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Farmer's market?
Published on Thursday 20 November 2008 - 00:00 - http://www.theacorn.com/I'm responding to the Oak Park resident who wants a farmers' market. Come on, we don't need a farmers' market to buy organic fruits and veggies that will cure cancer, diabetes and other diseases....
Gene test adds little to diabetes risk analysis
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:57 - http://www.reuters.com/BOSTON (Reuters) - Gene tests may be no better for predicting diabetes risk than having a doctor ask some old-fashioned questions about weight, smoking status and family history, according to two...
Genetic Screening No Better Than Traditional Risk Factors For Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:42 - http://www.dlife.com/November 19, 2008 (EurekAlert) - Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better...
Stem Cell Research Heralds Cure for Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:13 - http://www.tothecenter.com/An Argentinean research group found that implanting stem cells into the pancreas of patients suffering from type 2 diabetes, effectively improved the production of Endogenous Insulin, increased the...
Genes Only Slightly Helpful For Predicting Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:10 - http://news.health.com/Istockphoto''By Anne Harding'WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19, 2008 (Health.com) — About 11 to 18 genes can help predict a person s likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, two new studies say. However, those...
Genetic Screening May ID Diabetes Risk
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:08 - http://www.webmd.com/Genetic screening can help identify people at risk for type 2 diabetes, but it adds little to traditional methods for determining risk, two new studies show.
Genetic Screening May Only Modestly Improve Detection of Type 2 Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 23:00 - http://www.medscape.com/A cohort study shows that genetic screening based on 18 risk alleles only modestly improves detection of type 2 diabetes and that traditional risk factors are as effective to identify the disease....
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Clinical Risk Factors, DNA Variants, and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 22:55 - http://content.nejm.org/Sixteen SNPs were determined and clinical factors examined in two Scandinavian cohorts that were followed for a median of 23.5 years. Type 2 diabetes developed in 11.7% of the subjects. The...
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Genotype Score in Addition to Common Risk Factors for Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 22:55 - http://content.nejm.org/The authors of this study genotyped single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 18 diabetes-associated loci in participants of the Framingham Offspring Study. A genotype score based on these risk...
Psychotherapy may help with diabetes control
Published on Wednesday 19 November 2008 - 22:27 - http://www.healthcentral.com/Integrating motivational enhancement therapy with cognitive'behavioral therapy may help people with type 1 diabetes better'manage their disease, British researchers report.
