Diabetes – Beta-blockers ‘increase diabetes risk by 50 per cent’ 


Patients taking beta-blockers for their blood pressure have a 50 per cent higher risk of developing diabetes compared to being on newer drugs. A new study has revealed the risk of using the older drugs which are no longer recommended for treating high blood pressure
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Shell is key to fate of Raider Nation 
The questions were about Art Shell’s past – about the turbulent details that led to his firing as Los Angeles Raiders coach 12 years ago – and he didn’t want to hear them, much less answer them.
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Study says Pfizer’s hypertensive drug decreases risk of diabetes 
LONDON – New findings from Europe’s biggest trial of hypertensive patients shows that Pfizer Inc.’s hypertension drug Norvasc is quite promising in preventing the occurrence of diabetes in patients with high blood pressure.
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SYMLIN Improved Diabetes Control In Patients With Type 2 Diabetes On Established Regimens Of Basal Insulin 
Amylin Pharmaceuticals,Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) today announced positive results from a 16-week studyevaluating the safety and efficacy of adding SYMLIN(R) (pramlintideacetate) to an established regimen of basal insulin glargine (with orwithout oral antidiabetic agents) in patients with type 2 diabetes who havenot progressed to mealtime insulin therapy. [click link for full article]
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BOBBY EATON STATEMENT ON HEALTH 
“”Thank you for all the kind words and well wishes, but I must admit that I did not have a medical emergency. What did happen was I have high blood pressure and during a visit to the doctor he found that I have a slight hint of sugar diabetes.
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