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Chicago's Looming Diabetes Epidemic

The Windy Citizen | Whitney Jackson | Posted 08.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Rates of Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Humboldt Park, Type 2 Diabetes in Chicago, Health, Humboldt Park Diabetes, Chicago Diabetes Epidemic, Diabetes, Chicago Health, Chicago Diabetes, Humboldt Park Health, Chicago Public Health, Chicago News

While childhood obesity rates remain sky-high in the U.S., society has yet to feel the full weight of our expanding waistlines, experts say. For young...

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How to Save America $16 Billion and Spare Millions from Disease

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, Trust for America's Health, Sen. Tom Harkin, Health Care, Chronic Disease, Obseity Epidemic, Diabetes, Healthcare, Politics News

How do Americans expect to compete in the global economy if our workforce isn't healthy enough to be competitive? The good news is, many of the US's most prevalent medical problems are very preventable.

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Want to Stay or Get Thin After 30? Sleep the Right Amount

Donna Fish | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Rest and Exercise, Metabolism, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Calorie Burning, Sleep, Living News

According to a study following more than 68,000 American women for a period of 16 years, those who managed to get adequate sleep (about 7-8 hours), gained less weight during middle age.

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The Food We Eat, The Sex We Have - What's A Country To Do?

Amy Coen | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Condoms, Hiv, Contraceptives, Diabetes, Aids, Mexico, Women's Rights, Developing Countries, Policy, Living News

I've been in Mexico for almost a week. There's a growing behavior change challenge here: persuading Mexicans to change the way they eat and the way they have sex.

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Who'll Cure Our Kids, Big Pharma Or Small Farmers?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, School Food, Baum Forum, Diabetes, Obesity, Prescription Drugs, Hilary Baum, Living News

Our culture treats our children like cattle, fattening them up on corn and soy by-products. If we love our kids so much, why have we let Big Food turn them into cash cows for Big Pharma?

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I Hate Special K

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Ads, Diets, Swimsuit, Obesity Crisis, Bikini, You vs. The Swimsuit, Health, Nutrition, Body Image, Diabetes, Special K, Cereal, Living News

Yes, I hate the date-rape drug but I am actually talking about the cereal this time. How can a lowly box of spurious nutrition engender such hatred? Easy.

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How The War On Drugs Takes Horticultural Hostages

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Afghanistan, Asparagus, Aghan Poppy Crop, Agriculture, War on Drugs, Taliban, Diabetes, Michigan, Living News

It's a safe bet that diabetics outnumber crackheads in the U.S. by a big fat margin, but the corn cartel's got carte blanche to fill us (and our gas tanks) with their Beltway-blessed by-products.

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Billionaire's Fortune At Risk After Evidence Links Inhaler To Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Daniel Costello | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Lung Cancer, Billionaires, MannKing Corp, Inhaled Insulin, Diabetes, Alfred Mann, Mannkind, Pfizer, Inhaled Insulin Lung Cancer, Diebetics, Business News

With the zeal of a young entrepreneur, 82-year-old Los Angeles billionaire and philanthropist Alfred Mann has bet nearly half of his estimated $2.2-bi...

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Sherri Shepherd Jokes About Diabetes And Amputation, Says Dieting Is Like Sex With No Orgasm

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: The Tonight Show, Sherri Shepherd, Sex, Jay Leno, Diabetes, David Beckham, The View, Dieting, Orgasm, Media News

The View's Sherri Shepherd was on "The Tonight Show" last night. After caressing fellow guest David Beckham — and prompting Jay Leno to remind h...

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Women Watch Out: Poor Sleep Could Be Worse for You

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 04.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Importance of Sleep, Health, Living News

No more excuses, please. Seriously. A new study that just came out, which I read about in an online article from an industry magazine, is bad news for...

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In Search of Teachers, Not Presidents

Derek Beres | Posted 03.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Michael Pollan, Colin Campbell, Nutrition, Protein, Environment, Eating Locally, Environmentalism, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Cycle, Diabetes, The Food Revolution, John Robbins, The China Study, Health Care, 2008 Election, Living News

Can you imagine a candidate stepping up on the next debate to declare that we can begin to heal ourselves through a whole foods, plant-based diet?

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Why Can't Docs Be More Like Dogs?

Peggy Drexler | Posted 12.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Service Dogs, Diabetes, Medicine, Dogs, Living News

The difference between service dogs and doctors -- besides medical school, internships, residencies, proud parents and opposable thumbs -- is total and absolute concentration on the patient.

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Feeding School Kids Sugar Coated Irony

Bryan Young | Posted 11.29.2007 | Living

Read More: Junk Food, Diabetes, Vending Machines in Schools, Childhood Obesity, Living News

The teacher stapled to the front of a student's anti-junk food essay a coupon for a free order of CinnaStix at Domino's. On the front of the coupon was written, "In recognition of a professional, persuasive essay."

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Lawsuits I'd Like to See, Part 2: Obese Child Sues Their Parents

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.15.2007 | Living

Read More: Fat Children, Fat Kids, Obese Kids, Diabesity, Obese Children, Diabetes, Obesity, Fat, Obesity Lawsuit, Childhood Obesity, Living News

The only thing that could change the epidemic of obesity is a lawsuit: Specifically, a person who has grown up obese with diabetes turning 18 and suing his/her parents.

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