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More research is required to establish whether Chinese herbal medicines can reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes, according to researchers. Although herbal medicines are widely used in Asian countries to treat pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance or IGT), the precursor of the disease, researchers say there is still not enough hard scientific evidence to confidently recommend their use
A group of pregnant women who have asthma or allergies will get extra vitamin D as part of a study to determine if the vitamin can prevent their children from developing asthma. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is part of the multi-center trial in collaboration with Boston University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Diego
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