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  • February 2008

    • Docs Shelve Diabetes Study After Deaths

      New York Times  |  Feb 6, 08 10:16 PM CST

      Docs Shelve Diabetes Study After Deaths

      (Newser) - Researchers have abruptly tabled a major study measuring the effects of lowering diabetics' blood sugar after a surprising number of deaths among participants. The results come as a shock to the medical community, which has long held that lowering blood sugar through diet and medication is the only way for diabetics to stave off heart disease, the New York Times reports. More »

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      medicine  • diabetes  • medical breakthrough  • estrogen  • blood sugar  • American Diabetes Association  • cardiology

  • January 2008

    • Obese US Facing Diabetes Crisis

      USA Today  |  Jan 24, 08 3:35 AM CST

      Obese US Facing Diabetes Crisis

      (Newser) - America is facing a diabetes epidemic—a health disaster more economically catastrophic than a Hurricane Katrina each year, USA Today reports. The disease killed 284,000 people last year, and a staggering million new cases are diagnosed each year as more Americans become morbidly obese, according to a new study by the American Diabetes Association. More »

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      obesity  • diabetes  • health study  • Medicare  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  • epidemic  • insulin  • American Diabetes Association

    • Surgery Kicks Type 2 Diabetes Better Than Dieting: Study

      New York Times  |  Jan 23, 08 8:35 AM CST

      Surgery Kicks Type 2 Diabetes Better Than Dieting: Study

      (Newser) - Surgery is better than dieting and exercise to help people suffering from type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Three of four patients—73%—who underwent "lap-banding" surgery lost 20% of their body weight and were in diabetic remission within two years, WebMD reports. That compares with a 13% remission rate for patients undergoing conventional therapy of diet, exercise, and drugs and who lost an average of 1.7% of their body weight. More »

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      obesity  • surgery  • diabetes  • American Diabetes Association  • gastric banding surgery

  • August 2007

    • Cancer Society Takes on Health Care Policy

      New York Times  |  Aug 31, 07 1:39 PM CDT

      Cancer Society Takes on Health Care Policy

      (Newser) - The American Cancer Society’s next ad campaign won’t tackle the tobacco wars or advocate mammograms, the Times reports. Instead, the group will devote its entire $15 million ad budget to the nation’s health care crisis. The move follows recent research linking detection delays with lack of coverage, which “will be a bigger cancer killer than tobacco,” the society predicts. More »

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      health  • cancer  • health care  • tobacco  • American Heart Association  • American Cancer Society  • mammogram  • American Medical Association  • American Diabetes Association  • Alzheimers Association

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