Archive for insulin
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
For decades, medical professionals have had their sights set on insulin as the hormonal target of type 2 diabetes treatments. Now a recent study conducted by Columbia University Medical Center, in New York City, reveals targeting the hormone glucagon might be a more effective treatment method. Dr. Ira Tabas, study author and lead researcher, told ... read more »
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Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Since 1980, the number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled to 347 million, likely meaning that the costs of treating the disease will also rise considerably. An international team of researchers working with The World Health Organization (WHO) published a study in the The Lancet journal reporting that rates of diabetes have either risen or at best remained ... read more »
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
MT is putting this under child abuse since this family chose to allow their daughter to suffer rather than get her help for a very curable disease… WESTON, Wis. (AP) – The mother of an 11-year-old rural Weston girl who died of untreated diabetes says she didn’t know her daughter was terminally ill as she ... read more »
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