OHSU Diabetes Study Shows Promise For Type 2 Sufferers

By Allison Frost | Aug. 29, 2007 5:06 p.m. | Updated: June 17, 2010 12:05 a.m. | Portland, OR

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A study just published the scientific journal Nature has some potentially very good news for those who suffer from type 2 diabetes. The study by an OHSU lead researcher comes just a day after Kaiser Permanente released research on gestational diabetes. Allison Frost spoke to the lead researcher on the OHSU study, Michael Cowley. He emphasizes that if a treatment is developed that works in humans it would be in addition to, not instead of, other diabetes treatments -- including exercise.

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