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Dementia
- More Evidence That Fish Is Brain Food (08/14/2009, Reuters Health)
- Midlife Heart Risk Factors Linked to Later Dementia (08/04/2009, HealthDay)
- Exercising the Mind Could Hold Off Dementia (08/03/2009, Reuters Health)
- Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds (07/28/2009, HealthDay)
- Healthy Diet, Exercise Keeps Mind Sharp As You Age (07/14/2009, HealthDay)
- Dementia Increasing Among the 'Oldest Old' (07/13/2009, HealthDay)
- Living Alone Increases Odds of Developing Dementia (07/02/2009, HealthDay)
- Questionnaire May Help Spot Early Dementia (06/10/2009, HealthDay)
- Alzheimer's and Even Mild Dementia Hasten Death (06/09/2009, HealthDay)
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Dementia
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Depression
- Depression No Bar to Medicare Drug Plan Enrollment (08/27/2009, Reuters Health)
- How Bad Feelings Can Harm Your Health (08/27/2009, HealthDay)
- Depression's Effect on Pleasure Is Real (08/21/2009, HealthDay)
- Talk, Drug Therapy May Ease Depression in Pregnancy (08/21/2009, Reuters Health)
- Web-Based Psychotherapy Can Work (08/21/2009, HealthDay)
- Foreclosures Plunge People into Depression (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Sad, Stressful Events May Worsen Kids' Asthma (08/18/2009, Reuters Health)
- Video Gamers Older Than You Think (08/18/2009, HealthDay)
- Treat Mind, Body in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (08/13/2009, HealthDay)
- Suicide Risk with Antidepressants Falls with Age (08/12/2009, HealthDay)
- Signs of Depression Noted in Second Graders (08/07/2009, HealthDay)
- Eating Seafood While Pregnant May Boost Mood (07/30/2009, Reuters Health)
- Gloomy Days Dim Cognitive Powers of the Depressed (07/28/2009, HealthDay)
- Depression Poses Pregnancy Risks (07/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Diabetes Itself Doesn't Up Risk of Depression (07/14/2009, Reuters Health)
- Weight Affects How Littlest Kids See Themselves (07/09/2009, Reuters Health)
- Sad Dads May Lead to Crying Infants (06/30/2009, HealthDay)
- Depression, Anxiety Bad for the Heart (06/29/2009, HealthDay)
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients (06/18/2009, HealthDay)
- Depression May Lead to More Preemies Among Blacks (06/16/2009, HealthDay)
- Much Touted "Depression Risk Gene" May Not Add to Risk After All (06/16/2009, National Institute of Mental Health)
- Study Refutes Depression Gene Finding (06/16/2009, HealthDay)
- Drug May Stem Slide into Alzheimer's for Some (06/15/2009, HealthDay)
- If Mom or Dad Is Depressed, Kids Need Help Too (06/10/2009, HealthDay)
- Early Bedtime May Help Stave off Teen Depression (06/09/2009, HealthDay)
- Adult Type 1 Diabetics Have Higher Depression Rates (06/08/2009, Reuters Health)
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Depression
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Diabetes
- Health Tip: When a Loved One Has Diabetes (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Debunking Diabetes Myths (08/14/2009, HealthDay)
- Advice for Patients: Serious Errors with Certain Blood Glucose Monitoring Test Strips (08/13/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Not Enough Shut-Eye May Raise Diabetes Risk (08/12/2009, Reuters Health)
- Childhood Cancer Treatment May Raise Diabetes Risk (08/10/2009, Reuters Health)
- Health Tip: Preventing Complications from Diabetes (08/07/2009, HealthDay)
- Sex Hormone Protein May Predict Type 2 Diabetes (08/05/2009, HealthDay)
- Drug Cuts Diabetics' Pancreatic Cancer Risk (07/31/2009, Reuters Health)
- Health Tip: If Your Diabetic Child Gets Sick (07/31/2009, HealthDay)
- Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds (07/28/2009, HealthDay)
- Unhooking The Obesity-Diabetes Connection (07/27/2009, HealthDay)
- Allergy Drugs May Fight Diabetes, Obesity (07/26/2009, Reuters Health)
- Young Black, Hispanic Women Tend to Develop 'Love Handles' (07/21/2009, HealthDay)
- Diabetes Itself Doesn't Up Risk of Depression (07/14/2009, Reuters Health)
- Electronic System Helps Track Diabetes Care (07/08/2009, HealthDay)
- Fat-Cell Protein May Reduce Diabetes Risk (07/07/2009, HealthDay)
- Early Telemedicine Try Didn't Cut Medicare Costs (07/06/2009, Reuters Health)
- Keeping Blood Sugar in Check Good for the Heart (07/06/2009, Reuters Health)
- Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics (06/29/2009, HealthDay)
- Hormone Could Improve Diabetes Treatment (06/25/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Don't Ignore Diabetes (06/24/2009, HealthDay)
- Weight-Loss Surgery Safe, Effective Type 2 Diabetes Treatment (06/24/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Issues Public Health Advisory Regarding Levemir Insulin (06/13/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Nicotine May Help Spur 'Prediabetes' (06/11/2009, HealthDay)
- Effect of Strict Diabetes Control on Heart Still Unclear (06/09/2009, HealthDay)
- Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics (06/08/2009, HealthDay)
- Experts Urge One Test to Diagnose Diabetes (06/05/2009, HealthDay)
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Diabetes
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Diabetes Medicines
- FDA Warns about Stolen Insulin (08/26/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Drug Cuts Diabetics' Pancreatic Cancer Risk (07/31/2009, Reuters Health)
- FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes (07/31/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Hormone Could Improve Diabetes Treatment (06/25/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Understanding Various Types of Insulin (06/17/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Issues Public Health Advisory Regarding Levemir Insulin (06/13/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- New Diabetes Drug Shows Promise In Trial (06/09/2009, HealthDay)
- Drugs Best First Defense Against Heart Disease for Diabetics (06/08/2009, HealthDay)
- Optimal Medical Therapy as Beneficial as Elective Revascularization Procedures in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Stable Coronary Heart Disease (06/08/2009, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures (06/05/2009, HealthDay)
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Diabetes Medicines
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Diabetes Type 1
- Wheat Consumption May Contribute to Diabetes (08/26/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: When a Loved One Has Diabetes (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Debunking Diabetes Myths (08/14/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Preventing Complications from Diabetes (08/07/2009, HealthDay)
- Immunoglobulin Can Predict Some Diabetic Complications (08/07/2009, HealthDay)
- Diabetes Ups Tuberculosis Risk in Children and Adolescents (08/06/2009, Reuters Health)
- Tight Management of Type 1 Diabetes Worth the Effort (08/03/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: If Your Diabetic Child Gets Sick (07/31/2009, HealthDay)
- Intensive Glucose Control Halves Complications of Longstanding Type 1 Diabetes (07/27/2009, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Kids with Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight (07/02/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Issues Public Health Advisory Regarding Levemir Insulin (06/13/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Adult Type 1 Diabetics Have Higher Depression Rates (06/08/2009, Reuters Health)
- Experts Urge One Test to Diagnose Diabetes (06/05/2009, HealthDay)
- Pre-Conception Diabetes Control Important (06/04/2009, Reuters Health)
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Diabetes Type 1
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Dietary Fats
- More Evidence That Fish Is Brain Food (08/14/2009, Reuters Health)
- Fish Oils May Prevent and Treat Heart Disease (08/05/2009, HealthDay)
- Eating Seafood While Pregnant May Boost Mood (07/30/2009, Reuters Health)
- Fatty Acids in Diet Linked to Bowel Disease Risk (07/23/2009, HealthDay)
- In New York City, Trans Fat Ban Is Working (07/20/2009, HealthDay)
- Omega-3 No Match for Alzheimer's, Study Finds (07/12/2009, Reuters Health)
- Eating Animal Fat May Lead to Pancreatic Cancer (06/26/2009, HealthDay)
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids Might Curb Depression in Heart Patients (06/18/2009, HealthDay)
- Omega-3-Fatty Acids May Slow Macular Disease (06/09/2009, Reuters Health)
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Dietary Fats
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Drug Safety
- FDA Warns about Stolen Insulin (08/26/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- FDA Issues Warning Letters to Marketers of Topical Ibuprofen Drug Products (08/20/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Avandia Raises Heart Failure Risk More Than Actos (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Post-Tonsillectomy Codeine May Pose Dangers (08/19/2009, HealthDay)
- Some Birth Control Pills Safer Than Others (08/14/2009, HealthDay)
- Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA (08/05/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Recommends That Consumers Should Not Use Body Building Products Marketed as Containing Steroids or Steroid-Like Substances (07/28/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Older Diabetics Should Avoid Dementia Meds (07/28/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Warns Abbott on Magic Johnson DVD for HIV Drug (07/22/2009, Reuters Health)
- FDA Requires Labeling Change for Some Drugs Used to Prevent Rejection of Kidney Transplants (07/14/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Schizophrenia Drug Got Bad Rap (07/13/2009, HealthDay)
- Heartburn Drugs May Contribute to the Problem (07/07/2009, HealthDay)
- U.S. Orders Stronger Overdose Warning on Painkillers (07/07/2009, Reuters Health)
- If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next? (07/02/2009, HealthDay)
- Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning (07/01/2009, HealthDay)
- Experts Urge Stronger Limits for Some Pain Drugs (06/30/2009, Reuters Health)
- U.S. Marshals Seize Drug Products Manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd. (06/25/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
- Asthma Drugs Get 'Precaution' Labeling for Possible Psychiatric Side Effects (06/13/2009, HealthDay)
- Health Tip: Using Antihistamines (06/10/2009, HealthDay)
- Avandia Raises Risk of Heart Failure, Fractures (06/05/2009, HealthDay)
- FDA Warns about Serious Liver Injury Associated with Anti-Thyroid Drug (06/03/2009, Food and Drug Administration)
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Drug Safety
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