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Sanofi-aventis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Apidra(R) (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection) to improve glycemic control in children (4 years and older) with diabetes mellitus.

AP - The government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage, a consumer group said Thursday.

AP - The rate of new diabetes cases nearly doubled in the United States in the last 10 years, with the highest levels in the South, the government said Thursday in its first state-by-state review of new diagnoses.

Reuters - The rate of new cases of diabetes soared by about 90 percent in the United States in the past decade, fueled by growing obesity and sedentary lifestyles, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.

Title: Other health Problems Can Delay MS DiagnosisCategory: health newscreated: 10/30/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 10/30/2008

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of new cases of type 2 diabetes has nearly doubled in the United States in the last decade, with most new cases appearing in southern states, federal officials reported Thursday.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The diabetes drug Avandia should be banned in the United States because it can cause death from liver failure and poses many other life-threatening risks that greatly outweigh its benefits, the advocacy group Public Citizen said Thursday.

Reuters - Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg ) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy baby as those who gain less, U.S. researchers said on Friday.

Title: health Tip: Mixing Drinks With MedicinesCategory: health newscreated: 10/30/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 10/30/2008

Title: Breastfed Baby May Mean Better Behaved ChildCategory: health newscreated: 10/30/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 10/30/2008