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Heart Disease Risk Soars 80% With Obesity And Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008

People who are both obese and have diabetes are highly likely to develop heart disease during their lifetime, a new study shows.

Arsenic Contaminated Drinking Water Connected to Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Exposure to arsenic increases the risk for developing type 2 diabetes, concludes a recent study. Arsenic levels in urine were seen to be significantly higher in diabetics than in individuals without the disease.

New Drug Combats Elderly Insomnia

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008

It's estimated that nearly half of people over 55 years of age suffer from some level of insomnia. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have recently developed a drug to specifically combat this common problem in elderly individuals.

New Drug Helps to Reverse Diabetes and Prevent Aging

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

A drug that fights aging and halts the onset of diabetes, cancer and heart disease, may hit market shelves in another five years, claim researchers.

Broccoli Can Reverse Diabetes Damage

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

Broccoli burgers offered by McDonalds to reduce diabetes risk? Not really, but why not?

Byetta May Extend Lives

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

According to the results of a major clinical trial, patients who took Byetta had a much lower chance of dying, about 75 percent lower, than those who took any other drug.

Lipitor 80 Mg Reduces Heart Attacks And Strokes In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes And Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

Pfizer Inc announced that, in patients with heart disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) 80 mg significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack and stroke, by 35 percent over those taking Lipitor 10mg.

Ankle Impairments Seen in Diabetics Even Without Neuropathy

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

New research indicates that even in the absence of peripheral neuropathy, patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus are prone to impaired ankle function.

Silent Kidney Disease Tied To Heart Attacks And Early Death

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

Chronic kidney disease doubles the risk of heart attack, stroke, and early mortality, even among young and middle-aged adults, according to results of a nationwide screening program.

Lettuce A Possible Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, August 15, 2008

It's in your fridge and now, scientists are studying it to help patients with type one diabetes. Lettuce could soon help the millions of people in the United States diagnosed with this chronic disease.