Sugar OK for diabetics?
6/5/2008 |
Overturning decades of advice, a German public health agency recently said that diabetics should resume eating ordinary sugar, and that special foods for diabetics have no value.
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Inhaled insulin flops
15/4/2008 |
Inhaled insulin is a debacle that many pharmaceutical companies want to put behind them as quickly as possible.
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Fitness, weight ups diabetes risk
3/4/2008 |
Lower cardio-respiratory fitness and higher body weight are independently associated with the development of type 2 diabetes in women, new research suggests.
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Six more diabetes genes found
1/4/2008 |
Scientists have found six more genes that make people more susceptible to developing type 2 diabetes, in a study they say may help prevent and treat the chronic condition.
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Being skinny may up diabetes risk
19/3/2008 |
Being underweight may place men and women over age 60 at increased risk for developing diabetes, Japanese researchers report.
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Vit D cuts child diabetes risk
19/3/2008 |
Taking vitamin D supplements in infancy may help a youngster ward off Type 1 diabetes.
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Insulin-restricting may be deadly
11/3/2008 |
Taking less insulin than required to control type 1 diabetes can cut a woman's lifespan by more than a decade, according to new research.
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Blood test could predict diabetes
11/3/2008 |
It may soon be possible to take a simple blood test and predict whether or not someone is predisposed to the development of Type 2 diabetes.
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Low blood sugar dangerous in kids
10/3/2008 |
Children with type 1 diabetes have a difficult time recognising warning signs that their blood sugar has fallen to dangerously low levels, and their parents do even worse.
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A diabetic's best friend?
4/2/2008 |
Irish researchers hope to prove that a dog's keen sense of smell gives it the ability to watch over the blood sugar levels of diabetics.
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