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Simple tips ease holiday travels for diabetics
By Jennifer Lollar - Whether it’s over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house for Christmas or joining thousands in Times Square to rock New Year’s Eve, millions of people will take to the skies and the highways this holiday season. But for diabetics, travel can be dangerous if they’re not careful.
First patient recruited to major international diabetes trial
Doctors and scientists at the University of Glasgow have recruited the first patient to join a major international research project to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D)....CUHK Estimates One Million Hong Kong People are Suffering from Fatty Liver Disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide. Previous studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) indicated that 25% of NAFLD patients had worsening of liver fibrosis in 3 years. Some may even progress to cirrhosis and liver cancer. NAFLD is also strongly associated with metabolic syndrome (diabetes, hypertension, central obesity and dyslipidemia) and coronary artery disease. Therefore, epidemiological studies on NAFLD are very important....Body’s fat switch discovered
Scientists at Warwick Medical School have made an important discovery about the mechanism controlling the body’s ‘fat switch’, shedding new light on our understanding of how proteins regulate appetite control and insulin secretion....Researchers Surprised to Find Fatty Liver Disease Poses No Excess Risk for Death
Condition prevalent among those with heart disease and obesity ...Rotating Night Shift Work Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Boston, MA -- Women who work a rotating (irregular) schedule that includes three or more night shifts per month, in addition to day and evening working hours in that month, may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes when compared with women who only worked days or evenings, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). ...Obese people turn a blind eye to health risks
More than a quarter of obese and overweight people do not want to lose weight and many more are unaware of the benefits brought by a healthy lifestyle, a new survey by Cancer Research UK reveals.....Flu prevention measures need to be taken more seriously in diabetic patients
(Vienna) Patients with diabetes, as sufferers of a chronic condition, belong to groups of people that are particularly at risk from influenza. ...Joslin Study Identifies the Cause of Diabetes Misdiagnosis among Asian Americans
Joslin Researchers Find Critical Diagnostic Marker for Differentiating Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Young Asian Americans Plus Basis for Changes to Treatment Approaches for Type 2 Asian Patients...La Jolla Institute Researchers Provide World's First View of Type 1 Diabetes As-It-Unfolds
Cellular movies could greatly enhance search for type 1 disease interventions...
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Jon
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12/10/2011 16:41:04
One reason people get the wrong idea: articles like yours that talk about "association with the risks of smoking"
Hello? Are you familiar with the ...
brigitte
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07/10/2011 14:29:44
Those listed items are not going to make much impact. Smoking compromises babies, but doesn't result in prematurity anymore than any other imperfect practice prenatally. ...
admin
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06/10/2011 18:47:06
Actually there is a great deal of published evidence of fluoride in drinking water severely harming the health of users.
Try examining the dozens of clinical ...
Richard Windsor
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29/09/2011 05:25:07
Point to a single double-blind placebo controlled trial that meets modern standards of evidence based medicine and I might consider your argument.
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