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By Noimot Olayiwola MEDICAL specialists have found a new trend of type 2 diabetes linked to high incidence of obesity among 13 years old in Qatar, Gulf Times has learnt.
(Staff Photo/JULIA R.GOAD) Gideon uses technology to keep up with his blood sugar on the go. His pump and his monitor sync up wirelessly to help keep a detailed record which is downloaded by his doctor.
A drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet, a study in the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics says. When Hiromu Sakurai and colleagues from the Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan, gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found it reduced blood glucose levels.
Diabetes is often associated with frequent urination, constant thirst, extreme weight loss and fatigue. But one way to check for the disease is as easy as a visit to the local eye doctor.
Integrating motivational enhancement therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy may help people with type 1 diabetes better manage their disease, British researchers report.
Two popular leukemia drugs, Gleevec and Sutent, kept lab mice from developing type 1 diabetes and put 80 percent of diabetic mice in remission, an international team said on Monday.
What a mother eats during pregnancy influences what her child will want to eat, researchers say.
When a pregnant mother consumes a high-fat diet, it can produce changes in her offspring's brain that lead to overeating and obesity, according to a new study.
Diabetes has cost Robert Heard dearly. His left leg was amputated below the knee two years ago. Kidney failure - with its special diets, thrice-weekly dialysis, and ever-present threats of infection - is worse.
KOTA KINABALU : About 15 percent or four million Malaysians are diabetic.
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