Diabetes

Diabetes: the real culprits - Signs and symptoms: how to know if you have diabetes

* Common symptoms of type 1 diabetes include: frequent urination white spots (glucose-filled urine) on underwear frequent bladder infections more »

Diabetes: the real culprits - Drugs and diabetes: other influences in diabetes

One factor in the diabetes epidemic may be prescription drugs and vaccines, some of which have been found to cause diabetes as a side-effect. more »

Diabetes: the real culprits - High and low gi foods: good and bad carbohydrates

High Glycaemic Index Foods Low Glycaemic Index Foods Beer 110 Wholemeal bread 50 Glucose 100... more »

Type 2 diabetes - The dangers of the new drugs

Many patients with the type of diabetes that could easily be controlled with diet are turning to pills with side effects that could be worse than the disease itself. ... more »

The scandal of human insulin

The drugs industry rushed the new 'human insulin' onto the market and forced out animal insulin, leaving many diabetics far more ill and now with no alternative form of insulin. ... more »

Human insulin

I am an insulin-dependent diabetic - a life-long medical condition. At the beginning of the 1980s, all diabetics were transferred from animal to human insulin. However, for me, this caused many years... more »

Drugs that may cause diabetes

Cases of chemicals and drugs causing temporary or permanent insulin dependent diabetes are well documented in the medical literature. These and others suspected of causing diabetes include: ... ... more »

Possible drug connection

Diabetes has always been considered hereditary. But some new detective work suggests that drugs, particularly antibiotics, could be behind the surge in cases among children. ... more »

Case files of young diabetics

Benjamin received 19 courses of antibiotics before being diagnosed as diabetic at age eight. His mother's labour was induced. Eight months after birth, he was brought to the doctor suffering fro ... more »

A dietary approach

The latest theories about the dietary and environmental causes of diabetes and how to minimize its effects. ... more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world:  only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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Re: Lung Cancer

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Re: glioblastoma multiforme

Dear Jenny, The New York Times published an article about a week ago describing a promising experimental treatment.  The physician is Dr. Howard Riina at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell &... more »

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Karen, I note your comment that Xifaxin has been helpful.  The wisdom in the alternative medical community is that infestation in the gut can be a side effect of antibiotic treatment:  The a... more »

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