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2005-02-01 Home Front: Tech

Researchers find diabetes trigger, possible cheap'n'easy fix

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Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-01 2:04:43 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I have fat mice. They won't take their pills. This looks like a job for mucky.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-02-01 2:12:09 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-02-01 2:12:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is huge! If indeed type II could be controlled by aspirin like drugs it would impact millions of Americans and would decrease health costs by trillions, as diabetes I and II creates many secondary health problems.

Type II and increased risk of heart attack go hand and hand. I wonder if this is the reason why aspirin use decreases the statistical chance for a heart attack.

Next question - why does obesity cause the switch to turn off?

Posted by 2b 2005-02-01 2:56:50 PM|| 2005-02-01 2:56:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Next question - why does obesity cause the switch to turn off? A possible reason is an evolutionary mechanism to stop people getting too fat. Type II diabetes is most prevalent in populations closest to hunter-gather livestyles, i.e. those least able to control their food supply.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-01 4:01:22 PM|| 2005-02-01 4:01:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 And what will all the diabetes foundations do when their disease is cured?

A woman scientist thought she could solve diabetes using cheap drugs, but no one -- no org would fund it - Iacocca donated $11 million, he wants to see it cured before he dies.

I think Bros. Judd has it in their archives.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-01 6:31:38 PM|| 2005-02-01 6:31:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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