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Type 1 diabetes keeps young dancer on his toes
Sat May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2012
In late-November, John Paul and his mom suspected the flu or mononucleosis and headed to a walk-in clinic. Within a day he was in the hospital, being treated as one of the roughly 2.3 million Americans living with Type 1 diabetes.
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Many weight-loss surgery patients shed Type 2 diabetes along with their pounds
Sun May 13 09:08:22 EDT 2012
CHAMPAIGN — Type 2 diabetes used to weigh down Peggy Jenvey's life. It drained her energy. Her blood pressure rose. Her weight was too high, but the medications she had to take made the extra pounds tough to lose, she said. Eight years ago, the Thomasboro woman took a drastic step. read more
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Two Drugs Better Than One To Treat Youth With Type 2 Diabetes
Fri May 25 06:01:18 EDT 2012
A combination of two diabetes drugs, metformin and rosiglitazone, was more effective in treating youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes than metformin alone, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found. Adding an intensive lifestyle intervention to metformin provided no...
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Five Questions: Randy Jackson on Type 2 diabetes
Fri May 18 14:59:44 EDT 2012
'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson explains how he changed his lifestyle after his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Randy Jackson is known for providing measured critiques to aspiring singers on Fox's "American Idol," but in his private life, he's had to analyze something entirely different:...
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Education and Prevention: Creating Public Service Campaigns About Type 2 Diabetes
Tue May 22 20:26:08 EDT 2012
In this lesson, students read about a new study showing a rise in Type 2 diabetes among adolescents, learn more about its causes, and develop a public awareness campaign to promote education and prevention.
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Linagliptin safe and effective for African American patients with type 2 diabetes
Fri May 25 01:17:56 EDT 2012
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company today announced Phase 3 study results for linagliptin 5 mg once-daily, which showed significant hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or A1C) reduction of 0.88 percent compared to 0.24 percent in the placebo group (p=0.0002) at 24 weeks in black...
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Oxygen Therapy Slows Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Says
Tue May 15 00:50:03 EDT 2012
Title: Oxygen Therapy Slows Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Says Category: Health News Created: 5/11/2012 2:06:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 5/14/2012 12:00:00 AM
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ETX girl, family learn to manage Type 1 diabetes
Mon May 14 08:10:52 EDT 2012
Twelve-year-old Kassandra Hallmark is a sixth grader at Hubbard Middle School in Tyler. She loves to play sports, and her parents say was a pretty healthy child before she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in December 2010.
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Diabetes roadshow sees majority tested referred to GP
Sat May 26 19:16:11 EDT 2012
OVER half of people tested for diabetes during a city centre roadshow were referred to a GP. Out of 238 people tested, 133 had a moderate to high risk of developing the disease.
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The Learning Network Blog: Lesson Plan | Education and Prevention: Creating Public Service Campaigns About Type 2 ...
Wed May 23 15:55:00 EDT 2012
In this lesson, students read about a new study showing a rise in Type 2 diabetes among adolescents, learn more about its causes, and develop a public awareness campaign to promote education and prevention.
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