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Obesity, Diabetes May Raise Complications After Joint Replacement

THURSDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) — About 3 percent of patients who have total hip and knee replacements require critical care services before they leave the hospital, a large new study indicates.   The findings highlight the risks of these elective surgeries in older patients with other health problems and show that the procedures are placing an increasing burden on …

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Experimental diabetes drugs offer patients hope

TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Some experimental diabetes treatments in late testing offer patients hope of better controlling their blood sugar and weight and preventing dangerously low blood sugar, all big challenges for millions of diabetics.   Results from studies of several new diabetes medicines and insulin products, just announced at the premiere U.S. conference …

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Something to chew on: Eating meals slowly ‘could reduce your risk of diabetes’

People who thoughtfully chew their food and don’t rush mealtimes not only avoid indigestion – they could be preventing diabetes as well, claim scientists. They have discovered that those of us who wolf down our meals are two-and-a-half times more at risk. This could be because eating very quickly encourages weight gain which can trigger …

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Diabetes drug may help fight cancer, but no proof yet

A cheap and relatively safe diabetes drug, metformin, might have cancer-fighting properties, according to an international study – but findings fall short of proving it actually can stave off cancer. Researchers, whose findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, found that women with diabetes who took the medication had a 25 percent lower …

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Government Must Focus on Healthy Children’s Diets to Prevent Diabetes

PLYMOUTH, England, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —   June 15th 2012 represents a ground-breaking date in the history of diabetes research. After twelve years the EarlyBird project has made significant advances in understanding what triggers diabetes and cardio-vascular disease and the means to determine how advanced these conditions are. The Earlybird research has worryingly shown just how early …

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Link Between Metabolic Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease Examined

ScienceDaily (June 14, 2012) — No effective treatments are currently available for the prevention or cure of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. The most recognized risk factors, advancing age and having the apolipoprotein E Ɛ4 gene, cannot be modified or treated. Increasingly, scientists are looking toward other risk factors …

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Peaches, plums, nectarines give obesity, diabetes slim chance

COLLEGE STATION – Peaches, plums and nectarines have bioactive compounds that can potentially fight-off obesity-related diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to new studies by Texas AgriLife Research. The study, which will be presented at the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia next August, showed that the compounds in stone fruits could be a weapon against “metabolic …

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