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Diamyd and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Agreement Receives Antitrust Clearance

Diamyd Medical AB announced it has received antitrust clearance that closes the transaction announced on June 22, 2010 with Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OMJPI), a Johnson & Johnson company. The US Federal Trade Commission's clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Anti-Trust Improvements Act...

Type 2 Diabetes in Vietnam

A study by Australian and Vietnamese scientists found about 11% of men and 12% of women in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City had undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, according to a BBC report. This was in addition to the 4% of people who had been diagnosed...

JDRF Testifies Before Congress on Diabetes Research and Need for Renewal of the Special Diabetes Program

According to a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) press release, representatives from the JDRF testified this week in two congressional hearings focused on advances in diabetes research and the importance of continued diabetes research funding through the Special Diabetes Program...

Field Report: Notes on the ADA Annual Meeting 2010

The old insulin pump versus multiple daily injections controversy rolls along...

Race Car Driver Charlie Kimball Distributes Novo Nordisk’s Special ‘Camp Kit’

Novo Nordisk, a world leader in diabetes care, and Indy Lights race car driver Charlie Kimball announced the availability of a wide array of resources to help kids with diabetes have a positive and rewarding summer camp experience. Kimball, who has type 1 diabetes, will hand out ...

101 Places Not To See: An Interview With Author Catherine Price

Though highlighting some of the worst places on earth, Catherine emphasizes that sometimes the best experiences when you're traveling are not the ones on the beaten path...

101 Places Not To See Before You Die

Now out from HarperPaperbacks, 101 Places Not To See Before You Die -- by ASweetLife contributor Catherine Price -- is a guide to some of the least appealing destinations and experiences in the world.

Lindsey’s Guide to Surviving College with the Big D, The Schedules and Connections Edition

If you can get a schedule that works with your insulin regimen, you’ve been blessed. So try for that...

The Hypoglycemic Correcting Blues

My blood sugar reading was 44 mg/dl...I had run out of glucose tablets and Lucozade Sport – a glucose drink that I depend on for low blood sugars...

Children with Diabetes in California Schools: ADA Issues Statement

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued a statement expressing extreme disappointment in the California Court of Appeal ruling in the case of American Nurses Association et al. v. O’Connell, which prevents non-medical school personnel from volunteering to administer insulin to California schoolchildren who are not yet able to self-manage their disease...