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JDRF Launches Innovative Cure Collaboration Partnership With Sanford Health

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the world"s leading charitable funder and advocate of diabetes research, said that it is partnering with Sanford Health, an integrated health care system in South Dakota and the Midwest, in an innovative "cure collaboration" to speed the pace of diabetes research and delivery of cures at the point-of-care.

Statins May Be Linked To Muscle Damage

A recent study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reports that patients taking statins with associated muscle complaints may have structural muscle damage.

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ASTRO Accepting Grant Applications From Illinois Cancer Support Organizations

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is now accepting applications for Survivor Circle grants from cancer support organizations in Illinois. ASTRO awards these grants to non-disease site specific cancer support groups located in the state where ASTRO holds its Annual Meeting. ASTRO"s Annual Meeting will be held November 1-5, 2009, at McCormick Place West in Chicago.