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Diabetes: Over 200 experts check on Middle East Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 03:45 AM PST Specialists seek to pool knowledge, expertise and research data to provide better care American Diabetes Association to host kickoff for Tour de Cure 2013on Feb. 28 Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 02:53 AM PST CLIFTON PARK â€" The Albany chapter of the American Diabetes Association will hold a kickoff next week for its Tour de Cure 2013, the Capital Region’s premier cycling fundraising event. This date in science: Co-discoverer of insulin is born Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 02:49 AM PST On February 27, 1899, Charles Herbert Best was born. Along with Frederick Banting, he discovered insulin, used to manage diabetes. 'Amazing' results on diabetes Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 02:15 AM PST As weight-loss surgery has become more common over the last several years, doctors have had tantalizing clues that certain procedures bring dramatic reduction in type 2 diabetes -- beyond getting their ability to reduce the patient’s weight. Sleep loss alters genes, raises disease risk Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 01:35 AM PST Just a week of inadequate sleep can alter the activity of hundreds of genes, which may help scientists explain how wakeful nights can lead to ailments such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Leading Medical Research Institution Chooses The Gruve® for Study Investigating the Risks of Sedentary Behavior Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 01:26 AM PST The Gruve®, a total body motion monitor from Gruve Technologies, Inc., proves useful for medical research by the University of Nottingham in an ongoing series of Sedentary Time and Diabetes (STAND) studies investigating behavior as a risk factor for adult diabetes. (PRWeb February 27, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/U_of_Nottingham/022013/prweb10470082.htm The Best Food Money Can't Buy Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 01:14 AM PST At the Santa Rosa Health Center in Roseland, 50 percent of Dr. Patricia Kulawiak's adolescent patients are obese. "There is an epidemic of diabetes in this area," Kulawiak tells me over the phone, "and since good, healthy food is expensive, poverty severely limits your options." DrugRisk Update: Takeda Launches New Diabetes Drug As Actos Lawsuits Grow to 3,000 Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 12:53 AM PST The Drug Risk Resource Center is the Web’s largest source for information on prescription drug warnings, side effects and legal news. Visit http://www.DrugRisk.com (PRWeb February 27, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/actos-bladder-cancer/lawsuit-settlement/prweb10472199.htm Tandem Diabetes Care Application Receives FDA Clearance Wed, 27 Feb, 2013 12:15 AM PST A diabetes management application from San Diego-based Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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