"Doctors' concern about normal weight people with diabetes should potentially be even higher than that for their counterparts who develop diabetes at a heavier weight, " she says.

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This allows it to drop its premiums to a level that many people are willing to pay, though they are still far higher than normal.

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Hard to find any nail-biting about a cold winter propping up already higher-than-normal gas prices at Energen Corp (nyse: EGN - news - people ).

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