News for Week #13 2005

UT Southwestern researchers uncover gene variant that appears to ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... "The implication from our study is that if a person has this gene variation, then - without waiting for the development of insulin resistance - he or she ...

Medtronic Expands Educational Support for Improved Diabetes ...
Hispanic PR Wire (press release) - Miami,FL,USA
... their work by hosting supplemental education for patients interested in improving their blood sugar control and learning more about insulin pump therapy. ...

Woman sues Munson over alleged insulin overdose
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
... After receiving the insulin, Manville was found to be "profoundly hypoglycemic" and in a state of "insulin overdose," according to the suit, and was ...

Generex Biotechtechnology Files Provisional Application For Oral ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... is indicated for the treatment of diabetes mellitus which cannot be controlled by dietary management, exercise and weight reduction, or when insulin therapy is ...

Charlotte girl not slowed down by juvenile diabetes
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... On a daily basis this 8-year-girl talks about things such as insulin pumps, carbohydrates and blood sugar levels. Every second of ...

Green Light for ThGRF in Phase III
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... About HIV-associated Lipodystrophy HIV-associated lipodystrophy is a metabolic syndrome that afflicts a large percentage of HIV patients undergoing ...

Human blood cells coaxed to produce insulin
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
TANTALISING experiments that seem to have made human blood cells start producing insulin have raised the prospect of a new treatment for diabetes. ...

Inhalers may replace needles in diabetes breakthrough
Globe and Mail - Canada
In the eight decades since Canadian scientists developed a life-saving treatment for diabetes, sufferers have always had to inject insulin to control blood ...

IBC's 3rd Annual Targeting Metabolic Syndrome
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Drug & Market Development Publications projects that the world market for metabolic syndrome-related therapeutic and diagnostic products will increase from ...

That doughnut goes down easy
Arkansas Times - Little Rock,AR,USA
... to what one medical journal dryly referred to as "hyperalimentation," nearly one in four Americans has a pre-diabetic condition called metabolic syndrome. ...

Study finds link between kidney damage, cardiac problems
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... Researchers in the new study worked with a mouse model of metabolic syndrome, a condition that is increasing in both adults and children and one that also is ...

Fitness fights diabetes
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... all over again. It's pretty annoying.". Hagen is one of a growing number of children battling diabetes in Valley schools. As a Type ...

Gene heightens type 2 diabetes risk
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Individuals with a specific gene variant may be especially vulnerable to adult-onset, type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. ...

School to Study Diabetes and Hypertension
ABC News - USA
BALTIMORE Mar 30, 2005 -- A five-year study will look at whether teaching doctors about the latest diabetes and high blood pressure treatment guidelines and ...

Pay-for-performance plan for doctors draws national attention
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... The program is focusing initially on care for diabetes and heart problems and on the adoption of improved information technology in doctors' offices. ...

Bitter criticism sours new diabetes research plan
Nature.com - London,England,UK
On the face of it, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) new research program to fight juvenile diabetes seems like a good thing. ...

Assessing diabetes? Check out waistlines
International Herald Tribune - France
A quick look at a man's waistband may provide a big clue about his risk for diabetes. In fact, researchers report, the relationship ...

Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
People with diabetes should receive an informed choice of treatment including risks and benefits of all available treatment options ...

Invasive Monitoring Advised During Obesity Surgery
Reuters Health
Invasive monitoring with a blood vessel catheter may be warranted to assure a safe operation, new research suggests ...

Magnesium deficiency linked to type 2 diabetes
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... conducted at Harvard University indicate that people who have high levels of magnesium in their blood are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes or insulin ...

FDA CAPSULES
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the injectable drug Symlin for use with insulin therapy in adult patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who ...

Whole grains may reduce the risk of heart disease and cancers
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... Apparently, by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing the disordered insulin function people experience with metabolic syndrome, whole grains also help ...

'Diabesity,' crisis in an expanding country
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... The result is an increasing cellular resistance to the effects of the hormone insulin, which enables cells to burn blood sugar for energy. ...

Gene Variation may Predict Diabetes
Ivanhoe - USA
... of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, researchers looked for the ENPP1 variant of a gene for a protein that normally blocks insulin in three ...

Expert Says Diabetes Linked to Obesity Skyrocketing in US ...
Voice of America - USA
... "Diabetes occurs when there is either a deficiency or a failure of normal action of the hormone called insulin, which enables us to use the sugar from the food ...

How Does Body Fat Raise Heart Disease Risk?
WebMD - USA
... That can set the stage for metabolic syndrome,metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors linked to higher risk of heart disease and diabetes. ...

Partnership examines health gap between races
The Emory Wheel - USA
... The research program will focus on "metabolic syndrome," a collection of health issues including abdominal obesity, high blood glucose, abnormal ...

Mouse model reveals potential way to reduce cardiac deaths in ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... For the new study, researchers worked with a mouse model of metabolic syndrome, a condition common among patients with chronic kidney disease that includes ...

Drug companies doing trials of inhaled insulin
CTV - Canada
About six new products are now being tested that would allow insulin-dependent diabetics to receive their doses via an inhaler, rather than an injection. ...

Dowling's Cordova overcoming diabetes
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... Insulin is the hormone that controls a person's sugar levels. Usually ... diabetic. Not getting the proper amount of insulin can be fatal. ...

Sigma Global Corporation Announces Acquisition of Global Health ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... today announced it has acquired Global Health Services, a product development company currently focused on its SureOne diabetic insulin syringe product line ...

Caffeine consumption increases insulin resistance, study finds
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
A Canadian study has found that consumption of caffeine makes insulin more resistant to alterations in blood sugar in patients with and without diabetes. ...

Fat may promote inflammation, new study suggests
Medical News Today - UK
... Women in this age group are at increased risk for metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that increases the risk for heart disease. ...

Scinexa Launches HealthXplorer Series on TV
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... Future programs in the HealthXplorer series will focus on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, hepatitis, and metabolic syndrome. ...

Diabetes - leg lost every 30 seconds
Irish Health - Ireland
By Deborah Condon. Throughout the world, someone loses a leg every 30 seconds as a result of diabetes. However the majority of these ...

Gene Heightens Type 2 Diabetes Risk
ABC News - USA
TUESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- Individuals with a specific gene variant may be especially vulnerable to adult-onset, type 2 diabetes, according to a ...

TolerRx Raises $31M In Series D To Advance Diabetes Drug TRX4
BioWorld Online (subscription) - USA
... The product recently completed an investigator-sponsored Phase II trial in Europe in patients with new-onset Type I diabetes mellitus, and the data are ...

Listen To Your Doc
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... eDiets Chief Nutritionist, Susan L. Burke is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, and a Certified Diabetes Educator who specializes in both general and diabetes ...

New contact lenses may help diabetics monitor blood sugar levels
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
Contact lenses that change their appearance according to the wearer's blood-sugar level could one day help people with diabetes keep track of their levels non ...

Spousal effect on diabetes to be weighed
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... The ``Two Partner Diabetes Management Study'' will look at the ways that a husband or wife affects the health of a spouse who has Type 2 diabetes, the most ...

Expert Says Diabetes Linked to Obesity Skyrocketing in US ...
Voice of America - USA
Type Two diabetes, which is linked to obesity, is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and many other countries, according to Francine Kaufman, a ...

VITAL SIGNS Signals: For Men, a Belt Test for Diabetes
New York Times - USA
By ERIC NAGOURNEY. A quick look at a man's waistband may provide a big clue about his risk for diabetes. In fact, researchers report ...

Pregnancy-related diabetes rising in the US
Heart Center Online - USA
Mar 28 (Reuters Health) - The proportion of US women who develop diabetes during pregnancy -- that is, gestational diabetes -- appears to be increasing, which ...

Blood sugar monitor worn like wristwatch may help manage diabetes ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... and which does not use a needle to check sugar levels, is being evaluated as a possible tool to use in toddlers and young children with type 1 diabetes. ...

Indian herb may be used to help diabetes sufferers
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
Practitioners of traditional Indian medicine have used the herb for years to treat diabetes, and the study indicates that ingesting the herb does lower insulin ...

Vinegar May Lower Blood Glucose
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... significantly. Those with pre-diabetes saw the greatest improvement. The improvements were comparable to some diabetes medications. ...

Diabetes and heart disease may have a common link
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
CLEVELAND -- Diabetes and heart disease are two completely different conditions with more in common than you might realize. Diabetics ...

18% population suffering from hypertension
Daily Times - Pakistan
... As for intrauterine influences, the senior medical professional said low birth weight increased the risk of metabolic syndrome. ...

Investigators now treating two-year old death as omicide
Detroit Free Press - USA
CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. (AP) -- Two years after a former golf course greens-keeper died of an insulin overdose, investigators are calling his death a homicide ...

For baby boomers, health after midlife can be improved
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
... In the past few years, research has linked it to high blood pressure, stroke and diabetes. Sleep apnea becomes more common during the late 40s and early 50s. ...

'Catkins' diet helps cats beat diabetes, study says
The Wichita Eagle - Wichita,KS,USA
... Peterson, staff endocrinologists at the Animal Medical Center in New York, found that in many cases, veterinarians and cat owners can control diabetes with diet ...

Type 2 Diabetes: The More Exercise, the Better
WebMD - USA
March 25, 2005 -- Revving up exercise and physical activity could save the hearts and lives of people with type 2 diabetes. Regular ...

Dainippon Pharmaceutical, ZOEGENE Conclude Joint Research ...
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
... TSE: 4506) and ZOEGENE jointly announced on March 23 that they have entered into a joint research agreement in the fields of diabetes and obesity. ...

Retin A May Help Avoid Diabetes Ulcers
FOX News - USA
... "Diabetic ... Retinoic acid might help avoid the problem, say the researchers. In lab tests, retinoic acid helped the skin wounds of diabetic rats heal faster. ...

Wife eyed in insulin death
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
By Ken Kolker. CEDAR SPRINGS -- Two years after a former golf course greens-keeper died of an insulin overdose, detectives are calling his death a murder. ...

Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Is Involved in the Proliferation ...
Am J Pathology (subscription) - USA
... An essential fetal mitogen involved in the pathogenesis of different embryonal tumors is insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II). ...

Insulin death case goes to trial
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
About a dozen people applauded District Judge Joseph Falcone after he ordered Jean Saxon to stand trial in the insulin murder of her non-diabetic husband. ...

Study urges steps to fast-track new diabetes monitor
Boston Globe - USA
... how quickly. That can have a big impact on how patients dose themselves with insulin to manage the glucose level. Keeping glucose ...

Metabolex Inc.'s diabetes drug passes test
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
The Phase 2 clinical trial of Metabolex Inc.''s metaglidasen, a novel, oral insulin sensitizer, showed it reduced hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in patients with type ...

Intervening to save life
Daily Democrat - Woodland,CA,USA
... Does that mean we quit feeding them, because their body has given out? Do we allow diabetics to die, because their body needs the life support of insulin? ...

Diabetics warned dialysis solution can interfere with glucose ...
Canada.com - Canada
... patients with falsely elevated blood glucose readings may give themselves too large a dose of insulin, which could result in a hypoglycemic episode, Health ...

Exercise Helps Control Type 2 Diabetes
ABC News - USA
... size, but may also reduce the amount of visceral fat surrounding organs in the abdomen -- the type of fat known to be associated with insulin resistance, a ...

Research and Markets: Probing of Metabolic Syndrome
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14622) has announced the addition of Metabolic Syndrome: Pipeline Analysis ...

Beating the Odds on Heart Disease: When It Comes to Living Longer ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... C-reactive protein, a proposed risk factor for developing heart disease, in a large percentage of adolescents who had been diagnosed with the metabolic syndrome ...

Heart Suffers In Booze Binges
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
... by the American Heart Association found those who drink the most at one time are at a 60 percent greater risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of ...

Diabetic Retinopathy Treatment - How To Treat Diabetes, Insulin ...
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
Patients with longstanding diabetes sometimes develop a common and often disabling condition known as Diabetic Retinopathy. This ...

UT Southwestern researchers uncover gene variant that appears to ...
Medical News Today - UK
... "The implication from our study is that if a person has this gene variation, then - without waiting for the development of insulin resistance - he or she ...

Research and Markets: Probing of Metabolic Syndrome
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of risk factors for atherosclerotic disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus comprising obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension ...

Convicted of ex-partner's murder
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... But the Victorian Court of Appeal last August granted a retrial on the grounds that Gojanovic, who has diabetes, may have had a hypoglycemic attack at the time ...

invivodata's eDiary System Collects Data for Another New Drug ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Pharmaceuticals in 2003 included 296 subjects with type 1 diabetes who were intensively managing their disease with either multiple daily insulin injections or ...

Advisory - Health Canada Advises Diabetic Patients Using Extraneal ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
Patients with falsely elevated blood glucose readings may receive an excessive dose of insulin, which could result in a hypoglycemic episode. ...

Strength training may aid older men with diabetes
Heart Center Online - USA
... of nine older men with type 2 diabetes found that a 16-week program of supervised strength training generally improved their sensitivity to insulin, a hormone ...

Rotary Club members learn about diabetes from education expert
Hudson Sun - Framingham,MA,USA
... The two types of diabetes were described by Krafsig as Type 1, in which the beta cells that make insulin are destroyed through an auto-immune process; and Type ...

Second Terri Nurse Suspected Abuse
NewsMax.com - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
... "It looked to me like Terri was having a hypoglycemic reaction, so I ... It is my belief that Michael injected Terri with Regular insulin, which is very fast acting ...

Diabetes Diet - What to Eat During Diabetic Problem
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
... plan designed by a registered dietitian or nutritional counselor) will control the distribution of calories throughout the day so that food and insulin will be ...

News for Week #12 2005

Tribe suing university researcher over misused blood samples
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... lives in a remote area of the Grand Canyon is suing a university researcher, claiming that blood samples taken from tribal members for diabetes testing were ...

Diabetes care "improving"
StaffNurse.com - UK
GPs and local primary care trusts are responding to the call to set up specialist services for people with diabetes, a report said yesterday. ...

Donations Needed To Fund Diabetes Research
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
Type I diabetes afflicts 1.7 million Americans and countless others worldwide. ... The mice were cured of diabetes, with no need for anti-rejection drugs. ...

Diabetic Neuropathy - Some Treatments and Cures for Diabetes
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
Diabetic Neuropathy is a nerve disorder caused by diabetes. People who had diabetes for years may experience numbness and sometimes ...

Diabetes and Nutrition - What Can You Control to Reduce Diabetic ...
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
Diabetes is a very deadly disease. ... Diabetes is a chronic disease that impairs the body's ability to convert blood sugar, or glucose, into energy. ...

Diabetic Retinopathy - Fighting with Diabetes, Cures for Diabetes
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
Damage to the retina probably begins fairly early in the development of diabetes, but symptoms usually do not become noticeable for years. ...

Basic Diabetic FootCare - Diabetes is Realted to Many other ...
Khalsa News Network - Punjab,India
... Diabetes can supress your immune system, so always contact a health care professional if you have a wound that is slow to heal or seems infected. ...

Drugs in Development
R&D Directions (subscription) - Newtown,PA,USA
... Among the priority early-stage projects is LBM642, a novel agonist of PPAR-alpha and PPAR-gamma for the treatment of metabolic syndrome, a group of risk ...

Could magnesium prevent diabetes?
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
... dramatically. Efforts to prevent development of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and subsequent type 2 diabetes are important. ...

Joslin Diabetes Center scientists find genetic defects
Medical News Today - UK
... tolerance. These immune cells then attack the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, mistaking them as foreign invaders. ...

Stalinism at the NY Times and Washington Post: Leftist editors ...
MichNews.com - Troy,MI,USA
... that "Carla was fired from the care facility because of a disagreement with Michael Schiavo in an incident where she claims he injected Terri with insulin.". ...

Chocolate is good for you?
FemaleFirst.co.uk - Ashton-in-Makerfield,Wigan,UK
... of Italian researchers, reveal that snacking regularly on the equivalent of one medium sized bar a day protects against a condition called insulin resistance. ...

Nurse Says Husband Wanted Terri Dead, Husband Says Terri Isn't ...
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription) - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... Doocy said, "Well, what would a shot of insulin do to her?". IYER: It would put you in a hypoglycemic state, into a coma, and then death. ...

Sigma-RBI Releases Obesity and Diabetes Brochure
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... diabetes, as well as the mechanisms of energy homeostasis, the effect of peptides, cytokines and biogenic amines on food intake, the insulin signaling pathway ...

Hoodia, Green Tea and 5-HTP as an Effective Solution for Weight ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... (4) Reduce over production of the fat producing hormone insulin with minerals that minimize insulin resistance and support healthy blood sugar levels. ...

Healthy dose of cash
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... Symlin is a synthetic version of a hormone, amylin, that is secreted by the same cells in the pancreas that make insulin. When used ...

Intensified Screening and Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
The metabolic syndrome (MetS), characterized by a clustering of risk factors associated with insulin resistance and abdominal obesity, is associated with an ...

Invitation: Can we Stop the Cardiovascular Disease Time Bomb?
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 22 /CNW/ - The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of the most dangerous heart attack risk factors: diabetes and prediabetes, abdominal ...

Nutrition Notes: Whole Grains Now Mainstream
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
... Apparently, by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing the disordered insulin function people experience with metabolic syndrome, whole grains also help ...

Obesity tied to heart risk factors after stroke
Heart Center Online - USA
... Being overweight or obese doubled the risk of metabolic syndrome, a disorder that includes poor insulin sensitivity and other problems. ...

Chemists say they have identified a gene that appears to play a ...
News-Medical.net - World
Chemists say they have identified a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent or juvenile ...

Widening Waistlines Predict Diabetes in Men
Forbes - USA
... love handles" and "spare tires" need to go: Researchers say a man's waist size beats his body mass index in predicting whether he'll develop type 2 diabetes. ...

Master switch' that triggers insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes ...
SheKnows.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered why excess weight leads to low-grade inflammation, which hampers the body's ability to use insulin. ...

Diabetes: UK scientists in major breakthrough
IPPMEDIA - Guardian - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
By Deogratius Kiduduye, PST, London. British scientists have made a major breakthrough in the search for diabetes cure. Doctors announced ...

Cell Phones Help Kids With Diabetes (Ivanhoe First)
Ivanhoe - USA
... Newswire) -- Just about everyone owns one, and now, new research shows cell phones may play an important role in helping children with diabetes remember to ...

Pets can get diabetes, too
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
I have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, and while it came as a surprise and required some getting used to, I have learned how to test my blood sugar ...

New form of diabetes may be associated with Alzheimer's disease
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
US researchers think they have discovered a new form of diabetes, which they've named "Type 3 Diabetes" that affects the brain and may be linked to Alzheimer's ...

Moderate Drinking May Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
WebMD - USA
March 21, 2005 -- Having a drink or two a day may lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by as much as 30%, according to a new review of research on the ...

Leptin: A 'missing link' between obesity and diabetes?
SheKnows.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes are bearing down on the world's population, threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of people. ...

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Patient See Positive ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Physicians on staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas performed their first islet cell transplant to treat a patient with Type I diabetes. ...

Caffeine may reduce insulin sensitivity
NutraIngredients.com - Montpellier,France
The results contradict previous research showing that coffee or other caffeinated beverages could help reduce risk of diabetes. ...

Apple shaped women 6 times more likely to become diabetics than ...
Medical News Today - UK
Women who gain weight around their middles are up to six times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than women who add pounds around their hips, buttocks and ...

Health ; Gene critical to type 1 diabetes identified:
Keralanext - Kerala,India
... of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ), New York, have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in the development of type 1 diabetes, which is caused ...

New Drug For Diabetics Reduces Need For Insulin
Health Talk - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Diabetics in the US who have problems controlling their blood sugar with insulin alone will have a new drug available to help them, after the Food and Drug ...

Breaking the diabetes cycle
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA
... The disease is characterized by high levels of glucose, or sugar, in the blood because of defects in the amount or quality of insulin. ...

Dad of Diabetic Daughter Wins Big; As Do Millions with Diabetes ...
The Rugged Elegance - San Francisco,CA,USA
Once upon a time there was little girl named Rachel Andersson who had Type I Diabetes. Her daddy was a savvy investor who found ...

Secrets Of The Cilia: Kidney Disease And Blindness Share Common ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... 11, 2004) -- Tulane researchers, published in the February issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, report that people with metabolic syndrome (Syndrome X ...

Omega 3 may reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
By Pamela Stuppy. More and more Americans are being diagnosed with diabetes, and many of these are also at increased risk for heart disease. ...

Future Diabetes Drugs May Target New Protein Interaction
Science Daily (press release) - USA
In the March 3 issue of Nature, Johns Hopkins researchers report that two proteins best known for very different activities actually come together ...

Health ; Diabetes Can Cause Blindness:
Keralanext - Kerala,India
[Health News] One in 12 diabetes sufferers over the age of 40 has an eye condition that can cause blindness, according to an American study. ...

Health ; A peg a day keeps diabetics away:
Keralanext - Kerala,India
[Health News] Evidence continues to mount that moderate alcohol consumption may protect against the development of type 2 diabetes. ...

Puzzling topics: Pre-diabetes tests, fish oil
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
QYour interesting article on pre-diabetes did not indicate what are normal and what are pre-diabetes blood-sugar levels. I would appreciate knowing. ...

Type 1B Diabetes
About Diabetes - USA
Type 1B, or idiopathic diabetes, is diabetes of unknown origin. Unlike type 1A diabetes, it is not triggered by an autoimmune response. ...

Diabetes-focused show features DM native
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Des Moines native Jim Turner is hosting a half-hour show, premiering tonight, aimed at the 18 million Americans who have diabetes. ...

Breaking the diabetes cycle
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA
WHITTIER -- Whenever Mary Romero attends a professional luncheon, she encounters at least one person at her table who has diabetes and more often than not, didn ...

Illinois considers state-funded stem-cell research
Quad-Cities Online - Rock Island,IL,USA
SPRINGFIELD -- The diagnosis that their daughter had diabetes came as a shock to Dan and Lynn Nordstrom of Coal Valley. "I thought ...

Diabetes - Dr. Ann's 10 Steps To Prevent & Minimize
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
... rebeccaomeara@aol.com. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented and in some cases reversed; all you have to do is make changes in the way you live and eat. ...

NEW PUBLICATION ON DIABETES CARE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Newly published by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) ‘Delivering Quality Diabetes Care in General Practice' provides a comprehensive guide ...

Bungled Insulin Production May Be A Culprit In Diabetes ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Drug Shows Promise In Preventing Type 1 Diabetes (April 30, 2003) -- An anti-inflammatory drug called lisofylline, originally developed as an infection-fighter ...

Xavier warns of diabetes' death rate
Baton Rouge Advocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
By JOE GYAN JR. NEW ORLEANS -- "Louisiana has the nation's worst death rate when it comes to diabetes, and many people don't even know they have it.". ...

Women With Diabetes: Heart Risks Undertreated
WebMD - USA
March 18, 2005 -- Heart disease risk factors in women with diabetes tend to be treated less aggressively than in men, according to a new study. ...

New pill holds hope for coeliac and diabetes sufferers
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
By LOUISE BLEAKLEY. Temporary relief may be on the way for coeliac and diabetes sufferers with the development of a new pill. Researchers ...

Moderate Drinking Appears to Cut Diabetes Risk
Reuters Health
March 18, 2005 02:27 AM ET NEW YORK --Evidence continues to mount that moderate alcohol consumption may protect against the development of type 2 diabetes ....

New obesity link to diabetes
ABC Online - Australia
Health group Diabetes UK says people who are obese are up to 80 times more likely to develop diabetes. In Britain, which has the ...

March 22 is American Diabetes Alert Day; Apple-Shaped Women Are Up ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
PHILADELPHIA, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Women who gain weight around their middles are up to six times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than women who add ...

Fast-Food Fat Buster May Drop Diabetes Risk
FOX News - USA
... of the future may have a new menu item: an additive that lets people eat fare high in saturated fat without raising their risk of type 2 diabetes (search). ...

Caffeine Boosts Insulin Resistance Regardless of Exercise, Weight ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 18 - Caffeine intake has a negative effect on insulin sensitivity in men with and without type 2 diabetes, and this effect ...

Drug Stocks Dull Even With FDA-Related News
Forbes - USA
... diabetes drug. The drug firm said the FDA approved the use of Symlin with insulin for type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients. Symlin ...

Moscow State University researchers develop smart insulin capsule
India Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
Researchers at the department of chemistry of the Moscow State University came up with a technique to produce an insulin capsule that can protect insulin from ...

Gene Linked to Type 1 Diabetes Development
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
The protein is unusually high in diabetic animals and apparently plays a role in the destruction of the pancreatic cells that produce insulin. ...

Henry L. Nordhoff Joins Board of Directors of MannKind Corporation
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... The Company recently commenced Phase 3 clinical trials in Europe of its lead product, the Technosphere® Insulin System, to study its potential for the ...

Cooling the Foot to Prevent Diabetic Foot Wounds
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
... The etiology of neuropathic diabetic foot wounds can be summarized by the following formula: pressure x cycles of repetitive stress = ulceration. ...

State briefs
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... A diabetic inmate died in the Nashville jail after failing to receive the medicine needed to treat his illness, even after he requested it from his cell, an ...

Learn About Kidney Disease
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
The 12-4 pm program at Lakeland Regional Medical Center Auditorium will include a panel of patients, information on footcare for diabetic and kidney patients ...

Man pleads guilty for tampering with insulin
Brazosport Facts - Clute,TX,USA
ANGLETON -- An Sweeny man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to put bleach in his stepmother's insulin last December. Kevin Boykin ...

New Research Making Health Affordable: Symposium on Fatty Acids ...
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... and physical inactivity. Millions more have metabolic syndrome, and are likely to eventually develop diabetes. The Natural Health ...

Increased Weight Linked to Increasing CVD Risk Factors After ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... Metabolic syndrome - coexistence of abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance, observed in 21% of men and 29% of women - was nearly ...

ViaCell shares jump on Genzyme deal
BusinessWeek - USA
... Type I, or juvenile, diabetes is often caused when the pancreas malfunctions and stops making these cells, which produce the insulin the body needs to break ...

Generex Biotechnology's Oral-lyn(TM) Matches Fast-Acting Insulin ...
Medical News Today - UK
... today results of a recently completed Phase IIb clinical study of Oral-lyn(TM) in which Oral-lyn(TM) successfully replaced rapid-acting insulin in patients ...

Vikings pitcher won't take loss from diabetes
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... The disease makes them dependent on injected or pumped insulin for life and carries the constant threat of devastating complications, such as kidney failure ...

The Value Of Protein
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... Secondly, protein has significantly less effect on blood sugar and insulin (the fat storing hormone) than carbohydrates do. (Fat ...

Western researchers studying ancient Indian herb as a treatment ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
A study at Ohio State University found that non-diabetics who drank the herb in a chocolate shake had significant drops in blood sugar and insulin levels. ...

Diabetic kicked off British Airways flight
Independent Online - South Africa
A businessman suffering from diabetes was kicked off a British Airways flight after the captain insisted he couldn't carry a life-saving insulin injection kit ...

DU professors develop insulin injection patch
NDTV.com
NEW DELHI:Delhi University professors have developed an anti diabetic strip that promises to keep patients away painful diabetes insulin injections. ...

Tide of child obesity rising in rural US
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... During a recent health fair in Connellsville, about 40 miles to the west, Ellsworth found that 60 percent of adults tested had metabolic syndrome, a collection ...

BMP-7 Prevents Renal Osteodystrophy and Vascular Calcification ...
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
... and Vascular Calcification are Amenable to Skeletal Anabolism in an Animal Model of Chronic Kidney Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome," is authored by ...

Pill might steal joy of eating
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... The proportion of people with metabolic syndrome - a collection of unhealthy conditions such as high blood sugar and blood pressure and low amounts of "good ...

News for Week #11 2005

Gene Tied to Development of Diabetes Identified
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chemists say they have identified a gene that appears to play a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes, also known as ...

Waist Size Linked to Diabetes Risk in Adult Men
ScienceBlog.com - USA
The circumference of a man's waist is a better predictor of his risk of developing type 2 diabetes than his body mass index (BMI), which is a weight-to-height ...

Diabetes on the increase in children, youth - Doctor
GhanaWeb - Accra,Ghana
Accra, March 17, GNA - Dr Kwabena Beecham, President of the Ghana Diabetes Association, on Thursday expressed worry over the increasing rate of diabetes among ...

Help 'polish off juvenile diabetes'
Belmont Citizen-Herald - Lexington,MA,USA
On Tuesday, March 22, while thousands of Americans take part in the American Diabetes Alert Day - an annual call-to-action for people to find out if they are ...

Leptin may be the missing link between obesity and diabetes
Express Newsline - Mohali,India
Washington, Mar 17 : Why do some obese people never develop diabetes while many others do - the question that has been disturbing scientists for years, may now ...

Employees with diabetes are not automatically more tired
News-Medical.net - World
Employees with diabetes are not automatically more tired due to a combination of work and illness. However, Dutch researcher Iris ...

Free Program for People with Diabetes Passes 150,000 Member ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2005--The Better Care Program(TM), a free support community for people with diabetes, has passed a milestone with ...

Metabasis diabetes drug studies halted
BusinessWeek - USA
... said Wednesday that two studies of its diabetes drug candidate CS-917 have been halted following the report of two apparent cases of lactic acidosis. ...

US Agriculture Scientists Make Diabetes Food Discovery
FemaleFirst.co.uk - Ashton-in-Makerfield,Wigan,UK
... potential as a functional food ingredient, helping to boost health, but they warn that although it may prove useful in reducing the risk of diabetes, it will ...

Lilly, Massachusetts firm team to provide info on condition
Indianapolis Star - USA
The Indianapolis drugmaker will help doctors and other health experts diagnose the nerve damage that typically is caused by complications of diabetes. ...

Food Additive Prevents Pre-Diabetes in Animals
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If new animal research pans out, a common food additive could one day make cheeseburgers and pizza less likely to promote diabetes. ...

Why Not Peanuts?
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... eDiets Chief Nutritionist, Susan L. Burke is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, and a Certified Diabetes Educator who specializes in both general and diabetes ...

Diabetes not tied to increased lung cancer risk
Heart Center Online - USA
Mar 17 (Reuters Health) - While studies have shown that the rate of some cancers is increased in patients with diabetes, the risk of lung cancer apparently is ...

Amylin borderline diabetes drug wins FDA approval
San Diego Union Tribune - USA
Amylin Pharmaceuticals said yesterday that federal regulators have approved the use of its drug Symlin to treat diabetes, capping a drug development process ...

Obesity - diabetes link: much more than food?
NutraIngredients.com - Montpellier,France
... launches a new platform involving the food industry and stakeholders to tackle rising obesity levels, new research finds influences on diabetes - obesity link ...

Need help managing diabetes?
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... To register, call (502) 897-8131. The hospital's Diabetes Evening Outpatient Group also addresses various issues related to diabetes management. ...

Indian herb shows promise in treating diabetes
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
By Darla Carter. A woody climbing plant from India and Sri Lanka is attracting the attention of American diabetes researchers. Practitioners ...

Annual Diabetes Expo is aimed at managing, preventing disease
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
The annual Diabetes Expo, set for Saturday at the Convention Center, will highlight how people living with the disease can manage it and how those at risk can ...

Will Obesity Shorten the American Life Span?
WebMD - USA
... That dramatically increases our chances of type 2 diabetes,type 2 diabetes, heart disease,heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, and other life-threatening ...

Diabetic contractor sent home from Iraq wants to return
San Jose Mercury News - USA
BROOK PARK, Ohio - A diabetic employee of a Pentagon contractor claims he was a victim of discrimination when he was shipped home from his firefighter job in ...

Chef says diabetic cooking is about doing with, not doing without
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
Chris Smith, author of Cooking with the Diabetic Chef, is working on his second cookbook and is currently planning a national television series that is ...

Compound Could Lessen Damage of Fast Food
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
If it proves effective in human studies, the compound could reduce the likelihood of developing insulin resistance, which can lead to type 2 diabetes, said ...

Leptin: A 'missing link' between obesity and diabetes?
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... may take disruptions to both pathways to bring on full-blown diabetes and overwhelm the body's ability to control blood glucose levels via the action of insulin ...

One in Seven Koreans to Suffer Diabetes in 2030
Korea Times - South Korea
One in seven South Koreans will be diagnosed with diabetes in 2030, according to a state agency affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare. ...

Type II Diabetes High in NEPA
Scranton Times - Scranton,PA,USA
Seventy-year-old Rosemary Balkunas, of Taylor, who has had diabetes for a decade, misses three things she loves most in life -- pizza, bread and spaghetti. ...

Firefighter with diabetes may sue to return to Iraq
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
... that converts food into energy. Barna has Type 1 diabetes, requiring regular insulin injections. The condition scarcely slowed him ...

Island's rate of diabetes is alarming
Orlando Sentinel (subscription) - Orlando,FL,USA
Puerto Ricans on the island are nearly twice as likely to suffer from diabetes as non-Hispanic white people living in the United States. ...

Diabetic kicked off British Airways flight
Pretoria News (subscription) - Pretoria,South Africa
A businessman suffering from diabetes was kicked off a British Airways flight after the captain insisted he couldn't carry a life-saving insulin injection kit ...

Guardians of the camel may hold key to diabetes
Indian Express - India
... not been formally published) has already suggested that drinking almost a pint of camel milk daily improved blood glucose levels, reducing the need for insulin ...

New Foot Surgery Method Eases Nerve Pressure From Diabetes; Helps ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... from the 2005 Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons NEW ORLEANS, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Most diabetes patients know ...

The Importance of Preventive Medicine
La Raza (Comunicados de prensa) - Chicago,IL,USA
Latinos suffer high rates of diabetes and hypertension; they are also the folks who most often make the mistake of self-medication; the best way to stay well ...

Victor or Victim?-The Two Faces of Diabetes
Diabetes Interview - Fairfax,CA,USA
... She rushed him to the hospital where it took about half an hour for the nurses to figure out that Joey had diabetes and was suffering from hyperglycemia. ...

Hot Tub Therapy For People With Diabetes -Lowers BGs, But Is It ...
Diabetes Interview - Fairfax,CA,USA
... The patients had been suffering from diabetes from three to 14 years. "These ... evening. Are Hot Tubs Safe For People With Diabetes? ...

Diabetes Complications: Peripheral Neuropathy
WSOCtv.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Diabetes Diabetes is a condition that affects the body's ability to use glucose, a form of sugar, for energy. Glucose is found in ...

Waist Size Predicts Diabetes Risk
WebMD - USA
March 10, 2005 - A man's waist size may say much more about his risk of developing type 2 diabetestype 2 diabetes than previously thought. ...

BUM student and mountain climber doesn't let insulin pump slow him ...
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
... On Saturday, Hughes gave a presentation about his NOLS experience, and the difference an insulin pump has made in his life, for Community Medical Center's ...

Consensus on Childhood Obesity Recommends Classification as ...
Medical News Today - UK
... These may include diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hyperandrogenism (hormomal perturbations place the obese adolescent girl at a high risk of menstrual disorders ...

Letter from the Center for Study of Indian Diaspora, Hyderabad
IndoLink - USA
... Emerging health-related issues among diasporic Indians -- such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, Hypertension, and psychological disorders ...

Even a Late Exercise Start Cuts Heart Risks
ABC News - USA
... Overall, after 10 years 11 percent of active patients and 28 percent of sedentary patients had the so-called metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of risk factors ...

Study may encourage patients to use insulin
ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK
... diabetes, whose blood sugar was not being successfully controlled with oral antidiabetic medication, were three times more likely to opt for an insulin inhaler ...

Taking control of Diabetes
Daily Mining Gazette - Houghton,MI,USA
... Even with treatment in the form of self-administered insulin shots five to six times a day, his illness frequently intruded on his life in the form of ...

Type of weight loss surgery more effective at reducing insulin ...
SheKnows.com - Scottsdale,AZ,USA
Excessive weight can bring with it many medical problems, including insulin resistance and often type 2 diabetes. Bariatric surgery ...

News for Week #10 2005

Research and Markets: Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome & ...
mysan.de (Pressemitteilung) - Heidelberg,Germany
... March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13803) has announced the addition of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome & ...

Diabetes Set To Soar, Conference Warned
News Letter - Belfast,Ireland
Diabetes levels in Northern Ireland could see a dramatic rise over the next decade unless drastic action is taken to tackle factors leading to the disease. ...

Adiponectin associates with less heart disease risk in diabetic men
Reuters.uk - UK
High plasma levels of adiponectin are associated with a moderately decreased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in men with type 2 diabetes, research suggests ...

Yearly Eye Exams Not Needed for All Diabetic Kids
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetes can lead to retina damage, and an annual eye exam is currently recommended for children and adolescents with type 1 ...

Wockhardt forms diabetic network
Business Standard - India
... WHI), as part of the diabetes prevention dissemination programme, has tied up with four hospitals in Bangalore to launch the Wockhardt Diabetic and Endocrine ...

Low--Glycemic Load Diet and Resting Energy Expenditure
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... We base this on the following 3 considerations. First, the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome may be up to 70% in obese women. ...

New Report Demonstrates BMP-7 Prevents Two Metabolic Disorders ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... and Vascular Calcification are Amenable to Skeletal Anabolism in an Animal Model of Chronic Kidney Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome," is authored by ...

Molecular Switch Triggers Fats' Harm
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... physiology of this pathway. "In the metabolic syndrome, or syndrome X, people have speculated . . . that hepatic lipogenesis may ...

Weight Loss Maintained With Rimonabant After Two Years
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... study investigators assessed improvement in waist circumference and in metabolic risk factors such as dyslipidemia,

Inhaled Insulin Appeals to Diabetes Patients
WebMD - USA
The firms seek FDA approval for their inhaled insulin product, Exubera. Pending safety tests, no inhaled insulin product is currently on the market. ...

Carvedilol, Metoprolol, and Insulin Resistance--Reply
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
The study by Haffner et al 1 was cited to document the validity of HOMA-IR as a measure of insulin resistance in large numbers of patients. ...

Donor shortage fear after diabetes breakthrough
Scotsman - UK
... Businessman Richard Lane will no longer need insulin injections after having three transplants of islet cells from the pancreases of dead donors. ...

NEW DRUG DELIVERY TECHNIQUES AIM TO IMPROVE OVERALL DRUG ...
ITNews - Roma,Italy
... The oral route is expected to be the most dominant technique, followed by the pulmonary route, which is being explored for the delivery of insulin. ...

Diabetes study to focus on treatment
St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud,MN,USA
John Jenderseck has lived with diabetes for 11 years, carefully monitoring his diet and taking insulin daily based on his carbohydrate intake. ...

Low--Glycemic Load Diet and Resting Energy Expenditure--Reply
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... WC. Dietary fiber, glycemic load, and risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in women. JAMA. 1997;277:472-477. ABSTRACT. ...

Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Factors With Rimonabant ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... profile and reduced the number of patients meeting the NCEP (National Cholesterol Education Program) criteria for metabolic syndrome, thus diminishing ...

Experimental diet pill keeping pounds off
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... The proportion of people with metabolic syndrome - a collection of unhealthy conditions such as high blood sugar and blood pressure and low amounts of "good ...

Consensus on Childhood Obesity Recommends Classification as ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... These may include diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hyperandrogenism (hormomal perturbations place the obese adolescent girl at a high risk of menstrual disorders ...

More support for dietary patterns involving high-fiber, high ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
... Fortuitously, Esposito et al (6) recently reported that Europeans diagnosed with the metabolic syndrome and randomly assigned to a high-carbohydrate (50--60 ...

Diabetes Ups Risk of Liver Cancer 2-3 Times-Study
Reuters.uk - UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Patients suffering from diabetes could be two to three times more likely to develop cancer of the liver, researchers said on Tuesday. ...

Shreya Life expects fall in insulin prices
Business Standard - India
With the commissioning of the biotech facility of Shreya Life Sciences Pvt Ltd at Pune, the prices of recombinant DNA human insulin would fall sharply. ...

Decreases in fasting leptin and insulin concentrations after acute ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
... intervention study. Fasting serum leptin and insulin concentrations were measured before and 2 d after 62% energy restriction. Energy ...

Diabetes deaths on the increase - WHO
Independent Online - South Africa
... Diabetes is caused by a problem with insulin, a hormone that stimulates the body's cells into absorbing the energy source glucose from the blood. ...

Impaired insulin function may be behind some of the abnormalities ...
News-Medical.net - World
A research team led by Dr Suzanne de la Monte and Dr. Jack Wands of the Brown University Medical School has found that impaired insulin function may be behind ...

Two B-Vitamins Reduce Insulin Resistance
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
By Christine Miller, MS, RD/LD, CDE. Over 90 percent of those with type 2 diabetes are affected by insulin resistance. ... to normal levels of the hormone insulin. ...

Study suggests 'type 3 diabetes'
BBC News - E,UK
Scientists say they may have discovered a previously unknown form of diabetes, after finding the brain produces insulin as well as the pancreas. ...

Diabetes on the rise
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
A cardiologist at the Welcare Hospital in Dubai, Dr Joe Sebastion has said that larger numbers of patients with heart problems caused by diabetes are being ...

Diabetes 'trebles cancer threat'
ic Wales - UK
... coloured fleece. PEOPLE with diabetes could run three times the risk of developing liver cancer, new research has revealed. randomly ...

DIABETES BASICS
Miami Herald - FL,USA
In diabetes, the body loses the ability to regulate blood-sugar levels. The disease can often be controlled with injections of insulin ...

Students accused of attacks with diabetic needles
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
They're supposed to be used by diabetics to draw blood, but, instead, Tucson Unified School District says at least 30 students were using lancet needles to ...

A scientist mom. A diabetic daughter. One family's quest for a ...
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Here is Kenyon's 12-year-old diabetic granddaughter Laura Mauriello, padding barefoot across her living room floor, insulin pump clipped casually to her jeans. ...

Wash U. Gets $14M Grant For Diabetic Heart Diesease Research
KSDK - St. Louis,MO,USA
(KSDK/SLBJ) -- The St. Louis Business Journal reported that Washington University School of Medicine received a $14 million, five ...

Natural Sweetener has Zero Calories; is Tooth-Friendly and ...
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... It would cook and bake just like sugar. It would have no calories at all. And it would be healthy: tooth-friendly and diabetic safe. ...

Guilford Pharmaceuticals: AGGRASTAT(R) Injection Clinical Data ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... that in this study a single high dose bolus (SHDB) regimen of AGGRASTAT® Injection (tirofiban hydrochloride) improved outcomes in diabetic patients undergoing ...

Detainee neglected, Greens claim
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - New South Wales,Australia
Senator Kerry Nettle said a diabetic inmate at the Villawood Detention Centre, Masood Hooseini, collapsed on January 29 and was taken to Liverpool Hospital in ...

Troy, Warren Medical Supply Raids
WXYZ - Detroit,MI,USA
... Sources say a federal investigation has been launched into the validity of the company's diabetic test strips and billing practices to Medicare, Medicaid ...

Pioneering PET/CT research widens applications of imaging for ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scans provides accurate detection and localization of foot infection in diabetic patients, according to ...

LifeCell upgraded to "outperform" - update
New Ratings - USA
... decline in the company's share price since December last year and the company's healthy growth prospects in the breast reconstruction and diabetic foot ulcer ...

New child-sized needles reduce pain of insulin shots for young ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... They are also increasing the amount of needles supplied with each insulin prescription, allowing patients to use fresh needles more often. ...

New Drug Delivery Technologies Aim at Improving Overall ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... For example, in the case of insulin, oral, nasal, and pulmonary routes have emerged as potential noninvasive alternatives to the conventional transdermal route ...

Heart Healthy Children = Heart Healthy Adults
Fashion Monitor Toronto - Canada
... This research shows that children who have healthy levels of the health factors that make up metabolic syndrome have a reduced risk of heart disease in ...

Israeli diabetic girl brought urgently from Russia
Jerusalem Post - Israel
A five-and-a-half-year-old daughter of Chabad emissaries in Russia who suffered from a high fever was flown urgently to Assaf Harofeh Hospital in Tzrifin ...

Diabetic foot ulcers approaching 'epidemic' status among Hispanic ...
News Target - Taichung,Taiwan
... However, making those annual visits could mean the difference between a minor procedure and major surgery, which in the case of diabetic foot ulcers can result ... <