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“It talks about who we are as a society,” Diaz said. With its scene of hundreds of thousands of fans, Cameron Diaz had come to the right place to talk about her latest foray into filmmaking -- the science fiction-suspense thriller The Box.
“It’s so big,” Diaz said and let out her trademark laugh.
It was more of a nervous laugh. Twice in two months, Diaz is talking about a film that is considered a risk for the A-lister who conquers each genre she seeks. In June, it was My Sister’s Keeper and her role as a mother who genetically creates a child to save another.
“Also, the way Richard did it had a real feel about it,” Diaz said of The Box’s unmatched way of building scary suspense. “It’s got that long Sci-Fi what’s-going-to-happen-next-feel-to-it. And it’s beautiful. Beautifully shot.”
Diaz, in our previous interview was serious and clearly beyond dedicated to My Sister’s Keeper. While discussing The Box, Diaz illustrates a new side to the superstar.
"I’m a Sci-Fi geek,” she says. The Box has allowed her to channel her inner supernatural thrill-seeker.
“That’s what I love about Sci-Fi. I was a real Sci-Fi reader. It’s always something that I really enjoy. And also Richard’s feel for the film -- when you see this film -- it has a really strong feel about it.”
Was playing a character continually dodged by terror an exhilarating effort?
“It was hard,” Diaz said. “It was really stressful.”
Reading labels can help you make wise food choices. Most packaged foods in the grocery store list nutrition information on the package in a section called the Nutrition Facts.
The Nutrition Facts
Above is an example of a Nutrition Facts label. At the top, you'll see the serving size and the number of servings per container. The information on the label is for the serving listed.
The serving on the food label may not be the same as the serving size in your food plan or the serving you normally eat.
If you eat twice the serving listed on the label, you would need to double all the numbers in the Nutrition Facts section.
For example, if you usually eat 2 cups of chili with beans, you'll need to double all of the numbers in this Nutrition Facts section.
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Today, almost 21 million children and adults in the US have diabetes -- including 9.7 million women -- and almost one third of them do not know it. Diabetes can be especially hard on women. The burden of diabetes on women is unique, because the disease can affect both mothers and their unborn children. Diabetes can cause difficulties during pregnancy such as a miscarriage or a baby born with birth defects. Women with diabetes are also more likely to have a heart attack, and at a younger age, than women without diabetes.
Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease in the United States, and it has no cure. For women who do not currently have diabetes, pregnancy brings the risk of gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes develops in 2% to 5% of all pregnancies but disappears when a pregnancy is over. Women who have had gestational diabetes or have given birth to a baby weighting more than 9 pounds are at an increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes later in life.
The prevalence of diabetes is at least 2-4 times higher among African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, and Asian/Pacific Islander women than among white women. The risk for diabetes also increases with age. Because of the increasing lifespan of women and the rapid growth of minority populations, the number of women in the United States at high risk for diabetes and its complications is increasing.
Because of the significant impact diabetes has on women, the American Diabetes Association created the Women and Diabetes Workgroup. Its mission is to represent, involve, and affect all women in our efforts to prevent and cure diabetes and improve the lives of people affected by this disease. This will be accomplished through gender and culturally tailored strategies to direct the Association's activities and through targeted research, information, and advocacy efforts.
Read an overview (PDF) of how ADA is currently working to improve the lives of women with, and at risk for, diabetes.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday of an experimental treatment for diabetes in which cells from newborn pigs will be implanted into eight human volunteers.
Living Cell Technologies hopes the cells may be able to delay the effects of Type 1 diabetes, including blindness, premature coronary illness and limb amputation resulting from poor blood circulation.
Prof. Bob Elliott, medical director of the company, acknowledged that, even in the best-case scenario, the treatment would not eliminate all symptoms.
Some scientists have warned that implanting pig cells has risks. Others say it is too soon to begin testing on humans because no animal trials were conducted.
One risk is that viruses that exist in animals but not in humans could jump species, potentially causing new illnesses and possible new pandemics. Scientists say there are more than 100 pig viruses that could potentially transfer to humans.
Elliott said Thursday that the possibility of a pig endogenous retrovirus - the virus thought to be most contagious for humans - infecting humans is largely "theoretical."
"There is no evidence of a risk" of a pig retrovirus infection, he said.
He said the piglets being used, recovered from 150 years of isolation on islands south of New Zealand, carried no known agent that could infect humans and are held in a fully closed, sterile environment.
Prof. Martin Wilkinson, past chairman of the New Zealand Bioethics Council, said pig islet cells pose "a very small risk" that "is low enough to be managed in human recipients."
"There is no conclusion that it (transplanting animal cells in humans) should be banned just because of the possibility of risk," Wilkinson, who is not involved in the trials, told reporters Thursday.
Elliott has run two previous trials, the first with six patients in New Zealand in 1995-1996. The other, in Russia with 10 patients, began in July 2007. He said he has seen increased insulin production in some subjects, while others rejected the pig cells or the implanted cells stopped producing insulin after a year.
A scientific paper on the trial is to be produced by the end of 2009, he said.
In Type 1 diabetes, the body mistakenly attacks and destroys cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, the hormone crucial to converting blood sugar to energy. It is different from the far more common Type 2 diabetes that is usually linked to obesity, in which the body produces insulin but gradually loses the ability to use it properly.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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