News for Week #26 2005

FDA Warns Against Supplement
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON -- The government is warning consumers not to take a Chinese dietary supplement that contains a diabetes drug that could cause life-threatening ...

Murder trial delayed so defense can question witnesses
WOI - West Des Moines,IA,USA
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa The murder trial of a woman charged with giving her husband an overdose of insulin has been delayed to August. ...

Testimony may show murder motive
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
ROCKFORD -- The night her husband suffered an insulin overdose, Bonnie Savoy showed little concern for him as he gasped for air, a family friend testified. ...

Complete Care Medical, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Diabetes ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
(Pink Sheets:CCMI) is pleased to announce its acquisition of Diabetes Gold, Inc., a high growth diabetes service company located in Houston, Texas. ...

Supply scare for juvenile diabetic lifeline
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... then. Mother and diabetic daughter now do not have a source of income. At least the foundation takes care of their medical need. ...

Scientists Succeed in Developing Insulin-Secreting Cells
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
Korean medical doctors, led by a Seoul National University professor, have succeeded in developing cells that produce insulin by using embryonic stem cells. ...

Technosphere&red; Insulin Enters into Phase 3 Safety Trial
Medgadget.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
MannKind Corporation has announced yesterday that it has initiated enrollment of patients in phase 3 safety trial of inhaled Technosphere&red; Insulin (TI) in ...

Burning energy and its impact on health during exercise can be of ...
MedIndia - India
... They had prepared measurements of insulin action and glucose metabolism at the start of the program and then again after it were done. ...

Robert Rizza, MD, of Rochester MN, Elected President, American ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Diabetes is a serious disease that affects the body's ability to produce or respond properly to insulin, a hormone that allows blood sugar to enter the cells ...

Korea Advances One Step Further to Stem Cell Therapy
Korea Times - Seoul,South Korea
... The team, headed by Seoul National University professor Moon Shin-yong, said yesterday that it developed human embryonic stem cells into insulin-secreting cells ...

Drop-in-drop discovery
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... Specifically, he was trying to overcome immune rejection of transplanted pancreatic islet cells, which regulate insulin in the body and can aid diabetics who ...

Aerobic exercise helps find genetic regions linked to prediabetes
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... Prediabetes is characterized by the body's elevated resistance to insulin, the hormone that regulates blood glucose levels and energy storage. ...

Generex Biotechnology to Present Clinical Trial Results at The ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Oral-lyn(TM) in 10 Type-1 Diabetic Subjects Receiving Baseline Glargine Insulin Therapy" (co-authored with M. Guevara and J. Saavedra), will be presented as a ...

Nearly half of all diabetic patients in Spore suffer kidney ...
Channel News Asia - Singapore
By Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia. SINGAPORE : Nearly half of all diabetics in Singapore suffer from kidney failure. And what's worrying ...

Drug boosts testosterone in diabetic men
Macleans - Toronto,ON,Canada
Diabetic men with low testosterone can boost levels of the male hormone as well as control their blood sugar on a drug called rosiglitazone. ...

Company Eyes Former Bass Shoe Plant
WLBZ-TV - Bangor,ME,USA
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) -- New England Orthotic and Diabetic Shoe Manufacturing Company would employ 20 people by the end of next year and more employees would ...

New drug aids in insulin production
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
An experimental treatment has shown promise in helping certain diabetics retain some ability to make insulin, potentially lessening their need for shots of the ...

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Short-Acting Insulin ...
Archives of Internal Medecine - USA
... This article compares the effect of treatment with short-acting insulin (SAI) analogues vs regular insulin on glycemic control, hypoglycemic episodes, quality ...

Diabetic women's heart-disease risk higher
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Insulin seen possible diabetes trigger (May 12, 2005) -- Insulin, the hormone that helps utilize sugar, may be the actual cause of type 1 diabetes, scientists ...

Gene trait may increase diabetes risk
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Insulin glargine helpful in diabetes (June 15, 2005) -- A Canadian study has said type 2 diabetes patients can achieve target blood sugar levels faster than ...

Shamokin man believes many diabetics aren't properly educated ...
Shamokin News Item - Shamokin,PA,USA
... Mace, a diabetic himself, is already doing what he can to educate those with the disease as an active member of the diabetes support group at Shamokin Area ...

Psychiatric Illnesses Common in Children with Newly Diagnosed Type ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... "Obese children with neuropsychiatric conditions should be screened for diabetes, and children with insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes should be screened ...

More undergo NHS sight tests
Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
New figures out today show there was an increase of almost 6000 people, who have diabetes, going for NHS tests. Across Scotland ...

Joslin Diabetes Center announces new national Joslin Vision ...
Medical News Today - UK
Joslin Diabetes Center has launched a new affiliation program designed to bring Joslin's world-class vision resources to local communities across the United ...

Solving the diabetes puzzle that baffled the world
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... A medical breakthrough so historic and extraordinary that it has been hailed as the most important development in diabetes research since Canadian doctors ...

Water Pills Help Patients With Diabetes
Ivanhoe - USA
... than newer and more costly medicines in the treatment of high blood pressure and the prevention of some forms of heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes. ...

Treatment of diabetes aid to birth
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
Professor David Simmons of the Waikato Clinical School said Australian research was the first to show that aggressive treatment of diabetes in pregnancy was ...

Saturated fats combined with genetic trait implicated in ...
Medical News Today - UK
... has discovered an additional 2 million Canadians who have a high fat diet or are overweight may be at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes if they ...

Pancreas transplant for diabetes improves kidneys
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with type 1 diabetes often develop kidney failure and, when it's available, a combined kidney and pancreas transplant offers ...

Pilot Study for HPB-84 Shows Positive Results for Diabetes ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
HUTCHINSON, Kan., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patients participating in a 12-week pilot study for the Type II diabetes supplement HPB-84 successfully ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va ...

New diabetes drugs wont faze Sanofi
CNN - USA
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – Sanofi-Aventis' diabetes drug Lantus has flourished in the lucrative industry for insulin products, and according to analysts, it will ...

Diabetes in children may be scary, but it is controllable
Gilroy Dispatch (subscription) - Gilroy,CA,USA
... She had developed a condition known as Type I diabetes, which would require her to keep an eye on her blood sugar levels and inject insulin to control them for ...

Burning Or Tingling Feet May be Warning of Pre-diabetes
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- Adult onset, or type 2 diabetes, is a growing problem in the United States. Researchers estimate that about 10 percent ...

Drug for diabetes shows promise
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA
... Nevertheless, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which paid for the study, considered the results encouraging enough to plan future large-scale studies ...

STUDY SUGGESTS CHILDREN WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE MAY BE AT ...
Newsinferno.com - Great Neck,NY,USA
A study of 237 children with type 2 diabetes done at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and published in the June issue of Pediatric Diabetes, strongly ...

Gestational Diabetes: Treatment seems to reduce newborn ...
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
THE QUESTION Women who develop diabetes while pregnant face a number of uncertainties. ... Does treating the diabetes change these risks? ...

Helping preserve sight of people with diabetes
ic Wales - Cardiff,UK
GREATER numbers of people in Wales are being diagnosed with diabetes, a condition that carries with it an increased risk of sight problems. ...

10 Best Treats For People With Diabetes
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
By Susan Burke MS, RD, LD/N, CDE. Diabetes is not caused by eating sugar, and if you have diabetes it doesn't mean that you can never eat sugar again. ...

Italian men just a bunch of softies
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Children with depression, attention problems, autism or other neuropsychiatric conditions may be at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes. ...

How Safe Are Sugar Free Products?
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... Christine Miller is a Registered and Licensed dietitian, as well as a Certified Diabetes Educator. Christine moderates the Living ...

From cancer research, smooth skin
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Fox Chase scientists were looking to cure diabetes and cancer when they found a potentially lucrative bonus - an anti-aging cream. By Susan FitzGerald. ...

Intensive therapy cuts diabetes problems: study
CTV - Canada
... The benefits of such an approach can be seen in someone like Erin Robins, who was diagnosed with type I diabetes as a teenager when she became a participant in ...

Potatoes during pregnancy linked to juvenile diabetes
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Australian researchers believe they have found a trigger of type 1 diabetes in children - their mothers eating potatoes and other tuberous ...

Targets in diabetes
Malaysia Star - Petaling Jaya,Malaysia
... Diabetes is one of the major causes of cardiovascular diseases. Diabetes is being described as a new epidemic in the 21st century. ...

Motorcyclists with vision
Winnipeg Sun - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
The 50-something Morden resident has had three laser eye surgeries and diabetes has triggered difficulties with his vision, but despite it all he still manages ...

Epileptics face similar problems behind the wheel
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA
... months before driving. No such moratorium is required for drivers with diabetes and other medical conditions. They are required ...

News for Week #25 2005

Diabetes and Foot Complications
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Serious complications develop as a result of the impact that diabetes has on blood vessels and the body's circulatory system. Among ...

Metabolic Syndrome in Kids
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
With more kids than ever dealing with the devastating effects of obesity and diabetes, a new health problem -- metabolic syndrome -- may be on the rise for ...

New Treatment May Help Preserve Insulin Production in People With ...
About Diabetes - USA
According to a new European research, the treatment of Type 1 diabetes with a monoclonal antibody may help preserve insulin-making abilities in people who have ...

Children's Hospital study offers answers on diabetes
Buffalo Business First - Buffalo,NY,USA
Dr. Teresa Quattrin, chief of the hospital's division of endocrinology, found that inhaled powdered insulin offers the same sugar control as injectable liquid ...

Russia to open first insulin making plant
RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
PENZA, June 23 (RIA Novosti, Denis Sobolov) - The first joint Russian-Chinese enterprise for producing insulin on the basis of genetic engineering will be ...

Little Lobbyists for Diabetes
Burke Connection - McLean,VA,USA
... many of them children. Those with Type I diabetes have no ability to produce insulin in their pancreas. Allyson's mother, Anne Biersacl ...

India set to get access to Bimstec markets
Algorum - India
... big market in Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Nepal. India is also planning to export insulin to the Bimstec countries on a large scale.

Life changes could curb metabolic syndrome
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
A recent study involved 3,234 adults with high blood sugar levels but not full-fledged diabetes; about half had metabolic syndrome. ...

Increased risk of common infections in patients suffering from ...
MedIndia - India
People suffering from diabetes type 1 or type 2 are at increased risk from having respiratory infections, urinary tract infections and skin infections. ...

Gestational diabetes occurs in 4 percent of pregnancies
Florence Morning News - Florence,SC,USA
Gestational diabetes is becoming increasingly recognized as a condition that, left unchecked, can have serious health repercussions for women and their newborns ...

Treatment Preserves Insulin-Making Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Forbes - USA
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a monoclonal antibody, a new type of therapy, may help preserve insulin-making abilities in people who ...

Lilly accuses Chinese firm of infringing insulin patents
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Indianapolis (Star report) -- Eli Lilly and Co. is suing a Chinese company, saying it infringed patents for Lilly's human insulin. ...

Insulin Needs after CD3-Antibody Therapy in New-Onset Type 1 ...
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a T-cell--mediated autoimmune disease that leads to a major loss of insulin-secreting beta cells. ...

Type 1 Diabetes -- Does Suppressing T Cells Increase Insulin?
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
Although major advances have led to an improved understanding of this disease, important gaps in knowledge must be bridged before insulin replacement is ...

Resolution of Insulin-Requiring Diabetes After Cessation of ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... On referral to the diabetes clinic she was started on subcutaneous mixed insulin twice daily; a dietitian found her diet to be good, with little excess refined ...

Caffeine cuts nighttime diabetes problem
Reuters.uk - UK
... suggested before.". People with type 1 diabetes have to take insulin to keep their blood glucose levels within the normal range. When ...

Study Confirms Intensive Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetic Patients with Insulin...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... "The EDIC study examined the long-term effects of an average of 6.5 years of conventional insulin treatment versus intensive insulin treatment in Type 1". ...

Insulin resistance drug with anti-inflammatory effects reduces ...
News-Medical.net - World
A drug, which reduces insulin resistance and also may have anti-inflammatory and other effects on blood vessels, lowered cardiovascular risk factors in ...

Phosphagenics: Good Results From TPM-01 Preclinical Trials
Yahoo News - USA
... "Peptides are a very important class of pharmaceutical compounds - insulin and growth hormone are two other well known examples - that currently must be ...

Three novel therapies could slow progress of Alzheimer's
USA Today - USA
... In a third study, Suzanne Craft of the University of Washington and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Medical Center tested the ability of insulin, used to ...

Metrika Receives FDA Clearance to Market INView(TM) Multi-Test A1C ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed diabetes cases, occurs when the body either does not produce enough insulin or the cells ...

Diabetic Neuropathy a Threat but Often Preventable
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... OK -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/20/2005 -- People with diabetes can greatly improve their chances of preventing or limiting the impact of diabetic neuropathy, a ...

Local diabetic, 10, going to Capitol to press cause
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
... chapter, Meyer said. Both Austin and his sister, Maggie, 8, who is not diabetic, have served as youth ambassadors. Their parents ...

New Drug Treats Multiple Problems of People With Type 2 Diabetes
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
... lowering blood glucose and reducing weight and waist circumference, as well as modifying the disordered lipids associated with diabetic dyslipidemia, according ...

Diabetes study to track 9,100 people
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... A 2002 ministry survey showed that about 7.4 million adults suffer from diabetes, while about 8.8 million are considered at risk of becoming diabetic. ...

Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Premature Aging
About Diabetes - USA
One aditional negative effect of obesity and insulin resistance: Researchers report that being overweight and having reduced sensitivity to the action of ...

Exercise Improves Blood Sugar Metabolism
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
... improve the body's ability to control blood sugar levels, adding further evidence that exercise can forestall the development of diabetes or cardiovascular ...

New drug slows type 1 diabetes
USA Today - USA
By Anita Manning, USA TODAY. An experimental drug slows the course of type 1, or juvenile, diabetes and one day might prevent it altogether, researchers say. ...

Treatment Preserves Insulin-Making Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Forbes - USA
... Treatment with a monoclonal antibody, a new type of therapy, may help preserve insulin-making abilities in people who have recently developed type 1 diabetes. ...

Diabetes and Depression Increase Risk of Dying Early
About Diabetes - USA
People with diabetes should be routinelly screened for depression. A recent study lead by Dr. Leonard E. Egede, an assistant professor ...

Diabetes: How lifestyle and daily routine affect blood sugar
MayoClinic.com - USA
You can keep your blood sugar within target range and prevent diabetes complications by knowing what makes your blood sugar rise and fall. ...

Reason for diabetes drug causing edema discovered
MedIndia - India
Researchers had been able to find out why the diabetes drug thiazolidinediones (TZDs) can cause edema. Scientists from the University ...

Ministry to study 9,100 people to prevent diabetes
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
... ministry plans to conduct a large-scale study covering 9,100 people over a five-year period on effective ways to prevent and treat diabetes, officials said. ...

Diabetes drug aids IVF success
BBC News - UK
A common diabetes drug can improve the chance of success for some women undergoing IVF, say UK researchers. A hormonal disturbance ...

Pregnancy diabetes tests proposed
TVNZ - New Zealand
Doctors have long debated whether babies would benefit if all pregnant women were tested for gestational diabetes. Professor David ...

Combination of Weight Loss Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Objective: To evaluate the effects over 2 years of a weight loss program combining several weight loss strategies on weight loss and diabetes control in ...

When family, career intersect
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... A funeral for her uncle -- who died from complications of diabetes -- was held on the same day she started working for LifeScan, a company that sells blood ...

Ginseng fights diabetes precursor?
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Doctors at Washington University are testing ginseng, a root long used in traditional Asian medicine, to see if it can head off diabetes in overweight adults. ...

Canadians with Diabetes & Heart Disease Benefit from Intensive ...
Medical News Today - UK
... cholesterol-lowering to targets below currently recommended levels significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke for people with diabetes and heart ...

Implications for diabetes, Alzheimer's, even teeth
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
... a host of diseases and conditions. Among the most promising are Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. Dr. Ed Markin is director of ...

Better Ways to Beat Diabetes
Newsweek - USA
... Obesity can foster diseases ranging from cancer to heart failure, and it's a clear factor in the country's growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes. ...

Diabetic men at risk of low testosterone, says study
Financial Express - Bombay,India
LOS ANGELES: Men over the age of 45 with diabetes are more than twice as likely as non-diabetic men in the age group to have low testosterone, making them ...

Obesity and Insulin Resistance Age Cells
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
A person who is overweight and has reduced sensitivity to the hormone insulin may be aging prematurely, according to new research. ...

Diabetic Retinopathy Occurs in Pre-Diabetes
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Diabetic retinopathy has been found in nearly 8 percent of pre-diabetic participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), according to a report presented ...

News for Week #24 2005

State launches new diabetes Web site
El Defensor Chieftain - Socorro,NM,USA

Teenagers with Type 1 diabetes already developing cardiovascular ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Youths with type 1 diabetes, especially boys, already show early signs of cardiovascular disease by their teen-age years, according to researchers from the ...

Dairy products Defends Type 2 Diabetes
MedIndia - India
... General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, has shown that higher intake of low-fat dairy may lower the risk of type II diabetes in men. ...

Smoking and diabetes a major risk
Irish Health - Ireland
Smoking among people with diabetes parallels that of the general population, despite the fact that these two things combined significantly increase the risk of ...

Study: Most sophomore students have a family history of diabetes
Saipan Tribune - West Orange,NJ,USA
A recently issued research study on diabetes showed that majority of sophomore students who are of Asian or Pacific Islander descent have a family history of ...

Basal Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are usually treated initially with oral antidiabetic agents, but as the disease progresses, most patients eventually ...

Diabetes awareness aimed at African-Caribbean community
Black Britain - UK
Afro-Caribbean diabetic sufferers are set to be provided with a better understanding of diabetes by Department of Health (DH). There ...

Xenical helps obese teens shed weight
TNEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
When combined with a low-calorie diet, exercise and behavioral therapy, treatment with Xenical significantly improves weight management for obese teenagers, new research suggests ...

Vytorin shown to be as effective for diabetes sufferers
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
... investigating the ability of Merck & Co's Vytorin to reduce cholesterol has revealed that the treatment is as effective in patients also suffering from diabetes ...

Hospitalizations for diabetes fall
USA Today - USA
SAN DIEGO -- From the mid-1990s to 2002, hospitalizations for diabetes-related conditions dropped by 35% and the incidence of end-stage kidney disease fell 30 ...

FDA may go slow on diabetes blockbuster
CNN - USA
... smokers and children. Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the United States -- and costs are mounting. San Diego ...

Cut the Pain in Diabetes Blood Sugar Test
FOX News - USA
People with diabetes can check their blood sugar with a prick to their palm rather than their fingertips, which are much more sensitive to pain, say researchers ...

Diabetes Data Boost Amylin
TheStreet.com - USA
... jump Monday, following word that the company and Eli Lilly (LLY:NYSE - commentary - research) had positive results from a study of the diabetes treatment Byetta ...

Drug reduces risk of Type 2 diabetes
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
13 (UPI) -- A California study finds using a drug to reduce insulin resistance in women who became diabetic while pregnant reduces their risk of Type 2 diabetes ...

Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Growing at Exponential Rates in the ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
People Can Take Measures to Prevent and Better Manage Type 2 Diabetes NEW YORK, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- THIS IS A MULTIVU SPECIAL REPORT. ...

PhytoMedical Expands Diabetes Research Efforts with Addition of ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... John S. Striffler to its scientific research team in order to accelerate ongoing studies of the beneficial effects of cinnamon on insulin and diabetes, and in ...

Maternal and Perinatal Magnesium Restriction Predisposes Rat Pups ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... A., Cani, C., Malta, L., Pineo, A., Busardo, A. & Paolisso, G. (2003) Role of magnesium in insulin action, diabetes and cardio-metabolic syndrome X. Mol. ...

FDA Approves Levemir(R) (insulin detemir [rDNA Origin] Injection) ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... NYSE: NVO - News) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Levemir® (insulin detemir [rDNA ... (1) Levemir® (insulin detemir). ...

BBC News Magazine
BBC News - UK
... It was first touted quarter of a century ago as a way for diabetics to control their insulin levels, and has been popular in Australia for almost a decade. ...

Local biotechs combating medical, financial strain of diabetes
San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription) - San Diego,CA,USA
... In type 2 diabetes, either the body does not produce enough insulin or cells ignore the insulin, which is necessary for the body to process sugar. ...

Insulin Mouth Spray Works Fast, Study Shows
WebMD - USA
June 16, 2005 -- An insulin mouth spray works faster and seems to be just as effective as insulin injections, a new study shows. ... "This is a very fast insulin. ...

Generex Biotechnology Announces Completion of $2.0 Million ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... the proceeds from the transaction to fund the initial launch of commercial sales of its flagship product, Oral-lyn(TM) (a proprietary oral insulin buccal spray ...

Scots kids fail to manage their diabetes
grampian tv - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
The future of Scots children with diabetes is under threat because of a failure to manage the condition effectively. That's the ...

Factors Beyond Diabetes Likely Contribute to Diabetic's Risk for ...
Cancer Consultants (press release) - Memphis,TN,USA
A recent study conducted in the United Kingdom indicates that diabetes is not the cause of the growing number of obesity- and alcohol-related cancers. ...

Metabolic Syndrome On The Rise
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
... of the following five: Central obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, hypertension or insulin resistance, they make a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome ...

Metabolic Syndrome or Insulin Resistance? Semantics in the ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Metabolic Syndrome, based on a list of weight- and lipid-based criteria, is a tool for identifying those with the potential for heart disease. ...

CDC: Diabetes Cases Soaring, Obesity Related
FOX News - USA
By Miranda Hitti. Seven out of 1,000 US adults aged 18-79 years were newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2003. That's 41 percent higher ...

Insulin cells persist in long-standing diabetes
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In type 1 diabetes, which by definition indicates a lack of insulin production, the insulin-producing "beta" cells in the pancreas ...

Diabetes Hospitalizations Decline
Sci-Tech Today - USA
The 30 percent decline during those years followed a steady increase that peaked in 1996 at 327 cases per 100,000 people with diabetes. ...

Type 2 diabetes and nephropathy, Ruboxistaurin shows favorable ...
Xagena.it - Italy
A one-year pilot study examined the effect of Ruboxistaurin in patients with type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy. Data showed ...

Data Presented at American Diabetes Association Scientific ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Results from three two-year studies presented at the 65th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association showed ...

ADA: Lung Function Still a Problem with Inhaled Insulin
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
SAN DIEGO, June 14-Inhaled insulin products, which have been in development for more than 10 years, have efficacy comparable to subcutaneous short-acting ...

ADA: A Patch for Insulin Delivery May Be Option for Diabetics
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
SAN DIEGO, June 14-The first results from an investigational transdermal insulin delivery system suggest that it is possible to deliver insulin through the skin ...

The benefits of using insulin earlier, Canadian study
Medical News Today - UK
... demonstrate that patients with type 2 diabetes can safely achieve target blood sugar (glycemic) levels faster and more frequently when insulin glargine (a basal ...

Insulin cells persist in long-standing diabetes
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In type 1 diabetes, which by definition indicates a lack of insulin production, the insulin-producing "beta" cells in the pancreas ...

Lilly drug found effective in treatment of kidney disease
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
has achieved results from a one year pilot study indicating that its drug candidate ruboxistaurin is capable of helping to reduce diabetic kidney damage. ...

Medtronic Reports New Studies Confirming That Pump Therapy ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
(NYSE:MDT) today reported that three new studies demonstrate the value of insulin pump therapy in lowering A1C levels in pediatric type 1 diabetes patients. ...

World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
The Second World Congress on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome (IRS) addressed numerous aspects of what we now realize to be an increasingly complex clinical ...

Overweight adolescent girls risk developing metabolic syndrome
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
While there have been many articles about women's health lately, concerns about something called metabolic syndrome -- the combination of obesity with elevated ...

Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Infusion and Mortality in the CREATE ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... 2 In DIGAMI, the investigators used a GIK infusion initially but also subsequently attempted good glycemic control with subcutaneous insulin during the initial ...

Breastfeeding as good for children's blood pressure as exercise ...
Medical News Today - UK
The research team assessed the impact of breastfeeding on elements of the metabolic syndrome in over 2000 randomly chosen children from Denmark and Estonia ...

Quark Biotech Discovers Role of RTP801 in the Pathogenesis of ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... findings from a study that suggest that the hypoxia inducible gene RTP801 may serve an important role in the pathogenesis of early diabetic retinal disease. ...

Preventing Brain Damage After Diabetic Coma
Ivanhoe - USA
... impairment. Researchers from San Francisco VA Medical Center looked at the effectiveness of pyruvate for a diabetic coma. Pyruvate ...

Sex-specific Differences in Presenting Symptoms of Diabetic and ...
AEM (subscription) - USA
... Results: Among diabetic patients: 1) mortalitiy rates were higher in diabetic women compared to men (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.17 to 1.66); 2) atypical, non-chest pain ...

Potential for brain stem cells to be used to cure diabetes
News-Medical.net - World
Dr Seung Kim and colleagues were able to coax the immature brain cells to develop into the insulin-producing islet cells that are lacking in diabetes which ...

Inhaled Technosphere® Mimics the Normally-Occurring First Phase ...
Medical News Today - UK
... Association in San Diego, California, highlight the potential of MannKind Corporation's (Nasdaq: MNKD) lead product, inhaled Technosphere® Insulin (TI), to ...

Type 1 diabetics that control glucose with intensive insulin lower cardiac risk
USA Today - USA
... Participants were given standard care or more intensive treatment, which meant more frequent daily blood testing and insulin injections. ...

Once-Daily Pill Lowers Blood Sugar and Cholesterol in Diabetics
Forbes - USA
... blood sugar and high cholesterol, the major problems faced by people with type 2 diabetes, in which the body gradually loses its ability to metabolize insulin. ...

Studies at ADA Demonstrate Vildagliptin Improves Islet Health and ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... 4, a recently approved injectable anti-diabetes drug, in improving measures of glycemic control and stimulating the growth of new insulin-producing beta cells ...

New diabetes drug aids blood fats as well as sugar
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... on Sunday. If approved by regulators, Pargluva, or muraglitazar, would be the first insulin sensitizer to also target lipids. The ...

Israeli Researchers Coax Liver Cells to Produce Insulin
Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription) - Brooklyn,NY,USA
By ISRAEL21c Staff. ISRAEL21c reports new breakthroughs in the production of natural insulin. Recent tests conducted on mice show ...

New Clinical Trial Shows Diachrome(R) Improves Diabetes Care for ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
Results of Landmark Study Presented at American Diabetes Association 65th Annual Scientific Sessions Show Significant Effects in Lowering Blood Sugar and ...

Landmark study shows Canadians with diabetes and heart disease ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
- Canadian Diabetes Association welcomes new research supporting the importance of aggressive cholesterol-lowering - TORONTO, June 13 /CNW/ - New clinical data ...

American Diabetes Association (ADA): round up
Drug Researcher.com - Montpellier,France
13/06/2005 - The latest research included in the proceedings of the annual scientific meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) means that diabetic ...

Study says treating diabetes helps babies
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
SAN DIEGO -- Women who develop diabetes during pregnancy give birth to healthier babies if they are aggressively treated, concludes a large new study that ...

Teenagers with Type 1 diabetes already developing cardiovascular ...
Medical News Today - UK
Youths with type 1 diabetes, especially boys, already show early signs of cardiovascular disease by their teen-age years, according to researchers from the ...

Taking a pill reduces blood glucose of Diabetes 2 patients ...
Medical News Today - UK
... the registered trade name PARGLUVA™) during a late-breaking presentation of the 65th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). ...

Better diabetes care showing results
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Far fewer Americans with diabetes are ending up in emergency rooms or developing kidney failure--a sign that diabetes care has ...

Study: Care improving for diabetes
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
SAN DIEGO - For years, public health officials have urged people to do simple things to manage their diabetes: Watch blood sugar levels, eat a healthy diet and ...

'Adult' diabetes hitting children
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Driven by the obesity epidemic, type 2 diabetes -- once called ''adult-onset" -- is becoming increasingly common among children and teenagers, to the point ...

Diabetes hospitalization rates falling, CDC says
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
SAN DIEGO, June 11 (Reuters) - Americans with diabetes are less likely to need hospitalization for serious complications such as kidney failure than they were ...

Diabetes Drug ACTOS(r) Showed Anti-inflammatory Effects
Medical News Today - UK
A new study presented today at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 65th Annual Scientific Sessions showed that the type 2 diabetes drug ACTOS reduced C ...

Diabetes called threat to male sex drive
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
LOS ANGELES - Men older than 45 with diabetes are more than twice as likely as nondiabetic men in the age group to have low testosterone, making them ...

New Drug Treats Multiple Problems of People With Type 2 Diabetes
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... "Because we know that abdominal obesity is closely linked to insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk factors, if we target abdominal ...

Rimonabant Study Shows Significant Improvements in HbA1c and ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... on HbA1c, waist circumference, body weight and other cardiometabolic risk factors such as dyslipidemia and blood pressure as well as metabolic syndrome. ...

Genes May Predispose Mexican Americans to Insulin Resistance
Newswise (press release) - USA
... that low-grade inflammation is linked to heart disease and diabetes, more recent studies have shown that inflammation plays a role in insulin resistance, a ...

AstraZeneca Presents Encouraging Phase II Results for GALIDA(TM) ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... GALIDA significantly and dose-dependently improves post-prandial glucose and lipid metabolism in non-diabetic subjects with manifestations of insulin resistance ...

Entelos Presents Comparative Analysis Results in an Oral Session ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Additionally, NOD mouse studies, such as insulin tolerization and anti-CD3, indicate that administration dose and schedule can drastically influence efficacy. ...

News for Week #23 2005

High Stakes for Inhaled Insulin
TheStreet.com - USA
By the end of October, millions of diabetics will find out if they can try a new way of taking insulin -- inhaling the drug rather than injecting it. ...

Oral insulin spray may offer treatment advantage
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The results of a new study conducted with healthy volunteers show that an investigational oral insulin spray formulation "is mainly ...

Study Shows BYETTA(TM) Improves Blood Sugar Levels as Effectively ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... today announced results from a study indicating that BYETTA(TM) (exenatide) injection improves blood sugar levels as effectively as insulin glargine (Lantus ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 enhances production of insulin in insulin ...
Journal of Endocrinology
Embryonic stem cells (ESC) can be differentiated into insulin-producing cells by a 5 stage procedure involving altering culture conditions and addition of ...

Military looking for a few good medics
MSNBC - USA
... This time, the initial report is wrong -- no a gun shot victim, just a 300-pound diabetic, former professional boxer whose hypoglycemic state has him flailing ...

Procedure May Save Patients From Developing Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Without a pancreas to produce insulin, these patients develop "surgical diabetes" and must take insulin for the rest of their lives. ...

FDA Delays Review of Insmed's SomatoKine
Forbes - USA
... SomatoKine combines insulin-like growth factor-1 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3. The company is looking for FDA approval to treat Growth ...

State slaps facility with $10,000 fine
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
... released Tuesday, "the facility did not provide prompt and competent medical interventions; follow the facility protocol for ...

'Brown Fat' Cells Hold Clues For Possible Obesity Treatments
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... "We used those cell lines to study how insulin affects the conversion of fat precursors, or preadipocytes, into mature brown adipocytes," said Dr. Tseng. ...

Testicular Cancer Survivors at Increased Risk for Metabolic ...
Cancerpage.com - Marietta,GA,USA
... In long-term survivors of testicular cancer, alterations in testosterone may play a role in the development of the metabolic syndrome, Danish investigators ...

Phase II Trial of GALIDA(TM) (tesaglitazar) Evaluates Glucose and ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... today, for the first time, the results of the phase II dose finding study for GALIDA(TM) (tesaglitazar), at the 65th annual American Diabetes Association (ADA ...

New Lilly diabetes fighter rivals insulin
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
A new diabetes drug from Eli Lilly and Co. ... In the study, all patients took the diabetes pills in addition to getting injections of either Byetta or Lantus. ...

Pill controls diabetes without side effects-study
Reuters.uk - UK
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An experimental diabetes drug can control blood sugar without causing weight gain or swelling, according to a small mid-stage clinical ...

News About Obesity Drug Acomplia (rimonabant) and Diabetes ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... com) editors will provide the latest news about the obesity drug Acomplia (rimonabant) when it is presented at the American Diabetes Association meeting in San ...

Kids aren't alone in fight against diabetes
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... But every few hours, Hannah has to stop for a few minutes to prick her finger and take a shot because she has type 1 diabetes. This ...

Weight control protects against low birth weight related glucose ...
Medical News Today - UK
Obesity, physical inactivity, genetics and age have long been recognized as risk factors for developing high blood glucose and diabetes. ...

Nicotinic Acid in the Management of Dyslipidaemia Associated With ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Individuals with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are at markedly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. ...

Procedure May Save Patients From Developing Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Transplanting a patient's own islet cells is a simple procedure that can save pancreatitis sufferers from developing diabetes, but many are unaware the therapy ...

Provalis shares fall on diabetes test setback
Reuters.uk - UK
... group Provalis Plc said on Friday it would post higher full-year losses due to "several teething problems" with its blood sugar test for diabetes, sending its ...

Prospective Study Published in Diabetes Care Confirms Basal ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
One of the largest prospective treatment trials of diabetes management ever undertaken revealed once-daily Lantus(R)(insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection ...

Use of Insulin for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Increasing as a ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
Today, Over 4% of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Receive Insulin as a First- Line Therapy, According to DecisionMETRICS WALTHAM and WATERTOWN, Mass., June 9 ...

KineMed, Inc. Announces Presentations at The American Diabetes ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... medical diagnostics company, announced today that it will make presentations related to two new product programs at the American Diabetes Association's 65th ...

Diabetes And Diet
50 Connect - UK
Eating 5 tablespoons or more of peanut butter a week may help lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes in women, according to an article in the Journal of the ...

Diabetes-Related Hypoglycemia Risk Greater With Jogging Than With ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... "Our finding has implications for safe participation in exercise by individuals with type 1 diabetes," Dr. Kym J. Guelfi, who led the study, told Reuters Health ...

Type 1 Diabetes Successfully Treated after Series of Islet Cell ...
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By Carolinas HealthCare System , A Davidson woman has been successfully treated for her Type 1 diabetes through a procedure performed at Carolinas Medical ...

Abbott Diabetes Care
GMTV - UK
People with diabetes need to be able to test their blood sugar any time, anywhere -- so the smaller and more discreet the meter - the better. ...

Insulin Pump Therapy in Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Objective: This study assesses the effects of insulin pump therapy on diabetes control and family life in children 1--6 years old with type 1 diabetes. ...

Clinical trial helps local woman live with diabetes
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
For Delfina Rutledge, being a test subject for an experimental drug was a way to do more than just live and die with diabetes, as several people she knows have ...

Minorities receive less diabetes-related prevention care
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... Hispanic patients with diabete are less likely than white patients to get eye exams, flu shots or cholesterol tests as part of their diabetes prevention care ...

Nutrihand Debuts New Internet Diabetes Management Service for ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
SAN DIEGO, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Nutrihand Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based diabetes management services, will debut its Private Label service ...

Diabetic's road tragedy raises thorny questions
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... Nebel was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 5 or 6. Diabetes hadn't prevented him from anything, he said. He worked construction. ...

NC woman is now insulin-free after series of three islet cell ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... The result is a patient who is now insulin-free. ... In Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas does not produce that insulin, forcing patients to inject insulin every day. ...

Caffeine May Reduce Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Caffeine is associated with a reduction in nocturnal hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes, according to the results of a double-blinded, randomized study published in the June issue of Diabetes Care...

Metabolic Syndrome: What Is It?
More TV 32.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The growing number of overweight Americans is leading to an increased incidence of metabolic syndrome, a disorder that often includes high blood pressure, high ...

MannKind Corporation to Present Data on Inhaled Technosphere(R) ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
The schedule for the oral presentations, general poster and poster-discussion sessions is as follows: * "Mimicry of the Early Phase Insulin Response in Humans ...

Obese Kids May Need Regular Blood Sugar Tests
FOX News - USA
... and young adults have typically have type 1 diabetes, in which the immune system destroys cells in the pancreas that make the hormone insulin, which controls ...

HEE Corporation Announces Final Pilot Study Results
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Of the ten participants, nine of them were taking oral medication with two of the participants also being insulin dependent. Four ...

New method may make insulin easier to take
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
One big problem with insulin, which millions of people in the United States need to control diabetes, is quietly being solved. The ...

Diabetic kids to go to DC
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
... Type I diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, is a condition in which a person's pancreas stops producing insulin, the hormone that enables people to get ...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of 12 Abstracts at ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
Amylin has provided an educational grant to support a symposium entitled, "Insulin and Amylin: Balancing Pancreatic Hormones to Achieve Glucose Homeostasis ...

100-Percent Childhood Obesity Predicted by 2044
Ivanhoe - USA
... In a similar study, Booth discovered insulin sensitivity decreases when a body is inactive for just two days. Decreased insulin ...

Low-glycemic may be better than low-fat diet
Reuters Mon Jun 6, 2005 02:46 PM ET
Foods with a low-glycemic index, which are digested relatively slowly and cause smaller increases in blood sugar, may protect the heart ...

First Endocrinology-Focused Clinical Suite is Released
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Suite Aggregates Large Amounts of Data to Help Treat Diabetics SALT LAKE CITY, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Diabetes Association, 18.2 ...

War on diabetes
Irish Health - Ireland
Eight in 10 people with type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes are also obese and have five times the risk of developing cardiac disease than the general ...

Generex Biotechnology Announces Publication of Oral-lyn(TM) ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: GNBT), a leader in the area of buccal drug delivery, today announced that well-known diabetes investigators Professor Itamar ...

Health costs of obesity exceed smoking and drinking
Reuters - Greece
Treating obesity-related disorders costs as much or more than illnesses caused by aging, smoking and problem drinking ...

Diabetes from cradle
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... Fortunately, the boy recovered. But he has been hospitalized more than once because of diabetes-related dehydration. The fact that ...

MannKind Corporation to Present Data on Inhaled Technosphere(R) ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD), focused on developing and commercializing treatments for diabetes and cancer ...

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of 12 Abstracts at ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
(Nasdaq: AMLN - News) today announced that data featuring its two recently approved diabetes drugs, BYETTA(TM) (exenatide) injection and SYMLIN® (pramlintide ...

News for Week #22 2005

Increase in Body Weight Signals Disease Risk in Adolescents
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
As the prevalence of overweight and obesity increases among American children, signs of risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular ...

Weight loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Obese patients who underwent surgical treatment for weight loss had significant reductions in the components of the metabolic syndrome one year after surgery ...

Mediterranean diet effective in reducing metabolic syndrome and ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
... closed internal spaces of the body, including the blood vessels) function and in reducing vascular inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome ...

Abdominal Fat Indicates Severity of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
New research shows that the presence of intra-abdominal fat can indicate the existence and severity of metabolic syndrome in obese, postmenopausal women. ...

Abdominal Fat Tied to Metabolic Syndrome in Women
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
The distribution of body fat appears to be more important than obesity itself in terms of women's risk for developing the metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of ...

Understanding The Link Between Metabolic Syndrome And Drinking ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors, which include high blood pressure, impaired sugar levels and excess abdominal fat. ...

Metabolic Syndrome Common in Teens
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Nearly one third of overweight or obese teenagers have the metabolic syndrome, a cluster of disorders that raise the risk of developing heart disease and ...

Intranasal insulin may protect against type 1 diabetes
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Insulin nasal spray may prevent the development of type 1 diabetes in high risk patients, according to a new study. Research published ...

Insulin pumps effective for children with diabetes
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Pre-school youngsters with type I diabetes can be treated as successfully with insulin pumps as with daily injections, researchers at the Indiana University ...

Stem Cells from Brain Transformed to Produce Insulin at Stanford
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
... professor of developmental biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, said it could lead to new ways of transplanting insulin-producing cells into ...

Diabetics with Palm PDA Will Ultimately See How Their Insulin Acts
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Besides the majority of small improvements the new release introduces an outstanding feature - Insulin Time Activity charting. This ...

Type of weight loss surgery more effective at reducing insulin ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Excessive weight can bring with it many medical problems, including insulin resistance and often type 2 diabetes. Bariatric surgery ...

Short Term Exercise Significantly Increases Insulin Action
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
... the amount of food and drink that formerly sedentary, overweight people ingest during and after short-term exercise has a significant impact on insulin action. ...

Insulin Resistance in Teens may Help in Blood Pressure Control and ...
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
Teenagers, whose bodies are resistant to insulin, face a greater risk of suffering from high blood pressure and obesity later in life, claims a new research. ...

Insulin jelly pills in development
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
... in India are developing a gel pill in the hope that it could replace injections in the future, and be used as a method of taking medicines such as insulin. ...

$3,000 insulin pump believed stolen
Kerrville Daily Times - Kerrville,TX,USA
A Kerrville boy was left without his insulin pump Wednesday after it went missing from his belongings at the Olympic Swimming Pool. ...

Scientists generate human islet precursor cells in culture
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
From cadaveric insulin-producing cells - Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National ...

Metabolic Syndrome Found In Kids
WFMY News 2 - Greensboro,NC,USA
... than ever before dealing with diabetes, health experts are warning that many others may be heading in that direction, courtesy of metabolic syndrome, a group ...

Re: "(Mis)use of Factor Analysis in the Study of Insulin ...
Am. J.Epideminology (subscription) - UK
... by Lawlor et al. (1 ) regarding the utility of factor analysis in understanding the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We agree that the ...

Depression's 'vicious cycle' cuts life, studies show
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... The craving for carbohydrates and the hormone insulin are key players of the biological mischief caused by depression, Gold says. ...

Taking a shot at oral insulin
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... from the National Institutes of Health, a team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin is developing an alternative to daily insulin injections for ...

Metabolic Syndrome Found Prevalent in Elementary School Children ...
Medical News Today - UK
The metabolic syndrome, a dangerous cluster of risk factors previously seen in adults and adolescents, is now appearing in elementary school-aged children. ...

Metabolic Syndrome Found in Many Young Kids
WebMD - USA
... before dealing with diabetes, health experts are warning that many others may be heading in that direction, courtesy of metabolic syndrome,metabolic syndrome ...

Children threatened by obesity-related syndrome
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... shows that youngsters in Europe are catching up with their counterparts in the United States, where 2 million children are affected by metabolic syndrome. ...

Cost-Effective Screening for the Metabolic Syndrome in Patients ...
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - USA
... antipsychotics on weight regulation and glucose and lipid metabolism, little is known about the relationship between these agents and the metabolic syndrome. ...

Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk of Chronic Kidney ...
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- Patients with the combination of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome are at elevated long-term risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD ...

Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension Tied to Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 01 - Even mild pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) boosts the risk that a woman will develop metabolic syndrome later on in life ...

Metabolic syndrome and schizophrenia
British Journal of Psychiatry - UK
Metabolic syndrome - a cluster of disorders comprising obesity (central and abdominal), dyslipidaemias, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance (or ...

Steroid treatment does not raise heart attack risk
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... The only difference was that, in the steroid group, indicators of possible mild insulin resistance