Health News: [diabetes ]: Prevention is key to avoiding illness, high medical costs

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Prevention is key to avoiding illness, high medical costs Fri, 05 Apr, 2013 05:00 PM PDT Each year, chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are responsible for millions of premature deaths and cause Americans to miss 2.5 billion days of work, which results in lost productivity totaling more than $1 trillion. Continue reading Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness Fri, 05 Apr, 2013 03:26 PM PDT Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:20 am, Thursday, April 4, 2013 Walgreen Co. has stretched the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond tre... Continue reading Diabetes trials worldwide are not addressing key issues in affected populations Fri, 05 Apr, 2013 03:24 PM PDT ( Diabetologia ) An analysis of diabetes trials worldwide has found they are not addressing key issues relating to the condition with almost two thirds focusing on drug therapy while only one in ten addresses prevention or behavioral therapies. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of ... Continue reading Treatments, not prevention, dominate diabetes research Fri, 05 Apr, 2013 03:24 PM PDT ( Duke University Medical Center ) Research for diabetes is far more focused on drug therapies than preventive measures, and tends to exclude children and older people who have much to gain from better disease management, according to a Duke Medicine study. Continue reading Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Fri, 05 Apr, 2013 03:10 PM PDT There's good news for diabetes patients and others suffering from circulatory ailments. Regional Medical Center of Acadiana is weeks from opening a hyperbaric oxygen therapy program. Continue reading

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