| Is your BMI a fat lot of use? http://www.news.com.au/cour... Diabetes Articles News.com.au - ... in terms of association with plaque build-up in arteries of the heart and aorta, de Lemos and his research team found that the waist-to-hip ratio measurement remained associated with heart risk even when obesity-associated conditions like diabetes ... |
| Celebs lap it up for charity http://www.news.com.au/pert... Diabetes Articles News.com.au - All the money raised is for research into allergies, cancer, diabetes, obesity, premature birth and cerebral palsy. The Foxtel Lap will be on from 7am to 5pm and the 20 runners in each team will each have a 30-minute stint on a treadmill. Each runner ... |
| No beef over meatless lunch http://www.suntimes.com/lif... Diabetes Articles Chicago Sun-Times - Children who eat a healthy vegetarian diet have a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease compared with those who grow up on an average American diet, according to the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a pro ... |
| Paint-A-Pumpkin fundraiser aims to fight juvenile diabetes http://www.newstimes.com/ci... Diabetes Articles Danbury News-Times - Madison Halas, 6, who has juvenile diabetes, selects one of the pumpkins that will be sold as part of Halas Farm Market’s third annual Paint-A-Pumpkin fundraiser Sunday, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The ... |
| No More Diabetes Discrimination For Ambulance Drivers, UK http://www.medicalnewstoday... Diabetes Articles Medical News Today - Insulin users wishing to drive a vehicle under emergency conditions have been offered fresh hope. The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is drafting a policy that will allow staff with insulin-treated diabetes to undergo individual risk assessments ... |
| Money well spent http://www.chicagotribune.c... Diabetes Articles Chicago Tribune - The article points out that $7.8 billion a year is spent on annual physicals. Considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the annual cost of diabetes was $132 billion in 2002 and of obesity was $75 billion in 2003, both ... |
| State report card: HMOs need to help more with diabetes, obesity http://article.wn.com/link/... Diabetes Articles San Francisco Gate - California's HMOs and physicians need to do a better job of caring for patients with diabetes, treating obesity and making sure people with mental illnesses get the proper help, according to a state report card released Thursday. The Health Care ... |
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| FDA warns Viagra linked to hearing loss http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id... Diabetes Articles MSNBC - But given that hearing loss is a risk of advancing age and certain conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, that can lead to impotence, it wasn’t clear if the link was real. That still isn’t clear, said FDA ear nose and throat specialist Dr |
| Pfizer's Exubera Flop http://www.businessweek.com... Diabetes Articles BusinessWeek - Exubera was supposed to revolutionize diabetes care. It was the first inhalable insulin product on the market, invented by biotech startup Nektar Therapeutics ( NKTR ) and shepherded to market by drug giant Pfizer ( PFE ), which predicted it would ... |