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Study say Diabetes can double risk of cancer for w...

Females who develop diabetes can as well duplicate their chance of cancer, a analyse has found. Case 2 diabetes causes insulin-like hormones to circulate through the body. Researchers determined that these looked to interact with female endocrines expanding the risk of cancer in women. The analyse led by Dr Gabriel Chodick and Dr Varda Shalev of Tel Aviv University was the greatest of its kind. They followed more than 16,000...

Terrier chewed off its diabetic owner’s infe...

A diabetic woman had to have her leg amputated after her Jack Russell terrier chewed off her infected toe while she was asleep. She slept through the traumatic incident as she suffers from diabetic neuropathy, which meant her feet were numb. The 48-year-old American woman only realised part of her toe was missing when she woke up to find blood on her bed sheets and the floor. There was also dried blood on her...

Researchers find possible solution for insulin dep...

In what some are calling a potential cure for type 1 diabetes, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that suppressing a single hormone may make the condition completely asymptomatic and eliminate the need for insulin injections. Laboratory tests in mice showed that suppressing the hormone glucagon renders insulin unnecessary. Individuals who have type 1 diabetes who have the hormone suppressed may...