Many individuals with type 2 diabetes are diabetic because their body no longer responds to the hormone insulin. Before they become clinically diabetic their body tries to compensate for the lack of insulin responsiveness by increasing the mass of insulin-secreting cells (beta cells) in the pancreas. A new study shows that in mice with high-fat diet–induced insulin resistance, changes in glucose …

AMB Property Corporation(R) Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2006 Results 
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AMB Property Corporation(R), a leading global developer and owner of industrial real estate, today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year 2006.

Keen eye for high standards 
In recent years, the subject of corporate ethics has taken on a whole new meaning. Scandals related to companies like Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and Adelphia reveal how low professional ethics - and professional people - can sink.

Study: Bush Proposes $12.4 Billion Spending Boost in State of Union Speech; Up From 2006 
More bountiful defense budget increases and scarcer spending cuts pushed the yearly price tag of President Bush’s State of the Union proposals past $12 billion, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation’s (NTUF’s) popular and annually updated analysis. Among the findings:

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