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Internal Medicine News Digital NetworkBariatric Surgery is Cost-Effective for Diabetes PatientsJustmeansApproximately 285 million people around the world suffer from type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes (formerly known as adult onset diabetes) occurs when …

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GulfNewsConcerns raised about diabetes careThe Press AssociationThere is "cause for concern" about the care of inpatients with diabetes in most hospitals and medication errors "are worryingly common", it said. The England-wide repor…

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Spring Clean Your Diabetes RoutineMarketwire (press release)The April issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, provides spring cleaning advice in five important areas of diabetes care in order to get back …

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Age-related conditions develop faster in adults with diabetesEurekAlert (press release)Middle-aged adults with diabetes are much more likely to develop age-related conditions than their counterparts who don't have diabetes, according to a new study…

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ReutersDiabetic pilot aims for record-breaking flightToronto SunCairns had to give up his British Royal Air Force career when he was diagnosed with diabetes in 1989. Now he is mounting an expedition for the record books. In late April, when daylight an…

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AsiaOneWeight loss breakthrough: Minimally invasive gut liner as good as surgery for …Mass DeviceA plastic gut-liner sleeve made by GI Dynamics can help reduce the symptoms of Type II diabetes, according to recent studies presented at the 2nd World C…

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Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc's. CEO Issues Letter to ShareholdersPR Newswire (press release)Because of the approximately 20 year history of AAT being used to treat COPD and Emphysema, AAT has a solid established safety record, and this assisted us …

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UTHSC researchers discover new way to reduce diabetes developmentTri State DefenderTwo UT Health Science Center researchers have discovered a new way to reduce the development of type 2 diabetes. The research of scientists Abbas Kitabchi, PhD, MD, (Mas…

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Boston GlobeJohn L. Brooks III, president and CEO, Joslin Diabetes CenterMass High TechJohn L. Brooks III, founder of Prism VentureWorks and a co-founder of three life sciences firms, has been appointed president and CEO of Boston-based Joslin Diabetes…

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French TribuneStudents walk for those with diabetesHuntersville HeraldSt. Mark Catholic School students aimed to defend their title Friday, March 25, as the American Diabetes Association's top school contributor as students walked around the school…

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AsiaOneDiabetes Surgery Studied as Potential Treatment for Type 2Newswise (press release)Newswise — Physicians at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have begun enrollment for a pilot study on a promising surgical appr…

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The Link Between Periodontal Disease and DiabetesNewsReleaseWire.com (press release)Diabetes affects about 24 million Americans or about 8% of the population. It is a disease that is characterized by high levels of blood sugar caused by malfunctioning …

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New Strategic NIH Plan to Fight DiabetesHighlight HEALTHby NIH Newsbot A new strategic plan to guide diabetes-related research over the next decade was announced recently by the National Institutes of Health. The plan, developed by a federal work group…

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Los Angeles TimesPsoriasis linked to heart disease, diabetes, other cardiovascular conditionsLos Angeles TimesPsoriasis isn't just an itchy, unsightly skin disease, researchers say — it's also linked to an increased risk of heart disease, abdo…

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Everybody likes to have a drink sometimesChicagoNow (blog)I get asked this question a lot and the best answer I ever received was from a diabetic educator who had diabetes herself. You might not think so, but just because she had diabetes, I listened t…

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