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Gestational diabetic woman sitting on a dock

What is Gestational Diabetes?

Unlike type 1 or type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes is a medical condition that develops in a expectant mother during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes can resemble the symptoms of T2D in that it …

Doctor looks at scans during a thyroid cancer clinical trial

Performing a Neck Check for Thyroid Cancer

Luckily, patients with thyroid cancer usually are given a very good prognosis (it has a 97 percent five-year survival rate). However, this is not a good excuse to be ignorant of the …

Teacher describing how new hepatitis C syringe programs can help

Could Better Syringe Programs Reduce the Rate of Hepatitis C?

In Australia, there has been a sizeable reduction in the number of new hepatitis C cases amongst users of injectable narcotics. This new trend was reported in the American Journal of Public …

Infant showing potential signs of type 1 diabetes

Timing of Solid Food Exposure Could Impact an Infant’s Risk of Diabetes

According to a new diabetes clinical study, the timing that parents chose to start their infants on solid foods seems to impact their risk of developing type 1 diabetes (also known as …

Researchers identify new risk related to Actos drug

Taking Actos Could Lead to Bladder Cancer

The results of several new studies have provided evidence suggesting that the risk of developing bladder cancer as a result of taking Actos (pioglitazone) is greater than previously indicated in its preliminary …