Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24 Million
Diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the United
States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years,
according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released today by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that nearly 8 percent of
the U.S. population has diabetes.
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American Lung Association Report
Finds Lung Disease Death Rates Increasing While Cancer, Heart Disease and
Stroke Death Rates Are Decreasing According to the latest
report by the American Lung Association, Lung Disease Data, death rates due
to lung disease are currently increasing while death rates due to other
leading causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke are
declining.
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Accidental Fungus Leads to Promising Cancer
Drug
A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab
experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S.
researchers reported on Sunday.
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Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia
Ramona Lamascola thought she was losing her 88-year-old mother
to dementia. Instead, she was losing her to
overmedication.
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Change in Diet, Exercise May Change Your Genes
Study: After 3 months, lifestyle changes made a difference in 500 genes
Comprehensive lifestyle changes including a better diet and more exercise can
lead not only to a better physique, but also to swift and dramatic changes at
the genetic level.
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‘Hazardous Drinking' More Common Than
Thought
Hazardous drinking -- drinking more than guidelines recommend -- is common
and needs to be recognized as a genuine public health problem,
Finnish researchers say. Currently, alcohol-use disorders are divided into
two categories: alcohol abuse/harmful use and alcohol dependence.
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Fear Factor Accompanies Generic Drugs
Made in China
First, it was inexpensive toys, apparel, footwear and
electronics that flooded the U.S. market from China. The next Chinese export
to reach American consumers will be lower-cost generic versions of brand-name
medicines. Although it will take at least several years before Chinese-made
generics are available here in significant numbers, the prospect already is
raising safety concerns, given China's history of substandard drugs at home,
the recent scandal involving
contaminated ingredients in the blood thinner heparin, and
other safety problems, from tainted pet food to toothpaste.
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