Health News: [diabetes ]: Flu vaccine not tied to pregnancy complications

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Flu vaccine not tied to pregnancy complications Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 04:32 AM PDT Pregnant women who get flu shots are at no greater risk for complications like high blood pressure, urinary tract infection or gestational diabetes, according to a new U.S. study. Continue reading AJ Photo/Science Photo Library Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 04:27 AM PDT A Series beginning in today's Lancet seeks to provide a global perspective on kidney disease. Kai-Uwe Eckardt and colleagues report on the global burden of kidney disease: they estimate that chronic kidney disease affects more than 10% of the world's population, a similar burden to diabetes. Continue reading Diabetes Drug Teplizumab Proves Effective In Clinical Trials Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 04:09 AM PDT redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An experimental drug developed to help prevent the advance of type 1 diabetes in its earliest stages has proven effective for approximately half of the patients involved in a two-year, phase 2 clinical trial, according to new research published onlin... Continue reading New collaboration to play key role in improving lives of patients with long-term conditions Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 03:23 AM PDT PATIENTS with long-term conditions such as mental health disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and stroke are set to benefit from a major multi-million pound partnership between the region's NHS organisations, leading universities, local government, industry, charities, patients an... Continue reading Dogs Are the Pros in Cancer-Sniffing Lab Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 03:04 AM PDT At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, 15 detection dogs are learning to sniff out explosives, drugs, high sugar levels in diabetes patients and, now, detect the earliest odor of ovarian cancer, a silent killer that is often diagnosed too late.         Continue reading Study ties higher blood sugar to dementia risk Fri, 09 Aug, 2013 01:34 AM PDT Higher blood-sugar levels, even those well short of diabetes, seem to raise the risk of developing dementia, a major new study finds. Researchers say it suggests a novel way to try to prevent Alzheime Continue reading

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