Seasonal environment at birth may influence diabetes later. Could the season and environment have an effect on infants being born? Study participants (9,737 youth with type 1 diabetes and 1,749 with type 2 diabetes) were identified by six collaborating U.S. centers. Among the type 1 diabetic youths, percentage births decreased in October–February and increased in [...]

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An End To Finger-Stick Testing For Diabetes Patients? The PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PSID) announced in April that it planned to conduct laboratory-based comparisons of the non-invasive Easy Check breath glucose analysis system versus the current standard “finger stick” blood glucose testing method. The hope for diabetics is that this new breath analyzer [...]

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It’s Time To Skin The Brown Dog! The Dog Days of summer have arrived. The loud stinging sound of cicadas penetrate the airwaves with vibrato. Incessant hot temperatures keep reminding us what summer is all about. And to think that just a few months ago we were begging for some kinder, warmer weather. Now we [...]

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TwitPic Comes Up With A New Look And Popular Users List The very popular photo website has come up with a new look and and a search button. I’ve sometimes wondered what would happen if they added a search button. Well, I never noticed one there before if it was there. Did you? Also at the TwitPic site [...]

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2011 Ford Explorer Vehicle Tour   The 2011 Ford Explorer has been described as “buff”. The new Ford face has a 3-bar grill, thin chrome, and beautiful head lamps. Observe, it even says “Explorer” in the the lamps. The look is enhanced by the head lamps. What the customer really wants in a new vehicle is - [...]

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When Life Gives You Lemons You Make (Good) Lemonade If you’ve never had kidney stones, chances are that you have either a relative or a business associate that has had this painful problem before. The pain is often compared to childbirth. What are the symptoms of kidney stones? Usually, the first symptom of a kidney [...]

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Access All Of Your Favorite Internet Stations Now! Like listening to internet radio? You would like to find some great online radio stations on your computer but are unhappy with what you’ve found lately? Here it is! I have been experimenting with a website called miRoamer. I immediately found a great local station that I never [...]

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Let’s Get The Math Right Americans are hammered with drug commercials daily. Diseases sometimes never heard of, with explicative narratives of side effects saturating the screen. But you never hear about profits from the drug that is being advertised. Why don’t anybody talk about drug pricing at all? Is it because the U.S. Supreme Court passed a bill stating that [...]

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Mike walks across America from New York to San Francisco Man walks across America in his Levi blue jeans. The shooting is done using pixilation. The trip began June 17 in New York and ended July 1 in San Francisco. For the actual photography, the crew used a Canon 5D. More >> here Listen to [...]

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Top Donors For 2010 Cycle Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010 / 2010 1. AT&T Inc – $45,083,314 / $2,735,995 2. American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees – $42,619,761 / $1,861,050 3. ActBlue – $39,955,241 / $12,201,476 4. National Assn of Realtors – $36,267,773 / $1,549,148 5. Goldman Sachs – $32,263,177 / $1,340,427 6. Intl Brotherhood of Electrical [...]

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