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Bristol diabetes pill tied to certain cancers

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A new type of diabetes pill being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca was effective in a two-year study but more bladder and breast cancers have been found in patients treated with the drug.In all studies so far ...

Bristol, Astra report diabetes pill cancer rates

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A new type of diabetes pill being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca was effective in a two-year study, but the companies said more bladder and breast cancers have been seen in patients treated with the drug.In an ...

Global diabetes epidemic balloons to 350 million

LONDON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The number of adults with diabetes worldwide has more than doubled since 1980 to 347 million, a far larger number than previously thought and one that suggests costs of treating the disease will also balloon.In a study published ...

TV and soda: small habits cause weight creep

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just a few bad habits -- watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night -- can add up to a steady creep of pounds over the years, U.S. researchers ...

TV and soda: small habits cause weight creep says U.S. study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just a few bad habits -- watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night -- can add up to a steady creep of pounds (kg) over the years, U.S. ...

TV and soda: small habits cause weight creep: U.S. study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just a few bad habits -- watching TV, eating potato chips, having a sugary soda at lunch or staying up too late at night -- can add up to a steady creep of pounds (kg) over the years, U.S. ...

Diabetes-related kidney disease on the rise

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kidney damage from diabetes has jumped 34 percent in the last two decades, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.That means nearly seven million Americans have diabetic kidney disease, despite increases ...

Rock guitarist Leslie West's lower leg amputated

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Leslie West, who rose to fame in the '70s power trio Mountain, has had his lower right leg amputated in a life-saving operation related to his diabetes, his wife said on Monday.West, 65, underwent the emergency ...

People with diabetes at higher risk for cancer: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - People with diabetes are at higher risk for certain cancers than those without the blood sugar disease, including colon and pancreatic cancer for men and breast cancer for women, according to a U.S. study.Based on a telephone ...

Study pushes to expand "prediabetes" label

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having normal blood sugar levels is no guarantee against developing type 2 diabetes down the road, according to Italian researchers.In fact, they report in the journal Diabetes Care, people at the high end of what's considered the ...