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4 hrs ago | Cross Roads News

Lack of knowledge hampers diabetes care

Even though diabetes is a major health problem in the country, Americans earned a failing grade on diabetes awareness in a survey released Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Ask the Expert Dr. Peter Campochiaro, Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common cause of moderate and severe vision loss in working-age Americans.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ophthalmology

CiteULike

Birth weight, body silhouette over the life course and incident...

Search all the public and authenticated articles in CiteULike. Enter a search phrase.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Canada.com

Diabetic aid worker fights to return to Afghanistan posting

Photograph by: Julie Oliver, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA -- Bronwyn Cruden's battle to win back a foreign-aid posting in Afghanistan - which she lost because her type 1 diabetes was deemed a risk - probably won't garner massive public support.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Earth Times

Get Moving Catalog Launches DiabetesMiami.Com, A Fundraising...

Miami, Florida - As charities and non-profits struggle in difficult economic times, many are seeking new approaches to improve their fundraising efforts.

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Related Topix: Miami Metro, Life, Charity , Medicine, Health

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

Upper hand on diabetes

Megan Davis checks her insulin pump after taking her blood sugar level. The Ferris High School sophomore was diagnosed at age 9 with Type 1 diabetes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication, Spokane County, WA, Spokane Metro, Spokane, WA

Chosun Ilbo

Nearly 4,000 People Die from H1N1 in U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that counting related illnesses the number of deaths from the H1N1 virus is about four times earlier estimates.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Medical News Today

For Diabetic Patients With Heart Disease, Drug Therapy More Cost-Effective Than Angioplasty

Main Category: Heart Disease Also Included In: Diabetes ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Stroke Article Date: 18 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher ...

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Related Topix: Circulation, Medicine, Health, Stroke

MediLexicon

KineMed Receives An Investigator-Initiated Study Grant To Further...

KineMed, Inc., a translational and personalized medicine development company, announced today that the company has received an investigator initiated study grant from Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

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Related Topix: WelChol, Colesevelam (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health

Newswise

Unaware and At-Risk

The incidence of Type 2 diabetes has increased significantly over the last two decades, affecting both women and men alike.

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Related Topix: Health, Breast Cancer, Greenwich, CT

Fri Nov 20, 2009

San Diego Daily Transcript

Global effort intensifies to tackle diabetes epidemic

The latest estimates peg the number of people in the United States with diabetes at more than 24 million or almost 8 percent of the nation's total population.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, San Diego County, CA, Biotech, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry

Hindustan Times

Diabetes test may be made mandatory in India: Azad

Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

RedOrbit

Is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus A Risk Factor For Gallbladder, Biliary And Pancreatic Cancer?

There are minimal data assessing the relationship between diabetes with gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer.

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Related Topix: Pancreatic Cancer, Health, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Los Angeles Metro, Long Beach, CA

Mirror.co.uk

Brave teenager must spend every night in hospital

A teenager will have to sleep in hospital for the rest of her life because just one night out could kill her.

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Related Topix: Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication

Medical News

Positive results from Echo Therapeutics' Symphony tCGM System study

Echo Therapeutics, Inc. , a company developing its needle-free Symphony tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system and the Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, today announced positive results of a clinical study of its Symphony tCGM System in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

NBC26

The not-so-sweet truth about sugar

Americans on average eat and drink about 22 teaspoons of sugar daily, which is almost three to four times more than the daily recommendations.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Medicine, Fruits, Baked Goods, Bread

Thu Nov 19, 2009

R & D

Scripps research scientists find new link between...

November 19, 2009 A-A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a direct link between insulin - a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes - and core body temperature.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication, Technical Services, Health, UC San Diego

CTV.ca

Canada warns vets and pet owners about drug

Home : Health : Canada warns vets and pet owners about drug Canada warns vets and pet owners about drug Date: Thursday Nov.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication

MediLexicon

Ontario Diabetes Strategy Announces Measures To Increase Access To Registered Dietitians, Canada

It's welcome news to Dietitians of Canada that new initiatives to prevent and manage diabetes have recently been announced by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and the Ministry of Health and Long Term.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nursing

MediLexicon

Low Birth Weight And Diabetes Have A Common Genetic Background

Low birth weight increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Medication

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