Healthy Living: Diabetes
The International Diabetes Federation, the world’s leading authority on diabetes treatment and research says weight loss surgery should become a standard approach to treating Type 2 diabetes for obese patients. –and not just as a last resort but as a first line of defense.

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Shedding weight best way to battle diabetes
Are you at risk of developing pre-diabetes or Type-2 diabetes? Take this quiz from the American Diabetes Association to find out. Go to www.diabetes.org, locate the “diabetes basics” tab on the top left side of the page, and click on the “risk test” link.

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A Diabetes Drug, Sitagliptin, Also Has A Potential To Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another hormone, glucagon, can also contribute to diabetes type 2 by causing the liver to flood the body with stored glucose. Diabetes type 2 does not arise overnight, but slowly progresses for many years as a condition known as prediabetes. In prediabetes, blood sugar rises to …

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Limerick Elementary School fundraiser aids juvenile diabetes
Sticky fingers, chocolate stained shirts — the classic picture of childhood — but not all children get that carefree experience due to juvenile diabetes, also known as type 1 diabetes.

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