The five-year, U.S. government-backed study, presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting on Tuesday, was stopped temporarily in February 2008 because there were 20 percent more deaths among diabetics with heart problems who got intensive treatment to lower their blood sugar compared to those who were treated more conservatively.

The patients getting the tougher treatment were transferred into the gentler group and the trial continued.

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2008 was something of a vintage year for popcorn-munchers. But is there a 2009 film that can equal the colossal success of The Dark Knight? Which hot franchises will step up to fill the spaces left by Batman, Bond and Indy?

We’ve taken a look through the studio schedules and picked out the most promising prospects for the coming year. History tells us that when times are tough, box office takings boom. Here’s our selection of the best films Hollywood has to offer us in 2009.

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To make a long story short. NO!

A couple of months ago, I received an email from Natalie Pickford (natalie.pickford (at) adwire.us) with an offer to buy ad space on one of my sites. I explained to her our policy (no comission based ads, no casinos, porn or warez ads, etc, and in order to be on the safe side, pre-pay for the ad). She said she agrees on all the above, that their clients are Yahoo, Levi’s, Gucci, etc, and the pre-pay will only happen for the first month.. So we proceed..

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