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Researchers find drug for diabetes yields prevention: Some experts warn that it is not cure-all.

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| September 16, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Ronald Kotulak and Peter Gorner

Sep. 16--People at high risk for developing Type 2 diabetes may be able to reduce their risk by as much as 60 percent with a drug already prescribed to treat the rapidly increasing disease, according to a study reported Friday in the online versions of the New England Journal of Medicine and the British medical journal The Lancet. Still, experts quickly cautioned that the drug, sold as Avandia, should not be viewed as a panacea because it has no effect on obesity, the major risk factor for diabetes, or on obesity's concurrent risks, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer. They also said the cost of the…

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