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Inside Diabetes
Diabetes Forecast looks at how the disease works Dayle Kern dkern@diabetes.org 703-549-1500 ext.2290 Many people know that diabetes involves a problem with how the body uses food that results in too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. But exactly what...
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Are You Surrounded by Risk?
1 in 5 People is at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes; Join the Movement to Stop Diabetessm Colleen Fogarty cfogarty@diabetes.org 703-549-1500 ext.2146 To combat the growing diabetes epidemic, the American Diabetes Association is asking Americans What will you...
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Latest Advances in Diabetes Research to be Presented in Orlando, FL at World's Largest Diabetes Conference, Ju
Colleen Fogarty cfogarty@diabetes.org 703-549-1500 ext.2146 WHAT: American Diabetes Associations 70th Scientific Sessions WHEN: Friday Tuesday, June 25-29, 2010 WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL WHY: More than 13,000 top scientists,...
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FDA Eyes Improvements for [Diabetes Patients'] Glucose Devices
Officials and staff with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) examined several issues with glucose testing devices that may prevent people from receiving proper diabetes treatment, and they are discussing their findings at a two-day meeting this week.The...
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Arthritis Drug Shows Promise in Type 2 Diabetes
Early study results suggest that the drug salsalate, used for 40 years to treat arthritis, may have potential as a treatment for preventing type 2 diabetes.Salsalate is also known to have anti-inflammatory properties and chemically resembles aspirin, but it...
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FDA Says 'Not Yet' On Lilly's Once-Weekly Byetta
The U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told Eli Lilly & Co. that it wants feedback on a once-weekly version of the diabetes drug exenatide's new product label. The FDA has also requested clarification of manufacturing processes and Lillys...
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Search for Better Diabetes Therapy Falls Short
Two new diabetes studies have failed to support new methods for treatment and prevention of the disease, and instead reinforce current strategies.One study, called Accord, involved 4,733 patients and had an average 4.7 years of follow-up. The study found...
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Body's Response to Foods' Smell, Taste Could Be Diabetes Risk Factor
A novel genetic mutation may play a role in some cases of type 2 diabetes, U.S.researchers suggest. According to study senior author Vann Bennett of Duke University Medical Center, for some people diabetes may develop gradually through the parasympathetic...
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Big First Trimester Weight Gain Ups Diabetes Risk
Women who gain weight too quickly during the first trimester of pregnancy can raise the risk of gestational diabetes by as much as 74 percent, according to new research published in Obstetrics and Gynecology.Investigators compared 345 women who developed...
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Processed Meats Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes
Processed meats may increase a person's risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to research conducted at Harvard University.For every two-ounce serving of hot dogs, bacon, sausage, or deli meats, the risk of diabetes rose 19 percent and the risk of...
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