Diabetes News from The National Diabetes Center

Public sources of news of interest to the diabetic community at large
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Archives Third Quarter 2007

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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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 ...

 

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