Topic: Metabolic Disorders
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-23 00:04:23
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Diabetes and its complications -- such as strokes and heart disease -- will place an enormous financial burden on poorer countries in years to come, researchers warned in a report published Tuesday. "Diabetes is moving from being a disease of developed countries to a disease in developing countries like India and China, and this could put pressure on healthcare ...
AP News | 2010-02-21 16:34:06
Senate report says Avandia maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of heart attack risks
A Senate report said Saturday that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes medication, years before such evidence became public. Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Chuck Grassley, the committee's ranking Republican, released the report, which follows ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-19 16:18:46
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows that diabetes may at least partly account for the link.</p><p>Studies on ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-11 21:17:13
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being overweight or obese increases a woman's chances of having an extra-big baby, even after the effects of pregnancy-related, or "gestational," diabetes are taken into account, new research shows.</p><p>Excess weight in and of itself also sharply increased a woman's risk of ...
