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Destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have discovered how destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes.

9 Oct 2009

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists in their Biosciences Lab have been awarded a second round of funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue research that could reduce the cost and time of sequencing of an entire human genome to less than $1,000, in under a day.

9 Oct 2009

CIGNA and Prohealth Physicians to implement an enhanced care coordination program

CIGNA and ProHealth Physicians, Inc., have expanded their longstanding relationship by implementing an enhanced care coordination program that includes pay-for-performance provisions and many of the features of a patient-centered medical home program. This is the first program of its kind in Connecticut.

9 Oct 2009

Knome incorporates HGMD information into its genome interpretation services

Knome, a recognized pioneer in the personal genomics industry, announced today that it is incorporating information from The Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD® - Cardiff University, UK) distributed by BIOBASE, into its genome interpretation services.

8 Oct 2009

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Minorities are so far missing from the cacophony of voices - including doctors, insurers, industry lobbyists, and patient advocates - in the health-care reform debate, the Washington Post reports, even as they are "disproportionately represented among the poor and uninsured and could benefit the most from reform, and who are more likely than others to have chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

8 Oct 2009

Kaiser Permanente launches osteoporosis prevention campaign

Encouraging everyone to “Embrace Your Inner Strength,” Kaiser Permanente has launched a campaign throughout Southern California aimed at getting teenagers, seniors and everyone in between to get serious about building up their skeletons and preventing osteoporosis.

8 Oct 2009

Roche scientist honored with 2009 Meienhofer Award for excellence in peptide chemistry

Waleed Danho, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Leader at Roche was honored last week as the 2009 recipient of the Meienhofer Award for excellence in peptide chemistry at the international peptide symposium, RCCPS (http://www.rochecolorado.com/PeptideSymp09/).

8 Oct 2009

New Everyware Medical Gateway solution to remotely monitor treatment for diabetic patients

Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the Everyware(TM) Medical Gateway designed to help physicians remotely monitor and adjust the treatment of their diabetes patients.

8 Oct 2009

Centric Health Corporation, PrevCan enter into an agreement to form a strategic alliance

Centric Health Corporation (TSX: CHH), a diversified healthcare company, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to form a strategic alliance with PrevCan, Inc. ("INTERxVENT Canada").

8 Oct 2009

Variation in human genomes is key to understanding inherited differences between health and disease

In research published today by Nature, an international team describes the finest map of changes to the structure of human genomes and a resource they have developed for researchers worldwide to look at the role of these changes in human disease.

8 Oct 2009

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologist elected as ANA Honorary Member

Louis R. Caplan, MD, Senior Neurologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and a leader in the treatment and research of strokes, has been elected an Honorary Member of the American Neurological Association (ANA). As the organization's highest honor, Honorary Membership is reserved for select individuals who have made unique contributions to neurology and neurological science throughout their careers.

8 Oct 2009

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

An important observational registry evaluating processes of care and one-year outcomes of over 4300 heart attack patients is now being completed. Researchers at the Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, MO have led this observational research study in collaboration with 23 other hospitals throughout the U.S.

8 Oct 2009

eHealth Ontario take steps to regain public's trust

eHealth Ontario today pledged that the agency will regain the public's trust by delivering concrete results and ensuring that the issues of procurement and governance reported by the Auditor General will not be repeated.

8 Oct 2009

Antidotes effective for treating acute liver failure patients in early stages of disease

The antidote for acute liver failure caused by acetaminophen poisoning also can treat acute liver failure due to most other causes if given before severe injury occurs, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues at 21 other institutions have found.

8 Oct 2009

Obesity and diabetes-2 increase the risk of serious health problems and reduce quality of life

Over the last 10-20 years, the number of cases of obesity and diabetes-2 has risen dramatically. The WHO considers obesity-related illnesses to be one of the world's biggest health problems. Obesity and diabetes-2 do not just reduce the quality of life but also dramatically increase the risk of serious health problems, such as cardiovascular diseases.

8 Oct 2009

Alaska Dentist honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Health Leader Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Amanda Gaynor Ashley, D.M.D., Ms.Edu., director of the Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic in Barrow, Alaska, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

CHEO researchers identify protein that inhibits insulin production

One of the biggest mysteries about diabetes is why specialized cells in the pancreas stop secreting insulin, which the body needs in order to store glucose from food. A team from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute has identified a protein that inhibits insulin production in mice - work that offers a new way of understanding, and perhaps of one day treating, both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

8 Oct 2009

Napo Pharmaceuticals hosts educational panel to address global health and environment

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Napo) recently hosted an educational panel to address the impact of the lack of access to clean water and enteric disease on global health, the environment, and human rights.

8 Oct 2009

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

The U.N. on Tuesday launched an appeal for $74 million "to provide emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of two catastrophic typhoons that have struck the Philippines in less than two weeks," VOA News reports (Schlein, 10/6).

8 Oct 2009

New study to assess the risk of heart disease in diabetics

In a new international partnership, Dr. Randy Nelson, a researcher at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, and Dr. Tai E-Shyong , associate professor at Singapore's National University Hospital, National University Health System (NUHS), have teamed up to assess the risk of heart disease in diabetics with greater accuracy.

8 Oct 2009

Diabetes News and Research

Latest Diabetes News and Research

Destructive immune cells gain access to insulin-producing cells and help cause diabetes

NHGRI support research to accelerate development of innovative sequencing technologies

CIGNA and Prohealth Physicians to implement an enhanced care coordination program

Knome incorporates HGMD information into its genome interpretation services

Minority groups gear up to push for health care reform

Kaiser Permanente launches osteoporosis prevention campaign

Roche scientist honored with 2009 Meienhofer Award for excellence in peptide chemistry

New Everyware Medical Gateway solution to remotely monitor treatment for diabetic patients

Centric Health Corporation, PrevCan enter into an agreement to form a strategic alliance

Variation in human genomes is key to understanding inherited differences between health and disease

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center neurologist elected as ANA Honorary Member

Clinical and health status outcomes information repository of heart attack patients completed

eHealth Ontario take steps to regain public's trust

Antidotes effective for treating acute liver failure patients in early stages of disease

Obesity and diabetes-2 increase the risk of serious health problems and reduce quality of life

Alaska Dentist honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Health Leader Award

CHEO researchers identify protein that inhibits insulin production

Napo Pharmaceuticals hosts educational panel to address global health and environment

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

New study to assess the risk of heart disease in diabetics

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