News for Week #39 2007
Cop who punched
diabetic loses pay
Canada.com - Canada
An RCMP disciplinary board has fined a Kamloops officer
two days' pay after he punched a diabetic man in the head
because he thought, incorrectly, ...
Type 2 diabetes an
indicator of serious underlying issues in our ...
SpiritIndia - New
Delhi,New Delhi,India
"People think of this as an issue of individual
responsibility - you're overweight, you've got diabetes,
it's your fault. But it just isn't," said Associate
...
Fountain of Youth?
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
The flies on the restricted diet did not live any longer
when p53 was reduced in the insulin producing cell, which
supported the idea that p53 reduction is ...
Pig cells drug test for
Kiwi diabetics
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Living Cell Technologies will inject its drug DiabeCell,
containing the pig cells, into the abdomens of eight
people with insulin-dependent diabetes. ...
Biocon to widen oral
insulin trials
Sify -
Taramani,Chennai,India
Bangalore: Biocon Ltd has said it presented the results
of phase 1 studies on its oral insulin product, IN-105,
at the European Association for Study of ...
JDRF Partners With
CoMentis for Diabetic Macular Edema Clinical Trial
PipelineReview.com (press
release) - Barcelona,Spain
"This partnership provides a unique opportunity to
accelerate the clinical trials of a compound that has
shown promise in addressing diabetic macular edema, ...
Want to be healthy over
50? Get these tests
MSNBC - USA
Waist circumference (WC): Women with increased WC are at
increased risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes, heart
disease and cancer of breast and uterus. ...
EASD: Studies Link
Depression and Type 2 Diabetes
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
21 -- Type 2 diabetes may be linked to mental health
disorders, but age and gender may be contributing
factors, according to two separate studies. ...
Combo ACE + diuretic
pill slashes diabetes deaths (compared with placebo)
National Review of
Medicine - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
By Judah Issa A combination of two hypertension drugs
slashes mortality in type II diabetes patients by one
fifth -- even when they have normal blood ...
Diet Change Can Curb
Fatty Liver Disease
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
Vegetables, fruits, beans and unprocessed grains are
examples of low-glycemic foods, which raise blood sugar
slowly. In this study, both groups of mice ...
No Clear Winner in
Levemir Diabetes Treatment Trial
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
Because type 2 diabetes is a major risk factor for heart
disease, attention should be paid not only to blood sugar
levels but also to other coronary risk ...
Slower cognitive
decline seen among very elderly with metabolic ...
Medicexchange - London,UK
Metabolic syndrome is associated with slower cognitive
decline among patients older than 85 years, according to
a report in the September 4th issue of ...
Novartis diabetes drug
Eucreas receives positive opinion from EU's ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
21, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) --
Novartis (NYSE:NVS) AG said its diabetes drug Eucreas has
received a positive opinion from the European ...
Green tea helps
diabetic mice much like Glaxo pill
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
By Andrea Gerlin, Bloomberg WASHINGTON -- A chemical
found in green tea helped moderately diabetic mice
tolerate sugar and produce insulin as well as ...
EASD: Moderate Wine
Drinking Lowers Fasting Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
20 -- A glass of merlot or perhaps sau vignon blanc with
dinner may offer modest benefits for patients with type 2
diabetes, said researchers here ...
News for Week #38 2007
"Doctor, How
Certain Are We That This Diabetes Medication Is Best ...
Annals of Internal
Medicine - USA
Although the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Survey
resolved this controversy (2), we are in the midst of yet
another debate: whether rosiglitazone, ...
Type 1 Diabetes Study
WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Doctors are hoping an insulin pill could someday help
prevent type-one diabetes in children. In Type 1
diabetes, a person's own immune system destroys cells ...
Metabasis Therapeutics
Presents Promising Preclinical Results with ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
In the studies presented, the glucagon antagonist blocked
the production of glucose in human liver cells and
markedly lowered blood glucose levels in ...
NIH awards $10.8M to
Columbia to study connection between diabetes ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
"If we could better understand the role that insulin
resistance plays in the progression of atherosclerosis,
we may be able to develop therapies to prevent ...
Diabetic Information -
Basic Information and Facts for Diabetics
American Chronicle -
Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Diabetic Information is readily available across the net
but as with a lot of things online; it is hard to find
exactly what you are looking for. ...
ARISE Trials Shows
Promising Results for Diabetes
ClinicalTrialsToday -
Boston,MA,USA
In addition, the data showed a 59% reduction in the
development of new onset diabetes in subjects with
impaired fasting glucose (p < 0.0001). ). ...
Sanofi aims to show
there's still life in Acomplia
Reuters - USA
The French group said it would begin new clinical trials
of the medicine as a treatment for type 2 diabetes, which
is closely linked with obesity. ...
Loquat Leaf Extract
Standardized for Corosolic Acid Content Now ...
NPIcenter (press release)
- Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
Long-term elevation of blood sugar creates a high risk
for developing diabetes, and is an independent risk
factor for cardiovascular disease. ...
News for Week #37 2007
Burden of proof
Boston Globe - United
States
In Avandia's case, the FDA approved the pill based on its
ability to effectively lower blood sugar levels that had
zoomed too high in patients with diabetes ...
Drug May Help Pregnant
Women with Insulin Resistance
DG News - USA
"We found that embryos of insulin-resistant mice
also have some degree of insulin resistance, and if we
correct the insulin resistance in the embryo with ...
Towards a healthy
Ramadan
The Daily Star -
Dhaka,Bangladesh
If you are a diabetic and want to fast, it is important
to be assessed by your doctor to ensure physical fitness
by controlling diabetes. ...
Stent Data Affects
Diabetic Device Markets, Report Says
FDA news (subscription) -
Falls Church,VA,USA
The US market for diabetic vascular disease devices is
valued at more than $1.25 billion this year, but future
growth will be limited by negative clinical ...
When Does Being Obese
Not Lead To Diabetes? When Mice Lack Osteopontin
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Bruemmer and colleagues found that although mice lacking
osteopontin became obese when fed a high-fat diet, they
did not become as insulin resistant as ...
Novel diabetes drugs to
face higher hurdles?
Nature.com (subscription)
- London,England,UK
In the wake of the decision to keep Avandia on the
market, how might the development of drugs for type 2
diabetes change? After months of controversy about ...
Discovery May Pave The
Way For A New Class Of Diabetes Drugs
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
"Our work may provide a basis for the design of
newer diabetes drugs that have potentially greater
specificity and fewer side effects than existing
ones," ...
Mechanism for Insulin's
Regulation of Gluconeogenesis Revealed
Genetic Engineering News
(press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Insulin affects the ability of the TORC2 protein to bind
to CREB, which turns of the production of blood sugar in
liver, report researchers from the Salk ...
How Insulin Secreting
Cells Maintain Their Glucose Sensitivity
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily -- Scientists at the leading Swedish
medical university Karolinska Institutet have now
disclosed the mystery how the insulin-secreting cells ...
Environmental Stress
Probed In Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily -- How environmental stress contributes to
cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes is under
study at the Medical College of Georgia. ...
Rosiglitazone Decreases
Serum Bone-Specific Alkaline Phosphatase ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Conclusions: Rosiglitazone use is associated with reduced
bone formation at earlier stages in postmenopausal
diabetic women. The cytokine-lowering effects ...
Liver Fat in the
Metabolic Syndrome
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Background: The liver, once fatty, overproduces
components of the metabolic syndrome, such as glucose and
lipids. The amount of liver fat in subjects with ...
Aging, Androgens, and
the Metabolic Syndrome in a Longitudinal ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Background: Based on Adult Treatment Panel III criteria,
we previously reported that the prevalence of the
metabolic syndrome (MS) increased with aging; ...
News for Week #36 2007
Isis Initiates Phase 1
Study of ISIS 325568 Targeting Glucagon ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
GCGR is a receptor that binds glucagon, a hormone that
opposes the action of insulin. The Phase 1 trial of ISIS
325568 is designed to assess the drug's ...
Mysteries of autoimmune
diseases unravel
USA Today - USA
Reagan was in a state of diabetic ketoacidosis, a
dangerous condition caused by extremely high blood sugar.
After 31/2 days in the hospital, she was able to ...
Doctor gives fatal
insulin dose
BBC News - UK
Walter Kenneth Johnston was injected with 100 times the
correct dose of insulin by a junior doctor at Belfast
City Hospital. Dr Muzaimin Ahmad claimed he ...
Thai stem cell
researchers treat diabetic wounds
Thai News Agency MCOT -
Bangkok,Thailand
BANGKOK, Aug 30 (TNA) - Thai medical researchers and
physicians have achieved success in treating foot wounds
of diabetes patients with their own stem cells ...
Heart Attack Ups Risk
of Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Three years later, a full third of them had developed
either type 2 diabetes or impaired fasting glucose. The
findings underscore the close relationship ...
Term Chronic Systemic
Inflammatory Syndrome Should Be Added To COPD
Medical News Today - UK
... have symptoms and abnormal lung function compatible
with COPD, chronic heart failure, metabolic syndrome or
increased reactive C-protein. ...
News for Week #35 2007
Ecological agriculture
improves quality of life of diabetic patients
Cuba Headlines - Ciudad
Habana,Habana,Cuba
A research project on the use of ecological produce as
main diet for diabetic patients has thus far resulted in
the improvement of quality of life with less ...
Flip-flops causing
slips and trips -- and serious injuries
American Medical News
(subscription) - USA
Marc A. Brenner, DPM, chief and founder of the Institute
for Diabetic Foot Research in Glendale, NY, believes that
flip-flops may have a place at the beach, ...
'It's scary and a big
change'
Pittsburgh Post Gazette -
Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Some people with high blood sugar readings also have the
other components of a cluster of abnormalities known as
metabolic syndrome: high levels of body ...
Laminitis: New Study on
Sugar and Starch as a Cause
TheHorse.com -
Lexington,KY,USA
Laminitis was induced in healthy, lean, young ponies by
prolonged (up to 72 hours) administration of insulin via
euglycemic clamp. ...
"Onset of diabetes
higher in heart attack patients"
Hindu - Chennai,India
People who have had heart attacks are at higher risk of
developing both new-onset diabetes and the pre-diabetes
condition impaired fasting glucose (IFG), ...
A new study reported
that a diabetes drug, metformin, kills human ...
TopCancerNews.com -
Dallas,TX,USA
A new study reported in Cancer Research shows that a
common diabetes drug, metformin, kills human tumor cells
in mice that lack p53, a key regulatory gene. ...
Obesity Doesnt Always
Equal Diabetes
Forbes - NY,USA
24 (HealthDay News) -- Obesity doesn't mean a person is
destined to develop diabetes, experiments in mice
suggest. Instead, it may all depend on where the ...
Link between
infertility, obesity found
Independent Online - Cape
Town,South Africa
In experiments with mice, she found that administering
the anti- diabetic drug rosiglitazone activated the
protein and helped the egg to mature into a ...
Studies say bariatric
surgeries save lives
Danbury News Times -
Danbury,CT,USA
AP Video AP Podcasts By Robert Miller If obesity causes a
host of medical problems, including diabetes and heart
disease, losing that weight through ...
AtheroGenics begins new
trial for AGI-1067
Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Atlanta,GA,USA
ANDES is an important study that could verify the
potential therapeutic benefit of AGI-1067 in the control
of blood sugar levels and perhaps provide us with ...
QuatRx Completes
Patient Enrollment in Phase 3 Study of Ophena(TM ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
QuatRx Pharmaceuticals is focused on the discovery,
licensing, development and commercialization of compounds
in the endocrine, metabolic and cardiovascular ...
WaveSense Jazz(TM)
Glucose Meter Designed for Tighter Diabetes Control
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
The WaveSense Jazz also has a number of other advanced
features designed to help people with diabetes gain
tighter control over their blood glucose levels. ...
Medtronic Announces
Alliance with LifeScan to Bring Leading Blood ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The new meters will be built using the OneTouch platform
and will wirelessly transmit blood glucose test results
to MiniMed Paradigm (r) insulin pumps and the ...
Medtronic and Bayer
Diabetes Care Announce Alliance to Provide ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
As part of the agreement, Bayer Diabetes Care acquires
exclusive rights to Medtronic's proprietary wireless
communications protocol in certain markets ...
Discovery of 'sugar
sensor' in intestine could benefit diabetes
innovations report - Bad
Homburg,Germany
Diabetes patients could benefit from new research at the
University of Liverpool that has identified a molecule in
the intestine that can 'taste' the sugar ...
News for Week #34 2007
Six Killers | Diabetes
Looking Past Blood Sugar to Survive With ...
New York Times - United
States
Dave Smith of Fairmont, Minn., did not realize his
diabetes put him at high risk for heart disease. By GINA
KOLATA Dave Smith found out he had Type 2 ...
UCB submits Lacosamide
drug to EMEA for marketing authorization
Forbes - NY,USA
The proposed new trade name for lacosamide, which treats
diabetic neuropathic pain, is Vimpat. 'The application
for marketing approval in Europe was ...
Not just belly fat
linked to diabetes
Nursing in Practice -
London,Greater London,UK
People with fat on their chests and upper back have an
increased risk of developing insulin resistance, a
precursor to type 2 diabetes, say experts. ...
'Eight million diabetic
patients in Pakistan'
The News - International -
Pakistan
"Thousands of affected diabetic patients could not
realise it due to lack of awareness," he said. He
was speaking at a seminar at Al-Mustafa Medical Centre.
...
Diabetic rushed to
hospital after airline seizes insulin
ABC Online - Australia
A diabetic man needed emergency care after airline
security security confiscated his needles and insulin on
a flight from Norway to Australia. ...
Gym workouts might be
useless
Zee News - Noida,India
The researchers measured ability to process oxygen,
ability to pump blood round the body, pulse rate, blood
pressure and insulin resistance in the subjects. ...
Diabetic woman trapped
in OC bank for six hours
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Prescher was rushed to a hospital where she was treated
for low blood sugar -- a condition referred to as
diabetic shock -- and released. ...
The Prosthetics
Industry: Booming Because of Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
An estimated five of every thousand people with diabetes
will undergo an amputation, probably of their legs. And
1.5 million people are newly diagnosed with ...
Selenium supplements:
Do they increase my diabetes risk?
MayoClinic.com - USA
It's unclear whether selenium supplements increase your
risk of developing type 2 diabetes. You may have heard
about a recent study which reported that ...
Low Carb Diet Alters
Hormone Levels to Fight Metabolic Syndrome
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Recently, four men and sixteen women with metabolic
syndrome, weighing an average of 200 pounds, were put on
the low carb South Beach diet for three months. ...
Type 1 Diabetics at
Risk of Car Accidents
Online - International
News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
"There's always the concern that patients who
experience low blood sugar -- hypoglycemia -- may be at
greater risk when driving or performing other tasks ...
A Visionary Study At
UConn
Hartford Courant - United
States
Some smaller scale studies have also shown that such
drugs may benefit people with proliferative diabetic
retinopathy, characterized by blood vessel growth ...
News for Week #33 2007
Coronary Heart Disease
is the Leading Cause of Death in Patients ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
13 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Research Group (MRG) has
conducted a detailed analysis of the diabetes management
market in its US Markets for Diabetic ...
Phosphagenics's Phase
1b Transdermal Insulin Clinical Trial ...
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
Phosphagenics announced the successful completion of a
Phase 1b transdermal insulin trial. The positive results
of the trial demonstrated the ability of the ...
Skeletal Discovery:
Bone cells affect metabolism
Science News - USA
The mice became obese and had low blood concentrations of
insulin, a key hormone for controlling blood glucose. The
animals also had poor sensitivity to ...
TOP CHEF HAS RIGHT
RECIPE FOR DIABETICS' KITCHENS
Derby Evening Telegraph -
Derby,England,UK
BY KATE LIPTROT A Chef who worked at a top London hotel
will be teaching the UK's only accredited diabetic
cookery course in Derby. ...
Drop in diabetes points
to improved lifestyles for Tokyo schoolkids
Asahi Shimbun -
Tokyo,Japan
Diabetes occurs when blood sugar (glucose) levels are too
high, and the body is unable to produce enough insulin to
move the glucose from the blood into ...
Mitochondrial DNA
variation linked to metabolic markers for type 2 ...
NewKerala.com -
Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Washington: A new study has found that genetic variants
in mitochondria are directly linked to metabolic markers
for type 2 diabetes. ...
Changes on horizon for
heart disease treatment
Danbury News Times -
Danbury,CT,USA
As many as 47 million Americans have metabolic syndrome,
putting them at a huge risk of developing diabetes. In
turn, Frolkis said, having diabetes ...
Protein Abundance in
Long-lived Mutants
Methuselah Foundation -
Washington,DC,USA
Tinkering with insulin signaling can dramatically slow
the aging process and extend survival. The details of
this effect have best been studied in C. ...
News for Week #32 2007
Inmate well-being comes
under scrutiny
Buffalo News - NY, United
States
On the night of April 14, 2005, Beatty was booked at
11:40 pm, about 4z hours after being arrested at his
home, as he prepared to give himself an insulin ...
Obesity Epidemic Hits
Rural Australia
MedIndia - India
Metabolic syndrome, abdominal obesity, and other risk
factors for chronic disease all increased with age.
"Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic ...
Family loses
decade-long malpractice suit
Chicago Daily Herald -
Chicago,IL,USA
If she were hypoglycemic, she would have been confused
and dizzy. Leimbach's attorney, Louis Varchettom, said
the doctor's mix of long- and short-term ...
Search for man backs up
traffic on Route 4
Concord Monitor -
Concord,NH,USA
Williams is diabetic and suffers from seizures, Clarke
said. As of yesterday, he said, the police didn't know
what prompted Williams to run, ...
Caffeine Nation: Diet
Coke Addiction
ABC News - USA
Drinking diet soda associates with the risk of
"metabolic syndrome," (duh!) - a contributor to
heart disease and diabetes, by 48 percent. ...
A New Worthless
Diabetes Drug "Flushes Out" Blood Sugar
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Both Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline are
developing new drugs that block the re-absorption of
excess glucose by the kidneys, allowing it to be ...
The Role of Obesity in
Insulin Resistance
TheHorse.com -
Lexington,KY,USA
"Not all obese individuals are insulin-resistant,
and not all IR-affected horses are obese. But
IR-associated medical problems are more likely to develop
in ...
Bioton signs deal on
Russian insulin market
New Europe -
Brussels,Belgium
To date, Bioton Vostok has signed six deals in Russia,
which had an insulin market worth USD 260 million at the
end of 2006, with an approximate value of ...
Novo Nordisk net profit
up, saw positive liraglutide results
MarketWatch - USA
Sales climbed 9% to 20.4 billion kroner, following a 37%
rise in modern insulin drug sales. The firm now expects
full-year operating profit of around 10%, ...
Drug firm MannKind's
shares fall 16%
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Daniel Yi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer A
Valencia-based pharmaceutical start-up that is attempting
to develop an inhaled form of insulin saw its ...
Dr Reddy's to launch
diabetes drug by 2011
Moneycontrol.com -
Mumbai,India
Dr K Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, said
the company would launch its diabetes drug in a short
time. He said his dreams are closer to ...
Springfieldian says
antibiotic Tequin caused diabetes
News-Leader.com -
Springfield,MO,USA
"I suspected I had diabetes, but when I looked up
the risk factors, I kept blowing it off thinking it might
be the heat," the 39-year-old man said Thursday. ...
Metabolic diseases: A
shared target
Nature.com (subscription)
- London,England,UK
Chronic inflammation is associated with obesity and is
implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and
type 2 diabetes. Research reported in Nature ...
Too Many Simple Carbs
May Raise Risk of Blindness
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
... found that people whose diets were highest in simple
carbs with high glycemic indexes -- that is, foods that
cause dramatic spikes in blood sugar levels ...
From SemBiosys, A New
Kind Of Insulin
BusinessWeek - USA
Insulin from safflower? That's what SemBiosys (SBS )
Genetics, which trades in Toronto under the symbol SBS,
is developing. In a June presentation to the ...
Low-Carb Diets Can Help
Reverse Metabolic Syndrome; Study Explores Why
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
Researchers know that low-carb diets could help people
with metabolic syndrome, which is a collection of risk
factors that put you at risk for heart disease ...
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE IN
PLEA FOR DIABETES UNIT TO BE SAVED
Derby Evening Telegraph -
Derby,England,UK
"With the accelerating epidemic of type two
diabetes, it will become even more the province of the
increasingly-expert primary-care sector. ...
MacroGenics Begins
Phase 2/3 Study In Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
MacroGenics's Protege trial is actively enrolling adults
and children ages 8 to 35 with recent-onset type 1
diabetes. The global Phase 2/3 clinical trial ...
Duncan Dives For
Diabetes
Healthcare Republic (press
release) - London,UK
Mölnlycke Health Care has donated £150 to Duncan
Stang's fundraising activity for Diabetes UK. Duncan
Stang, National Diabetes Foot Coordinator for Scotland
...
YMCAs to offer free
diabetes screenings
San Antonio Express - San
Antonio,TX,USA
Free diabetes screenings will take place at all local
branches of the YMCA of Greater San Antonio on Saturday.
The screenings, in partnership with the ...
Selenium May Set You Up
for Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Unfortunately, a recent study by researchers in the UK
has shown that selenium supplements may increase risk of
type 2 diabetes. ...
Less Insulin Leads to A
Longer Life, Study Says, Citing Value of ...
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
Diet and exercise might be just what you need to keep
young, because they reduce the action of insulin in the
brain, researchers reported recently, ...
Mexico warns diabetes
may bankrupt health system
Reuters AlertNet -
London,England,UK
By Hugh Collins MEXICO CITY, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Rocketing
levels of diabetes threaten to cripple Mexico's already
strained health services, as Mexicans spurn ...
Metabolic And Insulin
Resistance Syndrome Linked To Cancer ...
Best Syndication - Pinon
Hills,CA,USA
(Best Syndication) Researchers will present evidence at
the 5th Annual World Congress on the Insulin Resistance
Syndrome (WCIRS) that a relatively common ...
Quantitative Mass
Spectrometry Identifies Insulin Signaling ...
Science Magazine
(subscription) - USA
... 2 John R. Yates, III 1 * DAF-2, an insulin
receptor-like protein, regulates metabolism, development,
and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. ...
Fasting and diabetics
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
However, for diabetics, their blood sugar level may go
haywire with the altered eating patterns. A recent study
of diabetes and its characteristics during ...
Sanofi Hoping Acomplia
Will Be Approved in Europe for Treating ...
Diabetes Drug Report -
Vero Beach,FL,USA
In the study, blood sugar levels of half of the patients
on Acomplia fell to below 7 percent -- the target set by
the American Diabetes Association for good ...
Published Study Finds
That More Than One-Third of Patients with ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Study results published in the current
issue of Endocrine Practice suggest that patients with
type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for sleep apnea
...
Generex Biotechnology
to Exhibit At American Association of ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
At the convention, Generex will demonstrate its
proprietary technologies for the development of products
that will help patients with diabetes control and ...
Step Out to Fight
Diabetes walk looking for volunteers
Leominster Champion - MA,
USA
COM In order to keep pace with the growing number of
Americans with diabetes, the American Diabetes
Association is inviting the Leominster community to Step
...
Researchers Discover
Mechanism of Type 2 Diabetes SNP
Genetic Engineering News
(press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
The rs790314 variant, which strongly predicted type 2
diabetes, was associated with increased expression of
TCF7L2 in pancreatic islet cells and decreased ...
What to do about
diabetes drug Avandia?
KOMO - Seattle,WA,USA
"The pill does what it says it will do, lower blood
sugar. But the question is would the risk of a heart
attack in a given individual be greater than the ...
MacroGenics Begins
Global Phase 2/3 Protege Study in Recent-onset ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
Specifically, the Protege study will assess the ability
of teplizumab to inhibit the autoimmune attack that
destroys insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells ...
Diabetes care for
ethnic minorities
InTheNews.co.uk -
London,UK
Not only are people from ethnic minority backgrounds more
likely to have diabetes, they also receive poorer quality
care from the NHS, a new study claims. ...
Could Lettuce Be Next
Big Diabetes Treatment?
Central Florida News 13| -
Orlando,FL,USA
We often think of lettuce as a healthy food choice, but
have you ever thought that this leafy green substance as
a cure for Type one diabetes? ...
Endocrinologists
Welcome FDA Committee Avandia Recommendation
Earthtimes.org - USA
AACE welcomes the recommendation of the Food and Drug
Administration endocrine advisory panel, which voted
almost unanimously yesterday that Avandia remain ...
Being hostile puts men
at increased risk for diabetes, heart disease
South Asian Women's Forum
- New Delhi,India
Washington, Aug 2 (ANI): It really doesn't pay for men to
be hostile, for it could put them at a greater risk for
heart disease and diabetes. ...
The Japanese drug maker
Takeda looking for successor for Actos
International Herald
Tribune - France
The drugs are so-called incretin therapies, which boost
the production of insulin based on the presence of
glucose or nutrients in the stomach. ...
New type 1 diabetes
therapy discovered
United Press International
- USA
1 (UPI) -- US scientists have found a triple combination
therapy that includes inflammation reduction can play a
key role in type 1 diabetes treatment. ...
A School-Based Program
Decreases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
AAP Grand Rounds
(subscription) - Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
School-based intervention acutely improves insulin
sensitivity and decreases inflammatory markers and body
fatness in junior high school students. ...
Avandia will stay on the market. But the
controversy over the drug.
Forbes - USA
Avandia will stay on the market. But the
controversy over the drug has done yet more damage to the
FDA.
Boy sells lemonade to
buy hypo-sniffing dog
By Bev Sklar
Jason often has hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) overnight,
and the Rinkel family is seeking a specially trained dog
to detect and alert the family during times of Jason's
hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.They pledged to raise $6000
of the ...
TargeGen Initiates
Multi-Center Phase II Clinical Trial Of ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
... which are the pathological hallmarks of AMD and other
back of the eye diseases including diabetic macular edema
and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. ...
Stent Thrombosis
Particularly Risky for Multivessel Disease
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Explain to interested patients that the study found that
insulin requiring diabetic patients and those with
multivessel coronary disease are at particularly ...
New Technique Watches
and Protects Pancreatic Transplants
Medgadget.com - San
Francisco,CA,USA
The liver was chosen, rather than the usual pancreatic
home of beta cells, because it contains many blood
vessels that can deliver insulin quickly to the ...
MYH11 mutations result
in a distinct vascular pathology driven by ...
By Pannu, H., Tran-Fadulu,
V., Papke, C. L.,...
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) was upregulated in
mutant aortas as well as explanted SMCs, but no increase
in transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß) expression or
downstream targets was observed. Enhanced expression of
angiotensin ...
Nitric oxide's role in
glucose homeostasis
AJP-Regul Integr Comp
Physiology (subscription) - USA
Prior episodes of hypoglycemia reduced the sensitivity of
GI neurons to subsequent decreases in glucose, indicating
a possible role in hypoglycemic ...
Hitachi patents granted
on 31 July 2007
By Administrator
9, 7251515, Blood sugar level measuring apparatus. 10,
7251514, Blood sugar level measuring apparatus. 11,
7251369, Recording medium having recorded thereon coded
information using plus and/or minus rounding of images
...
CalorieKing and Joslin
Diabetes Center Team Up to Promote Diabetes ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Food awareness is of particular importance in the
prevention and effective management of diabetes. The
toolbar can also be downloaded through a link from ...
Patent promise for oral
insulin tablet tech
In-PharmaTechnologist.com
- London,UK
The company's most advanced product - and the one likely
to have the biggest impact both for the company and for
patients - is an insulin tablet formulated ...
Making Mice Fat or Thin
with an Injection
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Not only did the stressed mice get twice as fat as
non-stressed mice on the same diet, but they also showed
signs of metabolic syndrome, including glucose ...
Effects Of Broad
Spectrum Anti-Inflammatory Compound On Metabolic ...
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
Quigley Pharma has initiated a human clinical safety
trial designed to evaluate the effects of QR-449 on
subjects with Metabolic Syndrome. ...
A matter of life and
death: Private sector robs public of medicine
Yemen Times - Sana'a,Yemen
During their latest press conference, in response to
questions about the shortage of drugs in several
governorates, the greatest shortage being of insulin, ...
In Type 1 Diabetes, Fat
May Lower Severity of Heart Disease
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
According to the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes
Complications Study, a sixteen-year examination of 225
type 1 patients, fat puts you at greater risk of ...
The U-Strip: A Proposed
Pump in a Patch
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
If you've got a big protein molecule like insulin, right
now the only option for getting it into your body is via
a needle or cannula into the subcutaneous ...
News for
Week #31 2007
Dr Reddy's starts
diabetes drug's final test
Economic Times - India
The anti-diabetic drug (DRF 2593) will be the first
original product patent in the pharmaceutical segment
from the country, after the introduction of the ...
Diabetic ethnic
minorities lose out in the UK
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Michael Soljak, together with colleagues from Imperial
College, London, UK, investigated the treatment received
in 2002 by 21343 diabetic patients in three ...
Woman charged with
giving daughter's diabetic friend liquor
WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
AUBURN, Ind. (AP) -- A northeast Indiana woman faces
charges after being accused of giving her 13-year-old
daughter and the girl's diabetic classmate soda ...
Diabetic cyclist zeroes
in on Olympic dreams
Auckland stuff.co.nz -
Auckland,New Zealand
By JUSTIN LATIF - Western Leader | Thursday, 2 August
2007 GUTSY TEEN: No health problem is going to stop
Stephanie Mackenzie from excelling in her chosen ...
Research and Markets:
This New Strategic Analysis Report "Novo ...
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Its diabetes strategy is based on the industry's broadest
portfolio of insulin analogues and injection devices,
together with cutting-edge research and a ...
A School-Based Program
Decreases Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
AAP Grand Rounds
(subscription) - Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
School-based intervention acutely improves insulin
sensitivity and decreases inflammatory markers and body
fatness in junior high school students. ...
Tequin Patient Develops
Severe Diabetes, Sues Bristol-Meyers Squibb
Newsinferno.com - New
York,NY,USA
A Missouri man who took the antibiotic Tequin is suing
Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Schering Corporation for blood
sugar problems he developed while taking the ...
BC medical plan to
cover cost of new long-lasting insulin for ...
Canada East - Canada
Health Minister George Abbott says the long-acting
insulin glargine, also known as Lantus, will help
patients who need better control over their blood sugar
...
medical plan to cover
cost of new long-lasting insulin for ...
Canada East - Canada
Health Minister George Abbott says the long-acting
insulin glargine, also known as Lantus, will help
patients who need better control over their blood sugar
...
GSK: Avandia expected
to receive label change, potentially ...
Financial Times -
London,England,UK
Similarly, Dr Robert Vigersky, a member of the Endocrine
Society and the director of the Diabetes Institute at the
Walter Reed Health Care System, ...
Sarasota's Roskamp
Institute Releases Study Defining a Mechanism ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
SARASOTA, Fla., Aug 1 -- The Roskamp Institute today
released a study defining a mechanism for the development
of obesity and the metabolic syndrome, ...
Dr Reddy's, Danish firm
in trials of anti-diabetic
Business Standard - India
... III study with balaglitazone, which is an insulin
sensitiser that acts as a partial PPAR (peroxisome
proliferator-activated receptor) gamma agonist. ...
Diabetes, Avandia,
Healthy Diet
Food Consumer -
Lisle,IL,USA
Lower levels of biotin were found in insulin dependent
diabetics than non-diabetic people. Supplementation of
biotin reduced blood glucose levels in ...
Indianapolis Coalition
for Patient Safety Announces Milestones
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Insulin: Eli Lilly and Company sponsored a Six Sigma
process improvement work team to address safety around
the use of insulin in hospitals; Wishard Health ...
Is Using a Meter a
Waste of Time for Type 2s?
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Dr. Farmer divided 453 people with non-insulin dependent
type 2 diabetes into three groups: one group had their
blood sugar checked three times a month; ...
Quigley Evaluates
Regulatory and Market Opportunities for Anti ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
... QR443 for Cachexia and QR449 for Metabolic Syndrome;
it is assessing alternative regulatory and marketing
strategies, in addition to prescription, ...
A cup of joe does more
good than harm
Globe and Mail - Canada
Coffee also contains magnesium, a mineral linked to blood
sugar regulation. Caffeine is also thought to play a
role. The caffeine in coffee helps treat ...
Sweetener may have sour
results
Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
HFCS causes a rapid rise in blood sugar, and over time
the pancreas may not be able to respond with adequate
insulin to counter these surges. ...
Glaxo shares rise after
US panel backs Avandia for diabetes
International Herald
Tribune - France
... European drug maker, rose the most in two years
Tuesday after a US panel recommended that the company's
diabetes pill, Avandia, be kept on the market. ...
Diabetes Insulin
delivered by Pills - Researchers developing Plant ...
Best Syndication - Pinon
Hills,CA,USA
[Best Syndication] Researchers from the University of
Central Florida have studied the effects of genetically
altered tobacco plants that make plant insulin ...
UPDATE: Sanofi-Aventis
2Q Declines On Generics, Forex
CNNMoney.com - USA
SoloStar, a new disposable insulin pen that has been
gradually rolled out in Europe since April, has been
received very well, Sanofi-Aventis said. ...
Reducing inflammation
plays key role in type 1 diabetes therapy
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
"Type 1 diabetes is known to develop as a
consequence of autoimmune destruction of
insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells," explains
senior author Terry ...
Obesity, Insulin
Resistance, and Laminitis
TheHorse.com -
Lexington,KY,USA
ACVIM, associate professor of large animal clinical
sciences at the University of Tennessee, discussed the
causes, clinical signs, and management of insulin ...
News for Week #30 2007
Military-style
makeover: The extreme weight-loss course that ...
Independent -
London,England,UK
Helena's strategies to control blood sugar balance and
lose weight are: * Do not just limit calories - this
deprives the body of nutrients it needs to ...
U Of C Hospital Insulin
Deaths May Spark Lawsuits
CBS2 Chicago -
Chicago,IL,USA
Easton said earlier this month that the woman who is in a
coma had a medical order to receive insulin if her blood
sugar got too high, and had been given ...
New diabetes report
documents devastating effects in New York City
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
About 80% had their blood sugar tested in the past year,
but only 16% knew their blood sugar level. About 45% had
poor control of blood sugar, putting them ...
* Diet Soft Drinks
Linked To Metabolic Syndrome
Consumer Affairs - USA
25 per cent higher risk of developing high blood sugar. *
32 per cent higher risk of having low HDL (good
cholesterol) levels. ...
Older Is Better: Top-10
Comparison Of Diabetes Drugs Gives ...
WebWire (press release) -
Atlanta,GA,USA
"Issues like blood sugar levels, weight gain and
cost could be significant factors to many patients
struggling to stay in good health," says Bolen, ...
Conn. Town Stunned by
Deadly Robbery
Forbes - NY,USA
Dr. Petit, 50, the president of the Hartford County
Medical Association, is a noted specialist in diabetes
and endocrinology and the medical director of the ...
His feet do the talking
in walk against diabetes
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
"Every person I talked to either has diabetes or
knows someone who does." In Bendl's case, the
disease claimed the life of his mother, who served in the
...
New diabetes report
documents devastating effects in New York City
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
The diabetes epidemic is taking a large and growing toll
on New York City, a new Health Department report shows,
as death rates, debilitating complications, ...
Is Merck's Medicine
Working?
BusinessWeek - USA
So he began placing people in teams defined by
therapeutic fields such as cancer and diabetes. He
encouraged the teams to huddle with doctors who prescribe
...
The Mafia Don's Diet
and Workout Plan
Male Pattern Fitness - USA
A new mouse study shows that reducing insulin signaling,
specifically in the brain, boosts longevity. ...
[S]tudies in mice and flies show that reducing ...
News for Week #29 2007
Crash death charge
diabetic taken ill
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The trial of a diabetic man accused of causing a woman's
death by dangerous driving while he was suffering from
low blood sugar was adjourned today after he ...
Vernalis diabetic
neuropathy drug candidate phase IIa trial data ...
Hemscott - London,UK
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Speciality biopharmaceutical
company Vernalis PLC said the safety and efficacy results
of the phase IIa trial of its diabetic ...
Indian Herb Salacia Oblonga Can Lower
Blood Sugar
The traditional Indian herbal called
Salacia Oblonga has been found by US researchers to lower
blood and insulin responses after eating. As reported in
the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: "The
extract of Salacia oblonga lowers ...
Dairy products protect
against metabolic syndrome
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
A daily pint or a helping of dairy foods protect against
the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the
metabolic syndrome, suggests a study in the ...
Rise in diabetes makes
prosthetics firms step up
Chicago Tribune - United
States
He's a prosthetist who fits limbs on amputees, and
business is booming for one reason: diabetes.
"There's no such thing as a slow day," said
Yule, ...
Did Darwinism Hinder
Research Into Understanding Cancer and Diabetes ?
Discovery Institute -
Seattle,WA,USA
The Washington Post also reported that causes of Type II
diabetes may be linked to malfunctions in non-coding
"junk" DNA. How much earlier might these ...
Diabetes gene found in
children offers hope
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
Doctors hope they will soon be able to test infants for
the gene, codenamed KIAA0350, and treat them for Type 1
diabetes, known as "insulin dependent ...
Your Health: An apple a
day...
New Straits Times -
Persekutuan,Malaysia
Keeping the blood glucose level normal requires the right
amount of a hormone called insulin. Insulin gets the
glucose out of the blood and into the muscles ...
Help plea by diabetic
maid
Gulf Daily News -
Manama,Bahrain
Doctors discovered the 34-year-old mother-of-four was
diabetic, but because she was unaware of her condition
and hadn't been taking any medication, ...
Long-lost dad makes
plea for diabetic daughter
The Union Leader -
Manchester,NH,USA
A diabetic since childhood, Harrison, now 41, got on a
waiting list when her kidney started failing a little
more than 10 years ago. ...
Researchers Pinpoint
New Diabetes Gene
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News Scientists say they have discovered a gene
responsible for increasing a person's likelihood of
contracting type 1 diabetes. ...
Scientists Report that
Selenium Supplements May Increase the Risk ...
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA),
there are 20.8 million Americans with diabetes, a
metabolic disorder that is characterized by having ...
Misawa is ramping up
its diabetes education
Stars and Stripes -
Washington,DC,USA
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes MISAWA AIR BASE,
Japan -- Mirroring a nationwide trend, Misawa is seeing
more cases of diabetes diagnosed in younger ...
Hypertension and
diabetes continue to remain a major concern for ...
Fiji Broadcasting
Corporation Ltd - Suva,Fiji
THE Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office
Parmesh Chand says nonn communicable diseases such as
hypertension and diabetes continue to remain a ...
Nurses Identify
Barriers to Diabetes Self-Care and Strategies to ...
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Nearly four billion dollars: That's how much it cost for
a single year (2001) of diabetes-related inpatient care.
Two-thirds of that was for preventable ...
Drug majors reel as
'blockbusters' fail
Times of India - India
The latest is GlaxoSmithkline's anti-diabetic blockbuster
Avandia that had notched up sales of over $3.2 billion in
2006. Company management went into a ...
New genetic clue to
Type 1 diabetes
Independent Online - Cape
Town,South Africa
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system destroys
cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, the hormone
that regulates blood glucose. ...
Drugs Lower Blood Sugar
Without Weight Gain
NewsMax.com - West Palm
Beach,FL,USA
Two new antidiabetes drugs are modestly effective at
reducing blood glucose levels without causing weight gain
in people with type 2 diabetes, according to ...
Uncovered: New Gene
Linked to Type 1 Diabetes in Children
Scientific American - USA
By Nikhil Swaminathan A research team has identified a
new gene that likely affects a child's chances of
developing type 1 diabetes. ...
Scientists identify key
gene in type 1 diabetes
Scotsman - United Kingdom
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have
pinpointed an important gene involved in increasing a
child's risk for type 1 diabetes, ...
Selenium Supplements
Linked To Type 2 Diabetes
Medical News Today - UK
Long term use of selenium food supplements may be linked
to an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes said
researchers in a new US study. ...
Stone Age Diet Good For
People With Diabetes Type II
Medical News Today - UK
If you suffer from Diabetes Type II you might consider
following the diet of Stone Age humans, according to
scientists from Lund University, Sweden. ...
Diabetics must take
summertime precautions
Annapolis Capital -
Annapolis,MD,USA
So folks are active longer, and the frequency of fun food
- even healthful fun food such as fruit - can mess up a
diabetic's diet. ...
Carlos the Jackal
criticizes al-Qaida
United Press International
- USA
Now overweight and diabetic, Sanchez last week laughed
and showed no remorse when asked about his victims.
"When we had to eliminate them it was in a cold, ...
Exercise great
treatment for diabetes
Cincinnati Enquirer -
Cincinnati,OH,USA
BY NICK HEISS & DEBBIE MESSMER | ENQUIRER
CONTRIBUTORS Question: I was just recently diagnosed with
diabetes and was advised by my doctor to start an ...
New genetic clue to
Type 1 diabetes
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
PARIS, July 15, 2007 (AFP) - A faulty gene on Chromosome
16 boosts the risk of developing Type 1 diabetes,
according to the latest probe into the causes of ...
Hydroxychloroquine For
Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Shows ...
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
Far fewer rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with the
drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) went on to develop diabetes
compared to those who never took the drug ...
Diabetes costs on rise
in UK
Earthtimes.org - USA
LONDON, July 14 The cost of treating diabetes is soaring
in Britain, an indication of the severity of obesity in
the United Kingdom, health officials said. ...
More side-effect
reports for suspect diabetes drug
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
In the month after a surprising analysis revealed
possible heart risks from the blockbuster diabetes drug
Avandia, reports of side effects to federal ...
Efforts on to introduce
MD courses in diabetology, non ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
Speaking at the inaugural function of a national seminar
on prevention of NCD, organised by Madras Diabetes
Research Foundation (MDRF) and the University of ...
A daily helping of
dairy foods protects against 'Metabolic Syndrome'
South Asian Women's Forum
- New Delhi,India
11 July 2007 - A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods
protect against the clustering of abnormal body chemistry
known as the metabolic syndrome, ...
Bean that excess weight
away
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The rise in the subjects' blood sugar levels after the
meal was then measured. Torkos says that the people who
were given the supplement had a much lower ...
Integrative Way: Oh, my
aching head
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
The brain depends on glucose for its energy, and a drop
in blood sugar during fasting may trigger a headache.
Migraine sufferers also may be more sensitive ...
No-stick blood sugar
test studied
Allentown Morning Call -
Allentown,PA,USA
Diabetics can't produce or properly use insulin, which is
a hormone that converts sugar, starches and other food
into energy. People who develop type I are ...
Milk & dairy
products protect against metabolic syndrome
SpiritIndia - New
Delhi,New Delhi,India
A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods protect against
the clustering of abnormal body chemistry known as the
metabolic syndrome, suggests a study in the ...
Milk 'May Stave Off
Heart Attacks'
Life Style Extra - UK
A daily pinta or a helping of dairy foods can protect
against a combination of medical disorders known as
metabolic syndrome that increase one's risk for ...
"Vasocrine"
signalling from perivascular fat: A mechanism linking ...
ProHealth's
ImmuneSupport.com - Santa Barbara,CA,USA
Obesity also results in impairment of
endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in response to
insulin. We propose a vasoregulatory role for local
deposits of ...
Ceylinco Diabetes
launches diet clinic for weight watchers
Sunday Times.lk -
Columbo,Sri Lanka
A special diet clinic offering expert assessment,
diagnostics, advice and follow up has been launched by
the Ceylinco Diabetes Centre for health-conscious ...
Healthy workouts
Hindu - Chennai,India
Another benefit is that exercising one's muscles against
resistance helps burn blood sugar. It stands to reason
that muscles that are used regularly burn ...
Health experts see
widespread cases of diabetes
Sun.Star - Philippines
HEALTH experts have predicted that number of diabetes
cases in Southeast Asia and the Pacific would increase in
three years as Asians continue to practice ...
Health Highlights: July
14, 2007
Forbes - NY,USA
The University of Cardiff team found that men who drank a
pint or more of milk a day were 62 percent less likely to
develop metabolic syndrome, ...
Prevent Birth Defects:
Don't Get Pregnant Until Your Sugar Is ...
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
If they've had high blood sugar during those eight weeks,
the damage may already be done. Women with diabetes are
three to five times more likely than ...
Diabetes awareness booth in Al Ain
sees record number, set to ...
AME Info (press release) -
United Arab Emirates
More than 150 people a day are approaching the 'DIABETES.
I WONDER...' booth at Al Ain's Jimi Mall, which means
that more than 5000 people will have been ...
More Diabetics Causing
Accidents on Michiana Roads
Fox 28 - South Bend,IN,USA
"People go out to eat, and mix alcohol with foods
with high sugar and that doesn't agree with blood sugar
levels and the next thing you know we deal with ...
Supplement may add
diabetes risk
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Selenium dietary supplements may raise a person's risk of
developing diabetes, not lower it as had been suspected,
researchers reported Monday in the Annals ...
The International
Diabetes Federation Launches US 10 Million ...
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently
called for projects that adapt science to meet the needs
of people living with diabetes and to ...
TargeGen Raises $40M
socalTech.com - Thousand
Oaks,CA,USA
TargeGen is developing treatments for macular
degeneration, diabetic macular edema and diabetic
retinopathy. The firm said that it expects to initiate
Phase ...
Smoking and its Affects
on Diabetes
Tanasi Journal -
Knoxville,TN,USA
Tobacco has many bad health effects, particularly for
people with diabetes. No matter how long you've smoked,
your health will improve after you quit. ...
Price of diabetes hits
£10m a week
Daily Mail - UK
Doctors say the figures reveal the true impact of the
obesity epidemic, which is helping to fuel the rise in
type 2 diabetes. Nine out of ten diabetes ...
Price of diabetes hits
£10m a week
Daily Mail - UK
Doctors say the figures reveal the true impact of the
obesity epidemic, which is helping to fuel the rise in
type 2 diabetes. Nine out of ten diabetes ...
Meta-Analysis of
Incretin Agents Suggests Modest Efficacy in Type ...
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
With respect to long-term glucose control, incretin
therapy was at least noninferior to other hypoglycemic
agents. Incretins modestly lowered HbA 1c level ...
Living with the silent
killer
Gulf News - Dubai,United
Arab Emirates
By Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter Abu Dhabi:
Jordanian expatriate Ebrahim Sulaiman starts his day with
an insulin injection and does a regular check up ...
Bayer Healthcare and FDA notified
healthcare professionals of Ascensia recall
FDA MedWatch - USA
Bayer Healthcare and FDA notified healthcare
professionals and consumers of a Class 1 Recall of Bayer
Ascensia Contour Blood Glucose Monitoring System, Product
7152A. This system is used by diabetic patients ...
Diabetic driver 'under
delusion'
ic Wales - United Kingdom
by Our Correspondent, South Wales Echo A DIABETIC driver
who hit a couple walking hand-in-hand may not have
realised his blood sugar level was low, ...
Side-effect reports
triple after diabetes drug study
Boston Globe - United
States
By AP | July 13, 2007 In the month after a surprising
analysis revealed possible heart risks from the
blockbuster diabetes drug Avandia, reports of side ...
Drinking milk cuts
diabetes risk
BBC News - UK
Drinking a pint of milk a day may protect men against
diabetes and heart disease, say UK researchers. Eating
dairy products reduces the risk of metabolic ...
Trimming the waist may
trim diabetes, heart risks
Reuters - USA
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who
manage to reduce their waistlines may also lower their
risk for diabetes and heart disease, ...
System slow to find
diabetes drug flaw
London Free Press - Canada
By AP In the month after a surprising analysis revealed
possible heart risks from the diabetes drug Avandia,
reports of side effects to US federal ...
ATCOM Co-Sponsors
Fundraiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research
PR.com (press release) -
Levittown,NY,USA
The 3rd Annual JDRF Blanton Vogler Memorial Golf
Tournament raised over $35000 for diabetes research and
honored the late Blanton Vogler, a former ATCOM ...
Selenium Supplements May Increase the
Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
UB News Center -
Buffalo,NY,USA
Results of a randomized clinical trial using 200
micrograms of selenium alone showed that 55 percent more
cases of type 2 diabetes developed among ...
News for Week #28 2007
Duluth girl takes on
diabetes
Atlanta Journal
Constitution - GA, USA
By EILEEN DRENNEN The energetic Duluth 10-year-old likes
to be in the thick of things, especially when it comes to
the cause of fighting juvenile diabetes. ...
Pumpkin may cut
injections for diabetes
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
Diabetes affects more than 230 million people, almost six
per cent of the world's population. The rats in the study
had type I diabetes but pumpkin extract ...
Bourke records high
diabetes rate
ABC Regional Online -
Australia
New research has found Bourke, in central western New
South Wales, has the highest rate of diabetes in the
state. The Diabetes in New South Wales Atlas for ...
1 in 3 has diabetes
Torres News - Cape
York,Queensland,Australia
There are now more than 1000 adults with type 2 diabetes
in the Torres Strait, according to a report published in
the Medical Journal of Australia. ...
Pumpkins could end need
for insulin injections
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE humble pumpkin could end the need for people with
diabetes to have insulin injections. Compounds found in
the vegetable could potentially replace or ...
Australia's diabetes
risk
Melbourne Herald Sun -
Australia
ALL you need to find out if you are at risk of adding to
Australia's epidemic of type 2 diabetes is a measuring
tape. Men with waists of 100cm or more and ...
Heard about PNEI?
Times Online - UK
This "calming" mineral is used by the body to
make energy, balance blood-sugar levels and maintain
healthy blood pressure -- all the things that go haywire
...
Watch your waistline to
aid diabetes fight, doctors say
ABC Online - Australia
By national medical reporter Sophie Scott Doctors are
urging us to keep an eye on our figures to slow down the
growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes. ...
Alarm at surge in
diabetes sufferers
Illawarra Mercury -
Wollongong,New South Wales,Australia
The number of people diagnosed with the condition jumped
from less than 13000 in 2001 to about 22000 in 2006,
according to Diabetes Australia. ...
Poll figures on
diabetes
2GB News -
Sydney,NSW,Australia
By Michelle Rafferty A poll has shown half of middle-aged
and overweight people don't think they're at risk
developing Type 2 diabetes. ...
Diabetics skip insulin
to lose weight
Times of India - India
Called diabulimia, teenagers suffering from type 1
diabetes are skipping their daily insulin injections in a
bid to lose weight. ...
Possible Serious Side
Effects Linked to Diabetes Drug Avandia
PR-Inside.com
(Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
The drug can also lead to hypoglycemia, which means that
patients who have been diagnosed with any variety of
hypoglycemic condition should not be ...
How to fight the killer
diseases and stay alive
Daily Nation
(subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
--If diabetic, manage it well to lower the risk of
cardiovascular diseases. --Reduce stress to reduce risk
of coronary heart diseases. ...
Diabetes Australia
campaign aims to highlight weighty issue
ABC Online - Australia
A new health campaign is promoting the benefit of
measuring your waist to detect diabetes. Diabetes
Australia says waist fat is linked with type 2 diabetes,
...
Diabetes in Bush spurs
free bikes
Anchorage Daily News
(subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
The Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. plans to ship 735 bikes
to Dillingham and 34 area villages, said Lois Schumacher,
the hospital's diabetes program ...
Diabetes epidemic
Sky News Australia -
Australia
National Diabetes Week is about to be launched in
Melbourne, with health experts warning the incidence of
the disease is continuing to spiral upwards. ...
"Get Behind Me!
Sugar"
Vanguard -
Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Sugar of any kind causes blood glucose (blood sugar) to
hurtle up in a sugar rush and subsequently deep down,
destabilizing your energy and mood. ...
New drug for diabetes
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
These cells secrete another hormone called glucagon,
which oppose the role of insulin, that is, it raises
blood sugar. The net effect is that these new ...
Mechanical Cure For
Type 1 Diabetes?
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily -- Insulin treatment for people with type 1
diabetes could soon see drastic improvement thanks to
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ...
Cholesterol drug hits
diabetes with one-two punch: study
Hindu - Chennai,India
NEW ORLEANS: Patients with type 2 diabetes may soon be
able to control their glucose and their cholesterol
levels with a single drug, according to a study ...
Diabetes up 70 per cent
in NSW: report
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A 70 per cent surge in diabetes cases in NSW will be
addressed by a $5 million pilot intervention program,
Health Minister Reba Meagher says. ...
Experts warn on
diabetes epidemic
ABC Online - Australia
Diabetes Australia says 4 million Australians could be
suffering with the disease by 2012 if nothing is done to
curb the epidemic. ...
New drug for diabetes
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
But for the last year or so, the diabetes world has been
abuzz with excitement over the arrival of a completely
new class of anti-diabetes agents based on ...
Diabetes now an
epidemic
Daily Telegraph -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By Clare Weaver NSW residents' appetite for junk food and
their reluctance to exercise is fuelling a diabetes
explosion, according to latest research. ...
"How Sweet It
Is" Chronicles a Life with Type 1 Diabetes
About - News &
Issues - New York,NY,USA
"How Sweet It Is" is Liz McEachern's one-woman
show about living life with type 1 diabetes. It's part of
the Toronto Fringe Festival, which is running until ...
Paper Planning Tool
Proven To Improve Management Of Type 1 ...
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
This press release is an announcement submitted by
MeadWestvaco, and was not written by Diabetes Health.
Sidney, NY, July 6, 2007 - A study by the Joslin ...
How dangerous
lifestyles are sending young Kenyans to an early grave
Daily Nation
(subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya
More young Kenyans are falling victim to heart ailments
and diabetes because of poor diet and lack of exercise,
experts say. ...
MEREDITH CUMMINGS:
Don't let the hate and anger over diabetes ...
Tuscaloosa News
(subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
Or the one I'm having this week as I try to
simultaneously move to a new house and change my insulin
routine. (Note to readers: Never undertake a life ...
Metabolic syndrome
raises risk of diabetes
Chattanooganow
(subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
WK A: The metabolic syndrome includes such seemingly
unrelated things as insulin insensitivity, high blood
triglycerides, low blood HDL cholesterol and high ...
Food Inspiration- Blood
Orange Vinegar
Seattle Post Intelligencer
- USA
They start their day testing the sugar cookies in the
morning, leaving them with an endless sugar high. I don't
care what makes the people so nice but Whole ...
Ghrelin differentially
modulates glucose-induced insulin secretion ...
Journal of Endocrinology -
This study was conducted to investigate roles of ghrelin
in glucose-induced insulin secretion in fasting and
meal-fed state in sheep. ...
Book by Dr. Douglas N.
Graham
WebWire (press release) -
Atlanta,GA,USA
Most important, I am able to consume more calories during
the day on a fraction of the insulin I was previously
taking. The formula I use to monitor my ...
More magnesium-rich
food for less diabetes - meta-analysis
BakeryAndSnacks.com -
Montpellier,France
"The potential protective role of magnesium intake
against type-2 diabetes may be due to improvement of
insulin sensitivity," said the reviewers. ...
Bioton: two new
contracts in Russia
Polish Market -
Warsaw,Poland
Bioton Wostok, a Russian arm of the Polish biotechnology
firm Bioton, has signed two new contracts for insulin
deliveries in Russia. ...
Glycemic index measures
blood-sugar elevation
Chattanooganow
(subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
RK A: The glycemic index indicates how fast and how high
a given food raises blood sugar. It applies only to
carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are sugars or ...
Medical breakthrough
good news for diabetics
Athlone Advertiser -
Athlone,Co. Westmeath,Ireland
Research has shown that almost two thirds of adults being
treated for type 2 diabetes are not reaching their target
blood sugar levels. ...
EAT YOURSELF thinner
Nation Multimedia -
Bangkok,Thailand
It causes blood-sugar fluctuations that can make us prone
to mood swings and cravings for more sugar." And, of
course, a diet with too many high-GI foods ...
Diabesity - on the Rise
HealthNewsDigest.com - New
York,NY,USA
The good news is that even modest weight loss can help
improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of
diabetic complications. ...
Lifestyle Rx: A closer
look at fiber, the comeback of a nonfood
Enterprise-Record -
Chico,CA,USA
This helps smooth out the ups and downs of blood sugar
levels and provides more consistent energy throughout the
day. A stabilized blood sugar relieves most ...
Glycemic index tells
how high a food elevates blood sugar
SouthCoastToday.com - New
Bedford,MA,USA
The glycemic index indicates how fast and how high a
given food raises blood sugar. It applies only to
carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are sugars or starches. ...
Exercise a Key in Type
2 Diabetes
ChristianToday - London,UK
This is one of the main reasons I always tell people who
struggle with blood sugar problems and or diabetes is to
start some exercise program. ...
Strict glycemic control
reduces EuroSCORE expected mortality in ...
The Journal of Thoracic
and Cardiovascular Surgery -
Objective: We sought to evaluate the effect of a strict
glycemic control protocol on a series of diabetic
patients undergoing surgical myocardial ...
Chemical in brain acts
like a fuel gauge
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
In her studies, one of which was co-authored by Watts,
Ritter showed that hypoglycemic animals lost their
feeding and hormonal responses to hypoglycemia ...
Stave off diabetes with
three steps
News & Observer -
Raleigh,NC,USA
The treatment may include oral medication to lower blood
sugar levels, but weight loss can be all it takes to make
symptoms disappear. ...
Don't go sweet on
sugar!
Times of India - India
For those of you who have diabetes, you need to watch
your sugar and carbohydrate intake to properly manage
your blood sugar level. ...
Landmark Israeli-led
study to improve diagnosis of diabetes
Israel 21C -
Cupertino,CA,USA
They sometimes are instructed to inject insulin or to
take oral medications to reduce blood sugar levels. Hod
said that in the near future, ...
Chicago Police
Investigate if Chicago Hospital Insulin Overdoses ...
FOX News - USA
CHICAGO -- Something seemed fishy when insulin levels
hundreds of times too high were found in a comatose
hospital patient less than three weeks after a ...
Independent
associations of insulin resistance with high whole ...
Am J Clin Nutr
(subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
Objective: The objective was to determine the
contribution of adipose tissue (AT) enlargement and
distribution to the presence of insulin resistance in ...
Too much on your plate?
These dishes may help
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Especially heartening, Pedersen says, is the fact that a
subgroup of subjects who were taking insulin did even
better -- averaging a loss of 2.5% of weight ...
Diabetics using
Performa at risk of over-medicating
Radio New Zealand -
Wellington,New Zealand
Diabetes New Zealand says diabetics could face serious
health problems as a result of readings from a faulty new
blood sugar monitor. ...
Dark chocolate 'cuts
blood pressure'
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... the top reading - and a 2 point drop in diastolic
blood pressure - the bottom reading - without changes in
body weight, cholesterol or blood sugar. ...
ABATE marks fourth
annual BAD Run marks its fourth annual event
Crookston Daily Times -
Crookston,MN,USA
Daily diabetes education also covers basics as what to
eat, high and low blood sugar symptoms, how to check
blood sugar and teaching friends what to do in ...
Scientists in Cambridge
say they are moving a step closer to ...
BBC News - UK
All have type one diabetes which means their pancreas
does not produce insulin - the hormone which regulates
blood sugar levels. ...
Diabetes cuts lifespan;
exercise increases it
BladePlus -
Swainsboro,GA,USA
People with Type 2 diabetes get heart disease about eight
years earlier than people with different risk factors,
and also lose about eight years from their ...
Diabetes Mellitus
Associated With Increased Intracerebral ...
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
July 6, 2007 -- Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM)
appear to be at a 3- to 4-fold increased risk of
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with patients ...
Cholesterol drug hits
diabetes with one-two punch, Tulane study says
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
NEW ORLEANS - Patients with type 2 diabetes may soon be
able to control their glucose and their cholesterol
levels with a single drug, according to a study ...
Diabetes increases
apoptosis and necrosis in both ischemic and ...
The Journal of Thoracic
and Cardiovascular Surgery -
Objectives: Diabetes is an important predictor of
morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery, but the
reason is unclear. The aims of these studies, ...
Plasma phospholipid and
dietary fatty acids as predictors of type ...
Am J Clin Nutr
(subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
Background: Dietary fatty acids may be associated with
diabetes but are difficult to measure accurately.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the associations ...
Camp for children with
diabetes
Clarke County Democrat -
Grove Hill,AL,USA
Camp Sugar Falls, a day camp for children living with
diabetes, will take place July 10-12 at Christ United
Methodist Church in Mobile. ...
Tour De Cure -- Couple
rides for diabetes research
McCook Daily Gazette -
McCook,NE,USA
In 2006, however, Bonita saw a way to use her love of
cycling to support a cause she has held close to her
heart for many years, diabetes. ...
A Pilgrimage to Peace
With Diabetes
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Diabetes makes adjusting to new time zones especially
difficult, so we spent three days in Barcelona recovering
from jet lag before driving to Pamplona. ...
New York Health
Insurance Plan for Diabetic Patients
eMaxHealth.com -
Hickory,NC,USA
Health insurance plans in New York State and in New York
City are expensive and the cost of health care is rising.
This makes it harder for patients with ...
Retinol Binding
Protein-4 Levels and Clinical Features of Type 2 ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Objectives: The aim was to investigate the association
between RBP4 and various markers related to insulin
resistance and diabetic complications in type 2 ...
Searchers find body of
Claremont man
Boston Globe - United
States
Steve Denis had said his brother is a diabetic and was
concerned he might have become disoriented or in shock.
James Denis' car was found Thursday at a ...
The Effects of
Metabolic Syndrome Versus Infectious Burden on ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Metabolic syndrome (MS) score (0-5) was defined according
to the modified criteria of National Cholesterol
Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III. ...
Associations of
Adiponectin with Body Fat Distribution and Insulin ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Although associations of adiponectin with central obesity
and insulin resistance have been reported, very little
data are available from studies using ...
Abdominal Fat Quantity
and Distribution in Women with Polycystic ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Increased abdominal fat has been linked to
insulin resistance and increased cardiovascular risk.
Because many patients with polycystic ovary ...
Cinnamon Puts the
Brakes on Post-Pudding Blood Sugar Swings
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
They found that the pudding moved out more slowly when
accompanied by the cinnamon, presumably resulting in the
reduced rise in post-pudding blood sugar. ...
PAX4 Mutations in Thais
with Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts 02215 Address all correspondence and
requests for reprints to: Nattachet Plengvidhya, ...
Fortune Cookie wins
CIPR Award with Diabetes UK
E-consultancy (press
release) - London,England,UK
Digital design agency Fortune Cookie and its client
Diabetes UK - the national charity supporting people with
diabetes - collected the 'Best Website' award ...
Simplicity best for
diabetes prediction
ArabianBusiness.com -
Dubai,Al Garhoud,United Arab Emirates
by ArabianBusiness.com staff writer on Friday, 06 July
2007 A simple analysis of risk factors best predicts the
development of type 2 diabetes in ...
Barbara Davis Center
for Childhood Diabetes, University of ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Type 1 diabetes is a heterogeneous disorder
characterized by severe ß-cell loss. The great majority
of patients have type 1A or immune-mediated ...
Etiology of Early-Onset
Type 2 Diabetes in Indians: Islet ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Indians are at high risk of developing type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at an early age, despite their
lower body mass index. ...
Diabetes discovery
marks new molecule
Cherry Creek News -
Denver,CO,USA
The body's ability to produce insulin could be enhanced
through targeting a newly discovered molecule, helping to
fight diabetes, according to research ...
Calorie restriction,
endocrine link found
NewKerala.com -
Ernakulam,Kerala,India
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 14: A US study has found, for the
first time, a link between longevity induced by calorie
restriction and the endocrine system. ...
Exercise a Key in Type
2 Diabetes
ChristianToday - London,UK
There is a new study out supporting the benefits of
exercise for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is one of several
common degenerative ailments that can be ...
Magnesium Deficiency In
Older Adults May Contribute To Insomnia ...
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
"The prevalence of heart disease, diabetes and even
leg cramps increases dramatically among older persons,
and these are all health conditions in which ...
High rates of diabetes
at Squamish Nation prompt ice cream truck ban
Globe and Mail - Canada
She was prompted into action, she said, by soaring
diabetes and obesity rates in the native population,
including her own family. Her father, Joaquim Paul, ...
12600 diabetics face
hypoglycaemia from faulty equipment
New Zealand Herald - New
Zealand
Pharmac has warned diabetics about injecting too much
insulin after wrong readings from faulty equipment. Photo
/ Getty Images Over 12000 diabetics face the ...
Scientists in Cambridge
say they are moving a step closer to ...
BBC News - UK
All have type one diabetes which means their pancreas
does not produce insulin - the hormone which regulates
blood sugar levels. ...
Diabetes Doctors In
Demand
NewsChannel 9 WSYR -
Syracuse,NY,USA
Over the past three years, some 3000 people have come to
the Diabetes and Endocrine Center at Brittonfield for
their treatment. ...
Revolutionary therapy
to treat obesity
Insider Medicine -
Kingston,Ontario,Canada
July 5, 2007 (Insidermedicine) A revolutionary weight
loss strategy is being developed to treat obese people
with metabolic syndrome using simple, ...
Avandia Heart Risks May
Be "Inconclusive"
CBS News - New York
City,NY,USA
(WebMD) Data on the type 2 diabetes drug Avandia's
overall heart risks are "inconclusive,"
researchers reported today in The New England Journal of
Medicine ...
Wesley Research
Institute study targets pharmacists to help ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
A new Wesley Research Institute project aims to make it
much easier for people to manager their Type 2 Diabetes
by using community pharmacists. ...
Diabetic Claims Success
With Wireless Glucose Meter Trial
Wireless Healthcare -
Royston,UK
Diabetech, LP, a company that is extending diabetes care
beyond the reach of health care practitioners, announced
at the annual American Diabetes ...
Star Health eyes Rs 250
cr premium
Business Standard - India
The 'Diabetes Safe' policy covers diabetic patients even
if the metabolic disorder is an existing one. The policy
will provide cover for risks including ...
Diabetic's bikini wax
almost proves deadly
London Free Press - Canada
By HELEN BRANSWELL, CP TORONTO -- It's the story of a
Brazilian wax that went south, a drive to get rid of the
hair down under that nearly cost a young ...
Alternative Medicines
Need To Be Considered In Diabetes Management ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily -- People with diabetes are risking their
health by not discussing their use of complementary and
alternative therapies with the health ...
The Stone Age Diet?
It's Evolutionary...
About - News &
Issues - New York,NY,USA
The primary component of the metabolic syndrome is
insulin resistance. "Diseases of civilization"
such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart
...
Diabetes research seeks
ally
Palm Beach Post - FL,
United States
Now, team members have applied for a provisional patent
for a molecule that blocks the work of the Pac Man-like
"insulin-degrading enzyme. ...
Illinois family copes
with diabetes and its effects on everyday life
Terre Haute Tribune Star -
Terre Haute,IN,USA
For Jim and Nathan, as for all diabetics, exercise is
also important in that it helps to lower blood sugar to
allow insulin to work better. ...
The metabolic syndrome:
New name for an old menace
SouthCoastToday.com - New
Bedford,MA,USA
The body doesn't lower blood sugar. A person has to
release more and more insulin to keep blood sugar near
normal. In time, the extra insulin can't get the ...
Diabetic girls who risk
blindness to stay slim
Times Online - UK
She managed to control her eating disorder in her late
teens but after a relapse at university she developed
diabetic retinopathy and kidney damage. ...
Drunken Behavior Could
Actually be Diabetic's Hypoglycemia
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA
The family of Roosevelt Sims claims he had experienced
diabetic shock on the train, and that's why he appeared
to be intoxicated. ...
Intima-media thickness
identifies subclinical atherosclerosis in ...
Medicexchange (press
release) - London,UK
Intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement can be used to
detect subclinical atherosclerosis in diabetic children,
according to findings published in the June ...
Thiazolidinediones may
not worsen established heart failure in ...
Therapeutics Daily
(subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment
with thiazolidinediones (TZDs) may not increase heart
failure hospitalizations or mortality among ...
Good kitchen help for
better health
Milford Daily News -
Milford,MA,USA
When Greg Bollin, right, learned he had diabetes, he
wanted to order diabetic-friendly entrees in restaurants.
He collaborated with chef Lance Scott and ...
Good kitchen help for
better health
MetroWest Daily News -
Framingham,MA,USA
When Greg Bollin, right, learned he had diabetes, he
wanted to order diabetic-friendly entrees in restaurants.
He collaborated with chef Lance Scott and ...
Diabetes leads to
prosthetic boom
ImediNews -
Tbilisi,Georgia
WASHINGTON, July 4 (UPI) -- A spike in the number of US
amputees due to diabetes-related complications has turned
into a boom in the long-dormant prosthetics ...
Diabetes no match for
Calderone
The Jackson
Citizen-Patriot - Jackson,MI,USA
He said his serve-and-volley game under the hot sun
burned up his carbohydrates and brought his blood sugar
level below what it should be. ...
Hypoglycaemia is One of
the Most Feared Complications of Diabetes
Business Wire (press
release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
"Hypoglycaemia in Clinical Diabetes, Second
Edition" explains the situations in which it arises
and how to manage patients to minimize its occurrence.
...
Thousands of young
women with diabetes are skipping insulin ...
BBC News - UK
"But all of a sudden I was told I had this condition
and I had to start controlling my diet and managing my
diabetes." After starting her daily injections ...
New hope for diabetic
children in Wales
News Wales - Knighton,UK
Thousands of children and young people in Wales suffering
with Type 1 Diabetes will receive improved care thanks to
new clinical guidelines to be published ...
Did insulin overdose
kill?
Chicago Sun-Times - United
States
BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter asweeney@suntimes.com The
University of Chicago Medical Center has launched an
investigation into why unusually high insulin ...
Police probe possible
hospital insulin overdoses
Cleveland Plain Dealer -
Cleveland,OH,USA
Suspicions were raised after insulin levels hundreds of
times too high were found in a comatose hospital patient
less than three weeks after a similar case. ...
Diabetic girls are
skipping insulin injections to lose weight
Daily Mail - UK
Thousands of teenage girls may be skipping insulin
injections in the hope it will make them thin, a charity
has warned. Diabetes UK estimates that up to one ...
Young diabetics
'missing insulin injections to lose weight'
Allaboutyou - London,UK
Thousands of diabetic young women are skipping their
insulin injections in the belief that they will lose
weight, the BBC reports. Insulin is needed to ...
NS Business Inc. among
investors in Origin BioMed
ChronicleHerald.ca -
Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
The company said the new investment will help drive North
American market expansion and place Origin's leading
diabetic neuropathy products on American ...
Looking thin not always
a true measure of fitness
ChronicleHerald.ca -
Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
This condition has been dubbed metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms made up of at
least three of the following: abdominal obesity ...
Homemade curd delays
onset of diabetes
Hindustan Times - India
It slows down the progression of diabetes, lowers bad
cholesterol and raises heart-protective good cholesterol.
The findings have been reported in the ...
8 New Diabetic Centers
to Be Set Up
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi
Arabia
RIYADH, 4 July 2007 -- The Health Ministry has signed a
deal to establish eight new diabetic centers costing SR42
million in various towns across the Kingdom ...
Avanir Selling FazaClo,
$52M To Push Ongoing Zenvia Work
BioWorld Online -
Atlanta,GA,USA
The transaction "puts us on good footing" to
begin that trial, as well as a planned confirmatory Phase
III study of Zenvia in diabetic neuropathy, ...
Pot Bellies Be Gone!
ToTheCenter.com -
Malverne,NY,USA
Research has found that both NPYU and Y2R are activated
in stress, which leads to apple-shaped obesity and
metabolic syndrome. Enough with the scientific ...
World waking up to
diabetes crisis
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
There are the obvious opportunities for the insulin
producers but as diabetes can lead to blindness, heart
disease, strokes and amputations, a wider group ...
To your good health
Smoky Mountain Sentinel -
Hayesville,NC,USA
The monograph I received with the tablets plus everything
else I've read all say the same thing: If blood sugar is
very low, the patient should drink a ...
All about the hormone
at the heart of hospital probe
Journal Gazette and
Times-Courier - Charleston,IL,USA
WHAT IT DOES: Insulin regulates blood sugar levels and
helps the body convert food into energy. In diabetes,
insulin shots help keep blood sugar levels from ...
Dark chocolate helps
the heart - study
Melbourne Herald Sun -
Australia
Previous research has shown that eating chocolate can
lower blood pressure, but doctors have worried that any
benefit could be offset by high doses of sugar ...
Help! My Diabetic Mom
is in a Nursing Home
Diabetes Health (press
release) - Fairfax,CA,USA
Her blood sugar has ranged between the mid-500s to as low
as 38. Finally, one morning after her blood sugar dropped
below fifty, I put her monitor and some ...
Study links GSK
diabetes drug to bone fractures in male patients
Times Online - UK
Yesterday Diabetes Care, the American medical research
journal, published an article which claimed that men
taking Avandia may be exposed to similar risks ...
Kidney disease test may
also mark diabetes
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
full story Lifestyle Changes Effective In Protecting
Against Type II Diabetes (January 21, 2007) -- Changing
to a healthier lifestyle appears to be at least ...
Pesticides can cause
diabetes during first trimester of pregnancy
Nigerian Tribune -
Ibadan,Nigeria
Your pregnant wife could have diabetes, due to the
pesticides she was exposed to during the first trimester
of pregnancy. It is not only farmers' wives that ...
LCA Announces Sedona
Diabetes Wellness Program
Earthtimes.org - USA
LCA specializes in medically supervised lifestyle
intervention programs, focusing particularly on diabetes,
and has successfully stopped and reversed the ...
Primary Aldosteronism
Common in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and ...
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
July 3, 2007 -- In patients with type 2 diabetes and
resistant hypertension, primary aldosteronism has a
prevalence of 14%, according to the results of a ...
Eye Changes Help Detect
Diabetes
WNDU-TV - South
Bend,IN,USA
Changes to eye vessels may be an early indicator of
cardiovascular disease, diabetes and high blood pressure.
Similar studies in adults have reached the ...
Scientists Discover
Non-toxic Injections Can Add or Remove Body Fat
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of several
conditions; namely excess body fat around the waist,
abnormal cholesterol levels, and high blood pressure. ...
Anti-obesity Drug May
Prevent And Treat Obesity-related Liver Disease
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
It is the main cause of several metabolic syndrome
features and their complications, including hepatic
steatosis (an accumulation of fat in the liver). ...
Deputies Find Diabetic
Man Kicked Off Train
WTOV9.com -
Steubenville,OH,USA
A 65-year-old St. Louis man who went missing Sunday night
after Amtrak personnel, mistaking his diabetic shock for
drunk and disorderly behavior, ...
Breastfeeding lowers
diabetes risk
Central Chronicle -
Bhopal,India
Breastfeeding lowers diabetes risk in women and it is the
right of every child. Unfortunately for many modern young
and even educated mothers, ...
Non-invasive diabetes
detector unveiled
MTBeurope - UK
VeraLight Inc. has introduced an experimental device that
uses light-induced fluorescence to detect
diabetes-related biomarkers found in skin. ...
African-Americans have
the power to win against diabetes
Louisiana Weekly - New
Orleans,LA,USA
By Shari Logan, NNPA Special Correspondent Black people
are 2 percent more likely to die from Type Two diabetes
than Whites, according to Dr. Carl Gibson a ...
Chromosome 17 Variants
Influence Prostate Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Cancerpage.com -
Marietta,GA,USA
Allele A of SNP rs4430796 also showed a protective effect
against type 2 diabetes, the researchers note, affording
a 14% reduced risk. ...
Self-Monitoring Can
Improve Blood Glucose Control for Non-insulin ...
Nutrition horizon (press
release) - Duiven,Netherlands
02/07/07 The research, being presented today at the
American Diabetes Association Conference, suggests that
current guidelines for self-monitoring among ...
Early Indicator of Kidney Disease May
Also Predict Risk of Pre ...
UB News Center -
Buffalo,NY,USA
Pre-diabetes is diagnosed when the amount of glucose in
the bloodstream begins to rise and remain above normal,
an indication that glucose is not being ...
Scientists discover key
to manipulating fat
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Investigators say these findings may also, over the
long-term, lead to better control of metabolic syndrome,
which is a collection of risk factors that ...
News for Week #27 2007
Metabolic disease and
cardiovascular risk in people treated with ...
British Journal of
Psychiatry (subscription) - UK
The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and 10-year
cardiovascular risk were calculated. Results People on
antipsychotics had a significantly worse metabolic ...
Managing Metabolic
Abnormalities in the Psychiatrically Ill: A ...
Psychiatric Services
(subscription) - USA
Chapters 1, 2, and 5 provide an excellent review and
update on diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, and
cardiovascular disease, respectively. ...
Women Who Eat a Healthy
Diet Can Lower Diabetes Risk, Study Led by ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
BOSTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Women who eat
an overall healthy diet can significantly lower their
risk of developing diabetes, and the benefit ...
Diabetes drug
distribution expanding
CNNMoney.com - USA
VANCOUVER, June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Biotech
Holdings reports that it is expanding distribution of its
Sucanon diabetes drug in Mexico and other ...
Cord Blood May Preserve
Insulin Levels In Children With Type 1 ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Science Daily -- Umbilical cord blood may safely preserve
insulin production in children newly diagnosed with type
1 diabetes, according to findings from a ...
Umbilical Cord Stem
Cells Successful in Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
Lifesite - Niagara
Falls,NY,USA
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system starts
destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas needed
to control blood sugar. ...
Inhaled insulin -- a
mixed bag?
United Press International
- USA
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 29 (UPI) -- An independent US
review of studies on inhaled insulin in type 2 diabetes
has revealed both pluses and minuses about ...
Health Tip:
Understanding Diabetic Ketoacidosis
CBC News - Canada
(HealthDay News) - Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when
ketones - a byproduct of fats when broken down - begin to
build up in the body. It occurs when glucose, ...
Phase II Results Show
Once-Daily Dosing of Human GLP-1 Analog ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
Additionally, in these normal-weight subjects (average
BMI 23.9) no relevant changes in body weight or major or
minor hypoglycemic events occurred in any ...
New Study Shows A1c
Reduced Safely By Patients With Type 2 ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
Both groups had a significant improvement in glycemic
control, with no increases in hypoglycemia (major
hypoglycemic events were .02 event/patient/month for ...
Sugar Coated Proteins
Seal In A Memory Of Diabetes, Research Shows
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
Researchers were already aware that there seems to be a
point of no return in the onset of diabetes. This was
apparent in the Diabetes Complications and ...
Short-Acting Insulin
Not Short Enough?
CBS News - New York
City,NY,USA
(WebMD) For most obese people with type 2 diabetes,
short-acting insulin may not be short-acting, say
researchers. People with type 2 diabetes may need ...
|