ABC News: 5 Things to Cut Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
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In a set of recent focus groups, participants were asked to rank the severity of various health problems, including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. (article 3)
WASHINGTON- A protein made in the liver may give doctors a way to predict years in advance who is at high risk for the most common form of diabetes, a U.S. study published Tuesday said. (article 5)
Studying people in their 70s, the researchers found those with high levels of a protein known as fetuin-A were far more likely than those with low levels to develop type 2 diabetes over six years. (article 5)
Fetuin-A is made by liver cells and may be involved in the metabolism of the sugar glucose as well as calcium, the researchers said. (article 5)
Children who are obese today are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as young adults Dr. Joyce Lee said in a prepared statement. (article 2)
Ix said that interventions to fight diabetes, such as healthy diet and exercise, can be difficult to accomplish on a wide scale. (article 4)
Untreated, diabetes can lead to a number of complications, including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness and more, according to the ADA. (article 4)
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Source articles
- Some Diabetics Don’t Have What They Thought They Had (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 705 words)
- Kids' Obesity May Lead to Epidemic of Adult Diabetes (Washington Post, 07/08/2008, 414 words)
- Underrated, Insidious and Deadly (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 893 words)
- A Blood Marker Could Spot Diabetes Risk (Washington Post, 07/08/2008, 617 words)
- Study points to new way to test for diabetes risk (boston.com, 07/08/2008, 454 words)
- ABC News: 5 Things to Cut Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 384 words)
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