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Area residents are invited to participate in a free eye examination program for people with diabetes. The program will be held on Saturday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at South Jersey Healthcare - Elmer Hospital, Same Day Surgery, first floor.

Obese people without metabolic risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, do not have the elevated cardiovascular risk typical of obesity, but they represent only a small percentage of the obese population, according to a long-term study.

Children at San Pasqual Elementary School in Winterhaven ran more than 9,000 miles this past school year as part of a program to battle diabetes. Dresana Palone, 10, ran 130 miles. Palone said she runs, because I like to. I was bored of playing so I decided to run.

It wasn't about the number of goals scored, or the victory medals. Instead it was about raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Roche Holding AG delayed development of the experimental diabetes drug taspoglutide by at least 12 to 18 months after more people than expected suffered from side effects such as skin reactions and digestive symptoms.

Sanofi-Aventis SA fell the most in a month in Paris trading on renewed concern that the Lantus diabetes treatment, the French drugmakers top-selling product, may be linked to an increased risk of cancer.

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