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Quitting Time: A Look at Smoking and Preventing Diabetes and Heart Disease (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - It's well known that smoking causes cancer. But did you know that smoking may also raise your risk for type 2 diabetes? Or that it's a major factor in nearly half of heart attacks? It's never easy to stop smoking, but millions of people have quit - and you can, too.
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Province pumps cash into adult diabetes (Simcoe.com)
Starting this month, Ontario will pay for insulin pumps for adults with diabetes. A key part of the province’s diabetes strategy, the new pump program will have the government covering the $6,300 cost of an insulin pump, along with an annual $2,400 grant to help pay for supplies.
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West County Scuttlebutt, Sept. 3 (West County Journal)
BASEBALL * An 11U Select baseball team is looking for players to complete their 2008 fall roster. We currently have 3 openings and seek the interest of impact-type players. Our coaching staff is comprised of professionals from the St. Louis area who are committed to building a quality baseball organization. One of our coaches is a former St. Louis Cardinals baseball assistant team physician, who ...
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ERMC introduces partners in PATH (Eaton Rapids Community News)
The Eaton Rapids Medical Center will be offering a free, six-week chronic disease management class beginning Friday, Sept. 19 from 1-3:30 p.m. This class is designed to teach people to help manage their chronic disease or that of a loved one.
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Determined to fight diabetes: Advocate wantsprovince to fund adult insulin pumps (The Georgian)
Barb Marche is continuing her fight for diabetes health care.
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Young Walkers to Join in Diabetes Fundraiser (Shelbyville Daily Union)
You’re never too young to make a difference in others’ lives. A Shelbyville toddler will be participating in a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) fundraising walk to cure diabetes in St. Louis on September 28.
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NIH EUREKA award funds research at WPI aimed at turning adult skin cells into stem-like cells (EurekAlert!)
( Worcester Polytechnic Institute ) A team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a three-year, $900,000 award from the National Institutes of Health (one of only 38 awarded through the new EUREKA program) for a project aimed at developing a novel way of transforming adult skin cells into stem-like cells. If successful, the research could result in a relatively simple and ...
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JCI online early table of contents: Sept. 5, 2008 (EurekAlert!)
( Journal of Clinical Investigation ) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, September 5, 2008, in the JCI: "How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV"; "HIV-stimulated immune cells generate cells with immunosuppressive properties"; "How immune cells help tumors grow blood vessels"; "Type 2 ...
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ACT Gathering (The Capital)
A Community of Transformation (ACT), in partnership with Anne Arundel Community College's open house for holistic health, will present a program from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 7 at AACC's Cade Building, Room 219, 101 College Parkway in Arnold.
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Today's calendar (Daily News Journal)
Murfreesboro Singles meeting: 6 p.m., O'Charley's, 2450 Old Fort Parkway, Murfreesboro. Make new schedule for next quarter. For adult singles 45 and older. Call 615-890-5632, 615-895-8169, 615-896-4175.
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