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Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes seattlepi.com Sun, 29 May 2011 18:16 PM PDT share: digg facebook twitter About 3 million Americans live with type 1 diabetes, a chronic illness in which their bodies don't make enough insulin, which is needed to convert blood sugar into energy. Life expectancy is diminished for many diabetics because they face a higher risk of serious health complications, including heart disease, stroke, blindness, kidney damage and limb amputations. The ... Lakewood educator always placed family, kids first Everett Herald Sun, 29 May 2011 18:04 PM PDT When Marlys Jensen made friends, they became friends for life. A career-long Lakewood School District employee, loyal member of Everett High School's class of 1957, and Assistance League volunteer, Jensen was known for opening her heart and home to her cherished family and countless friends. Heat's Miller focuses on ailing child St. Petersburg Times Sun, 29 May 2011 17:49 PM PDT Times wires Sunday, May 29, 2011 MIAMI â€" Mike Miller will play in these NBA Finals with a heavy heart, amid concerns about a tiny heart. The Heat forward said Sunday that his newborn daughter, Jaelyn, had been released from a Broward hospital Saturday. She spent the initial days of her life in intensive care because of a ventricular septal defect, in this case, Miller said, "four holes in her ... Heat F Mike Miller's Daughter out of Hospital ABC News Sun, 29 May 2011 17:15 PM PDT Heart-warming: Heat forward Mike Miller takes daughter home from hospital after heart improves Heart-warming: Heat forward Mike Miller takes daughter home from hospital after heart improves Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Sun, 29 May 2011 16:41 PM PDT MIAMI - Mike Miller is feeling great these days, and it has nothing to do with his first trip to the NBA finals. The Heat forward and his wife brought home newborn daughter Jaelyn from a South Florida hospital on Saturday afternoon, about two weeks after the baby arrived. Earlier And More Accurate Prediction Of Diseases Such As Diabetes, Atherosclerosis And Heart Disease, Presented At ... Medical News Today Sun, 29 May 2011 16:30 PM PDT Studying the genetic make-up of different varieties of lipids (fatty molecules) in the blood plasma of an individual can lead to a better and earlier prediction of diseases such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, two researchers will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 30 May). In the first study, Dr... Efficacy of Abbott cholesterol drug in question News-Medical-Net Sun, 29 May 2011 16:29 PM PDT A latest study has found that using medication to raise good cholesterol while lowering the bad does NOT translate into fewer adverse cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes. The study was revealed Thursday by the National Institutes of Health and it found that high dosages of Abbott Laboratories' Niaspan failed to prevent heart attacks and boosted the likelihood of a stroke when ... Scots denied life-saving heart valve operations The Scotsman Sun, 29 May 2011 16:20 PM PDT PATIENTS across Scotland are being denied access to a life- saving heart treatment because the NHS refuses to fund the procedure, doctors have warned. HelloLife® Network Slots in a New Segment from Dr. Jeff Chamberlain on Kid’s Heart Health PRWeb Sun, 29 May 2011 16:13 PM PDT HelloLife’s new health and nutritional hosted web-show, ‘This HelloLife Moment,’ adds a new film subject to its upcoming launch on Kid’s Heart Health. (PRWeb May 29, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/5/prweb8482027.htm

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