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Study Says Best Drug Combo for Type 2 Kids Is Metformin and Rosiglitazone

May 24, 2012 | 
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Study Says Best Drug Combo for Type 2 Kids Is Metformin and Rosiglitazone
A university study has concluded that a combination of metformin and rosiglitazone (Avandia) is the best drug therapy for controlling blood sugar levels in type 2 children and adolescents. Metformin alone is the drug most often prescribed for young or recently diagnosed type 2 patients.
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Around the Table: A Dinner Host's Responsibility With Paula Deen
| May 23, 2012 | blog
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Around the Table: A Dinner Host's Responsibility With Paula Deen
Recently, I was cuddling my sleeping toddler and watching a recorded episode of The View. If you've never seen the show, five well-known women discuss "hot topics" and interview guests. On the day I watched, their guest co-host was Paula Deen, the Southern chef who is best known for adding endless sticks of butter to her recipes.
Drinking and Driving on Memorial Day
| May 22, 2012 | blog
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Drinking and Driving on Memorial Day
During Memorial Day Weekend celebrations, friends often gather where alcohol is served and then take to the road. Drinking and driving is hazardous, as we all know, because alcohol affects many skills needed to drive safely and competently, including reaction time, coordination, information processing, and the ability to track moving objects.
Five Ways to Rev Up Your Walking Routine
| May 21, 2012 | blog
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Five Ways to Rev Up Your Walking Routine
Warmer temperatures bring the opportunity to put on our walking shoes and step outside for our workouts.  But if you, like me, have been walking for many years, you may find yourself bored with the same old routine. To avoid burnout, try these five ways to rev up your walk.
Swedes Lob Dynamite Into a Controversy: High-Fat Diet Improves Blood Sugars
| May 20, 2012 | news
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Swedes Lob Dynamite Into a Controversy: High-Fat Diet Improves Blood Sugars
The slow backlash against low-fat, relatively high-carb diets as the ideal for everyone with type 2 diabetes has received a boost from a team of Swedish researchers at Linkoping University, about 100 miles southwest of Stockholm.
The Raw Food Diet:  Should You Try It?
| May 19, 2012 | blog
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The Raw Food Diet:  Should You Try It?
It seems that every few months, we hear about a new diet that, like all the others, promises to yield fast and tempting results. Is the raw food diet any different, and, if so, how?
Transplanted Gut Organisms Could Prevent Diabetes Onset
| May 18, 2012 | news
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Transplanted Gut Organisms Could Prevent Diabetes Onset
Scientists meeting recently at the International Liver Congress in Barcelona, Spain, say that microbiota-tiny organisms specific to a part of the body-transplanted from healthy people to people at risk of diabetes or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may prevent the later onset of those conditions. The procedure involves implanting small quantities of fecal matter from healthy donors into the colons of pre-diseased recipients.
Five Ways to Get Back on Track When You’re Burned Out
| May 17, 2012 | blog
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Five Ways to Get Back on Track When You’re Burned Out
Burnout is common among people with diabetes, especially those who have had the disease for years, even decades. Diabetes management can be exhausting, confusing, and frustrating, particularly when you think you are doing everything right but your blood sugars still fail to cooperate.
Taiwanese Study Identifies Top Three Drugs for Type 2 Glycemic Control
| May 16, 2012 | news
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Taiwanese Study Identifies Top Three Drugs for Type 2 Glycemic Control
Researchers in Taipei, Taiwan, report that they have identified the top three drugs for reducing A1C levels in type 2 diabetes: biphasic insulin, GLP-1 analogs, and basal insulin. They hedged a little on their endorsement of GLP-1 analogs, however, by saying that although they are not decisively better at controlling A1Cs than other oral diabetes drugs, they have the advantage of helping to reduce weight without adding to the danger of hypoglycemia.
“Reprogrammed” Cells in Mice Reverse Late-stage Type 1 Diabetes
| May 15, 2012 | news
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“Reprogrammed” Cells in Mice Reverse Late-stage Type 1 Diabetes
A successful experiment on mice with type 1 diabetes, which involved "reprogramming" their immune systems to stop attacks on pancreatic beta cells, may point the way to an eventual cure for the disease in humans.
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