It's a wonderful opportunity to review what adult-onset or type 2 diabetics should be doing to prevent complications.

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One-half of the children in New York City are overweight, and of all Latinos in that city, one-eighth are already type 2 diabetics.

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Novartis announced today the early termination of the ALTITUDE trial, which was testing the effect of the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren (Rasilez, Tekturna) in type 2 diabetics at high risk for cardiovascular and renal events.

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Most type 2 diabetics don't use insulin.

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The study, which examined insurance records for more than 2, 500 diabetics between February 2005 and December 2008, found that patients hospitalized with pancreatitis were twice as likely to be taking one of these drugs, as opposed to a control group of Type 2 diabetics who did not have pancreatitis.

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One study found that 46% of recently diagnosed adult diabetics (type 2) don't take their medicine correctly.

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