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The Plaza targets young guests with “flat” Eloise contest

#WhereIsEloise The Fairmont-managed Plaza Hotel in New York is encouraging young guests to interact with “Eloise at The Plaza” through a photo initiative. From June to October, guests with small children are encouraged to download a paper cutout of the Eloise character to bring along as they visit sites in New York and elsewhere. Eloise, a fictional children’s book character written by Kay Thompson, lives in The Plaza Hotel, and

Insulin pump may cut risk of heart disease deaths with diabetes

By Roxanne Nelson (Reuters Health) – People with type 1 diabetes must control their blood sugar with insulin, but getting it automatically from an implanted pump may also help to stave off death from heart disease, according to a large Scandinavian study. Among more than 18,000 type 1 diabetics in Sweden followed over time, those with an insulin pump were about half as likely to die of heart-related causes, and