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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease And Diabetes

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C is for Cure

By David Mendosa Health Expert
When I was in the Army years ago, I heard a lot of different obscenities. Nowadays, however, the one I hear is the word “cure.”

It’s the four-letter word of diabetes. It is obscene because, as a dictionary says, obscenity is “abhorrent: offensive to the mind.”

Believing that some new drug or treatment will cure diabetes is cruel, because what it promises is a lie. It’s costly, because shysters and scammers are the only ones who profit from it. It’s dangerous, because it leads people... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Types of Diabetes: are there more than two?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert

...recently received an e-mail inquiring about "type 3 diabetes." The writer stated "It's very... Read more »

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Diabetes and Associated Autoimmune Diseases
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...psychosocial topics lately. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes is usually associated with... Read more »

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Oprah Endorses... the Thyroid
By Amy Tenderich , Health Expert

Republished with permission from DiabetesMine.com.  Oprah's got a new pet project: thyroid... Read more »

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Improving Medical Research
By Dr. Kantor , Health Expert

...disease include lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, childhood diabetes (diabetes mellitus type I), and... Read more »

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Innovative Research and Type 1 Diabetes: “Of Mice and Men”
By Dr. Fran Cogen , Health Expert

...you my vision for a potential treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. I proposed that a... Read more »

Health Guide

What do I need to know about diabetes?"
Diabetes is called a disorder of metabolism. More simply put, diabetes keeps your body from properly utilizing the sugar obtained from food. Your body changes most of the food you eat into a form of... Read more »
Type 1 Diabetes: Risk Factors
Up to 1,000,000 people in the U.S. are estimated to have type 1 diabetes, with about 30,000 new cases diagnosed each year. It is much less common than type 2, however, consisting of only... Read more »
Hypothyroidism: Risk Factors
...People with many autoimmune diseases have a higher risk for hypothyroidism. Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes poses a higher risk and is a special problem since hypothyroidism can affect insulin... Read more »
Diabetes Diet: Introduction
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1, previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, and type 2, previously called non-insulin-dependent... Read more »
Type 2 Diabetes
The two major forms of diabetes are type 1 (previously called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, or juvenile-onset diabetes) and type 2 (previously called noninsulin-dependent... Read more »

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