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One Sugary Drink a Day Makes Kids Fat: Study

Five-year-olds who drink sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks or juices every day are more likely to be obese than those who have sugar-sweetened beverages less often, according to a new study.Although...

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Study Ties Higher Blood Sugar to Dementia Risk

Higher blood-sugar levels, even those well short of diabetes, seem to raise the risk of developing dementia, a major new study finds. Researchers say it suggests a novel way to try to prevent...

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Mediterranean Diet Counters Diabetes Stroke Risk: Study

Mediterranean diets heavy on olive oil and nuts are linked to a lower rate of strokes in older people whose genetic makeup boosts their risk of diabetes, according to a new study.

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Inhaled Insulin Works Better Than Shots: Clinical Trials

MannKind Corp said results of two late-stage studies showed that its experimental diabetes therapy was more effective than injected insulin and oral treatments, sending its shares up 30 percent in...

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Antibiotics Can Cause Dangerous Blood Sugar Swings in Diabetics

Diabetes patients who take a certain class of antibiotics are more likely to have severe blood sugar fluctuations than those who take other types of the drugs, a new study finds. The increased risk was...

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Mediterranean Diet Thwarts Type 2 Diabetes

A Mediterranean-style diet and low-carbohydrate diets may help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.Based on eating habits in Greece, southern Italy and Spain, a...

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Food Packaging Chemicals Tied to Obesity, Diabetes in Kids

Children exposed to two chemicals commonly used in food packaging are more likely to be obese or show signs of diabetes precursors than those with lower exposure, new research suggests. Researchers...

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Simple Test Spots Dementia Risk in Diabetics

A simple scoring system that may predict the risk of dementia in seniors with type-2 diabetes has been developed by researchers. The system -- which scores patients based on their age, health issues...

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Depression With Diabetes Speeds Mental Decline: Study

In a study of middle-aged and older people with type 2 diabetes, declines in thinking and memory that are often linked to later dementia happened faster in those who were depressed compared to those...

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Gene Raises Diabetics' Cardio Risks: Study

Some people with Type 2 diabetes might be at higher risk for heart disease if they also carry a particular type of gene, new research reveals.

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Gene Hikes Heart Risk in Diabetics: Harvard Study

Some people with type-2 diabetes might be at higher risk for heart disease if they also carry a particular type of gene, new research reveals. The gene variant could raise diabetics' odds for heart...

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Obesity Paradox: Thin Diabetics Face Increased Death Risks

In what scientists are calling an 'obesity paradox,' new research out of Denmark has found being underweight - not overweight - poses the greatest risk of death from heart disease among women who have...

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China Faces Diabetes 'Catastrophe'

China's diabetes epidemic is worse than previously estimated -- much worse. The most comprehensive nationwide survey for diabetes ever conducted in China shows 11.6 percent of adults, or 114 million,...

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Salmon, Eggs Combat Diabetes: Study

The amino acid arginine - found in salmon, eggs, nuts, and other foods - has been found to offer a promising defense against diabetes, according to new research out of the University of Copenhagen.

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Scan Predicts Heart Attacks in Diabetics

A new study suggests whole-body MRI can help predict heart attacks and stroke in people with diabetes and may, in fact, be a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing those risks.

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4 Factors Predict If Weight-Loss Surgery Will Cure Diabetes

A simple scoring system can predict whether an obese patient might achieve diabetes remission within five years after weight-loss surgery, according to researchers. The scoring system -- called DiaRem...

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Bypass Better Than Stents For Diabetic Heart Patients: Study

Heart disease patients with diabetes fare better if they undergo coronary artery bypass surgery rather than angioplasty to insert a stent, new research has found.

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Beware of This Common (and Sometimes Deadly) Diabetes Mix-Up

For 3½ years, Alissa Kaplan Michaels lived with the belief that she had Type 2 diabetes after a blood test in 2008 showed she had high sugar levels. Like most newly diagnosed diabetics, she didn't...

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Biomarker Predicts Diabetes Years Before Symptoms

Scientists have identified a biomarker that can predict diabetes risk up to 10 years before onset of the disease, opening the door to a potential early-warning blood test.

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Weight-Loss Surgery Fights Diabetes: Cleveland Clinic

Weight-loss surgery can benefit overweight patients with Type 2 diabetes for up to nine years after the procedure, according to a new study.

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