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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.

Findings Shed Light on Mechanism of Condition Associated With Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Monday, May 15, 2006

Researchers have shown, for the first time, that blocking the action of a critical protein with etanercept can improve multiple inflammatory pathways in patients with the metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes.

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."

Shocking Kidney Stones Can Raise Risk for Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL), a noninvasive technique that uses sound waves to sonically disintegrate stones within the urinary track, appears to increase the risk of diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure).

Second Hand Smoke Raises Diabetes Risk

Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006

According to researchers, exposure to second hand smoking (passive smoking) is linked to higher incidences of glucose intolerance, which can lead to diabetes.

Depo Provera Increase Diabetes Risk in Women

Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2006

Contraception with depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is associated with an increase in the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior gestational diabetes.

Obesity in Middle Age Raises Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk

Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006

Obesity in middle age - even without established cardiovascular disease risk factors such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels - greatly increases risk of hospitalization for and death from heart disease and diabetes in older age

Diabetes Set to Increase from 177 to 370 Million by 2030

Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005

A diabetes epidemic is under way. According to the World Health Organization and the US is number one.

WHO projections suggest that the number of people suffering from the disease will increase to some 370m by 2030.

Enterobacteria-Related Bacteremia Increased for Diabetics

Posted: Friday, February 18, 2005

Patients with diabetes were 2.9 times as likely to develop enterobacterial bacteremia as patients without diabetes.