Word: kidney
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...alerts doctors to the disease. Previously, "normal" glucose levels were at least 140 milligrams per decileter of blood plasma. New research shows that repeated blood sugar levels of as low as 126 milligrams can later set off a string of potentially life-threatening, complications ranging from heart disease to kidney failure. By detecting the disease early on, doctors could help reduce what is currently the number-four cause of death in the U.S., the new guidelines...
...ANGELES: Comedian Pat Paulsen died Thursday after a battle with cancer. The 69-year-old best known for his quixotic White House runs succumbed to complications from pneumonia and kidney failure. Paulsen became a household name some 30 years ago on the Smothers Brothers show, where he first announced tongue-in-cheek that he was running for President under a new party, the Straight Talkin' American Government or STAG. Paulsen's deadpan political schtick caught on with thousands of Americans, many of whom voted for him in five presidential elections. He claimed to have finished second behind President Clinton...
...ahead, have the vanilla cone. Women who consume foods rich in calcium--milk, cheese and yogurt--may lower their risk of KIDNEY STONES...
...benefits of cloning technology may be great, but the potential for misuse is beyond frightening. How long before every petty dictator, multimillionaire industrialist, king, queen and drug lord has a clone or two made of himself or herself, then raised in confinement, so that when a heart, lung or kidney gives out, a spare is just a phone call away? How much further will this cheapen human life? STEVE GONTO Savannah, Georgia...
Adult-onset diabetes, also called Type II diabetes, has been found to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke by six times in women and by three to four times in men. It is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults and causes kidney failure and nerve damage...