Imperial Valley News Center
Prediabetes
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- Written by Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona - Prediabetes means that your blood sugar level is higher than normal but not yet high enough to be classified as type 2 diabetes. Without intervention, prediabetes is likely to become type 2 diabetes in 10 years or less. If you have prediabetes, the long-term damage of diabetes - especially to your heart and circulatory system - may already be starting.
An Answer to Chronic Pain Through Community
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- Written by Hoyt Finnamore
Rochester, Minnesota - Kylee Swensrud doesn’t want to talk about the bad stuff. About how the chronic back pain she’s been living with for the past few years caused emotional distress and drove a wedge between her parents, or the weight it placed on her older sister over concern for her. And she especially doesn’t want to talk about how it rendered a vibrant, outgoing teenager essentially lifeless.
Media Freedom in Turkey
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - We are troubled by the pre-trial arrest yesterday of senior editors of the respected Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet.
U.S.-Angola Strategic Dialogue
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - On November 18, 2015, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Angola, Georges Chikoti, made an official visit to the United States. During the visit, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Chikoti met as part of the U.S.-Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue.
World Radiocommunication Conference Concludes in Geneva
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Geneva, Switzerland - The 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) ended on November 27, after four weeks, concluding with agreements to identify additional spectrum bands for wireless broadband and approving the use of satellite links for Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS). The WRC-15 identified approximately 250 megahertz of effectively globally harmonized spectrum for mobile broadband, and in the Americas, some countries will have access to more than 500 megahertz (MHz).
U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern Travels for COP21
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Washington, DC - U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern will travel November 28 – December 12 to Paris for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP21).
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