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I actually have “get gym membership” on my To-Do list!  Now I just have to DO it. 

My del.icio.us links to diabetes related news articles of interest. 

1. Diabetics taking TZDs at risk for fractures | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/29/2008 Researchers of Boston University and Switzerland examined 1,020 patients who had fractures matched with 3,728 people who did not have the problem. Diabetics who used GlaxoSmithKline’s Avandia and Japanese drugmaker Takeda’s Actos for a year or more …. 
2. Medtronic Announces FDA Clearance Of New OneTouch(R) Ultralink(TM) Blood Glucose Meter This new meter uses Medtronic-certified wireless technology to transmit glucose readings directly to MiniMed Paradigm® insulin pumps and the Guardian® REAL-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.
3. Stay Out of the Swamp :: Diabetes Self-Management Supermarkets are also food swamps, filled with unhealthy products and additives that can raise your blood sugar and poison you in a dozen subtle ways. How do you get the benefits of the modern food industry and avoid the dangers?
4. News::Wis. Parents Due Back In Court Today In Diabetes Death Of Daughter The parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes are expected to make their initial court appearance in Wausau today.
5. Could Aspirin Help Fight Diabetes? – Health News Story – KCTV Kansas City Salicylates, substances like aspirin, may help obese people produce insulin, which could help them fight diabetes, researchers said.
6. The Free Press, Mankato, MN – Our View: Diabetes a preventable epidemic Already, more than 20 million Americans are believed to be diabetic and 41 million more are prediabetic, meaning their blood sugar is high.
7. New Approaches To Islet Transplantation In Type 1 Diabetes Researchers from 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new approaches to transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes.

Have a great day.