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Race to cure: Relay Rutherford to take participants across county for diabetes awareness Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 11:44 PM PST Relay Rutherford 2013 is May 4. Nicholas Chabot, now 10, was diagnosed in 2009 with type 1 diabetes. / Submitted According to the JDRF website, 62 percent of the funding the organization receives goes to researching cures; 38 percent of the remaining funding is put toward treatments, and the remaining 1 percent goes to various other donations. Danish drugmaker’s shares fall after US calls for new study npc-news.theolympian.com Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 11:34 PM PST Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators want to see a new study before they can finish their review of two diabetes treatments with a long-acting insulin. Old Drug May Point The Way To New Treatments For Diabetes And Obesity Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:55 PM PST Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Life Sciences Institute have found that amlexanox, an off-patent drug currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and other uses, also reverses obesity, diabetes and fatty liver in mice. Community health workers can help individuals better manage their diabetes Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:46 PM PST Newly published results from a randomized controlled clinical trial in the Pacific U.S. territory of American Samoa add clear evidence for the emerging idea that community health workers can meaningfully improve type 2 diabetes care in medically underserved communities. Birth Order Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 09:43 PM PST Long a source of sibling rivalry, birth order may raise the risk of first-born children developing diabetes or high blood pressure, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Asthma drug shows promise in treating diabetes, obesity Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 08:43 PM PST Amlexanox, a drug prescribed for asthma in Japan, also reverses obesity, diabetes and fatty liver in mice, according to a new study by US researchers.

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