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Diseases and vaccines - Diabetes

March 1-7, 2004

►February 27, 2004 - Diabetes may be linked to early hearing loss - Studies point to danger of deafness and mental decline in old age - journal article (Nature)

February 23-29, 2004

►February 25, 2004 - Childhood Weight Changes Predict Sugar Problem - Reuters via Yahoo!

►February 25, 2004 - Small Babies Can Speed Up Diabetes Risk - HealthDay via Yahoo!

►February 25, 2004 - Kids Who Bulk Up Run Higher Diabetes Risk - AP via Yahoo!

February 16-22, 2004

►February 17, 2004 - Antioxidants Appear to Protect Against Diabetes - Reuters via Yahoo! News 

►February 16, 2004 - Possible mechanism for link between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease discovered -  Joslin Diabetes Center via www.eurekalert.org

►February 23, 2004 - Asian-Americans don't have to be heavy to develop diabetes - Body mass index charts may not be relevant for assessing actual risk in this racial group. - www.ama-assn.org

Comment:  More possible evidence against any "one-size-fits-all" approach to health or disease.

February 9-15, 2004

►February 13, 2004 - 600,000 unaware they are diabetic - Bay Area health officials cautioning women, minorities about disease - Alameda Times-Star

►February 12, 2004 - Warning signs of diabetes: All in your head? - "Above the neck" signs may help identify those at risk - Academy of General Dentistry via www.tulsaworld.com

►February 12, 2004 - Diabetes doubles risk of liver disease and liver cancer - American Gastroenterological Association via Medical News Today

►February 10, 2004 - High Iron Levels May Signal Diabetes Risk - AP via The Herald-Sun

January 26 - February 8, 2004 (2 weeks combined due to illness)

►February 4, 2004 - Gene therapy technique could aid islet transplants for diabetes, says Pittsburgh study - Researchers also find current immunosuppression drug therapy may be harmful for transplanted Islets - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - via www.eurekalert.org 

►February 2004 - Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Childhood Using a Very-Low-Calorie Diet - journal article (Diabetes Care)

January 19-25, 2004

►January 20, 2004 - Drug prevents diabetes recurrence after islet cell transplantation - University of Virginia Health System via www.eurekalert.org

►January 19, 2004 - Coffee lowers diabetes risk - China Daily - "People who gulp several cups of coffee a day can greatly lower their risk of developing diabetes later in life, even if they are overweight, according to a US Study published on Tuesday...The study of 125,000 people suggests that caffeinated coffee - not caffeine-free - may affect the body's metabolism in positive ways, the researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health said."

January 12-18, 2004

►January 12, 2004 - Many Latino children well on their way to diabetes, heart disease - USC studies show nine in 10 Latino pre-teens have at least one risk factorfor type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease - University of Southern California via www.eurekalert.org

January 5-11, 2004

►January 9, 2004 - Doubts on vaccine patch for children - Sydney Morning Herald - "An adhesive patch hailed as a revolutionary method of mass vaccination may increase a child's risk of developing type-one diabetes and multiple sclerosis, Australian researchers have found."

►January 3, 2004 - Virus halts decline of diabetes - Infection with a virus may prevent the development of one form of diabetes in mice - raising hopes of treatments for humans. - BBC

December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004

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