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Newsday - Or people who develop diabetes after food poisoning inflamed the pancreas. Or parents who wonder if a child's learning problems stem from food poisoning-caused dialysis as a toddler. "There's nobody to refer them to for an answer," says Rosenbaum ...

Globe and Mail - My guess is those who are the broken records regarding the deficiencies of the US system, and who refuse to ask the question why we are 23/30 have never had the misfortune of having a chronic disease like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis in a country ...

Dallas Morning News - Performer Queen Latifah is about to be cast in a new role: weight-loss spokeswoman for Jenny Craig. She isn't trying to get starlet skinny, but she hopes to shed about 15 pounds to cut her risk of Type 2 diabetes, a condition that affects about 20 ...

Forbes - It is one of the most common dermatological diseases, affecting an estimated 30 million people in the USA alone while prevalence is steadily increasing for various reasons, e.g. the aging of the population, diabetes etc. Oral therapies that are ...

Seattle Times - A diabetes-control drug, metformin, was tentatively identified in a nearby well and creek. County scientists last year reported that a synthetic female hormone used in birth-control pills and hormone-replacement therapy was turning up in storm water ...

Indianapolis Star - A one-day conference to help diabetes patients and their families cope with the disease will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center in Downtown Indianapolis. Speakers at the forum will include Dr. Steven V. Edelman, a ...

News-Medical.Net - The American Diabetes Association (ADA), members of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus and diabetes experts, will host a congressional briefing, Wednesday, January 23 at 1 p.m. in 2218 Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the annual diabetes cost ...

Boston Globe - Researchers say high sugar and fat intake and low levels of physical activity are the leading contributors to childhood obesity, which is blamed for a rise in diabetes, heart disease, and other health problems. The prevalence is particularly high in ...

Boston Globe - While many insurers' contracts already include performance measures, the Blue Cross plan goes further, by offering up to a 10 percent bonus, based on progress toward dozens of quality standards, such as keeping blood pressure and diabetes under ...

The Ledger - The study noted whether patients had other medical conditions like diabetes, but it did not report how many underwent radiation or other treatments that might have played a role in the infections. Stephen R. Colen, the chairman of plastic and ...