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Increasing Soda Consumption Fuels Rise in Diabetes, Heart Disease (HealthDay)

In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, cans of Pepsi are shown at a Palo Alto, Calif., grocery store. PepsiCo's fourth-quarter profit almost doubled on strength in its snacks business and overseas beverage operations Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) --Increasing consumption of sugary

soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases

of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in

the last decade, a new U.S. study finds.