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Dairy Products May Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Men who have a high dairy intake have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

FDA Approves Pfizer’s New Stop Smoking Drug CHANTIX

Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The FDA has approved a stop-smoking drug by Pfizer that satisfies nicotine cravings and diminishes the satisfaction of smoking to prevent relapse, the agency reported.

Novel System Helps Grade Diabetic Foot Ulcer Severity

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

A new wound-based measurement system, the diabetic ulcer severity score (DUSS), helps categorize such ulcers and their likely outcome.

Young Diabetics Not Meeting Diet Recommendations

Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Many adolescents and young adults with diabetes have diets that fall far short of what's recommended to help manage their disease, according to a new study.

Type 2 Diabetes Rising Among U.S. Adolescents

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

Some 39,000 adolescents in the United States already have obesity-linked type 2 diabetes, and nearly 3 million more may have blood sugar levels that could spur diabetes and other health problems, researchers report. Curbing obesity can help avert a public health crisis, experts say.

Just 2000 Steps and 100 Calories Can Impact Children's Lives And Prevent Disease

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

According to health statistics, one-third of all children in the United States are either overweight or dangerously close to becoming so. Walking 2000 more steps a day and reducing your calories by 100 per day can prevent weight gain for overweight children. The study results proves that this approach can help counter America's obesity crisis.

The United Nations Takes on The Diabetes Epidemic

Posted: Monday, May 22, 2006

Diabetes has become an enormous international problem with the number expected to rocket to beyond 334 million.

Beverage Industry Agrees to Halt Soda Sales in Schools

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Bill Clinton, has done what public health experts failed to do. He pulled the plug on public school soda machines.

Metformin and Lifestyle Intervention Prevents Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, April 27, 2006

"The metabolic syndrome is a high-risk state for diabetes and cardiovascular disease," Lifestyle intervention is better then any drug and along with metformin works to prevent the metabolic syndrome (MS).

Active or Passive Smoking May Be Linked to Glucose Intolerance

Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Although smoking cessation can result in modest weight gain, smoking is related to a more unhealthy distribution of upper body weight and greater waist:hip ratio. Smoking has also been associated with risk of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, suggesting that tobacco smoke may be directly toxic to the pancreas."