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Monday, Feb 11, 2013 07:11 AM EST

Esther Cepeda: Pluck, perseverance -- and no self-pity Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 03:53 AM PST Pobrecita means poor little girl in Spanish. You wont find this word in Justice Sonia Sotomayors recently published memoir, My Beloved World. And this alone tells you everything you need to know about the woman who grew up in near-poverty, in an ire-filled home with a distant mother and an alcoholic father who died when she was 9. She was left to manage her diabetes, her family and her hard-won ... Asthma drug shows promise in treating diabetes, obesity Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 03:33 AM PST Washington, Feb 11 : 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. Majority of Americans not aware of detrimental effects of obesity Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 01:01 AM PST A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research suggests that few Americans realize the many ways obesity can increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, arthritis, sleep apnea and other less common conditions. BAGSVAERD/NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) â€" Rückschlag für den dänischen Pharmakonzern Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 12:59 AM PST Novo Nordisk. Das Diabetes-Medikament Tresiba wird in den USA erst einmal wegen möglicher Gefahren für das Herz- und Kreislaufsystem nicht zugelassen. Novo Nordisk says FDA rejects insulin drugs Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 12:45 AM PST Novo Nordisk AS says the Food and Drug Administration rejected its applications for approval of once-per-day insulin drugs to treat diabetes. Long-acting reversible contraception with progestin may increase risk of type 2 diabetes in women Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 12:16 AM PST A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) indicates that healthy, obese, reproductive-age women who use long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) containing the hormone progestin have a slightly increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes when compared to those who use non-hormonal contraception.

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