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Type 2 diabetes benefits from traditional Chinese medicine’s bitter melon

April 1st, 2008 by Richard Brassaw

Type 2 Diabetes has been known to respond well to a vegetable that is used in traditional Chinese medicine–bitter melon. Bitter melon is bitter in taste, non-toxic, and thought to [...]


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Connecting the dots between type 2 diabetes and antidepressants

March 28th, 2008 by Richard Brassaw

A researcher at the University of Alberta was analyzing data from a Saskatchewan health database when she started to connect the dots between antidepressants and type 2 diabetes.
Lauren Brown, researcher, [...]


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Diabetes complications reduced by compound found in grape skins

March 21st, 2008 by Richard Brassaw

Diabetes patients have a high production of glucose, which can cause cellular damage to blood vessels.
Matt Whiteman, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, South [...]


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Diabetes may be related to upper GI issue

March 8th, 2008 by Richard Brassaw

Often Type 2 diabetes is related to excess weight in the belly. Researchers recognized that obese individuals with Type 2 diabetes who had their stomach size restricted (i.e. gastric banding) [...]


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Contradiction between 2 diabetes treatment trials

March 3rd, 2008 by Richard Brassaw

Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease–the leading cause of death in people with diabetes. Previous studies suggest that reducing blood sugar levels of type 2 [...]


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The Alzheimer’s and diabetes link

July 20th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Ireland researchers, Dr Christian Holscher and Dr Calum Sutherland, believe that there may be a connection between Alzheimer’s and diabetes. Their research centers around the protein GLP1, which is currently [...]


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Lyrica (pregabalin) treatment for fibromyalgia and diabetic pain

June 20th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

University of Kentucky reports that professor of rheumatology, Dr. Leslie Crofford, and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Women’s Health, Gloria W. Singletary, wrote the first prospective study [...]


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Diabetes and pain

June 20th, 2007 by Richard Brassaw

Diabetes can cause numbness in your legs and toes, arms and hands. It can also cause shooting pain deep in the soles of your feet. It is the type of [...]


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