Health News: [diabetes ]: Auditor general takes aim at residential schools, diabetes prevention

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Health News : diabetes - News from Yahoo !   Minister of Health Responds to Chapter 5 of the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada: Promoting ... Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:45 AM PDT I welcome the findings and recommendations made in the 2013 Spring Report of the Auditor General about diabetes prevention and control. The Government has implemented or is in the process of implementing ... Continue reading Transition shares soar on positive diabetes drug results Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:20 AM PDT (Reuters) - Transition Therapeutics Inc said an early-stage study of its experimental drug for type 2 diabetes showed significant improvement in blood sugar control and reduction in body weight, sending its shares up as much as 71 percent. Patients treated with the experimental drug experienced statist... Continue reading One Mom's Not-So-Extreme Guide to Couponing Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 07:39 AM PDT There are plenty of excuses for not couponing: I'm busy running a business. Clipping coupons takes too much time. My kids have allergies or diabetes, so I have to be extra careful about what I buy. All ... Continue reading

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Health News : diabetes - News from other sources.   Auditor general takes aim at residential schools, diabetes prevention Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 09:05 AM PDT the federal auditor general says two of the government's key pillars meant to improve the lives of aboriginal peoples have gone awry because of infighting, poor co-ordination and lack of planning. Continue reading Diabetes prevention activities impeded by a lack of clear direction Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:23 AM PDT The Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research have each undertaken activities to prevent and control diabetes, but these activities have been uncoordinated, says the Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson, in a Report tabled today in Parliament. ... Continue reading Transition Therapeutics says diabetes drug shows positive results Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:17 AM PDT (Reuters) - Transition Therapeutics Inc said an early-stage study of its experimental type 2 diabetes drug showed significant improvement in blood sugar control and reductions in body weight, sending its shares up more than 65 percent. A once-weekly ad... Continue reading Low employment, weak health insurance has made NE Michigan one of the sickest regions in the state Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:13 AM PDT When Dr. Marion Hautea looks out at the waiting room at Thunder Bay Community Health Service in Rogers City, he sees diabetes. He sees hypertension. He sees abscessed teeth and coronary disease. Mostly, though, he sees jobs. Continue reading IBC, NYU to use claims data for predicting the chances of a diabetic future Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 08:03 AM PDT Independence Blue Cross said Monday that it would spend close to $1 million over three years in a research collaboration with New York University to spot cases of undiagnosed diabetes and predict who is vulnerable for developing the disease. IBC's cont... Continue reading Sherri Shepherd's diabetes diagnosis was a lifesaver Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 07:59 AM PDT Comedian Sherri Shepherd, co-host of 'The View,' says type 2 diabetes could have killed her, but instead it saved her life. Continue reading Identification of Stem Cells' Two Separate Roles Raises Possibility of Therapies That Could Inhibit Fat Formation ... Tue, 30 Apr, 2013 07:35 AM PDT Many diseases - obesity, Type 2 diabetes, muscular dystrophy - are associated with fat accumulation in muscle. In essence, fat replacement causes the muscles to weaken and degenerate. Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have discovered the biological mechanism involved in this process, whi... Continue reading

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