Joslin Center lands $1m gift for diabetes research - MSN MoneyCentral

Joslin Diabetes Center today announced it has received a $1 million gift from the Thomas Beatson Jr. Foundation to support Type 1 diabetes research. The donation will be split evenly between the labs of Joslin research doctors T. Keith Blackwell ...

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Joslin Receives $1 Million to Support Type 1 Diabetes Research - Newsblaze.com

Newswise - Joslin Diabetes Center today announced it has received a $1 million gift from the Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation to support type 1 diabetes research. The donation will be split evenly between the labs of Joslin researchers T. Keith ...

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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea - BusinessWeek

THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening ...

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Weight loss a phone call away, study finds - Reuters UK

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Phone and email counseling help people improve their diet and lose weight, according to a Dutch study published on Friday that points to a potentially simple but effective tool in the fight against obesity. The study of 1,400 ...

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What Causes Diabetes - Both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes - The Causes ... - Informativepost.com

This is question that may strike a lot of people as being quite rude and personal however with over 24 million people suffering from Diabetes in the USA alone it is an illness which is becoming increasingly popular. Have you been diagnosed with ...

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InteKrin Therapeutics to Present at the 27th Annual JP Morgan ... - Earthtimes

Author : InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc. LOS ALTOS, Calif. , Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- InteKrin Therapeutics, Inc., will present at the 27th Annual JP Morgan Global Healthcare Conference at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 , to be held at ...

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Metformin prudent for Type 2 diabetes - Denver Post

Q: I was just diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. I don't have any symptoms. My doctor discovered that my blood sugar was high when I had some routine blood tests performed. She wants me to start a medication called metformin. I would rather wait and try ...

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