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NHS
spends £750m on drugs to treat lifestyle diseases |
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For the first time ever, more money is being
spent on treating diabetes than any other single disease (Telegraph,
UK) |
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Diabetes
in America |
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Public Knowledge, Perceptions and Behaviors
(By Gallup for Novo Nordisk National Changing Diabetes® Program. 131-page PDF (NCDP) |
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USF
receives $128 million award for diabetes research |
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The National Institutes of Health awarded $128
million to a University of South Florida research team conducting
worldwide studies on the prevention and treatment of juvenile diabetes
(Business Journal, USA) |
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Designed
for Disease |
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The Link Between Local Food Environments and
Obesity and Diabetes. 10-page PDF (California Center for Public
Health Advocacy, PolicyLink, and the UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research) |
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Joslin
Study Finds Insulin Resistance Causes Gallstones |
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It has been known for more than 100 years that
gallstones are more common in obese individuals. Now, researchers
at the Joslin Diabetes Center have determined that insulin resistance
is likely the reason why (Joslin Diabetes Center, USA) |
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AtheroGenics
Reports Positive Results From ANDES Phase 3 Clinical Trial of
AGI-1067 in Type 2 Diabetes |
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Based on the results of this successful trial,
AtheroGenics intends to rapidly move forward with development of
AGI-1067 (AtheroGenics, USA) |
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Oral
benfotiamine plus a-lipoic acid normalises complication-causing
pathways in type 1 diabetes |
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These results show that the previously demonstrated
beneficial effects of these agents on complication-causing pathways
in rodent models of diabetic complications also occur in humans
with type 1 diabetes (Diabetologia) |
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The
Rising Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes Is Accounted for by Cases
With Lower-Risk Human Leukocyte Antigen Genotypes |
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The rising incidence and decreasing age at diagnosis
of type 1 diabetes is accounted for by the impact of environment
on children with lower-risk HLA class II genes, who previously
would not have developed type 1 diabetes in childhood (Diabetes
Care, USA) |
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