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Diet & Nutritional Supplement Recommendations from Leading Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Physicians

We’ve all heard the expression “you are what you eat.” While there is no question that diet and nutrition have a significant impact on overall good health, the extent to which this is true in people suffering from disease is a subject of much debate and has been the topic of many research studies. Continue reading

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Ground-breaking study to cap the growing trend of type 2 diabetes in overweight adolescents

Type 2 diabetes affects 85 to 90 per cent of all people with diabetes. While it usually affects mature adults, younger people and children are increasingly being diagnosed. Often people with type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and are overweight or obese. Continue reading

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Diabetics’ heart attack risk can be reduced, research finds

(University of Cambridge) People with diabetes who maintain intensive, low blood sugar levels are significantly less likely to suffer heart attacks and coronary heart disease, new research published today in the Lancet has shown. Continue reading

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Docs Fibromyalgia Story

Hello, My name is Bob Smith although everyone calls me “Doc” . I am the creator and web master of Fibronews.com and I thought that maybe my story should be told here as well. Continue reading

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More than a bad night’s sleep

Sleep apnea has long been known to be associated with obesity. But a new study published in the June issue of Diabetes Care finds that the disorder is widely undiagnosed among obese individuals with type 2 diabetes – nearly 87 percent of participants reported symptoms, but were never diagnose Continue reading

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New evidence of how high glucose damages blood vessels could lead to new treatments

New evidence of how the elevated glucose levels that occur in diabetes damage blood vessels may lead to novel strategies for blocking the destruction, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Continue reading

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Old diabetes drug teaches experts new tricks

Research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center reveals that the drug most commonly used in type 2 diabetics who don’t need insulin works on a much more basic level than once thought, treating persistently elevated blood sugar — the hallmark of type 2 diabetes — by regulating the genes that control its production. Continue reading

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Connections between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease explored

Modern societies face the increasing burden of age-related diseases, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). There is some evidence that the causes underlying both diseases are linke Continue reading

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My Fibromyalgia Page 2

This entry is part of a series, my fibro» 3 weeks have past and now I am in the doctors office again This time they did an EKG which was skipped on the first visit, then they did the EKG … Continue reading

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Diet, Exercise and Natural Solutions: 5 Tips for Just-Diagnosed Diabetics

For persons recently diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic, the shock of having this disease can be overwhelming. Here are 5 tips for the newly diagnosed diabetic to help lower blood sugar and weight levels. Continue reading

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