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  1. Health & Medicine

    Epilepsy drug eases diabetes woes

    The epilepsy drug topiramate relieves pain, seems to initiate nerve repair, aids weight loss, and may have other benefits for persons with diabetes.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Health & Medicine

    Strict regimen pays off years later

    Diabetes patients who adhered to a strict program of blood sugar control over nearly 7 years starting in the 1980s are still showing heart benefits.

    By Nathan Seppa
  3. Humans

    Tobacco treaty penned

    Just one day after the World Health Organization drafted a tobacco-control treaty, more than 28 nations signed on.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Physics

    Magnetic current flows solo

    By exploiting quantum mechanical interactions, physicists have generated glows of the magnetic fields of electrons without corresponding flows of their electric charges.