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The future of diabetes: an artificial pancreas and oral insulin
The latest advancements in diabetes treatment, from an artificial pancreas to insulin pills, could change the quality of life of people who have it in just a few years. These are new devices and drugs that are the result of ...
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Stories and interesting facts about 10 famous people with diabetes
Actors, writers, musicians and Nobel Prize winners: diabetes even happens to celebrities. Here's a list of VIPs and great performers who live with diabetes. It’s not a question of people with diabetes following their example just ...
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The causes of fever: a defensive weapon against viruses and bacteria
Fever is not just a symptom of infection: it's the body's defensive reaction against attack by viruses and bacteria. So what are its causes?
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Asthma and panic attacks: there seems to be a clear connection
Asthma isn't a psychosomatic condition, or simply the manifestation of a mental disorder; it's a proper and very real respiratory disease. Over the last 10 years, however, scientists have continued to research the link between ...
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Asthma and sport: a tale of a troubled relationship
So asthma and sports can't go together? Until the Seventies, any sort of physical activity was out of bounds for people suffering from this respiratory condition, whereas nowadays, even some Olympic champions are asthmatic. Here's ...
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What happens within a family after a diabetes diagnosis?
Family relationships change after a diabetes diagnosis; there's parental stress if it's your child, panic if you're an adult, or maybe you're just resigned to it if you're a bit more advanced in years.
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Tetanus, an infection that all starts with a wound
Tetanus is caused by the spores of the Clostridium tetani, a bacterium often found in topsoil as well as contaminated syringes, which gets into the body through a wound. Tetanus often starts with a simple accident, but without ...
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Colonic irrigation, for the wellbeing of your insides
As there aren't any existing studies to support colonic irrigation, it's been consigned to the area of alternative medicine, but its importance is fundamental to the health of our whole body.
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Noise pollution - when the din can make you ill
Noise pollution, especially in larger urban areas, can have a negative effect on health in a variety of ways, ranging from loss of sleep and mood swings to adverse effects on the ability to concentrate, hearing and the ...
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