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A clinical study conducted at OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center on the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center campus has found that people with Type 2 diabetes diagnosed during youth — as young as 10 years old — have a high risk of developing complications at early ages and have a greater chance of multiple complications within 15 years after diagnosis. The findings are the culmination of a first-of-its-kind trial funded largely by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Read moreTop Story – “Retail Food Price Takes Big Jump To A Record High” - Spurred by a 2.8 percent jump in farm prices, the retail cost of a typical family food market basket rose 0.9 percent in June to a record high, the Agriculture Department reported today. The retail increase was the sharpest monthly gain since February when prices rose 1.9 percent. It left the market basket cost, which had declined in March and April before beginning a new rise in May, at 0.6 percent above March levels and 3.6 percent above a year ago. The department’s
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor joined 21 other state attorneys general in a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Biden Administration’s new guidance on sex discrimination for schools and programs that receive federal nutritional assistance. The lawsuit names the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Read moreThe Department of the Interior last week announced that the 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force has concluded its review of the more than 660 geographic features featuring the name sq___, a term that has historically been used as an offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly for Indigenous women. The Task Force was established in February as directed by Secretary’s Order 3404.
Read moreThe Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with summer can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids should use. Some people can make a celebration out of sitting down to eat, and Abe’s gang knows how to do it.
Read moreParents likely don’t need to be told that college tuition is expensive. Whether you’re a parent of a high school student on the verge of applying for college or of a newborn with decades to go before the first college tuition bill comes due, the burden of how to pay for higher education is likely something you’ve considered.
Read moreThis month I thought we could focus on a couple of management topics particularly watering and weeds, the two W’s of gardening. Both of these topics are somewhat interrelated in that they will affect each other during the growing season.
Read moreHigh blood pressure is a big problem. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly one in three adults in the United States has high blood pressure. In Canada in 2014, slightly less than 18 percent of Canadians ages 12 and older reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.
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