Seniors/Aging News - Yahoo News

LONDON (Reuters) - Antipsychotic drugs prescribed to treat aggression in older Alzheimer's patients appear to significantly raise their risk of dying prematurely, British researchers said Friday. LONDON - Anti-psychotic drugs commonly used to treat ...

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Weight Loss News - Yahoo News

DALLAS (Reuters) - Americans may reduce the amount they spend on food in response to a sour economy but some experts fear they may pick up weight in the process. CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks ...

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Joslin Center lands $1m gift for diabetes research - MSN MoneyCentral

Joslin Diabetes Center today announced it has received a $1 million gift from the Thomas Beatson Jr. Foundation to support Type 1 diabetes research. The donation will be split evenly between the labs of Joslin research doctors T. Keith Blackwell ...

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Now, a new way to treat diabetes - Times of India

Researchers have developed a technique for transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cells that will open up novel ways of treating type-I diabetes. Type-I diabetes is an incurable autoimmune disease in which the immune system mistakenly destroys ...

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Weight loss a phone call away, study finds - Reuters India

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Phone and email counselling help people improve their diet and lose weight, according to a Dutch study published on Friday that points to a potentially simple but effective tool in the fight against obesity. The study of 1 ...

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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea - BusinessWeek

THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening ...

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What Causes Diabetes - Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes - The Causes ... - Informativepost.com

This is question that may strike a lot of people as being quite rude and personal however with over 24 million people suffering from Diabetes in the USA alone it is an illness which is becoming increasingly popular. Have you been diagnosed with ...

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