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Craig Stoltz

Craig Stoltz, Health Guide

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Health Journalist

Diabetes and Heart Risk: New Facts, Familiar Message

A new report in the Journal of the American Medical Association describes in scary detail the increased risks diabetics face of dying from serious heart disease.  This should sound familiar. It may seem naggy.  Trust me: There are useful, even potentially positive, takeaways. Let's look. Bottom line first Diabetics are far... Read moreChevron
Krystle Kopacz

Krystle Kopacz

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News Round-Up: August 10

Today's Headlines in a Nutshell:  1. Researchers have discovered that bones seem to produce a hormone that regulates sugar and fat -- which is "a major determinant of the development of type 2 diabetes," according to a press release.  2. After all the Anti-Avandia coverage, latest stories on the popular diabetes drug have... Read moreChevron
posted 08/10/2007, comments (0)|
Gretchen Becker

Gretchen Becker, Health Guide

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Author, Humorist, wildlyfluctuating.blogspot.com

Lettuce and Diabetes

Can insulin produced in lettuce cure type 1 diabetes some day? Possibly. In mice, it seems to modulate the immune attack on the beta cells that is the hallmark of type 1 diabetes. But the pathway is complex.   Therapeutic insulin is usually injected. This is for two reasons. First, most proteins are partically digested in the stomach. The... Read moreChevron
David Mendosa

David Mendosa, Health Guide

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Medical Journalist Living with Diabetes and Author of Fitness and Photography for Fun, www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog

New Exercise Guidelines: 5 Days Weekly, Add Resistance Training to Aerobic

Even for something as fundamental as exercise, the experts are still fine-tuning their recommendations. And it’s more than just fine-tuning. They are saying that we should do more and more.They now go so far as to explicitly say that “more is better.” Who is this “they” that’s telling us what to do? The newest... Read moreChevron
Krystle Kopacz

Krystle Kopacz

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This Just In: Avandia stays on the market

In a 22-1 vote, a panel advising the FDA on the future of popular diabetes drug Avandia chose to keep the drug on the market. The panel review came after several studies that Avandia caused more risk for cardiovascular problems in patients taking the drug. Read more Avandia information here: Drug information.David Mendosa's Avandia... Read moreChevron
posted 07/30/2007, comments (0)|

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