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Lifestyle changes may be the best way to delay diabetes
Booster ShotsLifestyle changes are the best way to stave off development of Type 2 diabetes, according to a 10-year followup of an innovative trial to prevent the disease in high-risk groups. The results are important because diabetes is a rapidly spreading...... -
Sulfonylureas for diabetes increase risk of heart disease and death, study finds
Booster ShotsSulfonylureas, the first family of oral drugs used for treating type 2 diabetes, increase the risk of death from all causes by as much as 61% compared with the newer drug metformin, British researchers have found. Some researchers have suspected...... -
Drugs in pre-diabetics do little to slow progression to diabetes or to heart disease, study finds
Booster ShotsA combination of drugs that researchers hoped would delay progression to diabetes and/or heart disease in people with impaired glucose tolerance provided little benefit, researchers reported Sunday at an Atlanta meeting of the American College of... -
Diabetes Drug Harmful For Some
Special to The CourantOne of the most widely used diabetes drugs may be incorrectly prescribed to a quarter of the patients taking it, causing potentially life-threatening complications, a new study warns. The drug, metformin (brand name Glucophage), can trigger a buildup...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Clubs and Associations, Health, Kidney
Oct 30, 2009
| Los Angeles Times
Dec 4, 2009
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Jun 9, 2002
|Story| Hartford Courant
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