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Monday, Feb 11, 2013 03:11 PM EST

Novo Nordisk US shares skid on drug review setback Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 12:08 PM PST Shares of Novo Nordisk tumbled Monday after the Danish drugmaker said U.S. regulators need a new study before they can finish their review of two diabetes treatments, a development that could delay approval for several years. Obituary - Richard Allan Turner Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 11:41 AM PST Richard Allan Turner passed away Monday, Jan. 28 at St. Bernardine's Hospital from complications of diabetes. He was born in Bakersfield on Sept. 28, 1947 and was a resident of Fontana for 28 years. He attended UCLA and then served in the Army and Civil Service in Germany. 8th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 11:27 AM PST A full day of blues music and family enjoyment at our new location, Moorpark College (formerly The Simi Valley Blues Festival) benefits the American Diabetes Association & local charities. Canker Sore Drug Lowers Weight In Mice Without Diet, Exercise Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 11:21 AM PST An off-patent drug used to treat canker sores and asthma helped lower the weight of obese mice without diet or exercise. The drug, known as amlexanox, was also able to reverse their diabetes and fatty liver. Researchers at the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute analyzed the mice in the lab of Alan Saltiel, the Mary Sue Coleman director of the Life Sciences Institute. The findings ... Tri-County health offers free cancer, heart screens for women in Arapahoe, Douglas counties Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:49 AM PST Tri-County Health Department’s Peak Wellness program provides low-income, uninsured and under-insured women with free screenings and referrals. The program is an effort to prevent cancer, diabetes, he A MercyCorps site. Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:34 AM PST Diabetes is a metabolic disorder where in human body does not produce or properly uses insulin, a hormone that is required to convert sugar, starches, and other food into energy. Type 1 diabetes up 70 percent in kids Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:25 AM PST Researchers have documented a startling rise in the rate of type 1 diabetes in one city: Diagnoses in kids younger than 5 jumped by 70 percent between 1985 and 2004 in Philadelphia. Novo Nordisk shares plunge on insulin setback afp.co.uk Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:02 AM PST A medical assistant administers an insulin shot to a diabetes patient at a private clinic in New Delhi on November 8, 2011. The world's biggest insulin producer Novo Nordisk Monday had 10.7 billion euros ... New drug carries Actos’ increased bladder cancer risk Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 10:01 AM PST A new Takeda type-2 diabetes drug contains an older Takeda type-2 diabetes drug that is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 25 approved three new Takeda diabetes medications. Among them is a tablet therapy that would be marketed as the brand name Oseni, a blend of Takeda’s new Nesina (alogliptin) and its pre-existing Actos ... Diabetes forum this weekend Mon, 11 Feb, 2013 09:44 AM PST Diabetes affects more than 25-million people in the country. In fact, it's the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

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