The Foundation of UMDNJ has received a grant for the UMDNJ-University Hospital (UH) in Newark, New Jersey from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES program to tailor interventions to improve outpatient care and access for people living with type 2 diabetes.

Health Secretary Alan Johnson today announced the creation of a newBiomedical Research Centre of excellence in Manchester to drive thedevelopment, testing and uptake of new and better ways to prevent,diagnose and treat ill-health. The creation of this new Centre recognises the international researchexcellence of the partnership between the Central Manchester &Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust and theUniversity of Manchester.

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging such as Type 2 Diabetes, announced today that the United States Patent Office issued to Sirtris the first patent covering a broad class of compounds that activate the enzyme SIRT1.

Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease. Now, scientists think that stem cell transplants may ultimately benefit those who suffer from diabetes or cancer.

The Solidarity Community Care Organization is requesting urgent support for HIV-positive people affected by recent flooding in northern areas of Namibia, the Namibian reports.

GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced that the European Commission has referred its breast cancer drug Tyverb, sold in the U.S. as Tykerb, to the European Union’s

Hospitalizations of adult Hispanics for diabetes-related foot or leg amputations rose sharply between 2001 and 2004, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Leg or foot amputations among people with diabetes typically occur because the disease diminishes blood circulation.

The Russell Berrie Foundation has donated $28 million to Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, as part of a focused effort to provide comprehensive care to diabetes patients while working, through concentrated research initiatives, toward a cure, the Medical Center gratefully announced.The nation’s fifth leading killer, diabetes is a disease in which the body’s failure to regulate glucose, or blood sugar, can lead to fatal complications.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (R) has decided to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocks a state law requiring minors to notify their parents before undergoing an abortion from going into effect, the Chicago Tribune reports (Chicago Tribune, 3/18).U.S.

Orlando Sentinel columnist Darryl Owens on Saturday featured the work of HIV/AIDS community activist Alisa Brown. Brown, a prevention program manager at the Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, is the organizer of a five-week discussion session on HIV/AIDS awareness, called the