Recently introduced criteria for diagnosing diabetes may not be robust enough, according to a two new studies. ...
DRUG WARS: Making it up as they go
Re Parkinson’s disease (WDDTY vol 14 no 5), I am puzzled by a statement about vitamin B6 which suggested that patients with heart conditions should not take it. This is the first I have heard of an adverse effect on heart conditions by B6.
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Free radicals the "sparks" that are set off in your body when oxygen burns off food and foreign chemicals look like being the cause of diabetes. ...
DRY EYE: It could be the drugs
Memory loss is something we all fear as we age. After all, memory is what makes us who and what we are, as having access to the huge database in our brain is integral to our very concept of ourselves. We can’t survive independently without it...
How many cans of sugar-sweetened drinks such as colas could you safely drink before increasing your risk of type 2 diabetes? Answer: none.
Action by diabetics to sue the manufacturers of so called human insulin for damages seems set to collapse. ...
In Europe and the US, the average life time risk of developing colorectal cancer is one in 20, but the risk can go up or down as a result of many factors: .. ...
