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Diabetes rates rocket in Oklahoma, South
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report issued Thursday. The diabetes rate in Oklahoma more than tripled, and Kentucky, Georgia and...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Weight, Disease Prevention
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
BALTIMORE — Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker’s diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel. It’s a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who...Tags: American Diabetes Association, Physiology, Insulin, Science and Technology, Amputation
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Docs at odds over kids' cholesterol test guidance
CHICAGO (AP) — Should all U.S. children get tested for high cholesterol? Doctors are still debating that question months after a government-appointed panel recommended widespread screening that would lead to prescribing medicine for some kids....Tags: Harvard Medical School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Problems, American Academy of Pediatrics, Medical Research
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Lilly studying how dogs sense diabetes in humans
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. wants to find out how dogs sense diabetes in people. The drug company is studying how hypoglycemia alert dogs sense low blood sugar in humans. The Indianapolis Star reported...
Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Insulin, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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SJRMC identifies health needs of area
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center on Wednesday announced the results of its community health needs assessment, including an action plan that will guide the hospital in creating and funding certain initiatives over the next few years. The...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Social media to be used for health issues in South Bend
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentAn initiative in South Bend will seek to use social media for helping chronically ill patients change their behavior, adding a human dimension to high-tech data-producing tools that have failed so far to yield large health improvements. Investment in...Tags: Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Heart Failure, Sociology
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Mercury hits 100!
We are having an afternoon like we have not seen in a long time. The mercury hit 100 degrees in South Bend. You have to turn the calendar back nearly 13 years to July 30, 1999 when people in South Bend saw temperatures reach 100 degrees. The last time we...
Tags: Inwood (Hempstead, New York), Chemical Industry, Fatigue, Pharmaceuticals, Inwood (Manhattan, New York)
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New use for old drug proves effective in battling nausea for chemo patients
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- When Roseann Shull was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, the standard drugs weren't working to relieve nausea caused by the chemotherapy agents. "I pretty much was nauseous all the time. I had lots of headaches," said Shull, 53,...Tags: Zyprexa (drug), Indiana University, Health, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy
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FDA approves first new weight loss pill in decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. The agency cleared the pill for...Tags: Health, Washington, DC, Weight Loss, Overweight, Obesity
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British TV crew visits Indiana city for obesity show
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A British TV crew visited an Indiana city this week to film segments about obesity for a program called "Supersize vs. Superskinny." Producers from the show, which focuses on dieting and extreme eating lifestyles, visited...Tags: Weight, Health, Television, Diseases and Illnesses, United Kingdom
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What's to become of Prader-Willi adults?
South Bend TribuneWhen doctors first were coming to grips with the syndrome defined by an unstoppable urge to eat, those whose chromosomes created that urge rarely lived long enough for others to worry about what would happen to them as adults. With slow growth, low...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Health, Fatigue, Autism, Behavioral Conditions
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Vomitus Doggy-Us
I think I am old enough now that I can use the phrase, “You remember the good old days.” If you listen to the “older than me timers” you could feed your dog scraps, bones, pork or anything else lying around. They wouldn’t...
Tags: Health, Bones and Joints, Flu, Human Body, Cancer
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