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Forbes - Congressmen Castle and Space, and ADA volunteers to recap August experience at October 25 briefing in Rayburn The American Diabetes Association (ADA), in conjunction with members of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus and CVS Pharmacy, will host a ...

News.com.au - ... in terms of association with plaque build-up in arteries of the heart and aorta, de Lemos and his research team found that the waist-to-hip ratio measurement remained associated with heart risk even when obesity-associated conditions like diabetes ...

News.com.au - All the money raised is for research into allergies, cancer, diabetes, obesity, premature birth and cerebral palsy. The Foxtel Lap will be on from 7am to 5pm and the 20 runners in each team will each have a 30-minute stint on a treadmill. Each runner ...

Chicago Sun-Times - Children who eat a healthy vegetarian diet have a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease compared with those who grow up on an average American diet, according to the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a pro ...

Danbury News-Times - Madison Halas, 6, who has juvenile diabetes, selects one of the pumpkins that will be sold as part of Halas Farm Market’s third annual Paint-A-Pumpkin fundraiser Sunday, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The ...

Medical News Today - Insulin users wishing to drive a vehicle under emergency conditions have been offered fresh hope. The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is drafting a policy that will allow staff with insulin-treated diabetes to undergo individual risk assessments ...

Chicago Tribune - The article points out that $7.8 billion a year is spent on annual physicals. Considering that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the annual cost of diabetes was $132 billion in 2002 and of obesity was $75 billion in 2003, both ...

San Francisco Gate - California's HMOs and physicians need to do a better job of caring for patients with diabetes, treating obesity and making sure people with mental illnesses get the proper help, according to a state report card released Thursday. The Health Care ...

Seattle Times - Halloween as a holiday is not the major contributor to childhood obesity," said Kelly Van Horn, registered dietitian and certified diabetes specialist for Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. "It's the rest of the year when kids are eating the fast ...

ESPN.com - After his playing days, he became a Packers radio broadcaster, co-founded the Chi-Chi's chain of Mexican restaurants and founded a diabetes research center. McGee is survived by his wife, four children and several grandchildren. Funeral arrangements ...