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- New insulin-resistance discovery may help diabetes sufferers
- Sparky Anderson, former baseball manager for Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, dead at 76
- UK judge clears policeman of fraud during London bomb probe
- Jerry Brown defeats Meg Whitman in election for California governorship
| New insulin-resistance discovery may help diabetes sufferers Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010 Researchers at Japan's Kanazawa University announced the identification of a hormone produced by the liver, apparently a previously unknown cause of insulin resistance. The discovery may offer new research targets in treating insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Insulin resistance (IR) is a condition where the body's cells are unable to respond properly to insulin-based treatments. The pancreas continues insulin production but fails to prevent increases in glucose levels; the body unable to respond to the insulin properly. More...   |
| Sparky Anderson, former baseball manager for Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, dead at 76 Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010 Sparky Anderson, former baseball manager for the Detroit Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds, has died at the age of 76. Spokesman for the family Dan Ewald announced Anderson died after a long battle with dementia. Ewald also said that Anderson's family had placed him in a hospice care center yesterday. More... |
| UK judge clears policeman of fraud during London bomb probe Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010 A judge has cleared a senior police officer today of fraud relating to money intended for use investigating the London bombings in 2005. Detective Seargent Peter Allbut was accused of keeping £9,200 set aside to accomodate officers sent to Leeds during the probe. Southwark Crown Court was told by Paul Watson QC, prosecuting, that Allbut was given access to an American Express to withdraw funds to pay rent bills after the cost of hotels was deemed excessive. Allbut was alleged to have on three occasions between February and May 2007 to have siphoned funds into his personal bank account. Allbut denied three counts of fraud relating to £2,200, £4,000 and £3,000. More... |
| Jerry Brown defeats Meg Whitman in election for California governorship Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010 On Tuesday night, twenty-seven years after previously completing his second term as governor of California, candidate Jerry Brown has again won the race for the position. Attorney General Jerry Brown, of San Francisco, California, was the lead nominee for the Democratic Party, facing off against the lead nominee of the Republican Party Meg Whitman, of Long Island, New York, who had spent a record US$141 million to support her campaign. More than approximately $80 million of that was diverted to knocking out California Insurance Commissioner and also Republican candidate Steve Poizner, of Houston, Texas, who was also running in the election but was defeated early in the campaign. More... |
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