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Blue Tortillas May Help Dieters And Diabetics
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Science Daily — People with dieting blues should try swapping white corn tortillas for blue. A recent study suggests that the coloured flatbreads are healthier, especially for diabetics and dieters, Sara Jensen reports in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
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Cholesterol Drugs Act Against Diabetic Nerve Pain
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CHICAGO (Reuters), June 25 -- New evidence suggests the same drugs that help reduce levels of artery-clogging cholesterol might prevent nerve damage brought on by diabetes, Australian researchers said on Friday.
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Diabetes Drug Kills Some Cancer Cells
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Science Daily, August 15 -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that a commonly prescribed diabetes drug kills tumor cells that lack a key regulatory gene called p53.
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Diabetes Drug Should Stay Despite Heart Risks, U.S. Advisers Say
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MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- The widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug Avandia should remain on the market, despite studies that suggest it could increase the risk of heart attacks, U.S. health advisers said Monday.
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Diabetes Epidemic Spreading Worldwide
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FRIDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- More than two-thirds of the world's estimated 246 million diabetics come from less-affluent developing nations, and more must be done to curb a disease that now rivals HIV/AIDS in terms of suffering and death around the globe.
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Doctors Not Ready to Abandon Diabetes Drug
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FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- The news that the popular diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of heart attack is being met with concern, but not alarm, by health-care professionals.
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FDA Issues Safety Alert on Avandia
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is aware of a potential safety issue related to Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes. Safety data from controlled clinical trials have shown that there is a potentially significant increase in the risk of heart attack and heart-related deaths in patients taking Avandia.
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FDA Seeks Strictest Warning for Diabetes Drugs
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WEDNESDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked that two controversial type 2 diabetes drugs carry a "black box" warning on the potentially heightened risk of congestive heart failure in some patients.
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Flavonoids In Orange Juice Make It A Healthy Drink, Despite The Sugar
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BUFFALO NY (Science Daily), July 18 -- Orange juice, despite its high caloric load of sugars, appears to be a healthy food for diabetics due to its mother lode of flavonoids, a study by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
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Manufacturers of Some Diabetes Drugs to Strengthen Warning on Heart Failure
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WASHINGTON D.C. (August 14) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced manufacturers of certain drugs approved to treat Type 2 diabetes have agreed to add a stronger warning on the risk of heart failure, a condition that occurs when the heart does not adequately pump blood. The information will be included in the form of a "boxed" warning%u2014FDA's strongest form of a warning. The upgraded warning emphasizes that the drugs may cause or worsen heart failure in certain patients.
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One-Third of Diabetics Have Sleep Apnea
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MONDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- People with type 2 diabetes who drag themselves through the day may be among the 36 percent of diabetics suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research.
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