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One doctor's take on how surgery reverses Type 2 diabetes
On Monday, researchers reported in two new clinical trials that several types of weight-loss surgery were more effective at controlling blood-sugar levels in obese people with diabetes than the usual care regimen of diet and drugs. In many cases, as...
Tags: Diabetes, Health, Insulin, Chemicals, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Physical Conditions, Melatonin (dietary supplement), University of Oxford, Insulin
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Steve Jobs buried in Alta Mesa among other technologists
TechnologyApple co-founder Steve Jobs was buried on Friday in Alta Mesa in a memorial park shared by some pioneering technologists he admired, according to Forbes. Forbes, citing Jobs' death certificate released Monday, reported that the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in.... -
Steve Jobs biography: His thoughts on Android, cancer, Bill Gates
TechnologyDetails of the new Steve Jobs biography, scheduled for release on Monday, have leaked out all around the Web, offering new insights into the life of the Apple co-founder.... -
Duff McKagan: Guns N' Roses bassist may make you think 'beer'
Jacket CopyDuff McKagan, Guns N' Roses bassist from 1985 to 1997, has written an autobiography, set to be released Oct. 4, "It's So Easy (And Other Lies)." And among his tales is his connection to "The Simpsons": Duff Beer. "A production...... -
Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope
All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
The...Tags: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration, Genes and Chromosomes, Cystic Fibrosis
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Potatoes can add plenty to waistline
Public Enemy No. 1 in America's battle of the bulge isn't cupcakes, soda or double bacon cheeseburgers. It's the simple potato, according to Harvard University researchers.
Daily consumption of an extra serving of spuds — French fries, crispy...Tags: Hamburgers, United Nations, Potassium (dietary supplement), Weight, Vitamin C
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Rosalyn Yalow dies at 89; Nobel winner helped revolutionize medical diagnostics
Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other diseases, died May 30 in...Tags: Vitamin Therapy, Insulin, Newspaper and Magazine, Human Interest, Applied Physics
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Research shows promise in reversing Type 1 diabetes
Preliminary experiments in a handful of people suggest that it might be possible to reverse Type 1 diabetes using an inexpensive vaccine to stop the immune system from attacking cells in the pancreas.
Research in mice had already shown that the...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Insulin, Newspaper and Magazine, Preventative Medicine, Chemicals
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A sleeve for the intestine: As effective as bariatric surgery, without the surgery part?
For patients who are obese and have Type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass can be a remarkable cure: After such surgery, more than three-quarters of such patients can significantly reduce or discontinue their diabetes drugs within a year, studies show. With that...Tags: Radiation Therapy, Weight, Science, Physiology, Obesity
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What is Diabetes?
Most people do not know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at each of the forms the disease may take.
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune process in which the immune...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Insulin, Overweight, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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