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Surgery to control diabetics! |
Weight loss surgery can be especially helpful to patients with diabetes and can even help them reverse the disease, Australian researchers reported.
They found that obese patients with diabetes who had weight loss surgery were five times more likely to get their disease under control than those who dieted -- probably because they lost more weight.
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38% of US Adults Use Alternative Medicine |
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 Nearly 12 percent of children and teens in the United States are using unconventional healing therapies — from echinacea and fish oil, to herbs and yoga — to treat a variety of ailments, according to a first-of-its kind government survey.
Through interviews conducted in more than 30,000 households, researchers found that families were more likely to turn to these alternative approaches when they couldn't afford traditional care. Parents typically sought these unconventional remedies for chronic or hard-to-treat illnesses in children, such as back or neck pain, colds, anxiety or stress and attention deficit disorders.
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Swine Flu Epidemic, epidemic of 1918 and Homeopathy |
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 Homeopathy was successful in treating the flu epidemic of 1918 and can provide answers to questions about the current Swine Flu.
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A study published in Diabetes Care analysed data on 13,475 pregnant women including 860 who developed gestational diabetes. Women drinking the most sugar-sweetened colas before becoming pregnant were 22 per cent more likely to develop gestational diabetes than women who drank the fewest sugar-sweetened colas.