HEALTH REPORT - Testing for Pre-Diabetes

HEALTH REPORT-Testing for Pre-Diabetes By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: April 17, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American health experts say more people should be tested for a condit

VOA标准英语2010年-Diabetes Risk Higher Among Overweight

The World Health Organization says by the year 2015, more than two billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be classified as obese. In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people. B

VOA标准英语2010年-Eating White Rice Increases Diabetes R

Smitha Raghunathan | Washington, DC 25 June 2010 Harvard researchers found that white rice consumption increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes while brown rice consumption actually reduces the risk. Reducing your risk of diabetes may be as simple as ha

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Diabetes and Alzheimer's / Treatment for Alzheimer's / No Link between Vaccine and Autism By Broadcast: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Speci

VOA常速英语2008年-Major US Diabetes Study Partially Halted

By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 08 February 2008 American medical researchers say they are stunned by the results of a major government study on diabetes and heart disease. They hoped to prove that a long-trusted form of treatment for lowering blo

Diabetes cases double to 347 million worldwide

BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The figure of adults with diabetes has risen to 347 million worldwide, which is more than doubled in the past three decades, according to a study published in the British journal Lancet. The study, which analyzed data

VOA标准英语2011--Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound

Diabetes in Lab Mice Reversed with Natural Compound The International Diabetes Federation has released data (this week) that indicates the number of people living with diabetes around the world will likely rise from 366 million to 552 million by 2030

VOA标准英语2011--Weight Loss Surgery Can Reverse Diabetes

Weight Loss Surgery Can Reverse Diabetes Doctors often counsel patients with type 2 diabetes to lose weight. It's a proven way to manage the disease and reduce the risk of serious complications. But how you lose weight can make a difference. Most peo

美国国家公共电台 NPR This Chef Lost 50 Pounds And Reversed Prediabetes With A Digital Program

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Medical researchers are hoping that a smartphone can help to prevent Type 2 diabetes. A program that helps people is delivered by phone. And NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on how it works. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Sometimes a good m

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pork Tacos Topped With Fries: Fuel For Mexico's Diabetes Epidemic

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Global diabetes rates have been increasing dramatically over the past 20 years. In Mexico, 14 percent of adults now suffer from diabetes. It is, in fact, the leading cause of death there, and it's having a huge impact on Mexico's h

VOA标准英语2011--Natural Substance Reverses Diabetes in M

Natural Substance Reverses Diabetes in Mice Researchers used a substance, made naturally in the body, to reverse diabetes in mice, a finding which could be key to rolling back Type 2 diabetes. The enzyme, called NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide), res

60秒科学:Mice Sensing Leptin Stave Off Diabetes

Leptin is a hormone made by fat cells that tells you when youre full. If you didnt have leptinand some people dontyoud eat too way too much, get real fat and almost certainly develop diabetes. Leptin acts like a natural appetite suppressant. Kids bo

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Sugar and Diet / Women and Diabetes /

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Sugar and Diet / Women and Diabetes / Preparing for a Flu Pandemic By Broadcast: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special Englis

VOA常速英语2007年-World Diabetes Day Highlights Spreading Problem

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 November 2007 November 14th is the first United Nations observed World Diabetes Day, and health experts say diabetes has reached epidemic levels in many countries, including the United States. In Los Angeles, diabet

Actos prevents diabetes in high-risk people

BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that Actos, a medicine treats onset diabetes, could also reduce the diabetes(糖尿病) risk in people with prediabetes. The study, which was published Wednesday in New England Journal of Medicin

"Lean gene" raises risk of heart disease, diabetes

BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A lean gene that helps people keep slim was found closely related to diabetes and heart disease, according to a study pulished in Nature Genetics journal on Sunday. The scientists from Britains Medical Research Council

U.S. researchers find potential target for treating diabetes, obesity

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online on Thursday in the journal Cell Metab

Diabetes drug shows promise in reducing risk of cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- An inexpensive drug that treats Type 2 diabetes has been shown to prevent a number of natural and man-made chemicals from stimulating the growth of breast cancer cells, according to a newly published study by a Michiga

Over 7 mln people in Pakistan are diabetes patients

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan ranks the seventh in the world in terms of diabetes prevalence rate and over 7.1 million people in the country are diabetes patients, reported local media on Monday. Quoting a report by the World International

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Diabetes Fight, Lifestyle Changes Prove Hard To Come By In Mexico

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's a fact that tells you something about a country. It's the leading cause of death. The leading cause is different in different nations. In the United States, for example, it's long been heart disease. But as heart disease t