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Breaking news this month includes: Eel could protect the Maori from diabetes, the positives of a vegetarian diet for diabetics, and the fact that low birth weight causes a greater risk of diabetes.

Also of interest for the diabetic community: the diabetes situation in Cyprus, and the diabetes epidemic in Saudi.

Diabetes drug controversy

Avandia, the diabetes drug, has been a major focus of the news this month over controversial claims that it increases the risk of heart attack considerably.

The saga has unfolded throughout the month, with opinions coming from a range of angles. Stay tuned for the verdict of a Congressional hearing in the US .

Selected Articles:

Warning over diabetes drug uncertainty >>
What to do in light of diabetes drug warning >>
Drug maker defends diabetes treatment >>
Defence and condemnation over diabetes drug >>
India scrutinising diabetes drug >>

Diabetes drugs could soar in cost over next few years

According to a recent Reuters News article based on a report by Medco Health Solutions Inc. the cost of diabetes drug therapies could soar by 70 per cent by the year 2009.

The report blamed the growing epidemic of diabetes and the need for more aggressive treatment. Diabetes treatments, Medco said, were second only to cholesterol medications in spending growth during 2006.

Read the rest of the article here >>



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