News from March 2011

Liposuction and Diabetes

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 million people in the United States have diabetes, and currently it’s the 7th leading cause of death. With such a vast epidemic, new solutions are now being looked at in order to control diabetes, including liposuction, a cosmetic, surgical procedure that removes fat from one [...]


America observes Diabetes Alert Day

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WASHINGTON, March 22, 2011: The American Diabetes Association, one of the nodal agencies monitoring diabetes incidence in America, has initiated steps today to mobilize the citizens of the country to go for a diabetes screening day. The organization is getting the able support of the state and Allegheny County health departments. Today is the ‘American [...]


Diabetes diagnosis: 10 years before you are at risk

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Won’t it be fantastic if we can know of the probability of becoming a diabetic before we fall prey to the disease? Well, here’s the good news from the journal, Nature Medicine! A scientist here has developed a blood test that can keep you alert about the probable attacks of this life-long deadly partner, diabetes, [...]





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Many life-threatening complications may result if diabetes mellitus is not treated at the initial stages. In both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, the complications can be heart disease, kidney failure, and blindness. Type 1 diabetes can degenerate into diabetic coma or even cause death. Diabetic coma refers to a state of unconsciousness caused by [...]

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