22nd February 2010
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Diabetes, Health News
Patients on statins may have a slight increased risk of developing diabetes, according to new research published The Lancet . The authors examined data from a number of sources to resolve doubts around the [...]
Tags: Diabetes, Heart disease, statins
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18th February 2010
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An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that new research based on a meta-analysis of thirteen statin trials has shown that use of statins increases the risk of dev[...]
Tags: cholesterol, Heart Attack, LDL (bad) cholesterol, statins, strokes, Type 2 Diabetes
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15th February 2010
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Health News
Despite major progress in diagnosis and treatment, diabetic retinopathy remains the major cause of blindness in adults under 60 in the U.S., said Thomas C. Lee, director, Retina Institute in The Vision Center[...]
Tags: blindness in adults, Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy
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15th February 2010
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Eating a bar of chocolate a week could help prevent strokes, according to Canadian researchers.
Scientists conducted a study of 50,000 people and found that those eating chocolate were 22 per cent less likely to suffer [...]
Tags: Chocolate, Diabetes, Flavonoids, stress, strokes
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11th February 2010
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Health News
UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s biggest insurance companies, has decided to take a more active role in the care of its policy holders who are being treated for several types of cancer, The Wall Street Journ[...]
Tags: Assessing Cancer Treatments, Cancer, cardiovascular disease treatment, orthopedic surgeries
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10th February 2010
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Health News
Duke researchers report in theFASEB Journal that maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of diseases related to inflammation gone awry: heart disease, stroke and more
As if there are not enough reasons for obe[...]
Tags: and high-trans fat, high-saturated fat, low-fat, maternal obesity, pregnancy and lactation
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