Jo on January 16th, 2007

Another NASCAR Legend has gone home to God.
Benny Parsons, a former taxi driver turned NASCAR champion, died Tuesday from complications stemming from his short battle with lung cancer, his son Keith said. He was 65.
Parsons, the 1973 NASCAR champion, died in Charlotte, N.C., where he had been hospitalized since Dec. 26.
A member of NASCAR’s 50 [...]

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Jo on January 16th, 2007

Gene Associated with Severe Kidney Failure in Diabetes Identified
Newswise — A research team at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and the University of Heidelberg has proven that a gene protects some people with diabetes from developing severe kidney failure or “end-stage renal disease.”
Diabetes is the leading cause of end-stage kidney disease worldwide, an illness [...]

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Jo on January 16th, 2007

(h/t Wizbang) - White Rabbit
Note: The Florida Masochist, a regular trackbacker here, is in the hospital.  Please pray for him.  (h/t Outside the Beltway)

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