Diabetes News – Newsletter for November 24, 2010

Cocktail of cheap drugs can prevent Alzheimer’s?

LONDON – A low-cost diabetes drug taken with a red wine ‘miracle pill’ could prevent millions from suffering the agony of Alzheimer’s, suggests new research.

The two-in-one cocktail could keep the brain healthy into old age, stopping dementia in some cases and halting it in others.
With the pills already credited with a host of … Read more »»».

Excess sugar may play role in diabetes, obesity, high BP

WASHINGTON – Excessive amounts of fructose, present in added sugars, may play a role in high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease – according to a new study.

Richard J. Johnson and Takahiko Nakagawa at University of Colorado found that dietary fructose, present primarily in added dietary sugars, honey, and fruit, can be dangerous … Read more : Excess sugar may play role in diabetes, obesity, high BP.