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Summer Fun, at Home and on the Road

ALEXANDRIA, VA, Apr 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Summertime means family vacations, sleep-away camp and backyard barbecues — but if you don’t plan ahead, it can also mean sunburn and hassles at the airport. The May issue of Diabetes Forecast,...

No Easy Cure for Diabetic Children

BY RON WINSLOW The only pill approved in the U.S. for treatment of children with type 2 diabetes is proving surprisingly ineffective, according to a new study, heightening worries about the fast-growing and largely preventable disease. The research, reported Sunday,...

Surgeon can take scalpel to diabetes

A Wellington surgeon who has gained ethical approval to operate on diabetics who aren’t obese hopes to “switch off” the disease and cure other life-threatening illnesses. Wakefield Obesity Clinic director Professor Richard Stubbs believes he can...