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Diabetes mellitus

Promoting Brown Rice to Fight Diabetes in Cambodia

Health & Medicine

In Asia, rice is king, and white rice is the norm. But with rates of diabetes soaring, public health advocates want locals to switch to healthier brown rice. Reporter Joanne Silberner discovers it’s nearly impossible.

Children with Type 2 diabetes not responding to drug treatment

Health & Medicine

China’s diabetes epidemic

Health & Medicine

Confronting Misconceptions About Race, Weight, and Body Image

Children with Type 2 Diabetes Resist Drug Treatment, Study Finds

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Study Shows Double in Global Diabetes Cases Over Three Decades

The number of adults worldwide with Type 2 diabetes–formerly called adult-onset diabetes–has doubled over the past three decades, to 350 million people, according to a new study by the British medical journal The Lancet. Nearly 25 million Americans have the disease, and the study also shows that a healthy diet–over excercise–is the best method for […]

The Pollution/Diabetes Link

Researchers in Germany have found a strong link between air pollution and type 2 Diabetes.

BPA Update

New research shows further human health effects of the petrochemical bisphenol A, widely used in food containers and clear plastics.

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Drugs in Drinking Water

The drugs we take for diabetes, depression and birth control are ending up in the nation’s waterways. The amounts are small, but no one can say they’re safe. Ilsa Setziol, of member station KPCC reports aquatic animals may be the most at risk.

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The Walk

Producer Sandy Tolan joins Native Americans on a 250-mile march from Mexico’s Sea of Cortez to Tucson, Arizona, to call attention to the high rate of diabetes among Native Americans. Fast foods are said to contribute to diabetes and indigenous people say getting back to native foods may be a remedy.

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