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...benefits of a 1% drop aren't small, and they go beyond blood-sugar control: That reduction translates to a 15% to 20% decrease in heart attack and stroke risk and a 25% to 40% lower risk of diabetes-related eye or kidney disease. "To envision the importance of exercise, imagine an inexpensive pill that could decrease the hemoglobin A1C value by 1 percentage point," write Dr. William Kraus of Duke University Medical Center and Dr. Benjamin Levine of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, in an accompanying editorial. "Diabetes experts would be quick to incorporate this...
...idea it played this role, says Dr. Saul Malozowski, a senior endocrinologist at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders. "The skeleton used to be thought of as just a structural support system. This opens the door to a new way of seeing the bones." The finding parallels discoveries in the 1990s about the metabolic activities of fat - another body tissue that was once seen as inert...
...anniversary and invite them to come back for free checkups for the rest of their lives. The program, like the hospital, is mainly supported by private donations. The first 650 volunteers are expected to inaugurate the St. Jude Life Project this month. They will undergo blood tests to evaluate kidney, liver, thyroid and immune function; MRI scans to look for abnormal growths; and, depending on the type of treatments they received, consultations with fertility and other specialists...
Number of people who registered as organ donors in the Netherlands the month after a TV hoax featured three faux contestants vying for a kidney. Producers defended the production as a means of raising donor awareness...
...elevated urate levels appear to be beneficial to Parkinson’s patients, Weisskopf said it would be unwise to tell patients to increase their urate levels by diet or supplement, as high levels of urate can lead to gout, increased mortality by up to 20 percent, and negative kidney and cardiovascular symptoms...