A Diabetic Battle of the Bulge by Diane Garcia
Diabetes appears to be written into some people’s genes, but with the right diet and exercise, the disease may never surface, according to a new study.
…
In the lifestyle modification group, however, even individuals with two copies of the variant were no more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than participants without the variant, the team reports 20 July in the New England Journal of Medicine
Update - AAAS broke the link so I removed the link. I hope those responsible for web sites eventually take the time to learn what that responsibility entails: Web Pages Must Live Forever. I find these failures to follow the most basic web usability practices displayed most often in organizations where burocrates that don’t understand technology make decisions on how web sites should work instead of allowing those that have the necessary understanding of the technology do so.
November 10th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
I also believe we too often look for pills to give us health rather than what I think would be better - exercise, eating right, getting enough sleep…
September 11th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
I agree. My parents have trouble with diabetes and also being overweight. I firmly believe they would be much better of if they started ecersizing and trimming the extra 75 lbs.