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February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths - New York Times
February 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths
By GINA KOLATA
For decades, researchers believed that if people with diabetes lowered their blood sugar to normal levels, they would no longer be at high risk of dying from heart disease. But a major federal study of more than 10,000 middle-aged and older people with Type 2 diabetes has found [...]
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Symptoms: Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda - New York Times
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome — the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels — and elevated blood pressure.
The scientists gathered dietary information on more than 9,500 men and women ages 45 to 64 [...]
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