Diabetes Awareness Month
Diabetes Treatment
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Drinking Water a Diabetes Risk?
The heavy metal arsenic, which occurs naturally as an element of the Earth's crust, has a long history as an instrument of murder. The notorious Borgia family of Italy, including Pope Alexander VI, is said to have used the tasteless, colorless, and odorless substance to regularly dispatch enemies,... more
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Treating Mild Diabetes During Pregnancy
Treating even mild diabetes that develops during pregnancy helps keep moms and babies from gaining too much weight and makes for easier deliveries, research shows. more
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Oral Diabetes Medication Instead of Shots
Three years after she made medical history and was freed from painful insulin injections, 9-year-old Lilly Jaffe is just beginning to understand how much her story changed the course of diabetes research and treatment. more
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Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Does having diabetes increase the chance of pancreatic cancer? Would a test at the time diabetes is diagnosed help in the early detection of pancreatic cancer? Does going from diabetes pills to insulin increase the chance of getting pancreatic cancer? more