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Drug-resistant TB rates soar in former Soviet regions

Drug-resistant tuberculosis cases in parts of the former Soviet Union have reached the highest rates ever recorded globally, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The rates could soar even higher, spreading the potentially fatal disease elsewhere, a top WHO official said, releasing findings from the largest global survey of the problem.
The highest rate was […]

Fructose sweeteners may increase appetite, arterial damage

We’ve been talking a lot about blood sugar issues lately, in terms of both «blog.nutritiondata.com» and «blog.nutritiondata.com». If you’re trying to follow a low-glycemic diet to control your diabetes, aid weight loss, or just for general health, then you might have read that fructose (the kind of sugar found in fruit) is better for you […]

Stem cell treatment ‘to cure blindness in five years’

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British scientists aim to deliver the world’s first stem-cell treatment for blindness within five years, it was announced today.
A team of researchers and clinicians will develop the use of embryonic stem cells to repair damaged retinas.
More….
- Q&A: Stem cell treatment
Their target is a disease called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading […]

Ideas & Trends: Chubby Gets a Second Look

HEALTH and beauty. They seem inextricable. That smiling, slender woman on the cover of Self magazine. The ripped guy looking out from the pages of Mens Health. Theyre thin. Their eyes are bright. They look like theyre bursting with energy.
They may well be. But they might be better off if they had listened to […]

Diabetes study favors surgery to treat obese

Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in obese people, the first study to compare the two approaches has found.
The study, of 60 patients, showed that 73 percent of those who had surgery had complete remissions of diabetes, meaning all signs of the disease went […]