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Ten Health Myths Exploded
Sat, Jan 23, 2010
Old wives’ tales and folklore masquerading as health advice are put under the spotlight
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So What Exactly is Diabetes?
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
The name diabetes itself is derived from the Greek verb diabainein, which means to stand with legs apart, as when passing urine. The ancient Greeks understood that there was a medical condition that caused an excessive amount of urine production, which is a feature of diabetes. There are actually two different kinds of diabetes, diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. Mellitus literally means ‘honey-sweet urine’ and this form of the disease is associated with sugary urine (in early days, doctors would sometimes taste people's urine to make a diagnosis).