Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:30:11 +0100 (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Paula Deen, best known for her high-calorie southern cooking featured in cookbooks and on popular Food Network shows, confirmed on Tuesday she has type 2 diabetes. Speaking on NBC's Today show, Deen, 64, said she found out three years ago during a routine physical exam that she had the disease. "I'm here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence," she said on the morning show, adding that she will be a paid spokeswoman for drug company Novo Nordisk. ... (Source: Reuters)
Doctors treat wound of a diabetes patient at the Salvador Allende ...
Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Doctors treat wound of a diabetes patient at the Salvador Allende hospital in Havana November 15, 2007. REUTERS/Claudia Daut/Files
The growing popularity of Western junk food is fuelling a diabetes ...
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:10:04 +0200 (AFP/File) - The growing popularity of Western junk food is fuelling a diabetes boom across Southeast Asia, Australian researchers have warned. Studies have found that about 11 percent of men and 12 percent of women in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City have type 2 diabetes without knowing it, on top of the four percent of people who are diagnosed sufferers.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)
Generic diabetes medicine awaits distribution at a community ...
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:50:05 +0200 (AFP/Getty Images/File) - Generic diabetes medicine awaits distribution at a community health center in Colorado. Negotiations on a free-trade deal between the European Union and India should not conclude this week without a deal to ensure access to generic medicines, an aid charity said on Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)
Table Mountain is lit up to mark national diabetes day, Cape ...
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:30:04 +0100 (AP) - Table Mountain is lit up to mark national diabetes day, Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Cape Town marked the United Nations World Diabetes Day by illuminating Table Mountain. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
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