Health News: [diabetes ]: Study: Diabetes, dementia linked

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Study: Diabetes, dementia linked Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 09:08 PM PDT For older patients with Type 2 diabetes, an aggressive focus on keeping high blood sugar down increases the risk of driving blood sugar too low -- and with that, boosting the likelihood of developing dementia, says a new study. As if that weren't bad enough, the new research finds that dementia, in tur... Continue reading Raising diabetes awareness npc-news.macon.com Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 07:21 PM PDT There are 25.8 million Americans with diabetes. The unfortunate fact is 7 million of those people don't know it. Another 79 million Americans have prediabetes. About 1.9 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes in 2010, according to the American Diabetes Association. Continue reading Advances in genetic sequencing diagnose Paralympic hopeful's rare condition Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 06:50 PM PDT National Paracycling Champion Tom Staniford has an extremely rare condition which, until now, has puzzled his doctors. He is unable to store fat under his skin -- yet has type 2 diabetes -- and suffered hearing loss as a child. Now, thanks to advances in genome sequencing, an international research tea... Continue reading Diabetes hasn't slowed Paxson Sun, 16 Jun, 2013 06:25 PM PDT It wasn't the two-a-day workouts that got to Scott Paxson last week upon his arrival. He has attended enough NFL training camps to get accustomed to the routine. But the Alouettes go back-to-back, meaning players often are on the field for four hours, with a 15-minute respite between sessions. That span's imp... Continue reading

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