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Doc’s Fibromyalgia Story Part 2

The Cymbalta required a withdrawal, that the makers do not admit to. I had to reduce the amount slowly to avoid the painful headaches and stomach aches. Then there is the brain zaps ! don’t know what else to call them, all of a sudden its like an electric shock in the brain, Continue reading

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New Treatment for Diabetic Eye Complications

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in young Americans, and the swelling of the retina is due to chronic, long term retinal inflammation. Continue reading

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Diabetes is not the only Unhealthy Consequence of Obesity

Excess body fat is not only unsightly, it can be deadly. People are often aware of the increased risk for hypertension, heart disease, diabetes in obesity. However there are other serious and deadly conditions associated with excess body fat. 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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Diabetes drug shows promise against multiple sclerosis

A drug currently FDA-approved for use in diabetes shows some protective effects in the brains of patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine report in a study currently available online in the Journal of Neuroimmunology. 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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Regulating the sugar factory in diabetes

The liver is the sugar factory for the body – when blood sugar (glucose) levels fall, the liver makes and releases more. In people with diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes, the liver doesn’t stop making sugar when it should, so blood sugar levels can rise overnight while they sleep even though they haven’t eaten. 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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