News for Week #13 2008
UMDNJ Study Says NPs
Enhance Diabetic Care
Nurse.com - Falls
Church,VA,USA
Nurse practitioners provide better monitoring for
patients with diabetes than physician’s assistants
or physicians alone, according to a study by the ...
Extra vitamin D in
childhood protects against diabetes
Pulse - London,UK
Vitamin D supplementation in early childhood can offer
protection against the development of type 1 diabetes, a
UK study concludes. ...
Diabetes institutes
launched nationwide with Pitt as model
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -
Pittsburgh,PA,USA
People with diabetes also must learn about medications,
how to monitor blood sugar, and figure out how different
foods and exercise affect blood sugar and ...
Smoking and Smokeless
Tobacco
New York Times - United
States
Nicotine elevates the blood level of glucose (blood
sugar) and increases insulin production. Nicotine also
tends to enhance platelet aggregation, ...
Avesthagen begins Phase
III human clinical studies
Livemint -
Delhi,Delhi,India
During pre-clinical studies all three bioActives recorded
a significant decrease in blood sugar levels in diabetic
animal models and also recorded a ...
Metabolic syndrome
boosts risk of other health issues for men
Thaindian.com -
Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
In case of men on ADT, there is a much greater insulin
requirement to maintain an appropriate glucose level. In
the SEER analysis, ADT led to a 44pct ...
Green Tea Extract Again
Found to Help the Body Burn Fat
Epoch Times - New
York,NY,USA
In the second study, healthy men were given 75 g of
glucose in drink form, after which blood sugar and
insulin levels were measured for 2 hours (a glucose ...
All-Natural Solution
for Diabetes--New Clinical Trial
PR-USA.net (press release)
- Varna,Bulgaria
... powerful combination of herbal extracts and
antioxidants dramatically and safely reduces blood sugar
levels as well as blood pressure and triglycerides. ...
Gene Linked to Form of
Parkinson's Disease
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
They also identified a possible association between
Parkinson's and insulin and the related growth hormone
called insulin-like growth factor (IGF). ...
Diabetes-related
Amputations Rise For Hispanics, USA
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
Hospitalizations of adult Hispanics for diabetes-related
foot or leg amputations rose sharply between 2001 and
2004, according to the latest News and ...
US Diabetes Population
Doubled in Past Decade with Continued ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
EAST HANOVER, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 20, 2008 - Nearly
77 million Americans are estimated to be pre-diabetic or
at increased risk for developing diabetes ...
Insulin may be key to
anti-ageing drug
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
Researchers have found that reducing the amount of
insulin in the body helps it to fight off free radicals,
harmful chemicals that damage cells and are ...
Insulin Has Previously
Unknown Effect That Has Role In Aging And ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
20, 2008) — Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes
Center have shown that insulin has a previously unknown
effect that plays a role in aging and lifespan, ...
Amgen UK, Lab21,
Metabolon, European Group for the Study of ...
Pharmacogenomics Reporter
(subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Metabolon will collaborate with a group of European
research centers to find biomarkers that are related to
insulin resistance in an effort to develop a ...
Alkermes Axes 18%
Workforce Following Flameout Of AIR Insulin Program
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
s (LLY) inhalable AIR Insulin program, Alkermes Inc.
(ALKS), on Wednesday announced it is reducing 18% of its
total workforce to align its expenses with ...
Oramed granted approval
for Phase IIA diabetic study
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
This Phase IIA study is designed to evaluate the safety
and efficacy of Oramed's oral insulin capsule on Type II
diabetic volunteers. ...
The big picture:
Alzheimer’s transcriptome, insulin phosphoproteome
Methuselah Foundation -
Washington,DC,USA
Meanwhile, Krüger et al. have used mass spectrometry to
characterize the tyrosine phosphoproteome of the insulin
signaling pathway — in other words, ...
Insulet Reports Fourth
Quarter and Full Year 2007 Results and ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
BEDFORD, Mass., March 17 -- Insulet Corporation , the
manufacturer and marketer of the OmniPod Insulin
Management System, today announced financial results ...
News for Week #12 2008
Vitamin D for children
may prevent diabetes
Healthcare Republic - USA
Vitamin D supplements in infancy may protect against the
development of type-1 diabetes, a UK review has found.
The analysis of data from four European ...
Natural protein may
provide cure for main causes of blindness
Times Online - UK
In mice that simulate the processes of age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy,
damage was prevented by drugs that activate a ...
Lilly returns to its
roots
Indianapolis Star - United
States
Beta cells produce insulin, which help convert certain
foods into energy. » Last week, Lilly bought the rights
to develop experimental therapies being ...
News for Week #11 2008
Lilly Ends Effort to
Develop an Inhaled Insulin Product
New York Times - United
States
By REUTERS The drug maker Eli Lilly & Company said
Friday that it would terminate development of an inhaled
insulin treatment for diabetes, ...
News for Week #10 2008
Marker for Diabetes
Might Miss Early Vision Complication
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
29 (HealthDay News) -- Fasting blood sugar levels are
typically used to diagnose diabetes, however, a common
complication of the disease that can lead to ...
News for Week #09 2008
Non-invasive
alternative to test blood-sugar level developed
Mangalorean.com -
Mangalore,India
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): The daily routine of diabetics
to prick the finger to check blood-sugar levels might
soon be passé, for a Baylor University ...
Rebel with blood sugar
& white stick
Calcutta Telegraph -
Calcutta,India
Munching on a singara, he said: “I left eating
sweets because of my blood sugar.” Asked about life
in the forests, in winter and during the rainy season,
...
Eli Lilly Unveils New
Insulin Pen
FDA news (subscription) -
Falls Church,VA,USA
Eli Lilly has launched KwikPen, a new insulin pen
prefilled with Humalog, a brand of insulin used to
control high blood sugar in diabetes patients. ...
Blood sugar control
test may not be accurate for diabetics on dialysis
TopNews - Noida,Uttar
Pradesh,India
Washington, Feb 21: A new study from Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center has found that the
standard test for measuring blood-sugar control in ...
Scientists Use
Embryonic Stem Cells To Make Insulin-Secreting ...
Medical News Today - UK
They hope the discovery will one day lead to a renewable
source of insulin-producing cells for the treatment of
diabetes. The study is published in the ...
Drug studies cast doubt
on common treatments
Indianapolis Star - United
States
In addition to casting doubt on notions such as lowering
cholesterol to prevent heart disease and normalizing
blood sugar to protect diabetics, ...
Chinese gene experts
search for answers on diabetes
Reuters UK - UK
By Tan Ee Lyn SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese
scientists are trying to find out which errant genes are
responsible for diabetes and certain forms of ...
Concern over increase
in diabetes cases in Bahrain
Khaleej Times -
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
By our correspondent MANAMA — A Bahraini expert has
expressed concern over growing cases of diabetes in
Bahrain and called for measures to prevent the ...
Molecular link between
excessive nutrient levels, insulin ...
DailyIndia.com -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
London, February 22: A long-missing molecular link
between excessive nutrient levels and insulin resistance
has been unearthed by scientists at the Salk ...
Peripheral Vascular
Disease: Selecting The Right Shoes-Diabetes
American Chronicle -
Beverly Hills,CA,USA
A patient with diabetes mellitus has a high risk of
developing chronic complications that can affect just
about every body system. ...
Woman has diabetic
seizure while driving on I-15
ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA
That's because Marshall is a diabetic, she says her blood
sugar was dangerously low when she veered off the
interstate not far from Tremonton and plowed ...
Healthy lifestyle: Eat
your onions for crying out loud
Jamaica Gleaner -
Kingston,Jamaica
Diabetics will be happy to learn that onions were used to
treat diabetes in ancient times because of blood sugar
reducers found in onions. ...
Nation’s Spreading
Waistline Means Diabetes Health Crisis
Wayne Independent -
Honesdale,PA,USA
“Of the children born in America in 2000, one in
three will develop diabetes in their lifetime.” Grim
and definitive, these words were spoken by Ann ...
Nektar to pay partners
up to $38.4M for Exubera costs
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte,NC,USA
Nektar Therapeutics Inc. will pay two suppliers of
inhalers for its Exubera inhaled insulin drug up to $38.4
million for costs and expenses due to Pfizer ...
Insulet Corporation to
Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 ...
Earthtimes - London,UK
20 -- Insulet Corporation, , the leader in wearable
insulin pump technology with its OmniPod(R) Insulin
Management System, announced plans to release its ...
Lack of Madical Care
Increases Risk of Diabetes
InjuryBoard.com -
Tampa,FL,USA
By Brent Adams Diabetes is a leading cause of disability
in the United States. Unfortunately, the poor who do not
have access to good medical care are more ...
Vildagliptin improves
control of type 2 diabetes
Reuters UK - UK
Vildagliptin significantly increased the secretion rate
of insulin by 17 percent compared to placebo, the
investigators report in the Journal of Clinical ...
Thiazide-Like Diuretic
Suitable in Patients With Hypertension and ...
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
"Concerns have been raised that diuretics should not
be used because they have unfavorable effects on insulin
sensitivity and increase the risk of new-onset ...
AtheroGenics Inc Q4
2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha - New
York,NY,USA
Until recently it was taken for granted that if one could
control blood sugar levels in diabetic patients, it would
contribute to their overall health and ...
Participants sought for
Type 1 diabetes study
Mid Columbia Tri City
Herald - Kennewick,WA,USA
By Herald staff Tri-City parents who have Type 1 diabetes
or have a child with the disease -- and who are expecting
a baby or have a newborn -- are being ...
New Clue on Brain
Problems and Diabetes
WebMD - USA
18, 2008 -- Too much of a stress-related hormone may be
at the root of memory and other common brain-related
diabetes complications. ...
Can a seaweed wrap help
beat diabetes
Daily Mail - UK
Seaweed could hold the secret to curing diabetes. An
ingredient extracted from it is being wrapped around
insulin-producing cells taken from pigs and ...
Axis Shield’s
diabetes test wins approval
The Herald -
Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Axis-Shield has won approval for a diagnostic diabetes
test in the US, where there are 21 million sufferers from
the condition. The company announced from ...
Predictors of New-Onset
Diabetes Identified in Patients With ...
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
Describe predictors of new-onset diabetes in patients
with hypertension, based on results from the
Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure
...
Novo Nordisk, Merck
eyeing India
OutSourcing-Pharma.com -
London,UK
Being a world leader in the diabetes field, Novo Nordisk
already has a 60 per cent stake in India's $55m domestic
insulin market and said it has a number of ...
Diabetic Study
Indicates Lower Blood Sugar Linked to Increased Deaths
MedHeadlines -
Chicago,IL,USA
The seven-year study of 10000 diabetics in Canada and the
United States indicates that lower blood sugar levels are
linked to increased deaths. ...
News for Week #08 2008
Stress hormone impairs
cognitive heath in diabetic rodents
DailyIndia.com -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
London, Feb 18: A new National Institutes of Health (NIH)
tudy in diabetic rodents has identified a potential
factor with hich diabetes impairs the ...
Diabetes services at
crisis point – consultant
Irish Medical News -
Dublin,Ireland
A leading diabetes expert has stated that consultant
waiting lists for people with diabetes in Ireland have
reached crisis point. ...
Weight-loss surgery
increasingly seen as treatment for diabetes
Boston Globe - United
States
She also was carrying 314 pounds on her 5-foot-7-inch
frame and had diabetes. She had gastric bypass surgery
last June and now, at 235 pounds, ...
Diabetes trial stops
treatment arm in wake of death risk
American Medical News
(subscription) - USA
6 of an arm of the large type 2 diabetes trial, ACCORD,
sent shock waves through the medical community. The
lower-the-better conventional wisdom for blood ...
Hispanics Find More
Difficult to Keep Diabetes Under Control
MedIndia - Chennai,India
According to researchers at Wake Forest University
Baptist Medical Center, Hispanic patients with diabetes
have approximately 0.5 percent higher levels on a ...
Cold tolerance genes
ups heart disease
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Metabolic syndrome is a group of related abnormalities
including obesity, elevated cholesterol levels, heart
disease and diabetes. ...
Obesity 'is challenge
for world'
The Press Association -
Being obese is a major cause of ill health and greatly
increases the chances of suffering high blood pressure,
heart disease, diabetes and cancer. ...
ASCO GU 2008 -
Metabolic Syndrome In America: Implications For ...
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
In men on ADT, there is a much greater insulin
requirement to maintain an appropriate glucose level. In
the SEER analysis, ADT resulted in a 44% increased ...
Group Education for
Diabetes Patients can Change Behaviour and ...
MedIndia - Chennai,India
Type 2 diabetes affects around 4-5% of European
populations and consumes a disproportionate amount of
health service resource. In the long-term, ...
Current and Breaking
News for Professionals, Consumers and Media
HealthNewsDigest.com - New
York,NY,USA
This high carbohydrate diet forced the use of industrial
doses of insulin, large doses of sulfonylurea drugs and
very possibly at the very least a hazard ...
Diabetic Study
Indicates Lower Blood Sugar Linked to Increased Deaths
MedHeadlines -
Chicago,IL,USA
The seven-year study of 10000 diabetics in Canada and the
United States indicates that lower blood sugar levels are
linked to increased deaths. ...
Hypoglycemia-alert dogs
help diabetics
United Press International
- USA
15 (UPI) -- Dogs trained in the United States sense
episodes of human hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, in
diabetics, the American Diabetes Association ...
Salsalate cuts blood
sugar levels in obese adults
Reuters India -
Mumbai,India
By Martha Kerr NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug
approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role
in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble ...
Metabolic syndrome
linked to cold tolerance
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
The researchers set out to look for correlations between
the frequency of genetic variations linked to metabolic
syndrome and climate variables in worldwide ...
Higher glycemic target
(~15mg/dl) than ACCORD is without excess mortality
(International diabetes study (ADVANCE)
Reuters - USA
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Early
results from the largest study ever of aggressive
measures to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetics ...
UPDATE 1-Nektar cuts 20
pct jobs, COO to leave company
Reuters - USA
The company said it kept necessary workers to support its
ongoing plan to find a new partner for its inhaled
insulin program, which was spurned last year by ...
Low-Carb Diets Better
Than Low-Fat Diets at Preventing Diabetes
Washington Post - United
States
7 (HealthDay News) -- A diet low in carbohydrates but
high in animal fat and protein doesn't seem to increase
the risk of type 2 diabetes in women, ...
News for Week #07 2008
Scientists Report
Advances Against Diabetes At Levine Symposium in ...
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Symposium topics ranged from the biology of
insulin-producing cells destroyed in type 1 diabetes to
improvements in islet cell transplantation. ...
(No Paucity of Idiots)
- dLife CEO Responds to ACCORD
dLife.com -
Westport,CT,USA
But a major federal study …found that lowering blood
sugar actually increased their risk of death." This
is an exceedingly dangerous takeaway. ...
The Day
After: Experts Puzzled Over Increased Death Rate in
ACCORD
Heartwire
- USA
.Any paucity of idiots considered
experts ... ?
Impaired Fat-burning
Gene Worsens Diabetes, Study Shows
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
This leads to increased blood sugar, which in turn leads
to a worsening of the insulin resistance, increasing the
risk of developing many serious ...
Fat Mass Accumulation
during Childhood Determines Insulin ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Methods: In a group of 136 young adults, aged 18–24
yr, insulin sensitivity and disposition index were
determined by frequent sampling iv glucose tolerance ...
News for Week #06 2008
Diabetes
Study Partially Halted After Deaths Shows Tight Sugar
Control WORSENS Type 2 CV Risk of Death...
The New York Times
- NY,USA
National Diabetes Center
researchers shown to be correct in their assessment of
the impact of glycemic control on type 2 mortality...
Scandinavian
Study shows that tight glycemic control [could
possibly reduce but] does not negate the
significance of ACE/ARB's, hypolipidemics, and aspirin in
lowering type 2 mortality ...
The New England
Journal of Medicine- Boston,USA
In this European study tight CV
control apparently significantly reduced mortality
despite tighter glycemic control ...
News for Week #05 2008
Intensive Insulin
Therapy Protects Kidneys In Critically Ill Patients
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
31 Jan 2008) — For critically ill patients,
intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to keep blood sugar
(glucose) at normal levels reduces the risk of acute
kidney ...
News for Week #04 2008
Idiots are
Everywhere....l
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
Researchers at the University of Minnesota say drinking
too much diet soda raises a person's risk for an issue
called metabolic syndrome. ... (Duh,
who else do you expect to be drinking diet soda?)
Study: Weight loss
surgery helps fight diabetes
KVUE - Austin,TX,USA
By ERIN OCHOA Could weight-loss surgery cure diabetes?
According to a new study, it may for many patients. The
study found patients who had weight loss ...
Medicaid By Mail
LocalNews8.com - Idaho
Falls,ID,USA
Recently the state of Idaho put out a bid for all
diabetic supplies. That means if you are on Medicaid, you
may not be able to buy these products at your ...
$174 Billion: US
Devastated by the Diabetes Bill
ABC News - USA
At the diabetes clinic at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
in Nashville, business is unfortunately booming. And the
same is true at other clinics. ...
Sweetness and blight
Times Online - UK
A shortage of these cells, a total absence of them or a
resistance in the body to insulin, the hormone that they
secrete, leads to diabetes. ...
Surgical
"Cure" For Diabetes?
WAMC - Albany,NY,USA
ALBANY, NY (2008-01-23) A type of weight-loss surgery is
being touted as having the potential to "cure"
diabetes in certain patients. ...
Mayo Clinic Study Finds
Further Association Between Diabetes and ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Mayo Clinic study
found that 40 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are
diagnosed with diabetes prior to their ...
Generex Biotechnology
Receives Regulatory Approval to Initiate ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
The primary objective of the study is to compare the
efficacy of Generex Oral-lyn and the Company's
RapidMist(tm) Diabetes Management System with that of ...
Scientists Figure Out
How Alcohol Lowers Blood Sugar
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Swedish scientists have found that alcohol lowers blood
sugar by redirecting blood within the pancreas and
sending massive amounts of it to the islets. ...
How sweet: A primer on
the new sugar substitutes
Portsmouth Herald News -
Portsmouth,NH,USA
And still others monitor their blood sugar levels, which
are affected by table sugar. Here's a primer on how sugar
(and other carbohydrates) affect the ...
Nutrition Wise:
Antioxidant Levels of Coffees and Teas, Fat at the ...
Kansas City infoZine -
Kansas City,MO,USA
Q: Is it true that cinnamon can help control blood sugar?
Washington, DC - American Institute for Cancer Research -
infoZine - Q: Is there any difference in ...
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
to Present at Keystone Symposia’s Diabetes ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The presentations will include data on the impact of a
new chemical activator of SIRT1, an enzyme shown to
increase insulin sensitivity and improve glucose ...
Weight-loss operation
can send diabetics into remission
Globe and Mail - Canada
... to a groundbreaking new study, one that some experts
say opens the door to changes in treatment of diabetes as
profound as the discovery of insulin. ...
BCM becomes first
NIH-designated diabetes research center in Southwest
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte,NC,USA
Along with the designation, BCM will get $5 million of
funding over five years from NIH to accelerate and expand
its diabetes research. ...
Mayo Clinic Study Finds
Further Association Between Diabetes and ...
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS,
USA
By Mayo Clinic A new Mayo Clinic study found that 40
percent of pancreatic cancer patients are diagnosed with
diabetes prior to their pancreatic cancer ...
DIABETES A REAL NATIONAL CONCERN IN
BAHRAIN (INTRO)
Bahrain News Agency -
Bahrain
RECENT REPORTS BY BAHRAIN DIABETES ASSOCIATION REVEAL
THAT BETWEEN 10000 AND 15000 ARE AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE
WHICH STANDS BEHIND OTHER ILLNESSES LIKE ...
Stress of finding link
to heart disease
NHS Choices -
London,England,UK
Cumulative work stress was linked with an increased risk
of having metabolic syndrome (a collection of certain
conditions such as high blood pressure, ...
Genaera Reports
Diabetes IND In Effect For Trodusquemine - Quick ...
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
(GENR) said that its investigational new drug application
submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration for
trodusquemine in type 2 diabetes is now in ...
Androgen-Deprivation
Therapy Linked to Diabetes
Cancerpage.com -
Marietta,GA,USA
NEW YORK JAN 22, 2008 (Reuters Health) - In men with
prostate cancer, androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT)
appears to increase the risk of subsequent diabetes ...
Seasonal Weight Changes
Linked To Metabolic Syndrome
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
22, 2008) — Seasonal changes in weight increase the
risk for metabolic syndrome, a group of scientists from
National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, ...
Lilly, MannKind Bet on
Inhaled Insulin After Flops (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
17 (Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. and MannKind Inc.
are planning to sell inhaled insulin even after Novo
Nordisk A/S dropped its product this week and said ...
Laparoscopic Adjustable
Gastric Banding 5x More Likely to Reverse ...
CNW Telbec (Communiqués
de presse) - Montréal,Québec,Canada
This is welcome news for the 2.25 million Canadians with
Type 2 diabetes. According to the Canadian Diabetes
Association, a person with diabetes is four ...
News for Week #03 2008
Schumer promotes
diabetes prevention
Utica Observer Dispatch -
Utica,NY,USA
Charles Schumer, D-NY, fondly remembered his
father-in-law Tuesday as he introduced new legislation
geared toward diabetes prevention. ...
Statins Do It Again -
This Time for Diabetics
HealthandAge.com -
Now there's a meta-analysis of 14 studies of the effects
of statins in diabetic patients, published in the Lancet.
There were data from 18500 diabetics ...
New diabetes drug
Sky News Australia -
Australia
The Melbourne institute put the mice on a fatty diet to
induce their resistance to insulin. The animal's core
temperatures were then raised to 41 degrees ...
Team Approach Helps
Combat Obesity
KDKA - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Her weight problem and related health concerns were
tackled by a team at the Medical College of Wisconsin's
Metabolic Syndrome Clinic. ...
Before you starve,
reconsider carbs
National Post -
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The image of the fattening carbohydrate stems from the
impact that they have on blood sugar. Put simply, when we
eat carbohydrates (which is basically a ...
Drug-Free Diabetes Help
WFtv.com - Orlando,FL,USA
Researchers say one surprising finding from the study was
that the sugars in the juice did not worsen patients'
blood sugar levels but did in fact ...
Local Doctor/Inventor,
Dr. Kaufman Introduces ExtendBar to ...
NPIcenter (press release)
- Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
ExtendBar®, which helps control blood sugar levels for
up to nine hours and a very popular direct to consumer
product since 1999, is now available in ...
Study finds waning
T-cells cause diabetes
United Press International
- USA
T-cells suppress and regulate the body's immune
responses, but in diabetes mellitus, or type 1 diabetes,
the body's own immune system attacks and destroys ...
Top-Line Data from
Oculus Innovative Sciences' Phase II Trial to ...
Genetic Engineering News
(press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
DFCon is one of the world's premier international
diabetic foot conferences held annually. Hoji Alimi,
founder and CEO of Oculus Innovative Sciences, said, ...
PASCAL Photocoagulation
System
Medgadget.com - San
Francisco,CA,USA
PASCAL (Pattern Scan Laser) Photocoagulator, a system
designed for the treatment of retinal diseases such as
proliferative diabetic retinopathy, ...
Type 1 diabetes up
significantly in past few years
Colorado Springs Gazette -
Colorado Springs,CO,USA
By BRIAN NEWSOME The number of people being diagnosed
with the most serious form of diabetes, Type I, has risen
significantly in the past few years, ...
Herbal cure for Type II
diabetes granted patent
Hindu - Chennai,India
JAIPUR: A medicinal composition for the cure of diabetes,
prepared from the extracts of the commonly found Kadamb
tree (Mitragyna parvifolia) leaves, ...
Why High-Protein,
Low-Fat, and Low-Carbohydrate Diets Suppress Hunger
Newswise (press release) -
USA
A rapid release version of this paper has been published
on-line and will appear in the April 2008 issue of JCEM,
a publication of The Endocrine Society. ...
India lead
diabetes-list
All India Radio - New
Delhi,India
India is the leading country for diabetes with 3.17 crore
cases in 2000 and the number is expected to rise to7.94
crore by 2030, followed by China with 2.08 ...
Alternative approaches
to diabetes
New Straits Times -
Persekutuan,Malaysia
EATING bitters has always been a traditional way to cut
blood sugar. Bitter and sweet are opposing tastes in most
form of Asian traditional medicine. ...
Daiichi Sankyo says FDA
OKs Welchol for diabetes treatment
Reuters - USA
T: Quote, Profile, Research), said US health regulators
approved its cholesterol drug Welchol to reduce blood
glucose in adults with type 2 diabetes. ...
Islet Cell Transplant
Could Help Diabetes Patients
KDKA - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy (KDKA) Researchers say
they are now looking at a Canadian study to see if it can
allow Type-1 diabetes patients to stop ...
Diabetes ups female
heart risk
Health24.com - Cape
Town,South Africa
However, this gender gap is markedly reduced when only
patients with diabetes are considered. The reason?
Diabetes is a stronger risk factor for heart ...
Study: Type 2 Diabetes
in Australia to Double
The REAL TRUTH -
Wadsworth,OH,USA
Type 2 diabetes (formerly called non-insulin-dependent
diabetes, obesity-related diabetes or adult-onset
diabetes) is a metabolic disorder that is ...
News for Week #02 2008
Diabetes Drug May Cut
Med-Related Weight Gain
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
The participants who took metformin and changed their
diet and exercise saw a decrease of 1.8 in their
body-mass index, 3.6 in insulin resistance and lost ...
Does Low-GI Diet
Improve Type II Diabetes Outcomes?
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
In his article, A role for the glycemic index in
preventing or treating diabetes, he wrote,
"Elsewhere in this issue of the Journal, Wolever et
al (7) ...
Protein power: Researchers trigger
insulin production in diabetic mice
University of Florida -
Gainesville,FL,USA
Now University of Florida researchers have coaxed liver
and pancreatic cells within diabetic mice into churning
out insulin by injecting the animals with a ...
DGD Research agrees to
merge with North Carolina's Cetero Research
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte,NC,USA
The merger also gives Cetero a new 80000-square-foot
research facility with 100 Phase 1 beds and 12 dedicated
Euglycemic/Hypoglycemic Clamp beds. ...
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& UP-TREND STOCKS! (OTCBB:IVOI), (OTC:PGPM ...
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Jan 08 Tissera, Inc. (OTCBB:TSSR) reports the achievement
of a significant milestone in its ongoing large animal
diabetic model experiments of pancreatic ...
Legumes linked to lower
diabetes risk
NutraIngredients.com -
Montpellier,France
By Stephen Daniells 08/01/2008 - An increased intake of
legumes like peanuts and soybeans could reduce the risk
of developing type-2 diabetes by over 40 per ...
DiObex, Inc. Awarded
Patent for the Prevention of Insulin-Induced ...
Reuters - USA
The patent grants DiObex exclusive rights to methods of
reducing the risk of hypoglycemia in diabetes patients
being treated with insulin by administering ...
High hopes for diabetes
drug that mimics healthy lifestyle effects
San Francisco Chronicle -
CA, USA
In a small study announced at the conference Monday,
Sirtris' experimental drug SRT501 seemed to reduce blood
sugar levels in subjects with Type 2 diabetes. ...
Arena Pharmaceuticals
Announces APD668 Initial Clinical Study ...
Reuters - USA
It is expressed in beta cells, the cells in the pancreas
responsible for producing insulin in response to
increases in blood glucose. ...
Gastric bypass may be
cure for type 2 diabetes
News 10NBC -
Rochester,NY,USA
But we found out it may also be a cure for people with
type two diabetes. This used to be Ron Lorio before he
lost 130 pounds. He suffered with high blood ...
Mike Huckabee and the
Huckaburger
Canada.com -
Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The burger itself meets the dietary needs of Huckabee, a
Type 2 diabetic who lost 110 pounds of few years ago.
It's buffalo or beef on a whole wheat bun, ...
Insulet pens
integration deal with Calif. firm Mass High Tech: The ...
Bizjournals.com -
Charlotte,NC,USA
The integrated system is expected to give patients
immediate blood glucose readings, as well as an alarm to
tell them when their blood-sugar levels are ...
Grants targets health
cares costs, diabetes
Newsday - Long
Island,NY,USA
ALBANY, NY - Seventy-two grants worth $16 million aimed
at improving diabetes care and addressing health care
issues statewide are being distributed by the ...
Genizon BioSciences
Secures $31 Million in Additional Financing
Reuters - USA
Funding for genome-wide association studies in metabolic
syndrome and coronary artery disease MONTREAL--(Business
Wire)--Genizon BioSciences today announced ...
Sangamo BioSciences
Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial of ZFP ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
The signs and symptoms of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
and any changes that occur during the trial will also be
evaluated based on neurological ...
Paper of the Day -
Basal-bolus insulin preferred after glargine
Pulse - London,UK
Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to hit a
HbA1c target of 7% if they move on to a basal/bolus
therapy – rather than prandial premixed therapy ...
PPD Shares Rise On
Expected Milestone Payment For New Diabetes ...
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Takeda Pharmaceutical asked the FDA to approve its type 2
diabetes drug candidate SYR-322, or alogliptin. The move
will trigger a milestone payment of up to ...
News for Week #01 2008
Alcohol may lower blood
sugar
Health24.com - Cape
Town,South Africa
In people with type 2 diabetes, a daily glass of wine
with dinner lowers fasting blood sugar levels, Israeli
researchers found. Dr Iris Shai of Ben Gurion ...
Lack of deep sleep
increases type 2 diabetes risk
DailyIndia.com -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
"Chronic shallow non-REM sleep, decreased insulin
sensitivity and elevated diabetes risk are typical of
aging," said the authors. ...
Insulin a key in
laminitis - research
Horsetalk - Canterbury,New
Zealand
Researchers at the University of Queensland have shown
that insulin has a more important role in the development
of laminitis than previously thought. ...
Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Metabolic
Syndrome Patients Varies with ...
Medi News Direct -
Bangalore,Karnataka,India
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) consists of a combination of
vascular risk factors and metabolic abnormalities
comprising of central obesity, ...
Cinnamon, lime juice
and vinegar for weight loss
Bradenton Herald - FL,
United States
She suspects that this works for her because she is
insulin-resistant and cautions that it might not work as
well for others. Insulin resistance may ...
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