News for Week #24 2006
Pfizer Signs License
Agreement With Bayer On Potential Obesity ...
Trading Markets - Los
Angeles,CA,USA
... Looking ahead, sales of two of the largest
anti-diabetic drug classes, glitazones and ... are seemed
to be locking horns for dominance in the diabetes sector,
with ...
Novartis hypertension
drug shows potential in diabetics
Pharmaceutical Business
Review - USA
... This new data underlines the potential of SPP100
(Rasilez) in diabetic hypertensives, a ... events than
those hypertensive patients without diabetes,"
commented Dr ...
Compare Januvia and
Galvus Diabetes Drugs - Both Lower Blood Sugar ...
Best Syndication - Pinon
Hills,CA,USA
... side effects. Other drugs on the market can cause low
blood sugar and weight gain side-effects, so these new
drugs may be better. ...
For critically ill,
slightly higher blood sugar increases death ...
Wilmington Morning Star -
Wilmington,NC,USA
Washington | For the critically ill, blood sugar that's
even slightly higher than normal increases the chance of
death, says a study that tracked 216,000 ...
Blood sugar monitoring
success for Israeli companies
Israel 21C -
Cupertino,CA,USA
... OrSense has developed a device for blood sugar
testing that uses a strong optical signal, yielding a
high signal-to-noise ratio that is blood driven. ...
Galvus Combination
Lowers Blood Sugar By Up To 2.8%
Medical News Today - UK
Galvus combined with pioglitazone reduces blood sugar
(HbA1c) by up to 2.8% in type two diabetes patients, say
Galvus makers, Novartis. ...
High Blood Sugar Can Be
Deadly After Heart Attack
Forbes - USA
TUESDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Stroke and heart
attack patients who are hospitalized in the ICU must keep
their blood sugar under tight control, a new US ...
Surprise Sheds New
Light On Diabetes
Hartford Courant - United
States
Even 50 years after being diagnosed, many people with
Type 1 diabetes show evidence of some continuing function
in their insulin-producing cells, scientists ...
Isis antisense drug
shown to control blood sugar
Reuters - USA
LOS ANGELES, June 13 (Reuters) - An experimental drug
designed to block a protein involved in insulin
resistance can control blood sugar in people with Type II
...
CombinatoRx Presents
Preclinical Data on CRx-401, a Novel Insulin ...
Finanzen.net - Germany
The anti-diabetic activity of CRx-401translates in vivo
in a rat model of insulin resistance,
significantlyreducing fasting blood glucose and
homeostasis ...
Metabolex Initiates
Phase 2/3 Trial of Metaglidasen in Patients ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... A novel insulin sensitizer, metaglidasen has been
shown in a previously conducted Phase 2 trial in patients
with diabetes to be well tolerated and to lower ...
Fish Oil Holds Promise
for Those with Type II Diabetes
NPIcenter (press release)
- Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... oil. These results were released on June 10 at the 66
th annual meeting of the American Diabetic Association in
Washington , DC . ...
Study: New Drug Reduces
Vision Loss In Diabetics
Elites TV -
Dickinson,TX,USA
... on Sunday at the annual conference of the American
Diabetes Association. ... in the studies, Arxxant can
prevent approximately 70,000 cases of diabetic vision
loss ...
Nepretin, a New Natural
Supplement to Control Complications from ...
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
... clinically designed to control complications from
diabetes. It has been shown to slow, stop and even
reverse the eye damaging effects of diabetic retinopathy.
...
Duloxetine May Impair
Metabolic Control in Patients With Diabetic ...
DG News - USA
... in metabolic control in patients with diabetic
peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP), according to data
presented at the American Diabetes Association 66 th ...
Point Therapeutics'
Diabetes Program Presented at American ...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
... of DPP-4, which is a widely recognized target for the
treatment of diabetes. ... CP) DPP-4 inhibitor and from
metformin in studies in Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF ...
FibroGen Reports
Combinations of FG-3019 Plus ACEi and FG-3019 ...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
... ARB), on diabetic vascular and cardiac complications
including arterial passive stiffness, cardiac
dysfunction, and vascular permeability. Type 1 diabetes
was ...
News for Week #23 2006
Favorable Results With
Lacosamide For Use In Diabetic Neuropathic ...
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
... Nearly 50 percent of individuals who have had
diabetes for over 25 years will experience some symptoms
of painful diabetic neuropathy. ...
Byetta weight loss
doubles for diabetics at 2 years
USA Today - USA
... is a concern because obesity is the main cause of
type 2 diabetes, the most common from of the disease.
"There's never been any anti-diabetic medication
that ...
Trophos will start
Phase II clinical trial in diabetic neuropathy ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... Diabetic neuropathies are a family of nerve disorders
caused by diabetes leading to numbness, weakness and
sometimes pain in the hands, arms, feet and legs. ...
Phenomix Initiates
Phase II Clinical Trial of PHX1149 for Type 2 ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... to enhance the therapeutic product landscape for type
2 diabetes by providing ... the potential to deliver
significant clinical benefit to type 2 diabetic patients
...
Metabasis Reveals
Publication Of Its Evaluation Of CS-917 In ...
Trading Markets - Los
Angeles,CA,USA
... in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats" discusses the
efficacy and safety profile of the lead compound, CS-917,
in animal models of early- and late-stage diabetes. ...
Fat Genes: Flawed Logic
in New Research Fad
LiveScience.com - New
York,NY,USA
... fault for an extremely small percentage of obesity
and diabetes, which is why an only extremely small
percentage of the world was obese or diabetic during the
...
New Data Demonstrate
Benefits of Initial Use of Avandaryl(R) ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... American Diabetes Association (ADA) show the benefits
of the initial use of Avandaryl in helping people with
type 2 diabetes achieve blood sugar targets and ...
Easier-to-use diabetes
drug passes test
CNNMoney.com - USA
... of the diabetes treatment Byetta, reported Saturday
that a more convenient-to-use but experimental version of
the drug successfully reduces blood-sugar levels. ...
Local company develops
new blood-sugar test for diabetics
Winston-Salem Journal
(subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
said yesterday that a blood test marketed by a local
company can detect some blood sugar levels in diabetics
...
Merck sees some
hypoglycemia drug success
CNNMoney.com - USA
... using glipizide suffered at least one episode of
hypoglycemia, while less than 5 percent of Januvia
patients experienced hypoglycemic episodes, according to
...
1-Time DNA Shot May
Replace Insulin Shots for Diabetics
WLNS - Lansing,MI,USA
People with type one diabetes may one day be able to
trade in a daily shot of insulin with just a one-time,
single shot of DNA. ...
Studies Aim to Preserve
Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes
National Institutes of
Health (press release) - USA
The NIH-funded studies seek to slow or stop the immune
system’s attack on insulin-producing cells in two
groups of people: those newly diagnosed with type 1 ...
Vine has former
minister barking
Daily Telegraph -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... has discovered the bark of a vine, used by
"medicine men" in Tonga and other Pacific
Islands to combat diabetes and obesity, has properties
akin to insulin. ...
Diabetes - New
Treatment Approach At John Hopkins
MedIndia - India
... Understanding the role of GCN5 in maintaining blood
sugar levels is leading to a clearer picture of how the
body uses sugar and other nutrients to make, store ...
Female Hormone May
Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
HealthCentral.com - USA
... estrogen hormone known as estradiol might help
protect against diabetes by preventing the death of
pancreatic cells critical to the production of insulin.
...
Research With Fruit
Flies Help Explain Diabetes
13WHAM-TV -
Rochester,NY,USA
They found a certain genetic signal in fruit flies that
can suppress insulin -- sometimes for a long time. That
can cause diabetes. ...
Incyte Begins Phase I
Study of INCB13739 as a New Treatment for ...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
11beta-HSD1 converts inactive cortisone into the active
glucocorticoid, cortisol, a natural antagonist of insulin
action. Human ...
Insulin may serve as
fuel for breast cancer
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
Insulin levels may help explain why obese women who
develop breast cancer tend to have poorer survival rates
than lean women. "Women ...
Myosin motor Myo1c and
its receptor NEMO/IKK- promote TNF ...
Journal of Cell Biology
Tumor necrosis factor- (TNF- ) signaling through the IB
kinase (IKK) complex attenuates insulin action via the
phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate 1 ...
Ancient Wisdom: Chinese
extract may yield diabetes treatment
Science News - USA
In some cases of type 2 diabetes, a person's pancreas
doesn't produce enough insulin, a hormone that prompts
cells to take in blood sugar. ...
Soy Protein May Benefit
Diabetics’ Kidneys
Online - International
News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
... The study of 14 older men with diabetes-related
kidney disease found that adding a soy ... It’s
unclear why soy protein might aid in diabetic kidney
disease, but ...
Causes of Adverse
Reactions to Popular Type 2 Diabetes TZD Drugs
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
... Now a new study at Joslin Diabetes Center has
uncovered a mechanism that leads ... were able to link
this increased PKC-beta activity to diabetic
complications of ...
News for Week #22 2006
New discoveries made in
diabetes treatment
Austin Herald -
Austin,MN,USA
... to diabetes and obesity in humans,” Kiss said.
“Therefore, the company expects that this protein
will also be efficient in obese and diabetic humans in
...
Foot Infections Raise
Hospitalizations, Amputations, in Diabetics
FOX News - USA
... high incidence of foot infections in people with
diabetes, even those ... is a “high amputation risk
associated with foot infections in diabetic
patients,” the ...
Diabetes - treatment
trials a success
Irish Health - Ireland
... has discovered that injecting patients with a
DNA-binding protein may prevent diabetes-related nerve
damage - known as diabetic neuropathy - particularly to
...
Islet Cell
Transplantation Significantly Improves Glycemic Control
...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
Patients with type 1 diabetes who receive transplants of
insulin-producing islet cells have significantly more
stable blood glucose levels and fewer ...
Gene therapy shows
potential in Pitt study
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -
Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... It was designed to be active only in pancreatic islet
cells that make insulin. The gene therapy was
administered to diabetes-prone ...
Insulin Therapy in the
ICU
AAP Grand Rounds
(subscription) - Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
Source: Van den Berghe G, Wilmer A, Hermans G, et al.
Intensive insulin therapy in the medical ICU. N Engl J
Med. 2006;354:449–461 ...
Type 2 diabetes teens
have higher complication risk
Reuters - USA
... In type 1 diabetes, also called early-onset diabetes
or juvenile diabetes, the immune system destroys the
cells that produce insulin. ...
Generex strikes deal
with Fertin on medicinal chewing gum to treat ...
Canada.com -
Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Generex said Wednesday the two companies will develop a
gum that contains metformin, a widely used drug to
control blood sugar levels in Type-2 diabetics, who ...
Gestational diabetes on
the rise
Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
Answer: Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes (high
blood sugar) that first occurs when a woman is pregnant.
There is a 20 ...
Insight into the
anti-cancer effect of exercise
Reuters - USA
... The protein, called insulin-like binding protein-3
(IGFBP-3), inhibits another protein called insulin-like
growth factor-1 (IGF-1), thereby blocking IGF-1's ...
Trial success for
diabetic nerve therapy
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
... "Diabetic neuropathy is a major problem in
insulin-dependent diabetes, particularly in patients who
have had the disease for a period of time," said
Professor ...
Mixing insulins okay
for kids with diabetes
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with type 1
diabetes, who have to take multiple injections of
insulin, can safely mix rapid-acting and long-acting
insulin ...
Antibiotic might stop
diabetic eye damage
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Experiments in rats suggest that minocycline,
an antibiotic, could curb a common cause of vision
problems in people with diabetes. ...
Marijuana Chemical
Reduces the Development of Diabetes in Animal ...
BBSNews - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Source: Weiss L, Zeira M, Reich S, Har-Noy M,
Mechoulam R, Slavin S, Gallily R. Cannabidiol lowers
incidence of diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice. ...
News for Week #21 2006
One-Third of US Adults
Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic
Forbes - USA
FRIDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- The number of
Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has now topped
19 million, and a new study says a third of adults ...
One-third Of Adults With
Diabetes Still Don't Know They Have It
Science Daily - USA
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in
U.S. adults age 20 and older has risen from about 5.1
percent to 6.5 percent, according to researchers at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who analyzed
national survey data from two periods--1988 to 1994 and
1999 to 2002. However, the percentage of adults with
undiagnosed diabetes did not change significantly over
the years studied ...
Patient-focused
Conference Addresses Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
... Although the cause of PCOS is still debated by
experts in the field of endocrinology, a great deal of
evidence points to “insulin resistance”, a
condition ...
Herbal Remedy Could
Help Sufferers of Type 2 Diabetes
NPIcenter (press release)
- Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... the hypotensive effect of hawthorn was studied in
type 2 diabetic patients because ... the modern-drug
regimes commonly used in the management of type 2
diabetes. ...
Innovations needed to
monitor kidney health
innovations report - Bad
Homburg,Germany
... With current trends of CKD and diabetes increase,
specific treatments will ... will utilize the latest
knowledge on the pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy
and ...
Nurses attend diabetes
care management course
Borneo Bulletin -
borneo,Brunei Darussalam
... This move is taken in view of the increasing number
of diabetic patients in ... treatment as well as giving
better advices to patients or the public on diabetes. ...
Diabetes Treatment
Heading for Final Human Trials, at Last
International News Service
- Sydney,Australia
... with diabetes, roughly 95 percent have Type 2. In
2002, diabetes caused 44 ... And diabetic retinopathy is
the leading cause of blindness in American adults.But ...
Doctors open to nurse
prescribing code
Irish Medical News -
Dublin,Ireland
... “But things like diabetes, and diabetic nurse
clinics, the nurses are more or less doing it all the
time. I would have no difficulty ...
"Amputation rate
higher among rural diabetics"
Hindu - Chennai,India
... All of them were diabetic for 12 years. ...
amputation due to neuropathy (loss of sensation in the
feet), a complication arising out of poorly controlled
diabetes. ...
Diabetes Nerve Drug
ScienCentral News - New
York,NY,USA
... As the researchers wrote in the journal
"Diabetes," tests on diabetic rats showed that
repeated treatments with the drug led to increasingly
improved nerve ...
Law Firm Investigates
Link Between AstraZeneca s Seroquel and ...
PowerHomeBiz.com (press
release) - USA
... Seroquel use. These injuries include pancreatitis,
diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, and in severe cases,
diabetic coma and death. ...
The benefits of HRT
Health24.com - Cape
Town,South Africa
... Another mechanism concerns the development of insulin
resistance which is related to body fat distribution
around the tummy. Insulin ...
CEPTYR, Inc. Begins
IND-Enabling Studies with Its PTP-1B Inhibitor ...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
... In preclinical rodent studies, CPT633 demonstrated
significant improvement in insulin sensitivity, as well
as significant reductions in blood glucose, and ...
AUST plans for a major
diabetes study - UAE
Middle East North Africa
Financial Network - Amman,Jordan
... has been cooperating with the German based Institute
for Diabetes and has ... The programme focuses on finding
medical solutions for acute diabetic patients, it ...
Diabetes Enhances
Periodontal Bone Loss through Enhanced ...
Journal of Dental Research
... Using a ligature-induced model in type-2 Zucker
diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat and normoglycemic littermates,
we investigated whether diabetes primarily affects ...
Phosphagenics announces
positive preclinical trial results for its ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... the non-diabetic pig model is considered to be robust
for both testing the penetration of drugs across skin as
well as for determining the efficacy of diabetes ...
New help for diabetes
with chronic sores
WVEC.com (subscription) -
Norfolk,VA,USA
... infection. As a diabetic waiting for a kidney
transplant, Linda Dickens has had an infection that
nearly destroyed her left big toe. ...
Efficacy and
safety of topiramate in combination with metformin in the
treatment of obese subjects with type 2 diabetes: a
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
DG News - UK
In this multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled
trial, researchers compared the efficacy and safety of
topiramate and metformin on weight and glycaemic control
in obese subjects with type 2 diabetes...
Mayo Clinic Study
Finds Majority of Patients With Pancreatic ...
AScribe - USA
The study also found that in one-half of the diabetic
patients, their new-onset diabetes predated clinical
diagnosis of cancer by more than six months, giving ...
ECU faculty research
the effects of gastric-bypass surgery on ...
ECU The East Carolinian -
Greenville,NC,USA
... Dr. Walter Pories, professor of surgery, has found
that four out of five patients with adult onset diabetes
didn't experience any diabetic symptoms within days ...
CORRECTION:
Carotenoids may lower diabetes risk in nonsmokers
Reuters - USA
For people who don't smoke, the
risk of developing diabetes is lower in those with higher
levels of carotenoids in their blood, according to a new
report. The effect is not seen in smokers, however
Women With Type 2
Diabetes at Increased Risk of Colorectal ...
DG News - USA
LOS ANGELES, CA -- May 23, 2006 -- Women with type 2
diabetes show higher rates of colorectal adenomas than
lean, non-diabetic women, researchers reported here ...
Drug giants fight for
diabetes market
CNNMoney.com - USA
... Merck's Januvia and Novartis' Galvus are both being
reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration to lower
blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes, the ...
Baylor researchers
develop 'bubble' technique for potential ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Insulin is a hormone that allows blood glucose (blood
sugar) to enter the cells of the body to be used for
energy. The technique ...
Metabolic syndrome ups
heart failure later
United Press International
- USA
... The subsequent excess insulin circulating in the
blood may excessively enlarge the heart muscle, impairing
its capacity, the researchers say.
New study may advance
treatments to prevent type 2 diabetes and ...
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control glucose
and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the liver, a
new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has ...
Apnea linked to
diabetes?
Hagerstown Morning Herald
- Hagerstown,MD,USA
... There is an immediacy to understanding how sleep
apnea might trigger diabetic conditions. Diabetes is one
of America's fastest growing disorders, affecting ...
News for Week #20 2006
Reduced Diabetes
Likelihood in Hypertensives Starting Valsartan ...
DG News - USA
... New-onset diabetes was identified based on at least 2
outpatient diagnoses at ... 1 inpatient diagnosis, or at
least 1 prescription for an anti-diabetic medication ...
Drug Combos Best for
Controlling Blood Pressure
Forbes - USA
... In the study, called the Amlodipine Diabetic
Hypertension Efficacy Response (ADHT), the ... The
researchers found that more patients with diabetes (27.5
percent ...
Enigmatic Cuban Therapy
for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Medgadget.com - San
Francisco,CA,USA
... who claim to have developed the world's best approach
to advanced diabetic ulcers, a new drug called
CITOPROT-P. In Cuba , the prevalence of diabetes is
around ...
A Non-invasive Method
For Measuring Beta Cell Mass During Diabetes
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
... were able to use DTBZ to estimate beta cell mass in
rats with type 1 diabetes. ... uptake of DTBZ that
preceded the loss of glycemic control in the diabetic
rat. ...
Diabetes -- Table of
Contents (May 2006, 55 [5])
Diabetes-Induced Activation of Canonical
and Noncanonical Nuclear Factor- ...
Differential Transmission of Type 1 Diabetes from
Diabetic Fathers and Mothers ...
Australia's obesity
time bomb
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... those with pre-diabetes were up to 20 times as likely
to develop full-blown diabetes in the subsequent five
years, compared with those with normal blood sugar. ...
MCP-1: The Missing Link
Between Obesity And Insulin Resistance
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
... syndrome often have excessive fatty tissue in and
around their abdomen, high cholesterol, elevated blood
pressure, and an inability to utilize insulin or blood
...
Variant gene linked to
type 1 diabetes
Reuters.uk - UK
... Health) - Researchers have identified a variation in
a gene that is associated with type 1 diabetes, the form
of the disease in which insulin production by the ...
New study finds PET
imaging value in tracking diabetes progression
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
... non-invasive imaging method that may eventually
enable more precise care of people with diabetes by
measuring their quantity of insulin-producing pancreatic
...
Bristol-Myers drops
effective diabetes drug
Food Consumer -
Lisle,IL,USA
... Pargluva is apparently able to lower blood sugar
levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who don’t
respond well to treatment with the standard diabetes drug
...
Diabetes Hope As
Protein Structure Is Laid Bare
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
... Diabetes results when not enough insulin is released
to meet the body's demands. The K-ATP channel protein is
the target for anti-diabetic drugs that are taken ...
News for Week #19 2006
Joslin-led study
reveals new findings on insulin signaling in the ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
BOSTON -- Insulin uses two distinct mechanisms to control
glucose and the metabolism of blood fats (lipids) in the
liver, a new Joslin Diabetes Center-led ...
Hyperglycemia represses
the expression of genes essential for ...
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
According to recent research from Switzerland published
in the EMBO Journal, hyperglycemia represses the
expression of genes essential for insulin
exocytosis. ...
Insulin and glucose
mediate opposite intracellular ionized ...
Journal of Endocrinology
Insulin is capable of increasing intracellular magnesium,
although very little is known about the effect of insulin
on the biologically active fraction of ...
Myocarditis versus
myocardial infarction in diabetic patients: a ...
HeartZine - London,UK
A young diabetic patient was referred to our institution
for clinical symptoms ... in patients with a suspected
myopericarditis, especially if diabetes mellitus is ...
Pre-Diabetes Clinical
Drug Trial Focuses on Diabetes Prevention ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... According to the American Diabetes Association, 41
million Americans between the ages of 40 to 74 are
pre-diabetic. The National ...
Down-regulation of the
constitutively expressed Hsc70 in diabetic ...
Journal of Endocrinology
... diabetes rats, and to explore the mechanisms through
which diabetes alters the abundance of Hsp70/Hsc70 in
cardiac muscle. In the diabetic myocardium, the ...
Quigley to begin
clinical trials of diabetes drug
phillyBurbs.com -
Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Corp.'s drug development subsidiary, has started
screening patients for clinical trials of a drug it is
developing to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathy. ...
Sexual dimorphism in
insulin sensitivity and susceptibility to ...
Journal of Endocrinology
... of insulin sensitivity and of susceptibility to the
effects of diabetes. ... A diabetic model was induced by
streptozotocin under nicotinamide protection in both ...
Prospective Study on
Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Glycemic ...
Psychosomatics
(subscription) - USA
... factors were directly and indirectly associated with
regimen adherence and prospective glycemic control in
Type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes-Related Self ...
Statins May Improve Eye
Circulation
Ivanhoe - Winter
Park,FL,USA
... that of patients with diabetes, the increased retinal
blood flow associated with treatment with simvastatin may
be a potential therapy for diabetic retinopathy ...
Effects of Diabetes
Duration and Glycemic Control on Free Radicals ...
Annals of Clinical &
Laboratory Science (subscription) - Middlebury,VT,USA
... blood samples from 47 children with type 1 diabetes
mellitus and from 51 healthy controls, matched for age
and sex. In the diabetic children, chemiluminescent ...
Calorie Restriction,
Insulin and A Longer, but Not Necessarily ...
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
... Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
(PNAS), suggests that calorie restriction, characterized
by its effect on growth hormone and insulin may be ...
News for Week #18 2006
Sufferers of Type 2
diabetes 'are three times more likely to die ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
... The study is published in the journal Diabetic
Medicine. "These results are shocking but people
with diabetes have to be made aware of the seriousness of
the ...
Diabetes Drug May Have
Weight Loss Side Effect
NBC 4.com -
Washington,DC,USA
... weight -- at work,' they said, and I guess I
am," said diabetic Thelma Vanguardia. ... "This
drug is very exciting because it's addressing treating
diabetes in a ...
Akesis Enters Pact With
Profil to Launch Clinical Trials in Type 2 ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... patents for both prescription and over-the-counter
treatments, which uniquely combine anti-diabetic trace
minerals with certain classes of diabetes oral agents ...
Treatment for angina in
diabetes
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... as non-diabetic patients, the BCS conference heard.
The selective If inhibitor ivadrabine (Procoralan) slowed
the heart rate of 441 patients with diabetes as ...
Diabetes soars in Italy
ANSA - Rome,Italy
... Type 2 diabetes develops when the body does not make
enough insulin - a hormone that helps glucose enter cells
where it is used as fuel - or when the insulin ...
Three-year
mortality in diabetic patients treated with different
combinations of insulin secretagogues and metformin
DocGuide - USA
This observational cohort study was performed to evaluate
3-year mortality in a consecutive series of 2002
outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were being
treated with combinations of insulin secretagogues and
biguanides...
Can rosiglitazone slow
Alzheimer's onset?
Detroit Free Press -
United States
... If the new theory is right, the nation's
obesity-fueled epidemic of type 2 diabetes could worsen
that toll. The idea is this: If diabetic-like changes in
the ...
New anti-psychotic
drugs carry risks for children
USA Today - USA
... warnings that the drugs may increase the risk of high
blood sugar and diabetes. ... A 13-year-old girl
experienced diabetic ketoacidosis, a deficiency of
insulin. ...
Male Diabetics with
Asymptomatic Sickle Cell Traits Face Magnified ...
DG News - USA
... "We found that male patients with the
asymptomatic sickle cell genotype and diabetes had 1.6
times the general risk of diabetic complications, such as
...
ISTA Pharmaceuticals
Reports Simple Model Predicts Treatment ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... Vitrase® (Ovine Hyaluronidase) in managing vitreous
hemorrhage associated with diabetes. ... of Vitrase®
Efficacy for BCVA Improvement in Diabetic Patients With
...
Study links diabetes
and overweight teens
Seattle Times - United
States
... or were "pre-diabetic.". The findings
indicated that 39,000 US teens have type 2 diabetes and
nearly 2.8 million are pre-diabetic. ...
Study doubts glycemic
index
Albuquerque Tribune -
Albuquerque,NM,USA
COLUMBIA, SC - Diets that distinguish between "good
carbs" and "bad carbs," are not an
effective way of controlling blood sugar levels, a new
study suggests. ...
MannKind 1Q loss widens
BusinessWeek - USA
... costs rose to $45.1 million in the quarter from $22.6
million, mostly because of increased clinical development
expenses related to its insulin product to ...
AstraZeneca Pipeline
Takes Another Hit
Forbes - USA
... doing more damage to its already-weakened pipeline
and casting a cloud over a new class of medicines that
doctors hoped would control blood sugar and reduce ...
Alta. scientists
credited in US insulin cell patent
StarPhoenix -
Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
A California company has secured a potentially lucrative
patent on insulin-producing cells with the help of
celebrated Alberta researchers. ...
An Artificial Pancreas
Will Revolutionize Diabetes Care
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... A closed-loop artificial pancreas will be a
mechanical system that integrates real-time glucose
sensors, a computer controller, and an insulin delivery
system. ...
Diabetic truckers may
see relaxed medical rules in US
Today's Trucking News -
USA
... Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering
whether to amend its medical qualifications standards to
allow drivers with insulin- treated ...
Exenatide Improves
Hyperglycemia by Reducing Postprandial Glucose ...
DG News - USA
... improved hyperglycemia in a new study by reducing
both postprandial glucose (PPG) excursions and fasting
glucose (FG), while insulin glargine improved ...
Diabetes raises early
death risk
BBC News - UK
... It develops when the body can still make some
insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is
produced does not work properly (known as insulin
resistance ...
Pioglitazone Has
Cholesterol Advantages Versus Rosiglitazone in ...
DG News - USA
... Pioglitazone and rosiglitazone are insulin
sensitizers belonging to the thiazolidinedione class of
oral anti-diabetic medications. ...
Antidepressants extend
time to relapse in diabetics
Reuters.uk - UK
... with diabetes, study results suggest. And sustained
remission of depression is associated with improved
control of blood sugar. ...
Cymbalta And Diabetic
Peripheral Neuropathy Pain Relief
DiabeticNews.com - Myrtle
Beach,SC,USA
... at any time, the highest rates are among those who
have had diabetes for at ... age of 40, may also have a
greater risk of developing diabetic peripheral neuropathy
...
Type 2 Diabetes
Invading Teenage Years
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
... In this self-reported group of 18 diabetic teenagers,
10 individuals were categorized as having type 1 diabetes
(used insulin) and eight as having type 2 ...
Israeli researchers
find method to slow insulin resistance in ...
Israel 21C -
Cupertino,CA,USA
01 - Israeli researchers have discovered that the fibric
acid derivative bezafibrate effectively stems the
progression of insulin resistance in patients with ...
Thiazolidinedione
(TZD) Use and Bone Loss in Older Diabetic Adults
Doctors Guide - USA
...Researchers analysed 4-year
follow-up data from the Health, Aging, and Body
Composition observational study which suggested that TZD
use is associated with increased loss of bone mineral
density (BMD) in community dwelling older adults with
type 2 diabetes...
News for Week #17 2006
GnRH Therapy Boosts
Diabetes Risk in Men with Prostate Cancer
Cancerpage.com -
Marietta,GA,USA
... As lead investigator Dr. Matthew R. Smith told
Reuters Health, "GnRH agonists significantly
decrease insulin sensitivity in nondiabetic men with
prostate cancer ...
AACE: Insulin Not
Sodium May Be Hypertension's Bad Actor
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
CHICAGO-Insulin rather than salt is the major driver of
hypertension, according to an analysis of data from a
prospective study of 23 patients with confirmed ...
Poisoning death rate
increases
The Standard - Hong Kong
Fake Chinese medicines containing western chemicals and
which claim to reduce blood sugar levels were responsible
for at least three blood-poisoning cases last ...
EcoNugenics® Granted
New US Patent for Treatment of Diabetes and ...
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
... According to the American Diabetes Association 20.8
million children and adults, 7.0% of the entire US
population are diabetic. ...
NIH announces type 1
diabetes clinical trial
ResearchResearch - UK
... to provide anti-CD3 for use in a NIH-sponsored
multi-center trial to evaluate the effects of anti-CD3
and exenatide on the loss of insulin production in ...
Insulin-producing beta
cells are studied
NewKerala.com -
Ernakulam,Kerala,India
BOSTON: Boston scientists say they have conclusively
shown two receptors in the insulin-producing beta cell do
not affect developmental growth. ...
Geron Announces
Issuance of US Patent for Production of Insulin ...
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
... US Patent No. 7,033,831, covering the production of
insulin secreting cells from human embryonic stem cells
(hESCs). The new patent ...
Danish shares close
lower, led by AP Moeller, DS Torm, Danske Bank ...
Forbes - USA
... The insulin business seems to be performing very
well. And Levemir (long-acting insulin analogue for the
treatment of diabetes) has had a good start in the US.
...
Noninvasive Blood
Glucose Monitors
Noninvasive monitoring means checking
blood glucose levels without ... It must
be used along with conventional blood glucose monitoring
of blood samples. ...
Diabetes must be a
priority
Border Mail - Albury,New
South Wales,Australia
... Type 2 diabetes some five to seven years before it
becomes apparent through other means. Regional and rural
areas are at greater risk of a diabetic population ...
Enbrel Decreases
Inflammatory Markers in Metabolic Syndrome
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
... not reach statistical significance. No changes
occurred in body composition parameters or insulin
sensitivity. "It has been speculated ...
Gene chip used to find
diabetes gene
United Press International
- USA
... Medical School -- doing studies as part of the
Diabetes Genome Anatomy ... mice, animals without the
ARNT gene developed hyperglycemia and diabetic symptoms,
while ...
Recent findings in
diabetes described by researchers from Japan ...
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
According to recent research published in the journal
Life Sciences, "Diabetic neuropathy, a major
complication of diabetes mellitus, is associated with the
...
Lower Testosterone
Levels Among Some Diabetic Patients May Lead to ...
DG News - USA
... Seven percent of American men have diabetes, so 7
million men in the US may have low testosterone levels,
Dr. Bhatia said. In the study, the diabetic men who ...
Scientists Of The
University Of Jaen Research Into The Benefits Of ...
innovations report - Bad
Homburg,Germany
... studies have now shown that an olive oil-rich diet
prevents diabetes, as it ... also prevents a series of
diseases that are very frequent in diabetic patients such
...
Frost & Sullivan
Lauds Ceapro Inc for Product Innovation
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... earlier intervention in order to better manage,
prevent or delay diabetes and mitigate its ... The turn-
around time from pre-diabetic blood sugar levels to
normal ...
Magnesium Keeps The
Undertaker Away
Canada Free Press - Canada
... mg) of magnesium were one-third more likely to
develop diabetes during the ... University, studied the
blood pressure of patients who were both diabetic and non
...
Cat wakes boy, helping
him avoid diabetic seizure
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... he'd be laid up in a hospital bed trying to recover
from a diabetic seizure - or ... belly, clawed and batted
him to wake the boy, who has Type 1 diabetes, just as ...
Big Brother Will See
You Now
National Review Online -
New York,NY,USA
... In contacting diabetes patients to urge them to
follow various protocols to preserve ... New York City's
law mandating the reporting of diabetic blood tests is a
...
Care of gums helps with
diabetes control
Reuters - USA
... periodontitis -- can help people with diabetes keep
their blood sugar levels under control, Spanish and
Portuguese researchers report. Diabetic patients have a
...
EU urges action to curb diabetes
EUobserver.com -
Brussels,Belgium
... early diagnosis are crucial in cutting the number of
diabetes victims - estimated at around 35 million
worldwide in 2005. "Every 30 seconds, a diabetic
loses a ...
Using Clinical
Guidelines Designed for Older Adults With Diabetes ...
Journal of American
Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of
diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients
with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a ...
Pre- and Diagnosed
Diabetics Learn a New and Effective Approach ...
Emediawire (press release)
- Ferndale,WA,USA
BOSTON, MA. (PRWEB) April 25, 2006 -- Recent studies show
those most at risk for insulin resistance, type 2
diabetes and diabetic complications have ingrained ...
Diabetes 'an epidemic
of modern times'
Monsters and Critics.com -
Glasgow,UK
... In the world, about 3.8 billion dollars were spent on
diabetes medicines in 1995. ... 'Every 30 seconds, a
diabetic loses a leg by amputation worldwide,' said Rauch
...
Diabetes fatality rate
far higher than once thought
Stuff.co.nz -
Wellington,New Zealand
... of diabetes patients, who usually have more complex
conditions, more infections and complications, and stay
in hospital twice as long as non-diabetic patients. ...
Israeli diabetes
researcher lauded with US 'young investigator' ...
Israel 21C -
Cupertino,CA,USA
... diabetic around the globe should find out his
Haptoglobin type, and encourage diabetic patients to do
the test. Blum's own grandmother suffers from diabetes.
...
Light Therapy For
Diabetic Neuropathy
CBS 5 - Green Bay - WI
Or Poor Circulation In The Limbs That Destroys Nerves..
Is A Painful Consequence Of Uncontrolled Diabetes. There
Are Few Effective Treatments.. ...
How Insulin-Producing
Beta Cells Grow and Function
Newswise (press release) -
USA
Newswise — A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study
has shown conclusively that two receptors in the
insulin-producing beta cell do not affect developmental
...
Novartis Delivers
Strong Start to 2006 in First Quarter with ...
Houston Chronicle - United
States
... on Galvus is planned to be presented at the American
Diabetes Association meeting ... Novartis has stopped the
development of Sandostatin in diabetic retinopathy.
University will cut
drug costs in 2-year test
San Luis Obispo Tribune -
San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... The American Diabetes Association reports that
nationally, the average annual health cost for a diabetic
person was $13,243 in 2002, compared with $2,560 for a
...
Angry Pfizer says
insulin inhaler veto is 'perverse'
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
... Dr Kate Lloyd, Pfizer UK medical director, maintained
that the decision could deny the opportunity to start
insulin treatment much earlier and cut future costs ...
Blood Sugar Readings In A Painless Blink Of
The Eye
Diabetes in Control - USA
... Oculir™
is developing a non-invasive glucose meter that measures
glucose from the white of the eye (the conjunctiva). No
contact with the eye is required ...
Healing Garlic
50 Connect - UK
... Not only does garlic reduce systolic blood pressure,
it also has the ability to lower blood sugar, which makes
it a very useful dietary tool in the treatment ...
The A to Z of Healthy
Skin
Mumbai Mirror - India
... These foods cause blood sugar to climb rapidly
causing the release of insulin into the bloodstream.
Insulin helps cells soak up ...
New Devices May Free
Diabetics From Constant Monitoring
Washington Post - United
States
When Casey Burkhalter, 12, was diagnosed with diabetes 2
1/2 years ago, her parents started waking up repeatedly
at night to test her blood sugar, typical of ...
Cheshire diabetic
cycles home - from China
Manchester Evening News -
Manchester,England,UK
A CHESHIRE diabetic adventurer revealed how he hid his
insulin needles from ... Mr Clapperton said his diabetes
posed few problems, although it was sometimes ...
News for Week #16 2006
Nanoscience Becomes
Latest Weapon in the Battle Against Illness
International News Service
- Sydney,Australia
... College London, the development of non-invasive
methods of monitoring diabetes is closer ... tattoo
incorporating these that could be implanted in a
diabetic's skin ...
Portland, Oregon Study
Focuses On Anti Inflammatory Diet & ...
MedfordNews.com -
Medford,OR,USA
... of the naturopathic anti-inflammatory diet with the
standard diabetic diet. The study will look at the
effects of these diets on diabetes, inflammation, the ...
Pioneering Bespak
inhaler 'too dear'
Lynn News - King's
Lynn,Norfolk,UK
The insulin inhaler, Exubera – designed as an
alternative to injections, could now be left on the shelf
after years of work by Bespak. ...
India's biggest biotech
firm Biocon on Thursday reported a 12 per ...
India Daily - Whitehouse
Station,NJ,USA
... However, the company expected its insulin to gain
market share both in India and overseas markets, she
said, adding this, together with branded formulations ...
Combination treatment
may reverse diabetes
Monsters and Critics.com -
Glasgow,UK
... States (UPI) -- California researchers have developed
a two-drug regimen that could free type 1 diabetes
sufferers from from dependence on insulin and dietary ...
Living Better:
Rethinking the approach to Type 2 diabetes
Merrimack River Current -
Beverly,MA,USA
By Alice Greene/ Living Better. Have you, or someone you
know, been told you have high blood sugar levels,
Syndrome X or diabetes? ...
Low-carb diet checks
insulin levels too
Daily News & Analysis
- Mumbai,India
... Compared with the standard diet, the low-carb diet
lowered insulin levels. Given these findings, they
conclude that dietary management ...
Low-carb diet may help
women with ovary problems
NutraIngredients.com -
Montpellier,France
... Information Center. While the direct cause is not
known, the condition is strongly associated with insulin
resistance. European ...
Unique exercise program
at KU Medical Center is customized for ...
KUMC Campus News (press
release) - Kansas City,KS,USA
... of obesity. “Exercise can help these individuals
control their weight and lower their blood sugar
level,” she said. It can be ...
Potential cure for
diabetes revealed
Unison.ie - Bray,Ireland
... cure". It could mean an end to the daily insulin
injections and rigid dietary restrictions suffered by
millions world-wide. The ...
Bezafibrate Slows
Insulin Resistance in Coronary Patients
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 20 - The fibric acid
derivative bezafibrate effectively attenuates the
progression of insulin resistance in patients with ...
New Treatment for Type
1 to Be Studied
Diabetes Self Management -
USA
... For reasons that aren’t known, in Type 1
diabetes the dendritic cells mistakenly identify the
body’s own insulin-producing beta cells as foreign
and point ...
Study: Eating less may
help you live longer
Food Consumer -
Lisle,IL,USA
April 4 (foodconsumer.org) - A low calorie diet may
extend the human lifespan by lowering body temperature,
insulin levels and reducing DNA damage, according ...
Insulin inhaler
rejected as too 'costly'
4RFV - Belfast,Ireland
An inhaler which would allow diabetes sufferers to
inhale, rather than inject insulin has been rejected for
use in the NHS by the government's medicines ...
PhytoMedical's Ongoing
Diabetes Research Validated By New Study
Genetic Engineering News -
Larchmont,NY,USA
New study provides further evidence of the beneficial
effects and biochemical actions of certain compounds in
cinnamon that improve insulin function and lower ...
New Study Finds High
Fructose Corn Syrup Has Same Effect on ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
... study tested the effects of consuming beverages
sweetened with HFCS or beverages sweetened with table
sugar on circulating levels of blood sugar, insulin and
...
Alteon and HaptoGuard
Announce Merger Agreement; Alteon Signs ...
Finanzen.net - Germany
... diseases, diabetes and other inflammatory diseases,
including two Phase 2 clinical-stage compounds focused on
cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients. ...
Depression And Diabetes
Are Mutually Exclusive.
MedIndia - India
... was conducted by the researchers at Suny Upstate
University, Syracuse, New York, where about 1600 elderly
diabetic, participated in a diabetes care management ...
Activists urge EU
action on diabetes "pandemic"
Reuters AlertNet -
London,England,UK
... Bowis, himself diabetic, slammed a decision this week
by the British health spending ... in Europe and the
United States in January as a treatment for diabetes. ...
Blood Sugar Control
Boosts Diabetics' Recovery After Surgery
Forbes - USA
The study included 490 diabetic patients, average age 71,
who had major noncardiac ... Hb A1c level of less than 7
percent, the American Diabetes Association target ...
Sweet and sour
Expressindia.com - New
Delhi,India
... and Research Foundation reveals that at least 14 per
cent of Pune’s population is diabetic; a majority of
these are children suffering from type 1 diabetes. ...
Rudyard native pens
stressless diabetic cookbook
The Havre Daily News -
Havre,MT,USA
Small Steps Press, the publishing arm of the American
Diabetes Association, released “The Healthy
Lunchbox,” a book by Marie McClendon and Cristy
Shauck in ...
Row over diabetic drug
The Sun - UK
... year. Professor Tony Barnett, who runs one of the
UK’s largest diabetes clinics in Birmingham said:
“It’s very disappointing. ...
Half of Older Diabetics
Go Without Key Heart Drugs
Forbes - USA
Even among diabetic patients with existing heart and
kidney problem -- patients ... and ARBs have been
recommended by US national diabetes-treatment guidelines
for ...
Treatment Challenges in
Schizophrenia: A Multifaceted Approach to ...
Psychiatric Times -
Irvine,CA,USA
... diabetes (fasting plasma glucose level of 126 mg/dL
or more) should in particular be monitored for symptoms
of diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis, including ...
Depression Increases
Mortality Risk in Diabetics
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... deteriorate diabetic patients’ physical
health," Zhang commented. Depression decreases the
capacity for self-management, and for complying with
diabetes care ...
Preop Glycemic Control
in Diabetics Cuts Postop Infections
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
... For diabetic patients, tight long-term glucose
control has greatly decreased many complications
associated directly with diabetes, but whether long-term
...
Diabetics should get
medical help as soon as possible
Cayman Net News - grand
cayman,Cayman Islands
... And guys do you know that diabetes is one of the
leading causes of erectile ... some to get to or get
their significant other to the doctor for a diabetic
screening ...
Diabetic mothers can
breastfeed babies
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
New York: Mothers with type 1 diabetes are just as likely
as other women to be able to breast-feed their babies,
despite difficulties with blood sugar levels ...
Diabetes sufferers 'not
being supported'
East Anglian Daily Times -
Suffolk,England,UK
... not receiving or not retaining the education they
require and are not able to sufficiently control their
diabetes or self treat when suffering a diabetic attack
...
Researchers find
potential diabetes treatment
University of Virginia The
Cavalier Daily - Charlottesville,VA,USA
... converts sugar to energy in the body, according to
the American Diabetes Association Web ... have found a
way to help restore and preserve insulin in diabetic mice
...
Two test combination
helps diabetics control blood sugar
NewKerala.com -
Ernakulam,Kerala,India
In a review published in the recent edition of The
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the
head of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center urges ...
Insulin Syringes
Recalled
WLTX.com - Columbia,SC,USA
(Coral Springs, FL) - Boca Medical Products, Inc., of
Coral Springs, Florida is recalling 3984 boxes of Ultilet
Insulin Syringe 30g 1/2cc product lot number ...
News for Week #15 2006
Pancreatic Cancer
Linked To Insulin Resistance In Male Smokers
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
... the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the
National Institutes of Health, shows for the first time
that male smokers with the highest insulin levels are ...
J&J to buy insulin
delivery company Animas
ABC News - USA
... it agreed to acquire Animas Corp. , a maker of
insulin delivery systems, for $518 million in cash.
Johnson & Johnson, which sells ...
US Census Bureau Daily
Feature for April 15: Insulin
U.S. Newswire (press
release) - Washington,DC,USA
One of the marvels of modern medicine —- insulin
-— became generally available on this day in 1923,
saving the lives of millions of people suffering from ...
Diabetes sufferers
prefer oral management
NutraIngredients.com -
Montpellier,France
... Federation (IDF). The problem seemed to affect both
those taking insulin (55 per cent) and oral agents (69
per cent). "These findings ...
Emisphere to expand
phase II oral insulin trial
Pharmaceutical Business
Review - USA
Emisphere Technologies has completed enrollment of the
first 120 patients in its phase II oral insulin clinical
trial, and has received permission from ...
Mutated Protein in
Cancer Found in Diabetes
Ivanhoe - Winter
Park,FL,USA
Researchers in England found p110 alpha controls the
action of insulin and other important hormones involved
in growth, diabetes and obesity. ...
Aortic endothelial gene
expressions were normalized after insulin ...
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Aortic endothelial gene expressions and relaxation
responses were normalized following chronic short-term
insulin treatment in diabetic rats. ...
Approval of Integrated
Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose System ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
... a person with diabetes to maintain normal glucose
levels by providing the right amount of insulin at the
right time, just as the pancreas does in non-diabetic ...
MicroIslet Announces
Encouraging Data From Islet Transplantation ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
... therapy for people with insulin-dependent diabetes,
today announced ... invasive transplantation of
encapsulated porcine islets into diabetic primates
resulted in ...
For Asian-Americans,
diabetes rate is higher
Boston Globe - United
States
... of obese adults rose 80 percent in the state, and
diabetes incidence increased by ... 2004 Asian population
were counted as obese, while 4.3 percent were diabetic.
...
PALAU: Top Illnesses
Are Hypertension, Diabetes And Asthma
Pacific Magazine -
Honolulu,HI,USA
Hypertension, diabetic mellitus and asthma are
Palau’s top three chronic illnesses ... Those with
diabetes accounted for 22.4 percent or a total of 495
cases ...
OmniPod(R) Insulin
Management System Wins Medical Design ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
BEDFORD, Mass., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Insulet
Corporation today announced that its OmniPod® Insulin
Management System has received a 2006 Medical Design ...
Duquesne Enters Fight
Against Diabetes
The Duquesne University
Times - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... to participate, Duquesne will pay the full costs of
all diabetes medications and related supplies. No
prescription drug co-payments for diabetic medication or
...
MicroIslet Reveals Data
From Islet Transplantation Studies In ...
Trading Markets - Los
Angeles,CA,USA
... invasive transplantation of encapsulated porcine
islets into diabetic primates resulted in ... MicroIslet
anticipates that some patients with diabetes may require
...
Emisphere Provides
Update on Use of the eligen(R) Technology to ...
Yahoo! News (press
release) - USA
... promising preclinical data from studies conducted by
Emisphere and its academic collaborators demonstrating
that the bioavailability of insulin via pulmonary ...
Glycemic Variability: A
Hemoglobin A 1c –Independent Risk Factor ...
Journal of American
Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... These new data reported by Monnier et al may explain
how in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial the
diabetic retinopathy risk at identical sustained ...
Amputations Caused by
Diabetes Can Be Prevented
Southern Pines Pilot -
Southern Pines,NC,USA
... a direct result of diabetes, and studies show half of
those who have one foot or leg amputated will lose the
other within five years. Proper diabetic foot care ...
Insoluble fibre could
protect against diabetes, more evidence
NutraIngredients.com -
Montpellier,France
12/04/2006 - A German clinical trial has reported that
eating a fibre-enriched bread for only three days
improved insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese ...
Man kills lover with
overdose of insulin
Times of India - India
... In a macabre incident, a person allegedly killed his
lover by administering an overdose of Daonil tablets,
used in diabetes management, and an insulin shot in ...
Acarbose May Protect Endothelial Function
in Type 2 Diabetics
Diabetes in Control - USA
...in patients with
type 2 diabetes, pre-meal treatment with the
alpha-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose may help protect
against endothelial dysfunction and perhaps future
cardiovascular decline due to postprandial hyperglycemia ...
Big picture: 20M at
risk for kidney disease
Jackson Clarion Ledger -
Jackson,MS,USA
... My main concerns with developing diabetes have always
been my aversion to needles for daily insulin injections
and my fear of losing a limb to the disease. ...
MicroIslet cash runs
low; firm to to raise funds
San Diego Union Tribune -
United States
... positive data on the use of pig islets to reverse
diabetes in monkeys ... demonstrated that the transplant
treatment normalized blood glucose levels in diabetic
mice ...
Assessing Glycemia in
Diabetes Using Self-monitoring Blood Glucose ...
Journal of American
Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... of HbA 1c is its use as a predictor of diabetic
complications and ... Conclusion Assessing glycemia in
diabetes can be a challenge, but approaches are available
...
Botox, Ginkgo may
relieve diabetic nerve pain
Reuters.uk - UK
... Diabetic neuropathy is a term used for the nerve
damage that occurs in people with diabetes and that often
leads to pain, numbness, or tingling in the feet and ...
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