Study: Eating More Legumes Helps Blood Sugar Control, Lowers Heart Risk in People With Diabetes
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Doses of Most Popular Statin to be Slashed After Fears Over Side-effects
Thousands of people taking a common statin are to have their dose reduced due to fears over side effects.
The medicines regulator has warned that patients taking one particular type - simvastatin - at the same time as other drugs used to reduce high blood pressure are likely to suffer more muscle aches and pains.
And for the first time, it has produced a patient leaflet to inform people of the changes being made.
Statins have been hailed as a wonderdrug which can slash cholesterol and protect against a host of chronic illnesses.
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Asparagus is Latest Weapon in the Fight Against Diabetes as Study Reveals it Controls Blood Sugar
Asparagus could be a powerful new culinary weapon in the fight against diabetes.
Scientists have found regular intake of the increasingly popular vegetable keeps blood sugar levels under control and boosts the body's production of insulin, the hormone that helps it to absorb glucose.
UK consumption of asparagus has soared in recent years to record levels of around 8,000 tonnes a year.
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CDC Projects Huge Diabetes Jump in Kids, Teens
The number of children and teens with type 1 and type 2 diabetes is expected to spike dramatically in the next 40 years, creating what one expert calls a potential catastrophe for the nation's health care system.
Rates of type 2 diabetes could increase four times over the next 40 years, and rates of type 1 diabetes may triple, the new CDC report says. The CDC's numbers assume that the rate of diabetes will increase over time.
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Common sleeping pills which have been used by more than one million people in Britain may increase the risk of contracting pneumonia and dying from it, a study has found.
Researchers found drugs including diazepam and temazepam were linked with a higher risk of developing the lung infection and further studies on their safety was needed.
Patients who were taking the drugs were also more likely to die from pneumonia if they contracted it, it was found.
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