Colo. Seeing More Swine Flu In Latinos, Blacks
Colorado health officials say they are seeing higher rates of swine flu among blacks and Latinos this flu season. Chief medical officer Ned Calonge at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says diabetes and asthma increase a person’s risk of complications from swine flu, and Colorado has high asthma and diabetes rates, especially among Latinos and blacks. The health department …
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American Diabetes Association Announces New Board Members and Officers
Chair of the Board Nash M. Childs, PE David K. Bloomgarden, MD, FACE Executive Vice President Physician Leader Bancroft Construction Company Scarsdale Medical Group, LLP Wilmington, DE Harrison, NY President, Health Care & Education Jeffrey Caballero, MPH Christine T. Tobin, RN, MBA, CDE Executive Director Diabetes Educator Association of Asian Pacific Atlanta, GA Community Health Organizations …
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Siblings key in pregnancy-related diabetes risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a family history of diabetes who are free from the disease themselves are more likely to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, a new study confirms.
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Johnson & Johnson partners with charity for juvenile diabetes to start testing artificial pancreas
TRENTON, NJ. (AP) — An experimental artificial pancreas will soon be tested in diabetes patients, potentially sparing them from its most dangerous complications and frequent blood sugar checks and insulin injections.
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BCH diabetes program gets recognition
The prestigious American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for a quality diabetes self-management education program was recently awarded to the Diabetes Center at Boone County Hospital.
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