Discovered: Conservatives prefer Kleenex® to tissues; relationship stress makes you susceptible to illness; gene therapy cures diabetes in dogs; warm weather can cloud the mind.
Discovered: What we were before we were monkeys; lower legal drinking ages encourage more binge drinking; forensics on King Richard III's remains prove Shakespeare right; diet sodas raise diabetes risk more than sugary drinks.
Discovered: The NIH connects artificial sweeteners with depression; why fingers get all pruney underwater; insulin findings could lead to needle-free diabetes medication; deaf mice made to hear again.
It was impressive when we recently learned that dogs could be trained to sniff out cancer and on-coming seizures. But did you know that dogs can also smell fluctuations in your blood sugar?
Discovered: Mothers living near freeways more likely to have autistic kids; siblings that get along turn out healthier; high fructose corn syrup linked to diabetes; strange ancient life in Antarctic ice.
Discovered: Curiosity dispels theory of Martian methane; the flu could presage diabetes; political opinions can't outlive three questions; archaeologist says he's found Europe's oldest town.
Discovered: Space, brought to you in 3D; thin diabetics worse off than overweight ones; for some women, giving birth is a traumatic event; Nipah virus can be prevented in monkeys.
Discovered: Record breaking U.S. droughts, China has more child diabetes than the U.S., things look bad for the coral reef, and a human-like robot eye.
The Associated Press scored an interview with Paula Deen Friday in which she responds to the widespread criticism of the way she went about announcing her diabetes, and the fatty-foods loving chef doesn't exactly sound penitent.
The latest New York City public health campaign was so determined to make it very clear that diabetes leads to amputation that it created a fictional amputee.
Whether or not Paula Deen announces she has Type 2 diabetes on Tuesday, we've found that it's probably a good idea for her to stay away from some of her own dishes.
It's a somewhat depressing statistic: one in five Americans took at least one medication commonly used to treat a mental disorder in 2010, with women 25 percent more likely to seek out such drug treatment, according to a report released today from Medco, a health care company.
At least 5 percent of the world's population has the disease
People who watch more than two hours a day have an increased risk of many diseases
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