The document discusses diabetes and herbal treatments for the disease. It describes a website that provides information about a herbal formulation containing 16 herbs for treating diabetes. The formulation is described as a "BLOCKBUSTER" combination of anti-diabetic herbs. No other details are given about the specific herbs in the formulation or its claimed effects.

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BLOCKBUSTER formulation Of 16 Anti Diabetic Herbs
. 1561. Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA)-March 25, 1996 SCREENINGS PART OF `DIABETES ALERT' After
each of her two pregnancies, Celia Lazo's doctors told her she should be tested for diabetes. She didn't know then
that there is a higher incidence of diabetes among Latinos, African-Americans, Asians and Native Americans with
a family history of the disease. So despite the fact that her mother had diabetes, she didn't get tested until 1988
when leg pains led her to see a doctor. Then the doctor told her she had circulation problems because of...... .
(Walnut Creek, CA)-November 3, 1995 DIABETES RISES WITH FATTER U. S. POPULATION NEW YORK--The
number of Americans with diabetes has risen almost 50 percent since 1983, and the disease rate has tripled since
1958 in part because the population is getting older and fatter. About 16 million Americans now have diabetes, up
from 11 million in 1983, Dr. Richard Eastman of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases in Bethesda, Md. , said Thursday. About half of people with diabetes don't know it because they don't......
. (Walnut Creek, CA)-November 3, 1995 DIABETES RISES WITH FATTER U. S. POPULATION NEW YORK--The
number of Americans with diabetes has risen almost 50 percent since 1983, and the disease rate has tripled since
1958 in part because the population is getting older and fatter. About 16 million Americans now have diabetes, up
from 11 million in 1983, Dr. Richard Eastman of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases in Bethesda, Md. , said Thursday. About half of people with diabetes don't know it because they don't......
. THE ORLANDO SENTINEL-June 7, 1995 DRUG FROM THE PAST HAILED FOR TREATMENT OF DIABETES
THE MEDICATION HELPS PATIENTS WITH A TYPE OF DIABETES THAT OFTEN STRIKES IN MIDLIFE.
METFORMIN HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1950S. For the first time in 20 years doctors have a new
medication to help treat type 2 diabetes. It's a drug that dates to the 1950s but that is arriving near century's end,
when some doctors have begun to rethink this type of diabetes, which often strikes in midlife. Endocrinologists
throughout Florida are hailing the medication's arrival as a new treatment option for one of the state's biggest
medical problems. Called metformin and sold...... . Rocky Mountain News (CO)-March 26, 1995 DIABETES
TAKES QUIET, DEADLY TOLL ADULT-ONSET TYPE CAN BE LARGELY PREVENTED OR CONTROLLED
THROUGH DIET AND EXERCISE Some people have to take insulin twice a day and adhere to a punishing diet to
stem the onslaught of diabetes. Others merely have to stop eating four doughnuts every day. Doctors at the
Barbara Davis Center in Denver go through extraordinary measures, dripping insulin into children, trying new ways
to control the disease in families with a history of blindness, kidney failure and early death. Last week, Tom
Gaccetta went through a grueling pancreas transplant at University Hospital...... . Press-Telegram (Long Beach,
CA)-September 22, 1994 A VIRUS MAY BE CAUSE OF DIABETES The most severe form of diabetes-the kind
that requires 700, 000 to 1million Americans to inject themselves with insulin every day-may be triggered by a virus,
a study suggests. If that is correct and the virus can be identified, scientists may be able to devise a vaccine
against type I diabetes, said the study's chief author, Dr. Massimo Trucco of the University of Pittsburgh. Scientists
know that type I diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes, occurs when the...... . (Portland, ME)-September 18, 1994
COMBINATION OF GENES IS FOUND TO CAUSE DIABETES ONE OF THE FIRST DIVIDENDS OF THE
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, THE RESEARCH GIVES DOCTORS A HANDLE ON WHO IS AT RISK FOR THE
DISEASE. Researchers have found the locations of at least five genes that are associated with insulin-dependent
diabetes. They say that people who inherit particular combinations of these genes are extremely likely to develop
the disease. It is the first solid proof that diabetes is caused by several genes acting in concert, said Dr. Kathleen
Wishner, president of the American Diabetes Association. The discovery may have practical consequences in the
not-too-distant future. ``It's...... . Washington Post-August 16, 1994 RUNNING ON INSULIN EXERCISE HELPS
CONTROL DIABETES, MAY COMBAT ITS MOST COMMON FORM When doctors warned Paula Harper not to
run a marathon back in the late '70s because she had diabetes, the nurse and mother of three from Phoenix chose
to ignore them. "I noticed right away that the more activity I did, the less insulin I needed, " says Harper, who has
Type I diabetes. She went on to complete 31 marathons, a 50-mile ultramarathon, five triathlons and six 100-mile-
plus bicycle races. She raced wearing a T-shirt that proclaimed, ...... . (PA)-April 24, 1994 LONG AFTER
PREGNANCY, DIABETES RISK LINGERS THE DISEASE CAN RECUR DECADES LATER. TESTING IS VITAL.
Jamie Dillinger is worried that some women, at about age 50, may be in for a surprise. Diabetes. Women who had
diabetes during pregnancy-called gestational diabetes-have a 50 percent chance of having it when they hit midlife,
said Dillinger, diabetes educator at Mercy Haverford Hospital in Havertown. She wants them to know about it. "My
concern is the woman who had it prior to 1980, " said Dillinger. These women, she said, might not have known that
they...... . (MN)-June 14, 1993 RAVAGES OF DIABETES CAN BE EASED//INTENSIVE MONITORING,
FREQUENT INSULIN URGED In a study that likely will change the way millions of Americans are treated for
diabetes, researchers have found that intensive day-to-day treatment can slow significantly the debilitating long-
term effects of the disease. The 10-year study showed that a rigid regimen of monitoring and maintaining blood
sugar levels-including three or four insulin shots a day, four daily blood tests and a weekly 3 a. m. blood test-
resulted in substantial decreases in diabetic eye disease, kidney disease......
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2. BLOCKBUSTER formulation Of 16 Anti Diabetic Herbs