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Conventional Therapy Defined

A system of diabetes management practiced by most people with diabetes; the system consists of one or two insulin injections each day, daily self-monitoring of blood glucose, and a standard program of nutrition and exercise. The main objective in this form of treatment is to avoid very high and very low blood glucose (sugar). Also called: "Standard Therapy."The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial has shown that intensive therapy, rather than conventional therapy, can reduce the risk of complications.

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New Once-a-week Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes Developed

Published September 7, 2008, 7:15 pm, Science Daily

Researchers have reported that a new once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes could replace the more common twice-daily injection.

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New once-a-week treatment for type 2 diabetes developed by Mount Sinai researcher

Published September 7, 2008, 4:15 pm, EurekAlert!

( Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute ) In a study published by the Lancet journal today, Toronto researcher Dr. Daniel Drucker reported that a new once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes could replace the more common twice-daily injection.

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I drank two bottles of wine a day. Then naturopathy (and a cheque from Gazza) saved my life, says Margi Clarke

Published September 7, 2008, 7:50 am, Daily Mail

Actress Margi Clarke reveals her amazing decade-long journey back to well-being.

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Down-Staged Liver Cancer Associated With Good Post-Transplant Outcomes

Published September 7, 2008, 5:14 am, Medical News Today

Patients with liver cancer can become viable candidates for transplantation if their tumors respond to treatment, a new study suggests. This report is in the September issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is available online at Wiley Interscience ...

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Qigong's fluid moves keep many in the flow

Published September 7, 2008, 12:04 am, The Sacramento Bee

In November, Ken Cohen was invited to give two lectures on qigong, the ancient Chinese therapeutic movement discipline, at that hallowed hall of Western medicine – the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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Principal Proposed Natural Treatments

Published September 6, 2008, 9:55 pm, ThirdAge

The herb stevia is best known as a sweetener. Its active ingredients are known as steviosides.

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Review: The Believers by Adam Mars-Jones

Published September 6, 2008, 4:35 pm, Guardian Unlimited

Review: The Believers by Adam Mars-JonesClashing ideologies and repressed anger are among the subjects of Zoe Heller's fitfully brilliant history of a complex, dysfunctional New York Jewish family says Adam Mars-Jones

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Feel the beat: Why a waltz is the best way to recover from a heart attack

Published September 6, 2008, 10:14 am, Daily Mail: World News

Recovering from a heart attack could be as easy as one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three. Research suggests that dancing the waltz is ideal therapy to help regain cardiac function.

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Elan And Biogen Idec Initiate First Clinical Trial Of TYSABRI(R) In Oncology - First Multiple Myeloma Patient Treated

Published September 6, 2008, 8:14 am, Medical News Today

Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) and Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced the initiation of the first clinical trial of TYSABRI® (natalizumab) in oncology. The first dose of TYSABRI was administered yesterday in the trial. The objectives of this Phase I/II study are to evaluate the safety and potential anti-tumor activity of TYSABRI in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic And Brain Cancers Revealed

Published September 6, 2008, 3:15 am, Medical News Today

HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic changes were previously unknown and could provide new leads for improved diagnosis and therapy for these devastating cancers.

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