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Doctors caustion over common diabetes drugs - sulphonylureas

December 5, 2009 by srrpenna

A group of drugs commonly used for diabetes carry an increased risk of heart problems and death when compared with a different type of diabetes drug, researchers have found.

Their study found that people taking drugs called sulphonylureas are more likely to have heart attacks, heart failure or die, compared to people taking another popular diabetes drug called metformin. Doctors should choose metformin when treating people with diabetes, unless they can't take it or it doesn't work for them, say the researchers.

Disease Prevention for Health and Wellness

November 6, 2009 by healthruns

Disease can be described as a situation that occurs if there is an abnormal functioning in any parts of the body. It is a truth that plants and animal can fall sick, but the ones that affects human are more researched and publicised. We have about three categories of human diseases; they are intrinsic, extrinsic and unknown. Health and Wellness are one of the most overlooked things in todays life.

A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics

September 5, 2009 by srrpenna

Researchers are inching ever closer to bringing the latest stem-cell technologies from bench to bedside — and are, in the process, learning more about some diseases that long have remained medical black boxes.

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