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'Good Guy' Blood Cells Are Now Suspects In Heart Disease, Diabetes
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THURSDAY, May 13 (ScienceDaily) -- Until recently, the story on platelets was pretty simple: tiny blood cells, with limited sophistication because they had no nucleus, and their claim to fame was to be a first-responder to a wound site, to promote healthy clotting and prevent infection. Later scientists theorized platelets might be connected to harmful chronic inflammation, but the links were unclear.
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'Living Bandages' Heal Burns with Patients' Cells
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LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) -- British scientists have developed "living bandages," made from a patient's own cells, which speed healing for burns and diabetes sufferers.
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A Wireless Implant for Diabetics
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TUESDAY, July 27 (ABCNews) -- For people with advanced cases of diabetes, monitoring the levels of glucose in their blood is a routine hassle of needles and electronic measuring devices. But soon, diabetics may be able to wave it all goodbye. Literally.
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Alarm Helps Diabetics Sleep Easy
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SYDNEY Australia, July 23 (MedicalNewsToday) -- A device invented by Australian scientists is helping patients susceptible to dangerous low blood sugar attacks sleep easier.
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Alzheimer's Risk Higher in Diabetics
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MONDAY, May 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Having diabetes appears to be linked to a 65 percent higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
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Antipsychotic Drugs Raise Diabetes Risk
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NEW YORK, January 27 (Reuters) -- Four prominent medical organizations warned on Tuesday that a widely prescribed class of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of diabetes, echoing concerns raised by U.S. regulators and researchers.
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Antipsychotics Tied to Insulin Problems in Kids
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WASHINGTON DC, October 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prescription drugs commonly used to treat children and teens with aggression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia may lead to insulin problems, in turn boosting the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease later in life, a new study claims.
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Blood Glucose Spikes Impair Mental Function
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NEW YORK, October 14 (Reuters Health) -- People with type 2 diabetes experience a decline in mental function and mood during episodes of hyperglycemia -- an excessive rise in blood glucose -- according to new study findings.
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Blood Pressure Dives During Diabetics' Heart Attack
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NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters Health) -- People with diabetes are known to fare worse after a heart attack than people without diabetes. Now, new research suggests that this is because diabetics experience a greater drop in blood pressure when the coronary vessels are blocked during an attack.
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Blood Sugar Sensor Improves Diabetes Control
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NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters Health) -- People with type 1 diabetes have to constantly check their blood sugar levels, a chore that involves finger pricks and test strips and a special meter. That might all become a thing of the past with an implanted blood glucose monitor that provides a continuous reading.
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Chemicals Found in Cherries May Help Fight Diabetes
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TUESDAY, December 21 (Medical News Today) -- Perhaps George Washington wouldn't have chopped down his father's cherry tree if he knew what chemists now know. They have identified a group of naturally occurring chemicals abundant in cherries that could help lower blood sugar levels in people with diabetes.
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Cholesterol Imperils Many Diabetics, Experts Say
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NEW YORK, April 19 (Reuters Health) -- Adults with Type 2 diabetes who have just one additional risk factor for heart disease should be taking medication to lower cholesterol levels, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP).
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Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Delay Diabetes Onset
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NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters Health) -- Treatment with bezafibrate to lower cholesterol in people with heart disease also reduces the risk of developing full-blown diabetes in those who have high blood sugar levels, doctors in Israel report.
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Cinnamon as Medicine?
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THURSDAY, April 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Cinnamon may merit a place in your medicine cabinet as well as in your spice rack.
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Coffee Each Day Might Keep Diabetes Away
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TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers have uncovered an intriguing upside to that daily jolt of java. A large-scale, long-term study of Finnish men and women found the higher your coffee consumption, the lower your risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Coffee, Spices, Wine: New dietary ammo against diabetes?
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An assortment of new nutrition data may come as unexpectedly sweet news. Researchers are uncovering mechanisms by which a range of dietary agents—including coffee, wine, and cinnamon—appear to restore some of the body's responsiveness to insulin and control of blood sugar. Such changes seem to be transitory, however, so these foods offer no cure for diabetes. But dietary scientists now suggest that regular intake of these foods might slow the disease's onset and reduce its ravages.
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DHEA Improves Insulin Action and Fights Abdominal Fat
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WEDNESDAY, December 1 (DeafeatDiabetes) -- The hormone dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, significantly reduces abdominal fat and improves insulin action in the elderly, a U.S. study has determined.
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Diabetes May Lead to Early Aging of the Auditory System
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Daytona Beach, FL, February 19 (Newswise) -- Preliminary findings of a new study have determined that diabetes, a disease approaching epidemic proportions, may lead to premature aging of the body's auditory or hearing system.
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Diabetes Often Leads to Disability in Old Age
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TORONTO, October 5 (Reuters Health) -- Diabetes is linked to the development of disability, researchers reported here this week at the meeting of the American Neurological Association.
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Diabetes Rampant Among Native Americans
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MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDayNews) -- Sally Van Haren was adopted out of her native San Carlos Apache tribe as an infant and raised by a white family.
"I was always kind of bummed that I missed out on the culture, traditions and language," she said. "When I participated, I felt odd."
Now 36, van Haren has unexpectedly discovered a common bond with the rest of her tribe: diabetes.
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Diabetes Reportedly to Double Worldwide by 2030
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WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) -- Diabetes rates will double worldwide by 2030, to 366 million people with the disease, even if the obesity rate remains stable, an international team of researchers reported on Monday.
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