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		<title>Diabulimia: Forced Weight Loss by Diabetics Can Kill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Diabulimia is a new term used to describe an eating disorder that’s beginning to victimize type I diabetics. As with any other eating disorder teens are the most likely to develop it. The complication is not limited to teenagers only. Any insulin dependent diabetic can become a victim. Diabulimia is developed when a type I [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1966/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1966/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fdiabulimia-forced-weight-loss-by-diabetics-can-kill%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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		<title>What Matters Most To You &#038; Me As A Blogger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Darren Rowse posted an interesting question: "What matters most to you as a blogger". Here's my answer:
1. Blog as repository of knowledge. I am an avid reader; I learn new things everyday. However I keep my RAM (quick search memory) very small. Consequently I frequently refer to my blog and then to Google to find [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1943/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1943/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fwhat-matters-most-to-you-me-as-a-blogger%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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		<title>The Lies Of Embryonic Stem Cell Research Objections or One Woman With Two Souls Ridicules Religious Zealots</title>
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Don’t you just love it when evidence emerges challenging unprovable religious preconceptions espoused by the Pope, the Roman Catholic Church, hardline Islamists, not to mention beloved President George Bush and his own fundamentalist Christian supporters.
What they all believe is that at the instant when an embryo is formed by fertilisation of a human egg by [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1537/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/1537/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fthe-lies-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research-objections-or-one-woman-with-two-souls-ridicules-religious-zealots%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-lies-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research-objections-or-one-woman-with-two-souls-ridicules-religious-zealots/</link>
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		<title>Drug for Diabetic Nephropathy in Phase 3 Trial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Speedel announced today the start of its Phase III study for SPP301, its once-a-day oral endothelin A receptor antagonist (ERA) in the indication of diabetic nephropathy (diabetic kidney disease). The ASCEND(1) study has begun with the first patient visit as per the schedule outlined by Speedel in March 2005 when the company reported successful completion [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/557/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/557/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fdrug-for-diabetic-nephropathy-in-phase-3-trial%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/drug-for-diabetic-nephropathy-in-phase-3-trial/</link>
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		<title>Anouncement: The Stem Cell Blog - News and Hard Facts on Stem Cell Research and Treatment Options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have forked of our coverage of Stem Cell Research news and views in our recently launched The Stem Cell Blog. You will find it much more active than it was under the folds of multi-faceted Simple Thoughts Blog. 
I think we can do better justice to this topic (Stem Cell Research) in an independent [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/540/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/540/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fanouncement-the-stem-cell-blog-news-and-hard-facts-on-stem-cell-research-and-treatment-options%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/anouncement-the-stem-cell-blog-news-and-hard-facts-on-stem-cell-research-and-treatment-options/</link>
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		<title>Consolidated Health News for the week ending June 12, 2005</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three Transplant Patiet have died due to rare infection (LCMV virus) from rats, raises concern for all transplant patients. On a different front educated women are less likely to suffer from insomnia. And it appears that milk is destined to make a comeback. It had really a bad press all along.<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/498/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/498/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fconsolidated-health-news-for-the-week-ending-june-12-2005%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/consolidated-health-news-for-the-week-ending-june-12-2005/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Senator Diana DeGette supports stem-cell research; Shouldn&#8217;t you too?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DeGette, a Denver Democrat, and Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., are sponsoring a bill that would add new ethical standards and increase the number of lines of embryonic stem cells available for federally funded disease research. The bill is expected to come up for a vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Alex Howard carries an [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/463/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/463/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Frep-senator-diana-degette-supports-stem-cell-research%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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		<title>Korean  Study Demonstrates Feasibility of Efficiently Harvesting Genetically Identical Stem Cells from Egg Donors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korean Scientists lead by Woo Suk Hwang and Shing Yong Moon of Seoul National University in Korea have successfully generated new lines of human embryonic stem cells that are exact genetic matches for individual patients, according to a new study.
The researchers derived stem cells from patients with spinal cord injury, a congenital immune disorder and [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/432/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/432/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fkorean-study-demonstrates-feasibility-of-efficiently-harvesting-genetically-identical-stem-cells-from-egg-donors%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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		<title>Research discovers response to beta-blocker therapy genetically pre-determined - must read if you are on beta-blocker therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at University of Florida discovers that beta-blockers are not suitable for certain group of patients, which can be determined by their genetic makeup. In fact for this group beta-blocker therapy actually worsens the heart enlargement problem.<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/401/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/401/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fresearch-discovers-response-to-beta-blocker-therapy-genetically-pre-determined-must-read-if-you-are-on-beta-blocker-therapy%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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		<title>Keryx announces positive interim results for mid stage trial drug for diabetic nephropathy treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) Announces Positive Interim Results From Phase 2 Clinical Study For KRX-101 (Sulodexide Gelcaps) For Treatment Of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Around 40% of diabetic patients progress to diabetic nephropathy. So far the progression can be delayed by tight blood sugar control etc. However there is no known cure.
In the Phase II study, 24 percent of [...]<br/><!-- begin(Yahoo ad) --><a href="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/390/click/"><img src="http://ypn-rss.overture.com/rss/31054/390/img/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.taragana.com%2Findex.php%2Farchive%2Fkeryx-announces-positive-interim-results-for-mid-stage-trial-drug-for-diabetic-nephropathy-treatment%2F&amp;pid=2002724920" alt="Ads by Yahoo!" border="0"/></a><!-- end(Yahoo ad) -->]]></description>
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