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Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Amy Winehouse Dead at 27
Amy Winehouse, a popular musician has died of an apparent overdose. She was found in her apartment Saturday morning. She died before ambulances arrived. Miss Winehouse has dealt with addiction issues and mental health disorders over the years.

Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:43:12 +0000

Amy Winehouse, a popular musician has died of an apparent overdose. She was found at her apartment in London Saturday morning. She died before ambulances arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Links for 2011-07-11 [Digg]

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Study Shows Life Expectancy Longer Now For Type 1 Diabetics
Study Shows Life Expectancy Longer Now For Type 1 Diabetics: Insulin was discovered in the 1920s. Prior to that time, when a person was diagnosed with Type 1

Links for 2011-07-10 [Digg]

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

New Study On Clogged Carotid Arteries And Type 1 Diabetes
New Study On Clogged Carotid Arteries And Type 1 Diabetes: Atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries is a buildup of plaque in either the right or left carotid

Links for 2011-07-09 [Digg]

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

New Drug Delivery Mechanism For Retinopathy
A pin-sized device implanted behind the eye to treat diabetic retinopathy has been developed by a team of engineers and scientists from the University of British Columbia that could be told to release drugs to treat the damage.

Links for 2011-07-08 [Digg]

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Iacocca’s Search for Diabetes Cure
Lee Iacocca has donated over $30 million to diabetes research seeking a cure for the disease, which can lead to debilitating and fatal complications. In 1983, Mary McCleary Iacocca, Lee Iacocca’s wife, died from complications of Type 1 diabetes. In 1984, Iacocca created the Iacocca Family Foundation, a foundation dedicated to funding promising research projects in the search for a cure for diabetes.
New Drug Potential from Squibb and AstraZeneca for Type 2 Diabetes
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca PLC stated Sunday, July 3, 2011, that their studies of combining a compound called dapagliflozin with metformin had better sustained success in lowering blood sugar levels than those who took the combination of glipizide with metformin. This combination of metformin with dapagliflozin has the potential of being a new drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. More clinical studies are needed, but the outlook is favorable.

Links for 2011-07-07 [Digg]

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Islet Cell Transplant is Cure for Type 1 Diabetes for Lady in Scotland
Kathleen Duncan, a resident of Scotland, no longer has to take injections of insulin because her type 1 diabetes has been cured due to an islet cell infusion that was performed in her homeland of Scotland by the Scottish National Pancreatic Islet Transplant Programme.

Links for 2011-07-06 [Digg]

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Lab-Created Blood Vessels Helping Dialysis Patients
Lab-Created Blood Vessels Helping Dialysis Patients: Recently in Poland, three patients received such new blood vessels for health issues, and those vessels are

Could Simply Talking To Your Teen About Marijuana Lead To Less Drug Use?

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:21:23 +0000

According to a new study taken by the University of Washington, it certainly couldn’t hurt to talk to your teen about marijuana.

Research Proving You Can Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight

admin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:36:43 +0000

A team of scientists who were led by the Yale School of Medicine reported a study that supplied evidence that shows how nicotine suppresses appetite.

Statistics Increase With Hookah Use In College Students

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:00:15 +0000

"The popularity of hookah smoking among young adults is quite alarming given the potential for negative health effects," stated Erin L. Sutfin, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy and lead author on the study.

Genetic Makeup and Duration of Abuse Reduce the Brain’s Neurons in Drug Addiction

admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:16:42 +0000

Proven in this study and recent ones, cocaine-addicted individuals have lower gray matter density in frontal parts of their brain.