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Boy, 4, Summons Help, Saves His Diabetic Dad
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[ Added: 10-Nov-1998 | Modified: 10-Nov-1998 ]
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Tuesday, November 10, 1998
By Bill Heltzel, Pittsburg Post-Gazette Staff Writer
"If he wouldn't have called to get somebody here to get my blood sugar up, I probably would have died," Scott Wegener, 30, said. Last spring, his oldest son, Zachary, then 7, returned from school and found him passed out.
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Lifescan SureStep Glucose Testing Meters Recalled
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Milpitas, CA (June 4, 1998) -- Consumer Meters made before August 1997 may give an "Er 1" (Error 1) message if a patient's blood glucose (sugar) is very high -- 500 mg/dL or greater. Failure to recognize a seriously high blood glucose level could cause serious health consequences, including hospitalization and death.
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Low-Fat Diet Alone Reversed Type 2 Diabetes In Mice
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[ Added: 11-Sep-1998 | Modified: 11-Sep-1998 ]
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Source: Duke University Medical Center
September 11, 1998
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have shown they can reverse type 2 diabetes in mice simply by feeding them a very low-fat diet, and they believe the same potential exists in humans.
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Nuking 'iceberg' of Diabetes
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DEATH, strokes and other side effects of diabetes could be dramatically reduced if patients' blood pressure was tightly controlled, according to studies published in the British Medical Journal this month.
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