Obesity surgery reverses diabetes in teens study
A small study finds that 10 of 11 severely obese teens who had gastric bypass or similar surgery achieved diabetes remission within a year, while all non-surgical peers remained diabetic. Researchers note careful candidate selection and long term risks for youths.
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New York
Thomas Inge
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Inge
Pediatrics
U.S
Larry Deeb
American Diabetes Association
Cincinnati
Plunges Face Saturation as Fundraising Stunts Proliferate
Maine’s Lobster Dip began 21 years ago as the first winter plunge for Special Olympics Maine. Now many similar cold-water fundraisers spread from coast to coast, threatening to dilute impact and crowd out others, insiders say. Rocky Frenzilli, the organizer, notes his continued participation while questioning the field’s growth.
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Portland, Maine
Maine
Hawaii
Rocky Frenzilli
Old Orchard Beach
Rising gun deaths among Black teens emerge in study
A Northeastern University study finds a sharp rise in killings and homicides among Black males 14 to 17 from 2000 to 2007, despite an overall U S crime decline. Guns dominate offenses, with calls for more funding for policing and youth programs.
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Boston
United States
Northeastern University
FBI
James Alan Fox
Marc Swatt
Fox
Jeffrey Brown
Ten Point Coalition
Abstinence pledges fail to curb teen sex study finds
A Johns Hopkins led study using federal survey data shows teens who took virginity pledges are just as likely to have premarital sex as nonpledgers and are 10 points less likely to use condoms or birth control. Researchers say pledges do not change sexual behavior though they lower contraception use.
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Washington Post
Janet Rosenbaum
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pediatrics
Congress
New Year Resolutions Focus on Personal Change
The advice stresses making resolutions that matter to you and avoiding changes driven by others. It urges choosing goals with a personal stake, noting many resolutions fade after January as old habits resurface.
Allen brings New Orleans Jazz to Warsaw concert
Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band played their first Poland show in Warsaw with clarinet and traditional jazz. An audience near 3000 filled Sala Kongresowa, applauding Allen’s solos and giving a standing ovation at the two hour concert.
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Associated Press
Woody Allen
Poland
New Orleans
Allen
Warsaw
Sala Kongresowa
Ann Savage dies at 87 remembered for Detour fame
Ann Savage noted 1940s femme fatale dies in sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from stroke complications. Her career waned after the 1950s but revived with Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg. She debuted in One Dangerous Night (1943) and appeared in over 30 films including Saddles and Sagebrush Satan's Cradle Dancing in Manhattan Port to Suez and Two Man Submarine Detour.
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Ann Savage
Kent Adamson
Guy Maddin
Winnipeg
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