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Friday, August 2, 2013

Health News: [diabetes ]: Indiana weight-loss contender undeterred by diabetes

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Indiana weight-loss contender undeterred by diabetes

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:59 AM PDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — This year, Vernon Torres sent an audition video to Fort Wayne's Smallest Winner weight-loss contest. He looked straight into the camera and said he was a local police officer and had been injecting drugs for more than a decade.

Rate of Diabetes Rising in New York City

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:58 AM PDT

As New York City Health Commissioner Issues Warning, ShopPharmacyCounter.com is offering a summer sale of PhenObestin 37.5. (PRWeb August 02, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb10990191.htm

Creating a back-to-school checklist for parents of children with diabetes

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:53 AM PDT

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Free 'Pathways to Health' workshops

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:11 AM PDT

People with a chronic health condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, depression, heart disease or chronic pain are invited to attend a workshop where they can learn techniques for self-management in a supportive and productive

National Diabetes Center Announces the First of Its Accredited and Affiliated Practices

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:09 AM PDT

Wishing to change the way diabetes is practiced in this country - partly by implementing large simple trials into clinical practice - the National Diabetes Center has announced its presence in the clinical arena led by its former Director of Epidemiology and Clinical Trials, Dr. Ronald Jay Inner...

Dataline Launches Web Based Solution for Clinical Trials

Fri, 02 Aug, 2013 12:05 AM PDT

Novo Nordisk is a world leader in diabetes care and continuously carries out clinical research programmes in its endeavour to develop new and effective treatments. These programmes currently involve over 2,000 UK diabetes patients - volunteers - in clinical trials every year at around 100 UK stu...

Free Clinic buys scanner with donation

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 11:23 PM PDT

By Gabrielle Moreira gabrielle@theacorn.com Using a retinal scanner, a machine that examines the eye, an optometrist can detect diabetes in a patient. Such a machine is exactly what the Free Clinic of Simi Valley needed, since many of its patients are diagnosed with diabetes, and early detection...

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Health News: [diabetes ]: Fun walk, other activities, to fight obesity at Bessemer City High School Aug. 17

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Fun walk, other activities, to fight obesity at Bessemer City High School Aug. 17

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 08:36 PM PDT

A one-mile fun walk and other activities are planned to help fight obesity and related conditions at Bessemer City High School for Aug. 17. It will benefit the American Diabetes association.

Federal cuts will hamper West Virginia chronic disease program

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 08:05 PM PDT

Federal funding cuts will hamper West Virginia's effort to address diabetes and other chronic diseases, a state health official said.

Crocs Cares About Native Americans With Diabetes

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 06:24 PM PDT

Native Americans on Pine Ridge are benefiting from the generosity of Crocs Cares, who donated 600 pairs of diabetic shoes in partnership with National Relief Charities. (PRWeb August 01, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013-08/CrocsCares/prweb10985446.htm

Montreal Scientists scanning the entire genome

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 05:11 PM PDT

August 1, 2013 (MMD Newswire) -- Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic influences on common complex diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, cancer or schizophrenia. However, discovering a genetic variant predisposing to a disease is only a first step.

Health News: [diabetes ]: 100,000 people with new diabetes meters

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Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 08:11 PM EDT

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100,000 people with new diabetes meters

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 05:05 PM PDT

The change to new blood glucose testing meters has been completed, with more than 100,000 people picking up the new meters.

New metabolic pathway involved in cell growth and implicated in cancer as well as metabolic disorders identified

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 04:50 PM PDT

Researchers now have a more complete picture of one particular pathway that can lead to cancer and diabetes. Scientists uncovered how a protein called p62 has a cascade affect in regulating cell growth in response to the presence of nutrients such as amino acids and glucose.

Karen scales heights for diabetes cause

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 04:31 PM PDT

REDDITCH'S MP scaled new heights to raise awareness of diabetes. Karen Lumley visited the Oakenshaw Tesco store off Coldfield Drive to help staff in their Scaling for Good challenge, which tasks people with climbing enough steps on a stepping machine to reach the peak of a chosen mountain.

FDA warns of diabetes test strip recall

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 04:10 PM PDT

The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients with diabetes about a recall of up to 62 million glucose test strips used to measure blood sugar levels that can show incorrect, abnormally high blood sugar readings.

Can the FDA Be Wrong on Pancreatitic Cancer Risk with Byetta, Januvia?

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 03:30 PM PDT

According to the FDA, there is no scientific evidence to confirm that a group of type 2 diabetes drugs called GLP-1 inhibitors is linked to pancreatic cancer. The FDA decision comes on the heels of the European Medicines Agency, which stated that they have been unable to confirm an increased risk of pa...

What is gestational diabetes?

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 03:25 PM PDT

Babies may be born larger than normal because of a condition called gestational diabetes. That explains why baby Jasleen, born in Germany last week, weighed more than 13 pounds.

New Study Shows 59 Percent Of Americans Will Develop Kidney Disease In Their Lifetime

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 03:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly six of ten Americans will develop kidney disease in their lifetime, according to a new analysis published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. In comparison, lifetime risk of diabetes, heart attack and invasive cancer is...

Syria's refugees: Basil Yousif

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 01:44 PM PDT

'Syria today is like a piece of meat in the hands of many butchers who are mincing it with sharp knifes' Lives: Lebanon I decided to leave everything behind in Zabadani last July and flee to Lebanon. Life had become unbearable in my home town especially for my kids. They were in a panic all the time. Their he...

Scientists Discover a New Type of Protein Modification that May Play a Role in Cancer and Diabetes

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 01:33 PM PDT

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a new type of chemical modification that affects numerous proteins within mammalian cells. The modification appears to work as a regulator of important cellular processes including the metabolism of glucose.

New type of protein modification may play a role in cancer and diabetes

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 01:21 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered a new type of chemical modification that affects numerous proteins within mammalian cells. The modification appears to work as a regulator of important cellular processes including the metabolism of glucose. Further study of this modification could provide insights into the causes o...

Health News: [diabetes ]: /K I L L K I L L K I L L - Novo Nordisk/

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Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 12:49 PM PDT

At this time, please disregard the news release, Novo Nordisk To Award $80,000 To Local Programs That Help People Living With Diabetes In Rochester As Part Of Educational Initiative, issued 01-Aug-2013 over PR Newswire. SOURCE Novo Nordisk

FDA warns of massive diabetes test strip recall

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 12:40 PM PDT

The Food and Drug Administration is warning patients with diabetes about the recall of 62 million glucose test strips.

Scientists discover new type of protein modification, may play role in cancer and diabetes

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 11:20 AM PDT

( Scripps Research Institute ) Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered a new type of chemical modification that affects numerous proteins within mammalian cells. The modification appears to work as a regulator of important cellular processes including the metabolism of glucose. Further st...

Diabetes drug Pioglitazone is back, with a 'bold red letter' warning

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Diabetes drug pioglitazone and all its combinations are back.

Removing a protein enhances defense against bacteria in CGD mice

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 10:10 AM PDT

( NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ) Deletion of a protein in white blood cells improves their ability to fight the bacteria staphylococcus aureus and possibly other infections in mice with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), according to a National Institutes of He...

Cycling to help diabetes assoc.

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 09:52 AM PDT

Chris Ziehr's wife, Tia, has been battling type 1 diabetes since she was 14 years old. And watching what she ensures gave him the motivation to try and make a differennce.Ziehr departs Aug. 2 on a bike trip from Cochrane to Victoria to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Diabetes Associat...

Verdict on MSD-Glenmark drug patent dispute reserved

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 09:46 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its verdict on an appeal filed by US pharma company Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) challenging a court order refusing to stop Indian pharma firm Glenmark from making anti-diabetes drugs allegedly

Blocking sugar intake may reduce cancer risk or progression in obese and diabetic people

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 09:43 AM PDT

( The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine ) Blocking dietary sugar and its activity in tumor cells may reduce cancer risk and progression, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine. The study, conducted in fruit flies and published in the journal Cell, provides insight as to...

Sanford-Burnham researchers map a new metabolic pathway involved in cell growth

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 09:43 AM PDT

( Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute ) Deciphering the body's complex molecular pathways that lead to disease when they malfunction is highly challenging. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute now have a more complete picture of one particular pathway that can lead to cancer and Continue reading

Sanford-Burnham Researchers Map a New Metabolic Pathway Involved in Cell Growth and Implicated in Cancer as Well as ...

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013 09:33 AM PDT

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute now have a more complete picture of one particular pathway that can lead to cancer and diabetes. In the study published by Molecular Cell, the scientists uncovered how a protein called p62 has a cascade affect in regulating cell growth in respon...