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Healthy fats from vegetable oil, nuts may reduce diabetes risk
By C. Tordesillas | Mar 27, 2016 07:38 AM EDTAmong people who had prediabetes, those who ate more polyunsaturated fat and less saturated fat were found to have higher levels of insulin sensitivity--which is a lower risk of developing full-blown diabetes.
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Low calorie diet eyed as 'cure' for type 2 diabetes
By Cesar Tordesillas | Mar 23, 2016 02:42 PM EDTA study found that 12 of the 30 people given very low calorie diets had glucose levels below the usual cutoff for diabetes.
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Kidney, Gum Diseases Double Whammy To Longevity
By Peter R | Feb 19, 2016 09:20 AM ESTA new study shows gum disease can up the risk of mortality present due to Chronic Kidney Disease.
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Diabetes Drug Lowers Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
By Cheri Cheng | Feb 18, 2016 09:37 AM ESTA diabetes drug has been linked to lowering risk of heart attack and recurring stroke in non-diabetic patients, a new study found.
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Best-Selling Author Pat Conroy Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer
By Jenn Loro | Feb 17, 2016 08:10 AM ESTLegendary author Pat Conroy, whose bestselling works include The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, has been recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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Height Influences Likelihood Of Getting Cardiovascular Disease
By Jenn Loro | Feb 05, 2016 10:52 AM ESTA German-led study suggests that tall people are less likely to have cardiovascular diseases and diabetes but are exposed to greater risk of having cancer.
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Sitting For A Long Time Increases The Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes
By Jenn Loro | Feb 04, 2016 12:17 PM ESTA Dutch study featured in the scientific journal Diabetologia suggests that long hours of sitting may increase the risks of developing Type 2 diabetes by 22%.
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Obesity, Diabetes During Pregnancy Quadruple Autism Risk
By Peter R | Feb 01, 2016 10:46 AM ESTThe new study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows that both pre-pregnancy and gestational can up the risk. It adds to mounting evidence that ASD begins in the womb.
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New Breakthrough in Stem Cell Could Put an end to Insulin Injections Required by Diabetic Patients
By Kanika Gupta | Jan 31, 2016 03:18 PM ESTPeople suffering from Type 1 diabetes have to inject insulin every day that is not only painful but can also result in swelling, redness, and itching where you inject. However, thanks to the recent development, the cure for type 1 diabetes may now be a step closer.
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Breastfeeding Can Save Nearly a Million Lives Every Year: Study
By Peter R | Jan 29, 2016 01:54 PM ESTA meta-analysis of several studies showed that breastfeeding has benefits for mothers and their children.
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Type 1 Diabetes Cure Within Grasp, Works In Animals
By Peter R | Jan 27, 2016 10:34 AM ESTResearchers at MIT and Harvard announced a novel way to shield bioengineered pancreatic Beta cells from the body's immune system.
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Sleeping In Can Reduce Diabetes Risk, Study
By R. Siva Kumar | Jan 21, 2016 10:31 AM ESTPeople working for long hours during weekdays tend to spike their insulin levels, but sleeping for long during weekends could help them to get back to normalcy.
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Pregnant Women Should Avoid Potatoes: Here's Why
By Jenn Loro | Jan 14, 2016 02:49 PM ESTNational Institutes of Health-led study warned women to cut back on spuds after research findings linked high level of potato consumption with heightened risks of developing gestational diabetes.
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Want to Lose Weight and Be Healthy? Stop Procrastinating Immediately
By Kanika Gupta | Jan 08, 2016 09:28 AM ESTAccording to the new research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that many of us put off weight loss until the excess weight has already done the damage that wanted to evade in the first place. Many conditions linked to obesity such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and other such diseases have already been set in motion.
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Weight Loss Surgery Reduced Diabetes and Heart Attack Risk
By Kanika Gupta | Dec 30, 2015 01:59 PM ESTOne of the largest bariatric surgery investigation spread across four years in 8,000 patients reveal the health benefits of surgery, especially for people who are severely overweight, the authors of the study told PLoS Medicine.
