Diabetes News from The National Diabetes Center

Public sources of news of interest to the diabetic community at large
i.e., what our patients (as well as their friends and families) are reading.....

Week of 1 July 2007

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News for Week #26 2007

Fasting Blood Sugar is a Very Strong Marker for Increased Mortality in Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome ...
NDC News - USA
Poster from this weeks ADA meeting in Chicago confirms predictive power of fasting glucose ...

ContraveHas Positive Effect on Visceral Fat and Insulin Resistance
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Additional findings from this sub-study of 107 obese subjects revealed that Contrave improved measures of insulin resistance and demonstrated a positive ...

Results of Two Head-to-Head Studies Demonstrated Long-Acting ...
FinanzNachrichten.de - Germany
High levels of free fatty acids have been linked to a number of serious complications, including insulin resistance. Since people with diabetes have ...

Exubera Demonstrated Pulmonary Safety with Blood Sugar Control in ...
FinanzNachrichten.de - Germany
The ADA recognizes insulin as the most effective medication to control blood sugar, and despite this, studies have shown that people - even those poorly ...

SYMLIN(R) Used in Conjunction with Basal Insulin in Patients with ...
FinanzNachrichten.de - Germany
"We are encouraged by the results from this study investigating the use of SYMLIN with an established regimen of basal, or long-acting, insulin," said ...

Phase IIIb Clinical Data Validate Bromergocryptine Overall and Cardiovascular ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
... which could include either diet alone, up to two oral hypoglycemic agents, insulin alone, or insulin with no more than one oral agent. ...

US Predicts Diabetes Epidemic to Go On Unchecked
Forbes - NY,USA
Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease that can cause decreased vision and even blindness. "Right now, there are 5.5 million people with diabetic ...

Diabetics expo begins at SPS Apollo Hospitals
Ludhiana Newsline - Ludhiana,India
Dr Jugdiep highlighted that a large number of Indians will be diabetic within the next quarter of century, as per a recent study. ...

Liraglutide Provides Better Glucose Control Than Insulin Glargine ...
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
All patients in the study continued the two oral drugs and were randomized to add one daily injection of liraglutide, placebo or insulin glargine. ...

DiObex Announces Clinical Results of VLD(TM)-Glucagon for ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Use of the continuous glucose monitor enabled the assessment of the incidence of hypoglycemic events as well as their duration. DIO-901 is the only product ...

Exenatide Can Be Added to Single Oral Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape - USAr
Drug shows similar efficacy to insulin and avoids weight gain ...

A drink with meals lowers blood sugar afterwards
Reuters.uk - UK
Alcohol consumption is known to reduce sugar formation in the body, known scientifically as gluconeogenesis, while increasing sensitivity to insulin, ...

Diabetes drug supported by Mexican Diabetes Federation
American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA
The overview of diabetic drugs, written by Dr. Roberto Cepeda Gonzalez , Medical Director of the Specialized Center for Diabetes, in Mexico City , notes ...

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Signs Agreement with Encorium Group to ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Subsequently, we intend to move forward quickly to systematically evaluate the oral bioavailability of our insulin product from the gastrointestinal tract ...

Carrying Cases for Insulin Pens? Get the Inside Story from the ...
About - News &amp; Issues - New York,NY,USA
The Diabetes Forum is the place to go for answers to all sorts of questions about managing diabetes. This week, Shortypro asks "Ok, ...

Managing the Metabolic Demands of the Insulin-Resistant Heart
TheHeart.Org - New York,NY,USA
Join the experts as they explore new and traditional treatments for the energy crisis of the insulin-resistant heart. Left untreated, the distress of the ...

Skipping insulin for weight risky
WNCT - Greenville,NC,USA
Basically, it means skipping or reducing insulin injections as a way of losing weight. The danger is, a lack of insulin can mean serious damage to the eyes, ...

Insulin Shock Wave
Cleveland Scene Weekly - Cleveland,OH,USA
Born in 1963, he's been an insulin-dependent diabetic since the age of six and uses his money and celebrity to help similarly afflicted children. ...

Excessive TV not good for diabetic kids
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Children and teens with type 1 diabetes who spend a lot of time watching television are likely to have poor control of their blood glucose levels, ...

Medicine is extending lives, but not for diabetic women
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
For men and non-diabetic women, death rates from 1971 to 2000 dropped significantly, but no decline was seen for women with diabetes, a new analysis of ...

Gender gap in diabetic deaths
Chicago Tribune - United States
Meanwhile, the death rate for diabetic men decreased. In addition, while having diabetes more than doubled a man's risk of dying of cardiovascular disease, ...

Pre-diabetes study points to double the risk of heart disease
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
PEOPLE with higher than normal blood sugar levels - the precursor of diabetes - are at increased risk of dying from heart disease, an Australian study has ...

Ask the Doctor: What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Dr. Bharat Sangani Dear readers: This is the second installment of a column addressing the issue of diabetes, featuring guest columnist Dr. Phillip ...

Diabetes Cuts 8 Years Off Life
CBC News - Canada
MONDAY, (HealthDay News) - A diagnosis of diabetes means losing an average of eight years from your expected life span, new research shows. ...

Sperm Alert: Diabetes May Damage Sperm Cell DNA
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
A research study published in Human Reproduction, compared the sperm of 27 men with type 1 diabetes to the sperm of 29 men of equal age without diabetes. ...

Politician's Son To Take Type 1 Diabetes Funding Fight To Washington
NY1 - NY,USA
Every year about 13000 children across the country are diagnosed with type 1, or juvenile diabetes. As NY1 Health & Fitness reporter Kafi Drexel says in the ...

Aspire supports battle against diabetes
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
Doha * A successful four-day camp at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence drew concluded on Thursday, as Aspire and the Qatar Diabetes Association ...

Could a change of diet reverse diabetes?
This is London - London,England,UK
We're fatter and unhealthier than ever - and one of the consequences is a soaring rate of type 2 diabetes. The condition affects nearly three million people ...

Jog to keep diabetes at bay
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
"Our finding has implications for safe participation in exercise by individuals with type 1 diabetes," Dr Kym Guelfi, who led the study, told Reuters. ...

News for Week #25 2007

'Diabulimia': Some diabetic girls skip insulin in dangerous effort ...
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds. ...

Heightened Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic Women: Can the Tide Be ...
Annals of Internal Medicine - USA
The diabetic woman is at heightened risk for all-cause, cardiac, and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality. So concluded the authors of a 1999 study of ...

Quarter of population diabetes sufferers
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
The sources said that the total number of tablets required for diabetic patients per day is around 10 million. In the past diabetic patients were reported ...

Pre-Diabetic Changes Double Heart Diease Risk
Forbes - NY,USA
MONDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- Even the very earliest signs of diabetes can increase the risk of dying from heart disease, a new Australian study says. ...

VeroScience Late-Breaking Abstract on Cycloset(TM) (A Quick ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
... Cardiovascular Event Rate, and Glycemic Control in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Receiving Diet, Oral Hypoglycemic, and/or Insulin Treatment Regimens," ...

Sugar's role in Diabetes
Intellihealth ... USA
An elevated blood sugar level is a result of having diabetes, not the cause.

Calorie restriction, endocrine link found
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
CAMBRIDGE, MA, United States (UPI) -- A US study has found, for the first time, a link between longevity induced by calorie restriction and the endocrine ...

EPA Unveils Testing List
Chemical & Engineering News - USA
EPA HAS PUBLISHED for public comment a draft list of 73 pesticides and inert ingredients that will be tested under the agency's endocrine disrupter ...

Diabetics risk health to feed obsession with thinness
CNN - USA
But that's not what registered with Thill, who has Type 1, or juvenile diabetes. Instead, she focused on this: Skipping insulin equals weight loss. ...

Diabetic girls skip insulin in dangerous effort to lose weight
Hindu - Chennai,India
Then one day at a camp for diabetic teens, she heard counsellors scold two girls for practising "diabulimia" -- not taking their insulin so they could lose ...

MIT Biologists Link Calorie Restriction, Endocrine Function In ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Underfeeding an organism such as the ordinary roundworm alters its endocrine function, which regulates hormones instrumental in metabolism. ...

Risk of stroke doubles if diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
Biology News Net (press release) - QC,Canada
Individuals diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes are at double the risk of having a stroke compared to those without diabetes, according to new research from the ...

College Students Face Obesity, High Blood Pressure, Metabolic Syndrome
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of five risk factors (high blood pressure, excess abdominal fat, high blood glucose, high triglycerides, and low HDL or "good" ...

PharmaNutrients awarded CLA use patent
NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France
By Clarisse Douaud 6/14/2007 - PharmaNutrients has secured a US patent for the use of CLA for the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome, ...

Smallcap Stock Newsletter QualityStocks Daily 6/12/07
TransWorldNews (press release) - Monroe,GA,USA
... Glucose RapidSpray(TM) product and its role in hypoglycemic control and as dietary supplement for weight control, as well as Generex Oral-lyn(TM), ...

Diabetes Mellitus Linked to Depressive Symptoms in Well-Functioning...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Prevalent diabetes mellitus was defined as a self-report of clinician diagnosis of DM or hypoglycemic medication use (known DM). ...

PharmaNutrients awarded US patent # 7208522 for method and ...
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Metabolic Syndrome (formerly known as 'Syndrome X') is a collection of risk factors that are linked to increased risk of developing diabetes and ...

Metabolic Syndrome Boosts CVD Risk, Despite Normal Fasting Glucose ...
DG News - USA
"So the metabolic syndrome is an important CV risk factor, independent of fasting glucose levels," said Dr. Barbagallo. The results also suggest that the ...

Simple model predicts diabetes in middle-age
Reuters.uk - UK
They then developed a clinical model by adding measurements such as metabolic syndrome traits. The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions, ...

Pig cells transplanted into patient
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
He is said to be doing well after the clusters of insulin-producing cells from the pancreases of neo-natal piglets were inserted into his abdomen. ...

Diabetes reduces life expectancy, increases heart disease risk
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
'Diabetic men, compared with non-diabetic men, had more than double the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and a 1.7 times higher risk of dying once ...

Drug Protects Against Diabetes And Atherosclerosis In Mice
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Blocking a single protein with an experimental drug prevented and treated both type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis in laboratory mice that had been fed ...

Moderate Drinking Lowers Rates of Some Aspects of Heart Disease ...
DG News - USA
[Presentation title: Association of Drinking Pattern with the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke and Peripheral ...

Ask the Doctor: What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Dr. Bharat Sangani Dear readers: This is the second installment of a column addressing the issue of diabetes, featuring guest columnist Dr. Phillip ...

Diabetes Cuts 8 Years Off Life
CBC News - Canada
MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) - A diagnosis of diabetes means losing an average of eight years from your expected life span, new research shows. ...

Sperm Alert: Diabetes May Damage Sperm Cell DNA
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
A research study published in Human Reproduction, compared the sperm of 27 men with type 1 diabetes to the sperm of 29 men of equal age without diabetes. ...

Politician's Son To Take Type 1 Diabetes Funding Fight To Washington
NY1 - NY,USA
Every year about 13000 children across the country are diagnosed with type 1, or juvenile diabetes. As NY1 Health & Fitness reporter Kafi Drexel says in the ...

Aspire supports battle against diabetes
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
Doha * A successful four-day camp at the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence drew concluded on Thursday, as Aspire and the Qatar Diabetes Association ...

Could a change of diet reverse diabetes?
This is London - London,England,UK
We're fatter and unhealthier than ever - and one of the consequences is a soaring rate of type 2 diabetes. The condition affects nearly three million people ...

Jog to keep diabetes at bay
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
"Our finding has implications for safe participation in exercise by individuals with type 1 diabetes," Dr Kym Guelfi, who led the study, told Reuters. ...

Diabetes Mellitus, Glycemic Control, and Incident Depressive ...
Archives of Internal Medicine - USA
Diabetes mellitus status, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level, and DM-related comorbidities were assessed at baseline. Diabetes mellitus status was ...

Associations of Diabetes Mellitus With Total Life Expectancy and ...
Archives of Internal Medicine - USA
However, limited information exists on the association of diabetes with life expectancy with and without CVD. We aimed to calculate the association of ...

Potential Obesity, Diabetes Drug Is Found
Post Chronicle - USA
By Staff A US study suggests a small-molecule inhibitor might prove useful against such chronic metabolic ills as obesity, type 2 diabetes and ...

News for Week #24 2007

Researchers Find Potential New Target For Type 2 Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Science Daily -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a potential new target for treating type 2 diabetes, ...

Drug Protects Against Diabetes And Atherosclerosis In Mice
DentalPlans.com - Dania,FL,USA
Science Daily -- Blocking a single protein with an experimental drug prevented and treated both type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis in laboratory mice that ...

FDA Approves Continuous 7-Day Glucose Monitoring System
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
However, diabetics must still rely on the fingerstick test to decide whether additional insulin is needed. "The STS-7 System supplements standard ...

Breast Cancer Survivors Who Exercise Have Lower Insulin Levels ...
DG News - USA
CHICAGO, IL -- June 8, 2007 -- Women who survive breast cancer and who were previously sedentary have lower insulin levels when they complete a prescribed ...

Albuminuria May Be Marker for Heart Disease in Women with ...
DG News - USA
... ovarian syndrome (PCOS), according to a study presented here at a poster session here at the 89 th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO). ...

Endocrinology & Metabolism News, June 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
In diabetes patients on oral hypoglycemic agents, chromium therapy resulted in no differences in hemoglobin A1C, lipoproteins, BMI, blood pressure, ...

Postprandial Hypoglycemia in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and ...
DG News - USA
"Patients who were hypoglycemic were found to have decreased serum glucose, decreased insulin, and decreased homeostatic model assessment, ...

FDA Issues Its Strictest Health Warning on Two Diabetes Drugs
The MIT Tech - Boston,MA,USA
Avandia, a Type 2 diabetes treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline, has been the focus of most of the recent safety concerns, based on evidence that it can ...

Studies find genetic sequences tied to diabetes, 6 other diseases
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Scientists have linked a variety of genes to seven common diseases, including diabetes, possibly opening paths to better prediction of who will get sick and ...

Diabetes drugmaker cites "reassuring" study
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
WASHINGTON -- GlaxoSmithKline today trumpeted the preliminary results from a study it said found its embattled diabetes drug, Avandia, causes no more heart ...

Glaxosmithkline Says Interim Results Prove Overall Safety Profile ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
The trial known as Rosiglitazone Evaluated for Cardiac Outcomes and Regulation of glycemia in Diabetes or RECORD was conducted in more than 4400 patients ...

Report Quantifies Diabetes Complications
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
While physicians know patients with poor control of type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of a variety of complications, quantifying that danger has been ...

Elixir Pharmaceuticals Presents Additional Preclinical Data ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
To assess this, the scientists first examined ghrelin signaling by measuring insulin sensitivity in mouse adipocyte cell lines that were treated with ...

Exercise Lowers Insulin In Breast Cancer Survivors
DentalPlans.com - Dania,FL,USA
Science Daily -- Normally sedentary breast cancer survivors who completed an exercise program reduced the levels of insulin in their blood, ...

Women Up To Age 30 At Risk For Bone Loss, Study Finds
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... to new findings presented today by Loucks and Ohio University undergraduate student Aiden Shearer at the Endocrine Society annual meeting in Toronto. ...

Doctors seek to reassure patients about diabetes drug
Oakland Tribune - Oakland,CA,USA
... has to be a careful one," said Howard Baum, a Dallas endocrinologist who is chairman of the clinical affairs committee of the Endocrine Society. ...

Cedars-Sinai endocrine researchers to discuss gene that may be ...
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
One key topic will be a gene that appears to play a role in the development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine disorder among ...

Primary Care Physicians are More Willing than Endocrinologists to ...
American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA
The report also finds that half of managed care organizations' pharmacy directors believe that inhaled insulin will promote earlier use of insulin among ...

News for Week #23 2007

Depression among type 2 diabetes rural Appalachian clinic attendees
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
"Diabetes is a difficult disease," said Mary de Groot, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology and lead author of a paper produced by the research team. ...

Inactive children storing up illness for the future
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Family history of diabetes or heart disease in parents is a risk factor for development of diabetes or heart disease in their children. ...

Changes Related To Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Occur Soon After ...
DentalPlans.com - Dania,FL,USA
Science Daily -- "Dramatic" losses of a key biochemical substance in heart muscle tissue occur in the very earliest stages of diabetes induced in laboratory ...

Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Diabetes and Hypertension in ...
DG News - USA
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- May 29, 2007 -- Sleep apnea is associated with a greatly increased incidence of pregnancy-induced diabetes and high blood pressure, ...

Dancers poised to raise money for juvenile diabetes
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
... friends from other local dance schools, will offer a performance Thursday to assist the Rochester Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. ...

Mayo Study: A Simple Tool Can Enhance How Patients with Diabetes ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
ROCHESTER, Minn., May 29, 2007 -- Though diabetes contributes to nearly a quarter million deaths in the United States annually, patients with chronic ...

Tissera Reports Extension of Agreement for Sponsored Research at ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
In these studies, non human primates are treated by an agent called streptozotocin (STZ) which induces them to become diabetic and consequently dependent ...

'The channel didn't want the audience to get diabetic'
Times of India - New Delhi,India
I guess the channel didn't want the audience to get diabetic!" laughs Rakeshh. "The show is not going off air. Yes, we aren't shooting for it. ...

Generex sees progress toward approval of insulin mouth spray
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
TORONTO (CP) - Generex Biotechnology Corp. is on the verge of obtaining government approvals for its Oral-lyn insulin mouth spray in jurisdictions other ...

Use care to manage your Type 2 diabetes
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
A:Non-insulin dependent, or Type 2, diabetes remains the most common form of diabetes. This type of diabetes is often labeled adult onset diabetes because ...

Cactus pear pads linked to lower diabetes risk
NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France
The new study, published in this month's issue of Diabetes Care, looked at the effect of the cactus pear, known locally as nopales, on blood sugar levels ...

Testing, Testing ... Is This Thing On?
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
The Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program is now set to begin in 2008 -- and shockingly, critics say it panders to Big Chemical. ...

CytRx Drug Candidate Iroxanadine Accelerates Wound Healing In ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The company intends to move into a Phase II clinical trial with iroxanadine for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers in the first half of 2008, ...

Pine bark extract shows promise for heart failure, diabetic ulcer ...
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
The study researcher, Dr. Gianni Belcaro from Chieti-Pescara University in Italy came to this conclusion from a study that involved 30 diabetic patients ...

Aerobic exercise helps maintain muscle in elderly
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
One important factor identified by medical science is the reduced ability of the elderly to respond to the muscle-building stimulus of the hormone insulin. ...

AtheroGenics To Focus On AGI-1067 As Novel Anti-Diabetic Agent ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The company said it plans for 'AGI-1067 as a Novel Anti-Diabetic Agent Evaluation Study' or ANDES. ANDES would find out the effects of AGI-1067 in ...

Don't let diabetes hinder your life, says diabetic ex-Miss USA
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
Neelima Sharma, a parent, said: "My daughter was found diabetic when she was five years old. I was really scared and worried regarding her marriage but ...

AtheroGenics To Focus On AGI-1067 As Novel Anti-Diabetic Agent ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
The company said it plans for 'AGI-1067 as a Novel Anti-Diabetic Agent Evaluation Study' or ANDES. ANDES would find out the effects of AGI-1067 in ...

Six deaths linked to diabetes drug
Fort Frances Times - Fort Frances,Ontario,Canada
Health Canada says the deaths of several Canadians could be linked to the popular Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia. The drug was the subject of a safety alert ...

Redwood City District Attorney Dismisses Assault and Resisting ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
To stabilize his blood sugar and prevent insulin shock Mr. Burns walked towards the theater snack bar to purchase a candy bar. However, a theater security ...

Diabetics' risk of heart attack
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
About 85% take some form of medication or insulin to control it. Recently, scientists reported that one such drug, called Avandia, increased a diabetic's ...

BioMarket Trends: Diabetes Market Opportunities Soaring
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Generic drug companies have jumped into the fray with off-patent oral hypoglycemic drugs. They also are hoping to be allowed to market generic insulin. ...

Physical Activity Lowers Heart Disease Risk
HealthCentral.com - Arlington,VA,USA
"Focusing on visceral fat has become a real hot topic because of metabolic syndrome [which predisposes people to disease], and part of what leads us to ...

The High Cost of the Diabetes Debate
MSNBC - USA
The news last week that GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) popular diabetes drug Avandia may increase the risk of heart attacks is now causing a rift among doctors by ...

Gambia: 2025 - 53600 At Diabetes Risk
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, has said an estimated 53600 cases of diabetes could be reported in 2025, if the current ...

CORRECTION - Inside Endocrine Practice, Volume 13, Number 3
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Dr. Hellman's editorial, scheduled to be published in the May/June edition of the Endocrine Practice, entitled "The Perfect Storm - Drug Safety and ...

RemedyMD Launches AutoLabs(TM) Interface to EndoEHR
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The Autolabs Interface is currently available for endocrine practices using either LabCorp or Quest, but it can be easily customized to work with any other ...

Endocrine Researchers To Discuss Gene That May Be Linked To ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The Endocrine Society meeting extends from June 2 through 5. Both will be held in Toronto, Canada. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release ...

New Insulin-Secreting Beta Cells Come From Beta Cell Division, Not ...
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Researchers from Philadelphia have just discovered that beta cells, the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, divide, albeit slowly, to make new beta ...

Cuba Expands Medication to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Periódico 26 - Las Tunas,Cuba
Cuba will soon distribute a medication, only one of its kind in the world, to treat diabetic foot ulcers in all Angelology services in the country. ...

FDA Approves TORISEL, a Targeted First-in-Class mTOR Inhibitor for ...
Juraforum.de - Rühen,Niedersachsen,Germany
This may result in the need for an increase in the dose of,or initiation of, insulin and/or oral hypoglycemic agent therapy. Theuse of Torisel is likely to ...

Sports cheats' game of delusion with growth hormone
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
... growth hormone this was largely due to fluid retention, said Professor Ho, who presented his team's results at a meeting of the Endocrine Society in Canada.

Inventions to boost healthcare in UAE
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The inventions disclosed yesterday can diagnose Alzheimer's disease and improve nerve functions in older adults and diabetic patients. ...

Prosecutors drop charges against diabetic bodybuilder
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
REDWOOD CITY - San Mateo County prosecutors have dropped misdemeanor charges against a diabetic bodybuilder who said his behavior during a scuffle with ...

News for Week #22 2007

Immunization Against Type 1 Diabetes: Mice Successfully Treated
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The vaccine they designed in this model included structures that the immune system mistakenly attacks in type 1 diabetes. The researchers showed that, ...

Insulin created from stem cells
Times of India - New Delhi,India
NEW DELHI: Scientists have for the first time in the lab successfully created insulin from stem cells taken from a child's umbilical cord. ...

QUATRX: QuatRx announce a $44M private equity financing led by Venrock
Kauppalehti (press release) - Finland
The new round of funding will be used primarily to complete ongoing Phase 3 and Phase 2 clinical studies of QuatRx's two endocrine programs, ...

Diabetes Cure Possible With Stem Cell Breakthrough
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
A breakthrough with human stem cells has led to immense hope of a possible cure in the near future for diabetes. Researchers have found that human embryonic ...

US: FDA accused of negligence over diabetes drug
Asian Tribune - Bangkok,Thailand
The US federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under sharp criticism this week for its inaction over the diabetes drug Avandia. ...

Results From Largest Ever Study On Type 2 Diabetes Could Have Huge ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron MR Controlled Evaluation), a landmark, six-year trial has now closed the part of ...

Transplanted Cells Could Ease Surgery-Induced Diabetes
HealthCentral.com - Arlington,VA,USA
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors say there's new hope for patients with a severe form of diabetes occurring after partial surgical removal of the ...

TV linked with poor diabetes control
Ottawa Recorder - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
Type 1 diabetes is the less common form of the disease and used to be called juvenile diabetes. It is not related to obesity and is caused when the body ...

Diabetic Won't Be Charged For Wrecks
WSBtv.com - Atlanta,GA,USA
Once officers determined he was diabetic, he was taken to Grady where tests showed his blood sugar was extremely low. Michael Payne, spokesman for the ...

Anti-waist campaign launched
Bangkok Post - Klong Toey,Bangkok,Thailand
The senior health official said the ministry initiated the project after finding that Metabolic Syndrome, which is a concurrence of multiple medical ...

Diabetics in nursing homes need improved care
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
These problems can be heart disease, diabetic retinopathy, kidney disease and foot problems. Based on their findings, Shubrook and Schwartz are now ...

Study: Diabetic Kids Should Limit TV Time
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
CBNNews.com - While researchers haven't quite figured out the connection, they say one thing's certain: diabetic kids who watched a lot of TV had the ...

Norway study finds Type 1 diabetic kids who watched lots of TV had ...
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
It is not related to obesity and is caused when the body cannot make insulin, which converts sugar from food into energy. People with Type 1 must take ...

Alzheimer's: Herpes, diabetes or something else?
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
This group believes insulin is just as important to the brain as it is to the body. The body needs insulin to convert sugar in the bloodstream to energy. ...

Help for Diabetes Found in Korean Bean Paste
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
Type-2 diabetes, which mainly affects adults, occurs when the body does not respond correctly to insulin. Type-1 diabetes is caused by the body's failure to ...

Test of Drug for Diabetes in Jeopardy
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
A large clinical study meant to test the heart safety of the diabetes treatment Avandia may be in jeopardy as a result of recent reports of the drug's risks ...

Insulin made from stem cells in research first
ABC Online - Australia
Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may some day be used to treat diabetes, US and British ...

Transplanted Cells Could Ease Surgery-Induced Diabetes
CBC News - Canada
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) - Doctors say there's new hope for patients with a severe form of diabetes occurring after partial surgical removal of the ...

Cellist walks to cure diabetes
Burnaby Newsleader - Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada
The same night the doctor called the family to tell them Wagar had diabetes and had to get to the hospital, where she stayed for the next three days. ...

TV Can Distract Kids With Diabetes From Keeping Their Blood Sugar ...
AHN - USA
The study looked at 538 children with an average age of 13 who were affected by Type-1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused when the body cannot make insulin ...

Diabetes assessment in AD
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
UAE nationals living in Abu Dhabi have been offered free diabetes treatment as part of a drive by the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in partnership ...

Drug Treatments for Leading Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases to ...
PRLog.Org (press release) - Bucuresti,Romania
The global market for prescription endocrine and metabolic disease drugs was $66.2 billion in 2005 and $72.3 billion in 2006. At a compounded annual growth ...

Rise in diabetic cases among children in India
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the pancreas no longer produces enough insulin or when cells stop responding to the insulin that is produced, ...

WHY DOES INSULIN COST MORE THAN EVER? : It's All In The Way It
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
BANTING GIVES IT AWAY - Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Fred Banting and Charles Best. In a generous gesture that unfortunately didn't start a trend, ...

WESTFIELD: Walk to raise money for juvenile diabetes
Bridgewater Courier News - Bridgewater,NJ,USA
For her senior project, Westfield High School student, Jacqui Snyder, is organizing a walk to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at ...

Diabetes drug warning could turn into boon for Lilly
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
Lilly might see a sales bump for its diabetes drug Byetta thanks to an analysis published by the New England Journal of Medicine that ties an increased risk ...

Classes Offered to Help People with Diabetes Plan Healthful Meals
Mexia Daily News - Mexia,TX,USA
For people with diabetes, maintaining healthy blood glucose levels is a matter of life and death. One way for people to better control heir glucose levels ...

Dubai to host 21st World Diabetes Congress
ArabianBusiness.com - Dubai,Al Garhoud,United Arab Emirates
Dubai has successfully won the bid to host the 21st World Diabetes Congress organised by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) for 2011 following a ...

Dr Reddy's embroiled in GSK diabetes drug controversy
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
The debate on the safety of Avandia, an anti-diabetes drug of Glaxosmithkline Plc's, is finding repurcussions in the Indian pharmaceuticals industry. ...

Diabetes control ups dialysis patients' survival
Reuters - USA
More than 23000 of the patients had diabetes and had at least one A1C measurement, which reflects blood glucose control over the long term. ...

If You Have Diabetes Should You Go Vegetarian
DentalPlans.com - Dania,FL,USA
People who suffer with type 1 diabetes know that diet is very important in the care and management of their illness. Even with type 2 diabetes there are ...

Diabetes Drug Avandia Causing Concern
KAUZ - Wichita Falls,TX,USA
... diabetics and so when a drug that's being used to treat diabetes actually increases the risk of heart disease it has profound public health importance. ...

Phase 2a Diarrhea Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome Results ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Napo also plans to develop a clinical stage product, NP-500, for the treatment of insulin resistant diseases of Type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome ...

Diabetes in children a growing concern: Experts
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
“Diabetes in children is increasing, primarily due to increase in childhood obesity. Rapid urbanisation and economic growth creates social dynamics that ...

GSK strongly disagrees with conclusions reached in NEJM article on ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
The totality of the data show that Avandia has a comparable cardiovascular profile to other oral anti-diabetic medicines. GSK stands firmly behind the ...

Aradigm: Wall Street Analyst Forum Presentation Transcript
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Now, you have read, I'm sure and heard on the news, the news about AVANDIA, the GlaxoSmithKline oral hypoglycemic drug and inhaled insulin is in our view ...

News for Week #21 2007

Avandia Implicated in Excess Cardiovascular Mortality ...
New England Journal of Medicine USA
Metanalysis of Glaxo's rosigltazone trials suggests that its use may be associated with excess cardiovascular deaths ...

District adopts medical equipment policy after incident with ...
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
Carl Rokosz told trustees he took his child out of the school system because he didn't believe the boy was getting proper care for his diabetic condition. ...

Ciclopirox 8% Nail Lacquer Topical Solution for the Treatment of ...
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription) - USA
... and effective treatment for distal subungual onychomycosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving insulin or oral hypoglycemic therapy. ...

Body found by Minnesota hikers was missing Superior man
WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA
Reinhart was diabetic. The Ramsey County medical examiner in St. Paul used dental and surgical records to positively identify the remains as those of ...

Gala proceeds designated
Paris News - Paris,TX,USA
This includes the North Texas Youth Connection STAR Program and Diabetic Retinopathy Project — a two-year study designed to test a newly-developed camera ...

Geron says embryonic stem cells produce insulin
ABC News - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human embryonic stem cells can be transformed into the pancreatic cells that produce insulin, offering the potential to treat ...
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The Total Number of Diabetes Patients in the World is Expected to ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
The report "Insulin Delivery Systems Market Analysis (2007-2010)" provides an updated view on the global Insulin delivery industry, examining and giving a ...

Breakthrough in bid to prevent diabetes
NEWS.com.au - Australia
If successful, it could be used to treat patients at risk of developing Type 1 diabetes, the former Australian of the Year said. ...

Diabetes care: Quality improvement effort pays-off
Hindu - Chennai,India
Spending money to improve diabetes care at federally qualified community health centers is a sound investment, according to one of the first studies to ...

Study: Diabetes drug use spikes in girls
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
The number of adolescent girls taking drugs for Type 2 diabetes nearly tripled in just five years, while use of chronic medicines for psychotic behavior and ...

Better Diabetes Care May Lead to Reduced Blindness, Kidney and ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
May 18, 2007 - A relatively inexpensive national effort to improve the process of diabetes care at selected clinics was able to make enough difference in ...

Diabetes drug costs could soar 70 pct by '09: report
ABC News - USA
The cost for diabetes drugs could rise nearly 70 percent by 2009, says a new report. The introduction of new treatment options and a growing number of ...

Diabetes rise ‘threat to NHS’
Times Online - UK
The number of people affected by diabetes is growing at such an alarming rate, a report states, that it threatens to overwhelm the health service. ...

Marathon Flight Simulator Trek Spreads Hope, Awareness About Diabetes
FlightSim.com (press release) - MA,USA
Over 20 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes which makes it difficult or impossible for them to earn a pilot license, ...

Top doctor outlines new pay model
Billings Gazette - Billings,MT,USA
Previously, physicians were not reimbursed for tracking their diabetic patients, although most physicians did it informally. ...

How Insulin-Producing Cells Develop -- New Finding Could Help
BioResearch Online (press release) - Horsham,PA,USA
A key aspect of how embryos create the cells which secrete insulin is revealed in a new study published tomorrow (18 May) in the Journal of Biological ...

Officials: Diabetic killed two after taking insulin and driving
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
A diabetic man who officials say suffered an insulin reaction and crashed his pickup into several cars was charged with driving under the influence for the ...

Diabetic files complaint after being denied job with police
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester,MA,USA
BOSTON (AP) - A Gloucester man whose job offer to become a police officer was rescinded because he is diabetic and wears an insulin pump has filed a ...

Premature Babies Face Future Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure Problems
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born early and underweight have a greater chance of developing insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and high ...

Inhaled Insulin for Diabetes Mellitus
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
To the Editor: An important uncertainty about treatment with inhaled insulin is the potentially increased risk of lung cancer. ...

Low-Glycemic Load Diet May Work for Dieters With Certain Insulin ...
DG News - USA
CHICAGO, IL -- May 16, 2007 -- Overweight individuals who secrete insulin at a higher level may experience greater weight loss by selecting a low-glycemic ...

Parents: Watch what you’re putting in that sippy cup, UF experts warn
University of Florida - Gainesville,FL,USA
Unlike glucose, fructose does not signal the body to produce insulin, the hormone that turns sugar into energy and lets the brain know it’s time to stop ...

Glucose Regulation in Young Adults with Very Low Birth Weight
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
Preterm birth with very low birth weight (<1500 g) is also associated with insulin resistance in childhood. If insulin resistance persists into adulthood, ...

Fiber May Fight Diabetes
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
(WebMD) Eating fiber-rich, whole-grain cereal may not only keep you regular, but it may also reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. ...

10NEWS EXTRA: Type 2 diabetes increasing in children
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
Type 2 diabetes cases are on the rise in children, and medical experts are increasingly concerned about the problem. At East Tennessee Children's Hospital, ...

Decoding protein structures helps illuminate cause of diabetes
University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison,WI,USA
Pancreatic damage in type II diabetes has been linked to toxic clumps of the protein hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), which is normally produced by ...

Insulin Levels may Predict Weight Loss on Certain Diets
Ivanhoe - Winter Park,FL,USA
When researchers at the Children's Hospital in Boston looked at 73 overweight people between ages 18 and 35, they found those with higher insulin secretion ...

Effects of a Low–Glycemic Load vs Low-Fat Diet in Obese Young ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
Serum insulin concentration at 30 minutes after a 75-g dose of oral glucose was determined at baseline as a measure of insulin secretion. ...

Insulin Test May Reveal Best Diet Approach
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
While dieters did about equally well on both diets, those who produce a lot of insulin after eating did markedly better on the low-glycemic load diet, ...

Insulet Shares Climb on First Day
Forbes - NY,USA
Biodel, which has two insulin product candidates in clinical trials to treat diabetes, closed at $18 on the Nasdaq last Friday, the day it debuted, ...

Changing Diabetes Bus Rolls into Canada on its Drive Around the World
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada
Canadians encouraged to come on board and help the fight against diabetes - VANCOUVER, May 14 /CNW/ - After travelling across the globe from Denmark to ...

SHORT TAKES: Man falls from Pirate Cove rocks after diabetic seizure
Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
A man fell from the rocks of Pirates Cove, a small beach just north of Big Corona Beach, after suffering from a diabetic seizure, Newport Beach Police said. ...

Making healthier food choices
Prior Lake American - Prior Lake,MN,USA
Sure I was a little more conscious than some, being that I am diabetic, but I had thought as long as it wasn’t sugar-filled it was alright. ...

Data Suggest Cymbalta Reduced Severity of Night Pain in Patients ...
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
INDIANAPOLIS Data from a pooled analysis of three studies suggest that in patients with pain caused by diabetic nerve damage, or diabetic peripheral ...

Nursing shortage in Georgia expected to increase
WALB-TV - Albany,GA,USA
"I'ma diabetic and I have a passion to work with diabetic children," she says. But with a nursing shortage state wide, she's one of the few and hospitals ...

Insulin Therapy Shown To Treat Early Experimental Diabetic Retinopathy
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Researchers presented study results that indicate that subconjunctivally delivered insulin ameliorates degenerative and inflammatory responses in diabetic ...

News for Week #20 2007

Insulin may prevent diabetic retinopathy
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Researchers say a new form of insulin therapy in diabetic patients can prevent early stages of diabetic retinopathy, a main complication of diabetes. ...

New device for diabetes
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
According to the WHO, 180m people worldwide suffer from diabetes and this figure will become more than double by 2030. In 2005, 1.1m people died from it. ...

Managing Diabetes in Children
Donga.com - Seoul,South Korea
There are two types of diabetes in children: type I and type II. Type I diabetes is characterized by the loss of insulin-producing beta cells in the ...

Diabetes drug may help fight breast cancer
Daily Mail - UK
It is already known to be an important factor in diabetes and obesity, but it is also found in high levels in around 40 per cent of breast cancer patients. ...

Juvenile diabetes can’t slow this kid down
Cape Breton Post - Cape Breton,Nova Scotia,Canada
Along the way, Cody Bellefontaine is also raising valuable awareness of his all-too-common affliction, juvenile diabetes. It is a difficult task to canvass ...

Potency Of Platinum Chemotherapy Dramatically Boosted By Diabetes Drug
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
A widely used diabetes drug dramatically boosted the potency of platinum-based cancer drugs when administered together to a variety of cancer cell lines and ...

The diabetes connection
RDH - Tulsa,OK,USA
Many hygienists have seen evidence of this relationship between periodontal disease and uncontrolled diabetes. But are hygienists aware of the latest ...

Ghana: Gov't Blamed for Increased Diabetes in Children
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
THE GOVERNMENT has been blamed for doing less in the prevention of diabetes in the country especially among children. Experts noted that he prevalent rate ...

Diabetes study
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
A $1.4 million Government study is aiming to sort out the facts from the fads and find out which diet is best to help people with type 2 diabetes lose ...

Diabetes threat to fertility for males
Healthcare Republic (press release) - London,UK
But in the first study to compare the quality of DNA in sperm from diabetic and non-diabetic men, the researchers found that DNA in the nuclei of sperm ...

Spherix plans to focus on development of diabetes treatment
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
If the diabetes treatment works the way Spherix anticipates, it will have ‘‘no side effects,” Levin said, giving it an advantage in the marketplace.

Diabetes drug comes from poison lizard
United Press International - USA
9 (UPI) -- A new drug released in Britain to treat a number of diabetes-related ailments -- including heart disease -- was developed from the spit of a ...

Obesity, Diabetes and Finding the Best Diet
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
Obesity is the most important modifiable risk factor in the development of Type 2 diabetes. A team from the University of Otago, Wellington, ...

Gourmet dinner set to fight diabetes
Onalaska Life - Onalaska,WI,USA
For the first time in the Coulee Region, four top area chefs are coming together to make a difference by supporting a cure for our children with diabetes. ...

SpectRx, Inc. Sells SimpleChoice ® Insulin Pump Product Line
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
SimpleChoice products are for use with insulin pumps worn by people with diabetes to help control their glucose levels. “The sale of most of the assets of ...

Adult stem cells play no role in insulin production
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Diabetes researchers, investigating how the body supplies itself with insulin, discovered to their surprise that adult stem cells, which they expected to ...

Omega-3 from Fish Oil May Halt Muscle Loss in Senior Citizens ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
Though the exact cause of this is still unclear, but insulin resistance of aging muscle cells has been suggested as a possible answer. ...

Gastric Bypass Surgery Explored as Cure for Type 2 Diabetes ...
.MedScape - USA
Normal-weight patients with diabetes may experience the same benefits as obese patients ...

Doctors Reap Millions for Anemia Drugs ...
NY Times -USA

Two drug companies are paying doctors millions to prescribe anemia drugs, which regulators now say may be unsafe ...

From the Division of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
The authors randomly assigned adults with features of the metabolic syndrome to a rye-pasta (low insulin response) or an oat-wheat-potato (high insulin ...

Dietary carbohydrate modification induces alterations in gene ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
... by a high postprandial insulin response—affect gene expression in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in persons with the metabolic syndrome. ...

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Begins Phase 1 Human Clinical Trials
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada
For the first time, a small group of healthy human volunteers will orally ingest the Oramed Insulin Capsule in order to evaluate safety studies. ...

Sopranos Star Aida Turturro Speaks out to Encourage Fellow ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Diabetes treatment is based on balancing insulin levels with blood sugar levels. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), in general, ...

Fat Screen Delivers Plant-derived Chemical With Antidiabetic Effects
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The work suggests a new approach for treating insulin resistance that might complement the use of preexisting drugs and, more generally, provides validation ...

Cymbalta reduces night pain in patients with diabetic nerve pain
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
Data from a pooled analysis of three studies suggest that in patients with pain caused by diabetic nerve damage, or diabetic peripheral neuropathy, ...

Surprising findings for novel diabetes treatments
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Diabetes researchers, investigating how the body supplies itself with insulin, discovered to their surprise that adult stem cells, which they expected to ...

Lawsuit Settled In Police Beating Case
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
Douglas Greer was pulled from his car by the officers in January 2005 as he was having a diabetic attack while parked at a convenience store. ...

Diabetic wounds: Caring is the best treatment
Blogger News Network - USA
We often used low (1%acetic acid) vinegar dressings on our diabetic foot wounds. That not only killed Germs (bacteria) but also yeast, which was a major ...

NTSB details diabetic episode that led to Va. plane crash
NEPA News - PA,USA
A western Pennsylvania dentist was trying to pilot his airplane while "wrestling" with a friend who was having a diabetic emergency just before the plane ...

Opexa Therapeutics to Present Progress on Development of Monocyte ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
MDIs express pancreatic-specific factors as well as hormones insulin, glucagons and somatostatin in physiological proportions. ...

News for Week #19 2007

Banning stem cell research prolongs suffering
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Diabetes affects 140000 young Australians, who would die unless they received multiple insulin injections each day of their lives. ...

Diabetes comes under spotlight at Diabetes 2007 Conference in Abu ...
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
The leading voices in the UAE's fight against diabetes are expected to attend a one-day specialist conference, DIABETES 2007, to discuss and debate just how ...

USM, hospital to fight diabetes
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
Mississippi leads the nation in obesity and diabetes rates, and Forrest General and Southern Miss officials said they hope to make a dent in the alarming ...

Tight Diabetes Control Does not Impact Cognitive Ability in Type 1 ...
DG News - USA
BOSTON, MA -- May 4, 2007 -- A study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center provides good news for patients with type 1 diabetes who want to maintain ...

Polyphenols, Vitamin A Curb Type I Diabetes
Natural Products Industry Insider - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Diabetic rats fed polyphenol- or vitamin A-rich foods had between a 25- and 33-percent reduction in incidence of Type I diabetes. ...

Study: Diabetes can damage men's sperm
United Press International - USA
Ishola Agbaje, who led the study, said: "If the increasing trend in the incidence of type I diabetes continues, this will result in a 50 percent increase ...

Early Symptoms May Not Look Like Diabetes
KSBW Channel.com - Salinas,CA,USA
Rehmann, 33, scheduled a physical and described his symptoms to a doctor, who conducted tests for diabetes. Four hours later, a clinic staff member called ...

NYU Researchers Show Rising Numbers of Children Hospitalized with ...
Newswise (press release) - USA
While the rates of hospitalization for Type 1 diabetes increased 15% between 1997 and 2003, rates of hospitalizations for Type 2 diabetes increased a ...

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes
MedIndia - India
These genes lie close to another set that is connected with diabetes. The findings, made by two independent groups of researchers, may help explain why so ...

Helping People with Diabetes Get on and Stay on the Right Path
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
2nd Annual Live Smart Diabetes Expo in Kitchener KITCHENER, ON, May 5 /CNW/ - The Canadian Diabetes Association and Co-presenter Shoppers Drug Mart are ...

Govt warned of impending diabetes costs
TV3 News - Auckland,New ZealandD
There is a new warning for the government, of massive costs to the health sector if money is not spent now reducing type 2 diabetes. ...

Levothyroxine in Euthyroid Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Type 1 ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Beate Karges, MD, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Children’s Hospital, ...

Intensive therapy for Type 1 Diabetes will not affect cognition
Earthtimes.org - USA
Patients suffering from type 1 diabetes should not worry that their brain function might be compromised should they have episodes of low blood sugar, ...

Expert Explains Role of Nutrition in Diabetes Control
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Akinyemi who delivered a lecture titled "appropriate nutrition in diabetes" at a workshop organized by Pharmanews in Lagos recently, said researches have ...

Revolutionary Immunologic Data Explains Function Of Diamyd ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
During a presentation made in Linkoping, Sweden at the Sweden-Seattle Diabetes Conference this past week-end, Professor Johnny Ludvigsson, the Principal ...

Diabetes Linked To Male Infertility
Medical News Today - UK
UK scientists have discovered that DNA damage in the sperm of diabetic men is higher than in the sperm of men who do not have diabetes. ...

Diabetes drugs mayy lower risk of lung cancer
Antara - Antara,Indonesia
New York (ANTARA News) - The use of diabetes drugs called thiazolidinediones, such as rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), may reduce the risk ...

AFN Health Access website site launched to mark National ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
OTTAWA, May 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine will mark the 9th Annual National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness Day with ...

Health Minister Tackles Diabetes Challenge
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
Health Minister Pete Hodgson says the Diabetes New Zealand's modelling of the future costs of diabetes is a welcome and useful addition to our understanding ...

Diabetes may Affect Men's Fertility
Ivanhoe - Winter Park,FL,USA
They found the DNA in the nuclei of the sperm cells was more fragmented in men with diabetes compared to those who did not have the disease -- 52 percent ...

MayoClinic.com Highlights Possible Diabetes and Alzheimer's Connection
Fuerteventura Digital - Canarias,Spain
Rochester, MN (PRWEB) May 3, 2007 -- An article on MayoClinic.com sheds light on the possible connection between diabetes and Alzheimer's disease and offers ...

Survey of people with diabetes - results published
Healthcare Republic (press release) - London,UK
According to the findings of a survey we published recently, the majority of people with diabetes say they receive annual check-ups to assess whether their ...

Intense Diabetes Therapy OK for Brain
WebMD - USA
That news comes from a study of more than 1100 type 1 diabetes patients who were followed for 18 years, on average. The researchers included Alan Jacobson, ...

Diabetes walkathon this weekend
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
The Lions Clubs in the Corporate Area, in collaboration with the Diabetes Association of Jamaica, on Monday launched a walkathon and health fair for ...

JDRF gala raises $1.6M for diabetes research
Wilton Villager - Wilton,CT,USA
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation [JDRF] Fairfield County Chapter's 26th annual Spring Gala, raised $1.6 million on Saturday, March 31 at the Westin ...

Can Depression Cause Diabetes?
About - News &amp; Issues - New York,NY,USA
A new study from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University suggests that chronic depression may increase the risk of developing diabetes in ...

New danger from diabetes: infertility
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Rising diabetes may lead to a surge in male infertility, say UK scientists who have discovered that uncontrolled blood-sugar levels may damage sperm cells. ...

Topical honey can help treat diabetes sores
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Washington, May 4: A study by a researcher at the University of Wisconsin (UW) has discovered that topical honey can heal diabetes sores completely. ...

After All These Years: Betty Adamski Schunke Recalls Diabetes Icons
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
On March 28, 1950, nine-year-old Betty Adamski Schunke entered the hospital with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. She remembers the date vividly. ...

Diabetes can't slow girl down; Orillia fifth-grader eyes swim-a ...
Orillia Packet & Times - Orillia,Ontario,Canada
Living with diabetes can be a struggle, and it's one Megan Troian has been dealing with since she was four years old. Now 11, the Grade 5 student wears an ...

First Ever Medicare Rebates For Group Services Are For Type 2 ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Beginning 1 May, approved group services for the management of type 2 diabetes will be eligible for Medicare rebates, recognising the importance of a ...

Construction workers at high risk of developing diabetes
Irish Medical News - Dublin,Ireland
The results are from the halfway point of a diabetes screening pilot of 1000 Dublin-based construction workers. The pilot has been organised by the ...

Knox road block party to help fight diabetes
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
Kohn is hosting a block party on Sunday, titled "Knox Fest for Diabetes," in an effort to raise money for diabetes research. His 11-year-old brother, ...

Diabetes may cut fertility
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Diabetes appears to harm sperm and may decrease a man's fertility, says a British study in the journal Human Reproduction. ...

Call for international action on biggest epidemic in human history ...
MTBeurope - UK
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has launched a new consensus statement on diabetes prevention, to be published in the May issue of Diabetic ...

Tadreeb organizes conference on diabetes
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
Experts and specialists in the field of diabetes treatment will gather here in Abu Dhabi to share their knowledge, experiences, and views on the latest ...

Revolutionary Immunologic Data Explains Function of Diamyd ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
The study was a double blind, randomized and placebo controlled trial that included 70 young type 1 diabetes patients. The patients received two injections, ...

'Mr. Diabetes' Spreads Information About Disease
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Raleigh — Diabetes affects 22 million Americans, and many more are unaware they have it. So, one man is on a cross-country crusade to raise awareness about ...

Noninvasive Type 2 Diabetes Screening More Sensitive Than Standard ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
"This study compared the performance of a novel noninvasive technology to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and A 1C tests for detecting undiagnosed diabetes and ...

Diabetes drugs may lower risk of lung cancer
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of diabetes drugs called thiazolidinediones, such as rosiglitazone (Avandia) and pioglitazone (Actos), may reduce the ...

The Impact of Pegvisomant Treatment on Substrate Metabolism and ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Patients and Methods: We assessed basal and insulin-stimulated (euglycemic clamp) substrate metabolism in seven patients with active acromegaly before and ...

Modulation of Adiponectin and Leptin during Refeeding of Female ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Main Outcome Measures: Changes in body mass index, leptin, adiponectin, insulin sensitivity, and adiponectin multimeric forms were measured. ...

Cloned Cows Can Produce Insulin in their Milk Claim Creators
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
Argentine scientists claimed to have cloned four such cows whose milk would contain human insulin. The scientists anticipate that if this attempt is ...

FDA Approves Lantus SoloStar®
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
The introduction of Lantus SoloStar® offers a convenient option for administering once-daily 24-hour LANTUS®, the number one prescribed insulin in the world ...

Retinol-Binding Protein 4 Is Associated with Insulin Resistance ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Background: Adipose tissue is responsible for releasing various adipokines that have been related to insulin resistance. Understanding the relationship of ...

Mechanisms of glucose homeostasis and early diabetes
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Studying the mechanisms of glucose homeostasis and early diabetes, Vamsi Mootha (Massachusetts General Hospital and Broad Institute), Leif Groop (University ...

BioServe Acquires Genomics Collaborative
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... endocrine disorders, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancers including breast, prostate, lung and colorectal. ...

Diabetes Prevalence Up in Wash. County
WTOP - Washington,DC,USA
Diabetes occurs when the body fails to produce enough insulin or is resistant to insulin, resulting in too much sugar in the blood. Without treatment it can ...

Surgery improves insulin resistance
Earthtimes.org - USA
WASHINGTON, May 1 A US study of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery to reduce weight found significant improvements in insulin resistance after six months. ...

Fighting back
Auburn Citizen - Auburn,NY,USA
Keenen, also a diabetic, told the attendees who share his disease that any anxiety about insulin should be soothed by the certainty of its ability to aid ...

Lap Band Gastric Bypass Surgery Improves Insulin Resistance
EndoNurse - Phoenix,AZ,USA
A new study examining the overall and gender-related effects of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery (LGBS) on insulin resistance, body composition, ...

DineWise Adds Diabetic Meals to Their Gourmet Food Line
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
People with diabetes can also choose from ten prepackaged diabetic meal plans making it easier than ever for diabetics to maintain a healthy lifestyle. ...

Tart Cherries Can Alter Factors Linked To Heart Disease And Diabetes
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Drugs in the classes known as thiazolidinediones and glitazars activate PPAR and are often used to manage high cholesterol and risk for Type 2 diabetes. ...

Sanofi-Aventis: FDA OKs diabetes med
BusinessWeek - USA
The disposable insulin pen offers diabetes patients an alternative to the needle and syringe traditionally used for insulin therapy, Sanofi-Aventis said. ...

Nottingham expands diabetic retinopathy service
EHI Primary Care - London,UK
The Nottingham Diabetic Retinopathy Service was launched last September screening diabetic patients at the Queen’s Medical Centre, City Hospital, ...

Modern insulin approved for pregnant w diabetes
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
The announcement follows the largest ever trial of modern insulin in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, lasting more than four years and involving 322 ...

Leptin and Insulin Hormones - Food Cravings in the Brain could be ...
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
Hormones that are key to stopping obesity are leptin and insulin. Some people who tended to eat extra fat and sugar calories responded well to these ...

Depressed People Over Age 65 May Develop Type 2 Diabetes More ...
The Common Voice - Greenville,SC,USA
Older adults who are depressed could be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a new study, Reuters reports. ...

News About Diabetes & Genes -- New Genetic Risk Factors Found ...
The Common Voice - Greenville,SC,USA
But, think about it, wouldn't identifying a person's genetic predisposition for type 2 diabetes be problematic or maybe even dangerous? ...

Real Diet Pill? New 'Exercise Pill' Tells Cells To Burn Fat; Works ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Biology 2007 in Washington, DC, is that such metabolic trickery will lead to a new approach to new treatment and prevention of human metabolic syndrome. ...

Additional Phase 2 Trial of SB-509 for Moderate to Severe Diabetic ...
Facts and Comparisons - St. Louis,MO,USA
Diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, is currently managed with a variety of analgesics, antidepressants, and antiepileptics. ...

oral hypoglycemic agents
Drugs that are used to lower blood glucose levels are typically called "oral hypoglycemic agents." Other names you might come across are "anti-hyperglycemic ...

News for Week #18 2007

Helping People With Diabetes Get On and Stay On the Right Path
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada
2nd Annual Live Smart Diabetes Expo in Ottawa OTTAWA, April 28 /CNW/ - The Canadian Diabetes Association and Co-presenter Shoppers Drug Mart are pleased to ...

Diabetes drugs 'unjustified'
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Research outlined in the BMJ found that modest weight loss and physical activity can bring a 58 per cent reduction in risk of diabetes. ...

New research center will target diabetes
Phoenix Business Journal - Phoenix,AZ,USA
By early next year, it will boast a major new research facility dedicated to fighting diabetes and a number of related illnesses here and across the globe. ...

Too Little Sleep Could Cause Diabetes
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
The goal of the researchers was to see if they could find a link between sleep levels and impaired ability to process glucose, a hallmark of diabetes. ...

Diabetic episode leads to 3 crashes
The Reporter - Fond du Lac,WI,USA
... of which was driven by a woman reporting his erratic driving — but injured no one after suffering a diabetic episode Thursday afternoon, police said. ...

Giving drug to prevent diabetes no DREAM solution, researchers say
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
When a major international study - called the DREAM trial - reported last fall that the drug rosiglitazone appeared to prevent diabetes in 60 per cent of a ...

Study of Scots patients yields breakthrough on Type 2 diabetes
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
SCIENTISTS have made a breakthrough in discovering the cause of a form of diabetes that afflicts an estimated 200 million people around the globe. ...

Camp teaches kids to manage their diabetes
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA
Whether it’s the first time a child gives himself an insulin shot or learns to check his blood sugar, Camp Kno-Koma diabetes camp is a week filled with ...

Dr. Moore on diabetes: An online aid reveals what you really need ...
49abcnews.com - Topeka,KS,USA
Typically, doctors, like Dr. Kim Moore, a physician at St. Francis, would treat people over the age of 40 for diabetes-related problems. ...

10 Genes Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
The findings may lead to new treatments for type 2 diabetes, note the scientists. The scientists included Michael Boehnke, Ph.D., who is the Richard G. ...

Biodel Sets IPO at 5M Shares
Forbes - NY,USA
based company is focused on developing treatments for endocrine disorders such as diabetes and osteoporosis, according to its prospectus. ...

New Genetic Risk Factors For Type 2 Diabetes Identified
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Previously known as adult onset or non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM), type 2 diabetes usually appears after age 40, often in overweight, ...

HOT PAPERS IN CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
Scientist - UK
FW Turek et al., "Obesity and metabolic syndrome in circadian Clock mutant mice." Science, 308:1043, 2005. (Cited in 90 papers) | [PubMed] ...

Æterna Zentaris to Announce First Quarter 2007 Financial and ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Æterna Zentaris Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology with proven expertise in drug discovery, ...

Police: Girl stops out of control van
The Benton Crier - Benton,IA,USA
PERU, Ind. - An 11-year-old girl stopped a van that went out of control when her diabetic mother became ill, police said. Besides stopping the van, ...

Telephonic Care Support Improves Adherence to Standards of Care ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Telephonic interventions improve adherence to diabetes standards of care and narrow the gap in chronic care management, ...

Insulin Linked Cholesterol Responsible for Heart Disease
HeartZine - London,UK
The researchers used insulin-resistant rats because in comparison to normal rats, these rats would require higher amounts of insulin to clear sugars and ...

Stem Cell Therapy: A Ray of Hope for Diabetics and Researchers
PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam,Netherlands
The patients, on whom the test was done, could discontinue taking insulin following the successful knock out of their malfunctioning immune systems. ...

Diabetes Type 1, Type 2, Type G?
Synapse - San Francisco,CA,USA
We see how the daily routines of people with Type 1 diabetes are affected with their multiple insulin injections or insulin pumps. ...

Generex Biotechnology to Make Presentations at the 2nd ...
Web Services Journal - Montvale,NJ,USA
Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome are highly prevalent conditions, affecting between one in six and one in three adults in most developed countries, ...

80-Year-Old Diabetic Missing After Going For Walk
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
She is also diabetic, and that means she needs her medication. Quilao is from the Philippines. She is 4 feet 11 inches tall with grey hair and weighs 86 ...

Deficiency of Endothelial Nitric-Oxide Synthase Confers ...
Am J Pathology (subscription) - USA
Recent studies have implicated dysfunctional endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) as a common pathogenic pathway in diabetic vascular complications. ...

Not All Risk Factors Equal For Diabetic Retinopathy
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Diabetic, Joe Kooyman used to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day. He kicked the habit several years ago and believes he'd been much worse off if he hadn't. ...

High Insulin Levels Impair Intestinal Metabolic Function
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Science Daily — Nutritional scientists at the University of Alberta are the first to establish a connection between high insulin levels and dysfunction of ...

Chronic depression could lead to diabetes
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Insulin enables glucose (sugar) to enter the body's cells to be used as fuel. But when people are depressed, or severely stressed, the cells in the pancreas ...

Gentium's Defibrotide Highlighted in Poster Presentation at World ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Diabetic nephropathy is characterized by a loss of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) integrity, which is a major cause of end-stage renal failure. ...

Police warning after mental health patient goes missing
Daily Echo - Southampton,Hampshire,UK
Police are warning members of public in the area that Mr Roberts, who is an insulin-dependant diabetic, can be violent and has not had any medication today. ...

Reiki shows no effect on neurologic diabetes pain
Scientific American - USA
In diabetic neuropathy, nerve damage leads to numbness and painful tingling in the hands, legs and feet. Medication is helpful for roughly one third of ...

Lifestyle changes can help tame the diabetes epidemic
Rocklin and Roseville Today - Rocklin,CA,USA
If diabetic/pre-diabetic, monitor your blood sugar 2 hours after at least one meal per day, in a notebook, listing all foods/drinks for that meal. ...

Successful Sight Saving Screening Programme for Diabetes Patients ...
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
A £4.5m community based digital eye screening programme designed to detect and treat diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in the developed ...

Common misconception that diabetes is 'in the genes' for ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
The high rate of diabetes among indigenous people is not due to their genetic heritage, according to a recently published study. ...

Campaign Offers Easy Steps to Cutting Diabetes Risk
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
SUNDAY, April 22 (HealthDay News) -- Experts at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) are launching a new national prevention program to help people lower ...

Round Valley students walk 500 miles for diabetes awareness
Willits News - Willits,CA,USA
Ms Hastings kindergarten class, which ran and walked more than 15 miles during the Round Valley Diabetes Awareness Walk. Pictured, left to right: Ms. ...

Diabetes cooking school in Evans
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment is hosting a series of free cooking classes for people with diabetes and their families. ...

Psoriasis Linked To Diabetes And Serious Cardiovascular Condition
Science Daily (press release) - USA
“Previous reports have demonstrated an association between psoriasis and other diseases, including heart failure and diabetes,” said Dr. David. ...

Sudbury ROCKS!!! Race, Run and Walk for Diabetes
NorthernLife.ca - Sudbury,ON,Canada
Race, Run and Walk for Diabetes will take place in the heart of downtown Sudbury. Everyone is invited to attend and participate in on of the five distances ...

Disposable Insulin Nanopump From Debiotech and STMicroelectronics ...
SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA
The Nanopump will enable substantial advancements in the availability, treatment efficiency and the quality of life of diabetes patients. ...

Record 6000 run in diabetes benefit
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
The event, expected to raise $1.8 million, will be among the largest Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walks nationwide this year. ...

News for Week #17 2007

The World Metabolic Syndrome Project Enters Collaboration With the ...
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
The World Metabolic Syndrome Project (WMSP), in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), is pleased to announce an educational session ...

Avanir says diabetic pain drug shows positive results
Reuters - USA
O: Quote, Profile, Research) said Zenvia, its investigational drug for diabetic neuropathic pain, showed positive results in its late-stage trial. ...

Major Breakthrough in Diabetes Treatment: Disposable Insulin Nanopump
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Insulin pump therapy, or Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII), is an increasingly attractive alternative to individual insulin injections that ...

Paralegal association conducts mock trial
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
18-year-old diabetic college student named Steven Thomas, with an automatic insulin pump to regulate his blood sugar level. ...

Woman gives kidney to her dog groomer
Discovery Bay Press - Discovery Bay,CA,USA
“I still can’t believe how it’s all worked out,” said Orozco, a 43-year-old diabetic who has been on a waiting list since 2002 for a kidney transplant. ...

Talk beyond pain: Understanding diabetic nerve pain
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Results from a new survey of more than 600 physicians who treat diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, or diabetic nerve pain, reveal that nearly all (97 ...

Diabetic denies death by dangerous driving
ic Wales - Cardiff,UK
A driver blacked out at the wheel in a diabetic attack and killed a district nurse walking on the pavement, a court heard yesterday. ...

Plane crashed after onboard medical emergency
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
He was a diabetic, his daughter, Shannon Weber, told the newspaper. The Danville Emergency Operations Center also received a call about an in-flight medical ...

News for Week #16 2007

Diabetes 2 - drug treatment, oral hypoglycemic agents
Drug treatments of Type 2 Diabetes do not have a good track record. The main problem is the false belief that a drug or combination of drugs can rescue an ...

Animas Lights Up A New Insulin Pump
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Animas has just introduced its fifth generation insulin pump, the 2020. Especially for those without 20/20 vision, it comes with a self-illuminating, ...

Standard long-acting insulin as good as newer medications
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
An older type of long-acting insulin is as effective in treating type 2 diabetes as newer and more expensive kinds, according to the results of a recent ...

The World Metabolic Syndrome Project Enters Collaboration With the ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
The World Metabolic Syndrome Project is an innovative educational initiative dedicated to the metabolic syndrome and its components. ...

Ampalaya tablets out soon for diabetics
GMA news.tv - Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
Tsaang gubat (anti-mutility), bawang or garlic (anti-cholesterol), Bayabas or guava (for oral or skin antiseptic), niyog-niyugan (anti-helminthic), ...

Interview with a Pediatric Endocrinologist: Dr. Morey Haymond
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
We generally manage these patients with diet and oral hypoglycemic agents. For type 1 diabetes, we try to match the insulin that we give with the ...

Orapred ODT Tastes Good
Drug Newswire (press release) - Oakville,CT,USA
... following: endocrine (including development of cushingoid state, increased requirements for insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents in diabetic patients, ...

FDA Approvals: Pediatric REAL-time CGM, InFuse, Histoacryl Blue
Medscape (subscription) - USA
According to a company news release, use of the system can reduce the duration of hypoglycemic events and lower HbA1c levels by as much as 2 percentage ...

A Milestone Change in Practice
EMS Magazine - College Park,MD,USA
23-26 This is barring an underlying cause, such as long-acting insulin overdose or oral hypoglycemic medication misuse. Medical directors, state and ...

Psoriasis Linked To Diabetes And Serious Cardiovascular Condition
Science Daily (press release) -
“Previous reports have demonstrated an association between psoriasis and other diseases, including heart failure and diabetes,” said Dr. David. ...

No Sign That Ethnic Groups' Genes Cause Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - Apr 16, 2007
Science Daily — A study by US and Australian researchers is helping dispel the 40-year-old “thrifty genotype theory,” which purports that certain minority ...

Could stem cells cure diabetes?
Healthcare Republic (press release), UK -
The reports are based on a joint US and Brazilian study of 15 patients with type-1 diabetes, aged between 14 and 31, whose condition had been diagnosed ...

Insight: Questions follow reports of stem cell diabetes cure
New Scientist (subscription)

Nine surprising risk factors for diabetes
Maryland Gazette, MD -
Fitness magazine, in its April edition, reports on nine, surprising diabetes risk factors. The disease affects 21 million people in the United States. ...

Arthritis Drug Helps With Type 2 Diabetes
Medical News Today

For now, I'll stick with my insulin shots
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
My fingertips, which I prick to test my blood sugar before every one of those insulin shots, are calloused nubs. And yet I would not undergo an experimental ...

Preliminary Study Suggests Use of Stem Cell Transplantation is ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
During a 7 to 36-month follow-up, 14 patients became insulin-free (one for 35 months, four for at least 21 months, seven for at least six months; ...

Can Oily Fish Really Cause Diabetes?
Life Style Extra - UK
Eating oily fish that has been exposed to high levels of environmental pollutants can cause diabetes - particularly if you are overweight, a study shows. ...

High Prevalence and Heavy Cost of Type 2 Diabetes Complications in ...
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
A first-of-its-kind report looking at the prevalence and cost of type 2 diabetes complications shows that an estimated three out of five people (57.9 ...

Hope, risk in diabetes trial
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
A new diabetes treatment developed at Northwestern University has allowed some patients to stop taking insulin for more than two years, but it also has ...

Diabetes complications prevalent
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
Three out of every five patients with Type 2 diabetes suffer from at least one significant complication of the disease, such as heart disease, stroke, ...

The link between obesity and diabetes: Are you at risk?
Petaluma Argus-Courier - Petaluma,CA,USA
There is simply no way around it: poor diet and lack of regular exercise puts you on the road to weight gain, obesity, and the express lane to diabetes and ...

Counting the cost of Type 2 diabetes
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Three out of every 5 patients with Type 2 diabetes suffer from at least one significant complication of the disease, such as heart disease, stroke, ...

The American Diabetes Association Launches a Bold New Attack ...
Drug Newswire (press release) - Oakville,CT,USA
Formerly known as America's Walk for Diabetes, Step Out to Fight Diabetes is a one-day walk event taking place in more than 200 cities this fall. ...

Napolitano urging collaboration in state to wage fight on diabetes
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The keynoter of the Arizona Diabetes Research Symposium, Gov. Janet Napolitano told the 200 attendees they were in step with other researchers in Arizona, ...

Most Promising Emerging Agents for Metabolic Syndrome are from ...
Drug Newswire (press release) - Oakville,CT,USA
According to the new Pharmacor report Metabolic Syndrome, the emerging second-generation PPAR-gamma modulator from Metabolex/Johnson & Johnson, metaglidasen ...

Folic Acid Supplementation and Cardiovascular Diseases
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
Levels of homocysteine are increased in metabolic syndrome patients but are not associated with an increased cardiovascular risk, in contrast to patients ...

Dainippon Sumitomo updates on progress of lurasidone and ranirestat
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
In its metabolic syndrome program, three drug candidates have moved up to preclinical-stage development and one compound, for the treatment of bronchial ...

Firefighter suing city of Sugar Land over job firing
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
He went home sick one day in 2005 when his blood sugar dropped too low. That day he says the fire department told him it wanted him to see a doctor to ...

Breakfast most important meal of day, improve health by eating
TCU Daily Skiff - Fort Worth,TX,USA
A study by Harvard researchers found that people who eat breakfast every morning were half as likely to have blood sugar problems, thus putting them at a ...

Diabetes patients 'lacking help'
BBC News - UK
People with diabetes in England need more support to help them manage their condition themselves, a survey finds. The Healthcare Commission also found more ...

Cellular Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) arises from selective immunologically mediated destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets of ...

First-of-its-Kind National Report Reveals Estimated High ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The report estimates that in people with diabetes, there are specific health problems that are more prevalent than in people with normal blood sugar levels. ...

Diabetes may spur dementia
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Adults with diabetes may be at higher risk for developing mild cognitive impairment, a condition that is often seen as a precursor to Alzheimer's disease, ...

ICLDC kickstarts 'Diabetes. I wonder…' with Emirates Foundation
AME Info (press release) - United Arab Emirates
The Emirates Foundation, a philanthropic society, together with the UAE's leading diabetes detection and prevention centre, Imperial College London Diabetes ...

T cell antibodies to treat diabetes
BiopharmaReporter.com - Montpellier,France
MediGene has signed a two year deal with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). The charity will pay €250000 to help the Germany-headquartered ...

Nasulin Interim Results to Be Presented at American Diabetes ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Founded in 1979 by Dr. Schwartz, the Diabetes & Glandular Disease Clinic is the largest private endocrine clinic in the United States with over 70000 active ...

Control of diabetes risk factors could reduce stroke
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
Diabetes risk factors are still not well controlled in patients, even though the disease increases their stroke risk, a new study finds. ...

Nurse Gets Degree in Specialist Diabetes
This is Scunthorpe - Scunthorpe,England,UK
The specialist, who started out in the Intensive Care Unit, was the full-time diabetes specialist nurse at Scunthorpe General Hospital. ...

Pfizer's Inhaled-Insulin Diabetes Drug Falters in Domestic Sales
The MIT Tech - Boston,MA,USA
Exubera, the first and so far only commercially available inhaled-insulin diabetes treatment, is on the verge of turning into an expensive flop for its ...

Newborn baby in southern Vietnam has diabetes
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A newborn with diabetes was admitted recently to Ho Chi Minh City’s Pediatrics Hospital No1. Huynh Thoai Loan, a hospital doctor, said the baby from Ninh ...

Insulin Resistance and Inflammation as Precursors of Frailty The ...
Archives of Internal Medicine - USA
Background Our research group has previously shown that the geriatric syndrome of frailty is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) on ...

Physicians explore link between maternal disease and health of ...
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint Louis,MO,USA
"What we expect to find is that exposure in utero does predispose these offspring to high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome and other cardiac problems," ...

Clinical trial for Diabetic Macular Edema
KVBC - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Diabetic Macular Edema is the leading cause of vision loss among working-age Americans. It's usually caused by swelling of the retina. ...

American Diabetes Association: Senate Should Send White House ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
ADA urges US Senate to pass Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act; legislation offers great hope to advance search for a diabetes cure ALEXANDRIA, Va., ...

SBL Alerts Lawyers About Looming Danger of Diabetes
This Day (subscription) - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Given the menace that diabetes is fast becoming, it is he said, considered a silent killer in medical circles. The lecture, he disclosed, was to provide ...

Natural Tumor Suppressor Variants Discovered, Could Lead to New ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
While both are important in cancer, PHLPP 1 impacts an important pathway in diabetes and PHLPP2 could be useful in fighting heart and neurological disease. ...

Hathaway (HWYI) Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Diabetes Detection, Inc ...
WM Experts (press release) - Inverness,FL,USA
DDI's patented early stage diabetes detection device will allow physicians ...

Chicago Employers Work to Improve Health and Lower Health Care ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
CHICAGO, April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It is estimated that nearly 600000 people in Chicago have been diagnosed with diabetes, a chronic disease that ...

High Fructose Diet Increases Triglycerides in Healthy Lean Young Males
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
A study published in the December 2006 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that high fructose consumption doesn’t raise insulin ...

Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Prostate Cancer in African ...
Cancerpage.com - Marietta,GA,USA
NEW YORK APR 05, 2007 (Reuters Health) - Certain features of a metabolic syndrome are tied to an increased risk of developing prostate cancer in ...

Are The Legal Authorities Coherent? How Can They Charge A Diabetic ...
The Common Voice - Greenville,SC,USA
The guard first wrongly assumed that Burns was intoxicated (when he was going into insulin shock and was barely making it over to the snack bar); ...

Innovative pulmonary & PEGylation-based therapeutic product dev ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Exubera is the first approved inhaled insulin and is considered an important advancement in the treatment of diabetes that could help adult patients manage ...

News for Week #15 2007

A Feel Good Diet Boosts Energy
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Sufferers of midday energy slumps should try eating berries, vegetables and other high fiber foods that slow digestion and keep blood sugar levels stable. ...

Firms gang up on diabetes
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Direct and indirect costs of diabetes to the US health-care system are more than $130 billion a year, including emergency room visits, extended hospital ...

Watch Out for Eye Trouble During Pregnancy
Forbes - NY,USA
"Women who have any pre-existing conditions, like glaucoma, high blood pressure or diabetes, must let their eye doctor know that they are pregnant or ...

SU police officer who helped diabetic driver on All-Star list
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA
A Shippensburg University police officer who followed a driver for 10 miles on Interstate 81 while she was in a diabetic trance has been nominated for ...

Man's pig-cell implants still active 10 years on
New Scientist (subscription) - UK
Ten years ago he was implanted with pancreatic cells from pigs in the hope that they would restore his insulin production, so helping to control his blood ...

How to Confine the Plants of the Future?
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
The plants produce medicinal substances like insulin, anticoagulants and blood substitutes. They produce vaccine proteins for diseases like cholera, ...

Students On Cruise Recall Panic
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Mindy Hochfelsen said her daughter, Amanda, is a diabetic and lost her insulin when the ship went down. Amanda, an 18-year-old senior at Spanish River High ...

Connor, the boy who's become a world leader
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The $5 million trial will determine if insulin delivered as a nose spray will prevent or delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes in people genetically disposed ...

Duane Reade debuts diabetes clinic.(NEWS & ANALYSIS)
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
NEW YORK -- Late last month, Manhattan-based Duane Reade officially opened its Diabetes Resource Center, a training and educational facility for patients ...

Atherosclerosis: An Animation
New York Times - NYC, USA

Cinnamon does not aid type 1 diabetes control
Reuters.uk - UK
Previous research has shown that cinnamon appears to help fat cells recognize and respond to insulin. In test tube experiments and in animal studies, ...

Bariatric surgery - possible treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
What role could bariatric surgery possibly play as a treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus? This topic and several others will be discussed at the American ...

Bayview studying wounds caused by diabetes
Examiner.com - USA
BALTIMORE (Map, News) - Can a topical gel medication heal open sores that plague diabetes patients? Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is conducting a ...

Insulin secretion and capsaicin
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
In one of the first studies of the effects of capsaicin on glucose metabolism, Karlsson et al (2) showed in mice that both the early (1-min) insulin ...

HealthFirst-Needle-Free Blood Monitor
ABC12.com - Flint,MI,USA
HealthFirst reporter Leslie LoBue explains the pager-sized device constantly tracks blood sugar levels, even while patients sleep. ...

Clean Those Choppers: Periodontal Disease May Accelerate Pre-Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
It’s already clear that people with type 2 diabetes are more susceptible to periodontal disease than people without diabetes. ...

Diabetes and heart disease
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
Our fourth installment from the 3 Vital Steps 1 Healthy Heart booklet is about diabetes. Diabetes is a disease in which the body doesn't produce or ...

Diabetes focus of lawsuit
Rosenberg Herald Coaster - Rosenberg,TX,USA
A former Sugar Land firefighter claims the city fired him unfairly for having diabetes, filing a civil rights lawsuit in a federal court. ...

South Dakota Releases First Diabetes Control Plan
Yankton Daily Press (subscription) - Yankton,SD,USA
PIERRE -- A coalition of organizations has released South Dakota's first-ever diabetes plan to reduce the impact of the disease, a leading cause of death in ...

Insulin Resistance Increases the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Objective: This study aims to examine the impact of insulin resistance (IR) on the risk of spontaneous abortion in patients who received infertility ...

Bodybuilder faces charges of assault
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
In fact, claims Doug Burns, 43, he was suffering from insulin shock — and now the Menlo Park bodybuilder is considering suing the Redwood City Police ...

Altered Skeletal Muscle Fiber Composition and Size Precede Whole ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Low birth weight (LBW), a surrogate marker of an adverse fetal milieu, is linked to muscle insulin resistance, impaired insulin-stimulated ...

A Familial Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptor Mutant Leads to ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Derek LeRoith, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases, Department of Medicine, ...

Firm in GM insulin breakthrough
Checkbiotech.org (press release) - Basel,Switzerland
Insulin produced by genetically modified plants - with a human gene added - could be on the market in three years, a Canadian company has claimed. ...

Diabetes and Incretin-based Therapy
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Keeping blood sugar levels as close to normal is key to the prevention of a number of serious complications from diabetes including heart disease, stroke, ...

Effects of the Type 2 Diabetes-Associated PPARG P12A Polymorphism ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Jose C. Florez, Diabetes Prevention Program Coordinating Center, The Biostatistics Center, ...

Prevalence of Permanent Neonatal Diabetes in Slovakia and ...
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Iwar Klimes, MD, D.Sc., Professor and Head, DIABGENE and Diabetes Laboratory, Institute of ...

Type 2 Diabetes Is Preventable, But Governments Must Act Now
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
The new International Diabetes Federation consensus on diabetes prevention calls on governments worldwide to act now by developing National Diabetes ...

Researchers spot molecular player in insulin resistance and type 2 ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have identified a protein called Rab10 as an important partner in the insulin-mediated uptake of glucose by ...

The Missing Link Between Acne, Insulin Resistance and Constipation
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Nevertheless, there is a clear relationship between a hormonal imbalance called “insulin resistance” and acne. Moreover, according to the American Dietetic ...

Penn study points to new direction for pancreas cell regeneration
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture ...

Blood sugar's manufacture limited by building blocks' supply
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Researchers have discovered a factor that controls blood sugar's manufacture in a novel way: by limiting the supply of its building blocks. ...

Diabetes and high blood pressure play a much greater role heart ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
"When all major factors are taken into account, the differences between races for heart failure largely evaporate in the absence of diabetes and ...

‘Diabetes rate in Kuwaiti children highest globally’; Forum on ...
Arab Times - Kuwait
KUWAIT (KUNA): Annually, 20 out of 100000 children get affected with diabetes in Kuwait, which is one of the world’s highest percentages, ...

News for Week #14 2007

Merck's Janumet, Pill for Diabetes, Approved by US
Bloomberg - USA
Janumet combines Merck's Januvia, approved in the US last year, with the older drug metformin for treating type-2 diabetes. The new pill was cleared for ...

10 years on, pig cells still fighting diabetes
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
He was right, surprising scientists and paving the way for new long-term treatments for diabetes that reduce the need for insulin injections. ...

State releases plan to combat diabetes
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
Almost 16 percent of South Dakotans - or 50000 people - have diabetes, and the number is expected to continue to grow. Recognizing the effect of the disease ...

New study says soft drinks can lead to obesity and diabetes
Baruch College The Ticker - NY,USA
Non-diet sugary soft drinks may lead to diabetes and obesity, according to a review published in the Feb. 2007 American Journal of Public Health. ...

Pesticides may up risk of diabetes in pregnancy
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to agricultural pesticides in the first-trimester increases a woman's risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy, ...

Lipitor Provides Unprecedented Cardiovascular Risk Reductions in ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Metabolic syndrome was defined in this analysis using the International Diabetes Federation criteria of central obesity and two or more of the following ...

She neglects diabetes and loses sight
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
The reason for her blindness: She didn't control her diabetes. Her doctor also had to operate on her soon after a diabetes-induced stroke to save her ...

Akesis In-Licenses Phase I Diabetes Therapy
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Akesis Pharmaceuticals has obtained a vanadium compound that has shown potential as a treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes from the University of ...

54 Million Americans Have Pre-Diabetes
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Periodontal diseases may contribute to the progression to pre-diabetes, according to a new study that appears in the March issue of the Journal of ...

Eye Doctors Often First To Discover Diabetes
NBC30.com - Hartford,CT,USA
Diabetes is something Higgins has a trained eye for spotting. “We take advantage of the eye exam especially when we're looking inside the eye at the retina. ...

AtheroGenics Drug Cuts Death, Diabetes Risk-Study
Reuters.uk - UK
The anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory drug, the first of its kind, reduced the risk of developing diabetes by 64 percent and demonstrated a small but ...

Risk of hip fracturer higher in elderly with diabetes
CBC Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
For the study in the April issue of the journal Diabetes Care, investigators tracked more than 197000 residents of Ontario with diabetes who were 66 or ...

Safety analyses of clinical data for bifeprunox in patients with ...
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
... particularly because of our concerns about the high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in this patient population," says Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD, ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescence associated with obesity
AAP News (subscription) - USA
Strong heritable components of insulin resistance are manifest as adolescent and parental metabolic syndrome (a cluster of critical levels of abdominal ...

RegeneRx testing post-op eye drops
United Press International - USA
BETHESDA, Md., March 30 (UPI) -- RegeneRx said Friday it is seeking approval to begin a phase 2 study of its Thymosin beta 4 eye drops in diabetic patients. ...

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Reports Clinical Data on Oral ...
Drug Newswire (press release) - Oakville,CT,USA
The objective of the study with glucagon-like peptide-1 (7-36 amide) (GLP-1) was to establish the initial pharmacological profile and the insulin releasing ...

Oculus Announces Initial Sites for Phase II Clinical Trial of ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Foot ulcers are a common complication of diabetes, accounting for high morbidity and mortality, with an estimated 15% of diabetic patients expected to ...

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Announces Filing of IND for Phase I ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
As previously reported at a scientific conference on diabetes, HE3286 produced glucose lowering activity and increased insulin sensitivity when administered ...

New Diabetes Drug by University of Utah
PressZoom (press release) - Amsterdam,Netherlands
The study showed that obstructing the formation of a fat molecule, called ceramide, helped check insulin resistance. Ceramide is connected to saturated fats ...

Connecticut's Black Residents Dying Prematurely From Diabetes at a ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Connecticut's black residents have a higher rate of premature death from diabetes than whites, Hispanics and Asians, according to a report by the ...

Generex Biotechnology to Present Data at 4th International ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
The Symposium is geared to specialists in diabetes, endocrinology, gynecology and obstetrics, perinatology, neonatology, basic scientists, pediatrics, ...

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. Reports Clin ical Data on Oral ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Study shows orally-delivered GLP-1 is able to stimulate insulin release - Results to be published in peer-reviewed journal - Proof of concept efficacy study ...

Harvard Study: Soy Counteracts Metabolic Syndrome
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Combine these risk factors in individuals with insulin resistance, however, and the cluster becomes metabolic syndrome -- a precursor to heart disease and ...

Diabetes and Endocrinologists
About - News &amp; Issues - New York,NY,USA
Why do people with diabetes see an endocrinologist? Because diabetes is one of the diseases that affects the endocrine system. The pancreas is a gland that ...

Diabetes Affects Prevalence of Aspirin Resistance at Low Doses ...
DG News - USA
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- March 28, 2007 -- Low-dose aspirin may not provide adequate platelet inhibition in diabetic patients, according to results of a study ...

Diabetes-Parkinson's Link Grows Stronger
Lex 18 - Lexington,KY,USA
"Type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in all populations, and its impact on various health outcomes are not fully known or even explored." ...

Regulation of Glucokinase in Pancreatic Islets by Prolactin: A ...
Journal of Endocrinology -
To clarify the roles of glucose metabolism in this process, we examined the interactions between glucose and PRL on glucose metabolism, insulin secretion, ...

Who Gets Heart Failure? Race Takes Back Seat To Diabetes And High ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Science Daily — Diabetes and high blood pressure, two conditions rooted in genetics and environmental surroundings, play a much greater role than race alone ...

Increasing Rate of Diabetes Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Disease
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
March 28, 2007 – Another arrow is pointing to diabetes and obesity as significant causes for the increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the US The ...

NiliMEDIX Insulin Pumps - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
By kweaver
Another insulin pump on the market? Globes [online] is reporting that NiliMEDIX, a manufacturer of disposable insulin pumps from Israel, has filed a 510k fast-track application for FDA approval to market its devices in the US. ...

Lipitor provides unprecedented cardiovascular risk reductions in ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
About Metabolic Syndrome Metabolic syndrome was defined in this analysis using the International Diabetes Federation criteria of central obesity and two or ...

DexCom - Continuous Glucose Monitoring
By Allie Beatty
A traditional glucose monitoring test -like finger sticks - leave gaps in time where you are uncertain as to your blood sugar reading. Continuous monitoring is different from traditional blood glucose monitoring because it affords a ...

Decreased Macrophage Number and Activation Lead to Reduced ...
Am J Pathology (subscription) - USA
We report that both the presence of activated macrophages and the formation of lymphatic vessels are rate-limiting to the healing of diabetic wounds. ...

The Role of Interstitial Macrophages in Nephropathy of Type 2 ...
Am J Pathology (subscription) - USA
Diabetic nephropathy is associated with interstitial macrophage infiltrates, but their contribution to disease progression is unclear. ...

Poland's Bioton to enter US insulin market: paper
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish bio-pharmaceutical firm Bioton is set to enter the US insulin market and could list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange in ...

GlucoBurst(TM) Glucose Tablets Introduced in Recognition of ADA ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
The ADA recommends carrying something containing 15 grams of glucose at all times in order to treat hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) reactions. ...

AtheroGenics drug cuts death, diabetes risk-study
Reuters.uk - UK
The first-in-class anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory drug, known as AGI-1067, demonstrated a 64 percent reduction in the risk of developing diabetes and a ...

Study Presented at the ACC Shows Inflammatory Enzyme Lp-PLA2 ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Results showed that Lp-PLA2 was a clinically important predictor of heart disease and future death in patients with the metabolic syndrome, ...

Diobex Announces Successful Completion of Phase 2a Trial Of DIO ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
In the growing number of patients with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, co-morbidities such as hypertension and abnormal lipoprotein levels ...

Share Banting's epiphany
Montreal Gazette (subscription) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada"
Type 1 diabetes is one thing, where you're missing insulin, while with Type 2 you get severe insulin resistance, so you take pills for a while, ...

More Diabetes <= More Heart Disease: Study
Forbes - NY,USA
MONDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- As the number of Americans with type 2 diabetes has soared over the past 50 years, so, too, has heart disease linked to ...

Professor testing tea benefits
Daily O'Collegian - Stillwater,OK,USA
The study includes 60 pre-diabetic candidates ranging from 22 to 75 from Oklahoma City. The participants are split into three groups: one drinking four cups ...

Clinical trial for diabetic macular edema
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
The READ 2 Study will test the long-term safety and effectiveness of intraocular injections of ranibizumab in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), ...

More Heart Disease Results in More Diabetes: Study
Forbes - NY,USA
MONDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- As the number of Americans with type 2 diabetes has soared over the past 50 years, so, too, has heart disease linked to ...

 

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