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"Jumping Gene" Diminishes The Effect Of A New Type 2 Diabetes Risk Gene
Research led by the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) has identified a new gene associated with diabetes, together with a mechanism that makes obese mice less susceptible to diabetes. A genomic fragment that occurs naturally in some mouse strains diminishes the activity of the risk gene Zfp69. The researchers also found that the corresponding human gene (ZNF642) is especially active in overweight individuals with diabetes. The results of the study, which also involved scientists from the University of Leipzig and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, are published July 3 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

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FDA Advisory Committee Votes In Favor Of Zyprexa For Two Adolescent Indications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee (PDAC) voted that Zyprexa(R) (olanzapine), an atypical antipsychotic, is effective and acceptably safe for the acute treatment of schizophrenia or manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adolescents aged 13-17 years old. The panel supported the FDA and Lilly"s position that if Zyprexa is approved for the two indications, prescribers should consider other treatment options first for adolescent patients.
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A Selection of Editorials and Opinions Health Care Reform, As The Insurers See It - New York Times Health care reform is simply too important to be hijacked by ideology, divisive rhetoric and the settling of old scores (Michael Tuffin, Letter to the Editor, 6/8). President"s Health Care Plan? Hah! China"s Scorn Is Deserved - Sacramento Bee The Chinese own so much of our debt that they have a keen interest in U.S. fiscal probity, and apparently a dim view of our ability to achieve it. The mandarins of a notionally communist government are now forced to harangue the world"s emblematic capitalist country about its ever-spiraling public debt (Rich Lowry, 6/9). How Not to Reform Health Care - National Review Massachusetts is widely touted as a model for health-care reform. It isn"t (Michael Tanner, 6/9). Medicare System Offers Model For Health Reform - Arizona Daily Star You will find more than 90 percent satisfied Medicare customers. Physician satisfaction with Medicare is also high. We don"t have to rediscover the wheel; we have only to follow its tracks (Dr. Charles Katzenberg, 6/9). What Access Really Means - Boston Globe Public health officials have long recognized - and tried to eliminate - the sharp disparities in health among racial and ethnic minorities. But there is another group as well that ranks well below average on many measures of health: people with disabilities (6/9). Health Care Reform -- the players and their starting positions - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer The next few months are going to be riveting. Will we be watching a political wreck or a historic success? At this point I"d say the chances for a bill are only a tad better than 50-50 (Larry Seaquist, 6/8). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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