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  • Drug can help prevent Type 2 diabetes

    09/17/2006 6:57:42 PM PDT · by neverdem · 74 replies · 1,311+ views
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | September 16, 2006 | MARILYNN MARCHIONE AND MARIA CHENG
    ASSOCIATED PRESS The largest diabetes prevention study ever done has found that a drug already used to treat the disease also can help keep "pre-diabetics" from developing it. But many experts say losing weight and exercising remain a safer, cheaper approach. The drug, rosiglitazone, or Avandia, appeared to cut the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by more than half, doctors reported Friday. Type 2 is the most common form of diabetes, afflicting more than 200 million people worldwide. Avandia also helped restore normal blood-sugar function in many of those who took it. A second part of the study found...