated; which helps explain the high …
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Boston Therapeutics Completes Human Clinical Study with SUGARDOWN™ at

Boston Therapeutics Completes Human Clinical Study with SUGARDOWN™ at …
Her research interests focus on all aspects of carbohydrates including diabetes, insulin resistance, lactose intolerance and infant nutrition. Her book about the low Glycemic Index diet, The New Glucose Revolution, is an international best-seller. …
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'Good Fat' Is More Active in Leaner Kids, Study Finds

'Good Fat' Is More Active in Leaner Kids, Study Finds
"Increasing the amount of brown fat in children may be an effective approach at combating the ever- increasing rate of obesity and diabetes in children," said study researcher Dr. Aaron Cypess, a physician at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. …
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Study: State's diabetes epidemic may cost billions

Study: State’s diabetes epidemic may cost billions
Thousands of Californians will be sickened, crippled and killed by diabetes in the next 15 years, and the costs of the disease will swell to more than $ 60 billion, a new study says.
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Study Ties Asthma to Higher Odds for Diabetes, Heart Disease

Study Ties Asthma to Higher Odds for Diabetes, Heart Disease
Title: Study Ties Asthma to Higher Odds for Diabetes, Heart Disease Category: Health News Created: 3/20/2011 12:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 3/21/2011
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Animal Model Study Suggests That Sitagliptin Can Slow The Onset Of Diabetes

Animal Model Study Suggests That Sitagliptin Can Slow The Onset Of Diabetes
Diabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another hormone, glucagon, can also contribute to diabetes type 2 by causing the liver to flood the body with stored glucose. Diabetes type 2 does

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New study adds weight to diabetes drug link to heart problems

New study adds weight to diabetes drug link to heart problems
A new study published on bmj.com today adds to mounting evidence that rosiglitazone — a drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes — is associated with an increased risk of major heart problems.
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Tolerx And GlaxoSmithKline Announce Phase 3 Defend-1 Study Of Otelixizumab In Type 1 Diabetes Did Not Meet Its Primary …

Tolerx And GlaxoSmithKline Announce Phase 3 Defend-1 Study Of Otelixizumab In Type 1 Diabetes Did Not Meet Its Primary …
Tolerx, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that the Phase 3 DEFEND-1 study of otelixizumab, an investigational humanized anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, did not meet the primary efficacy endpoint of change in C-peptide at month 12 in patients

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TrialNet Study Seeks Answers To Type 1 Diabetes Questions

TrialNet Study Seeks Answers To Type 1 Diabetes Questions
Individuals at risk for type 1 diabetes can help physicians at Riley Hospital for Children learn more about this life-long disease. Riley Hospital is one of 18 clinical centers in the United States and seven other countries seeking more information on how type 1 diabetes develops in

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Study illustrates how much type 2 diabetes can cut life

Study illustrates how much type 2 diabetes can cut life
A 50-year-old with type 2 diabetes will lose an average six years of life as a result of the disease, only one year less than the seven that would be lost by a smoker of the same age, researchers reported Wednesday.
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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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Mouse Study Reveals Mechanism behind Diabetes Blood Vessel Damage

Mouse Study Reveals Mechanism behind Diabetes Blood Vessel Damage
It is well known that diabetes wreaks havoc on the vascular system. In fact, vascular complications arising from diabetes are the leading cause of blindness, kidney failure and cardiovascular problems in the U.S. And yet, the physiological mechanisms that link diabetes, which afflicts 26 million Americans, to

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Insulin not the only way to treat diabetes: Study

Insulin not the only way to treat diabetes: Study
A new study may have found a way for people with type-1 diabetes to forgo time-consuming and costly insulin injections.
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Multi-Cultural Study Leads Experts To Call For Greater Awareness Of The Links Between Diabetes And Kidney Disease

Multi-Cultural Study Leads Experts To Call For Greater Awareness Of The Links Between Diabetes And Kidney Disease
The first time that many patients realise that diabetes can affect their kidneys is when they are referred to renal services, according to a multi-cultural study in the March issue of the Journal of Renal Care. UK researchers who

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