News for Week #12 2010
A
sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that
high-fructose corn syrup ...
Princeton University
... rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup
showed characteristic signs of a dangerous condition
known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, ...
Red
meat main cause of uric acid: doctor
Gulf Times
... hypertension, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia
(disruption in the amount of lipids in the blood) and
atherosclerosis (thickening of the artery walls due ...
Study:
Selenium associated with a decrease in men's risk of
diabetes
Drug Store News
... Nutrition and Metabolism, has shown that men with a
higher concentration of selenium in their bodies are less
likely to develop diabetes. ...
FDA
to Focus on Increase in Insulin Pump Recalls
SBWire (press release)
New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/22/2010 -- The attorneys
at Bernstein Liebhard LLC are disturbed by the news of
the growing number of insulin pump related ...
ChemoCentryx
Announces Phase II Clinical Trial of CCX140, a Novel,
Orally ...
PR Newswire (press
release)
Chronic inflammation is now thought to be central to the
development of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.
Macrophages represent as much as 40% of the ...
FDA
Approves Diabetes Management System
HealthandAge.com
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a
diabetes management system that combines an insulin pump
with a glucose monitoring system. ...
JDRF,
Pfizer, Hadassah Medical and the Hebrew University
announce collaboration
EurekAlert (press release)
Drugs that can stimulate beta cell replication and expand
beta cell mass have potential as disease-modifying agents
for the treatment of insulin-dependent ...
Mediterranean
Diet May Increase Success of Infertility Treatments
HealthNews
Among those are a lowered incidence of asthma and
allergies in children, lowered risk of metabolic
syndrome, possibly eliminating diabetes medication for
...
MOUNTAIN
MEDICINE: More women than men die from heart disease
Arizona Daily Sun
For example: -- Metabolic syndrome -- a combination of
fat around your abdomen and high blood pressure, blood
sugar and triglycerides -- has a greater ...
Arterial
stiffness may be involved in development of diabetes
Ethiopian Review
Pulse pressure (PP) is an independent predictor of
new-onset diabetes in high-risk hypertensive patients,
new research from Japan has found. ...
News for Week #11 2010
 Hypoglycemia
Linked to Higher Risk of Death in ICU Patients
TopNews United States
Among the patients included, 1109 experienced
hypoglycemia while the remainder served as a
non-hypoglycemic control group. "Even after the
adjustment for ...
Valsartan
(Diovan) Delayed Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in
At-Risk ...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
The study involved more than 9000 patients, making it one
of the largest and longest global trials to date in
pre-diabetic patients. ...
Supporters
of diabetes drug had financial ties to pharmaceutical
company
Diabetes.co.uk
According to a report from Mayo Clinic, most of the
scientists who came out in support of GlaxoSmithKline
diabetes drug Avandia were actually financially ...
Obesity
Could Be Caused by Stomach Bacteria
Weight Loss Surgery
Channel
According to the study, recently published online in
Science Express, certain bacteria can stimulate
inflammation in the body, which can lead to insulin ...
Obesity's
role in cancer
Los Angeles Times
One popular explanation is that extra weight boosts the
body's production of hormones such as estrogen, insulin
and insulin-like growth factor 1 — all of ...
Health
Buzz: FDA Issues New Sales and Advertising Rules for
Tobacco
U.S. News & World
Report
Salsalate as a Type 2 Diabetes Treatment? It Looks
Promising It's been a confusing few years for people with
diabetes, with concerns about the risks tied to ...
Basal
Insulin Requirements May Be Less on the Day After
Dialysis
A study shows a significant (25%)
reduction in basal insulin requirements on the day after
dialysis vs the day before dialysis in type 2 diabetic
patients ...
Atorvastatin
may cause insulin resistance in patients with
hypercholesterolemia
Endocrine Today
Atorvastatin significantly increased fasting insulin and
HbA1c levels among patients with hypercholesterolemia,
study results indicated. ...
News for Week #10 2010
Major
Depression Doubles Dementia Risk in Diabetic Adults
Visit Bulgaria
Diabetic adults who suffer from depression more than
double the risk of dementia, according to a new study. A
progressive decline of thinking and reasoning ..
Woman
in crash suffered a diabetic seizure
Buffalo News
PENDLETON—Police said a Buffalo woman who suffered a
diabetic seizure crashed her car in in the 7400 block of
Bear Ridge Road just before 4 pm Tuesday. ...
The
Role of Glycemic Control in Diabetic ESRD Patients
Renal and Urology News
Results from the ACCORD trial showed that hypoglycemia
was the major risk associated with intensive treatment
and that the annualized rate of hypoglycemic ...
News for Week #9 2010
Biodel
says FDA accepts diabetes drug application
Reuters
O) said the US health regulator accepted for review the
marketing application for its experimental diabetes drug
VIAject, sending its shares up 15 percent ...
Increased
Napping May Be A Sign Of Diabetes, Researchers Say
AHN | All Headline News
Birmingham, United Kingdom (AHN) - British researchers
have linked frequent napping in older adults with an
increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes. ...
County
files lawsuit against drug giant over diabetes medication
Trading Markets (press
release)
Claiming that a major drugmaker made billions of dollars
on a diabetes medication that caused heart attacks and
strokes, Santa Clara County on Friday filed ...
FDA
Gives Novo the Go-Ahead to Market VictozaŽ in the US
Diabetes Health (press
release)
The drug, which has already been marketed in Europe, is
being offered as both a monotherapy and as an adjunct to
other diabetes drugs that are taken orally. ...
Coverage
improving for kids who are obese
The Spokesman Review
Troy Dees credits lessons learned in quarterly visits
with a dietitian with helping his son Hunter, now 13,
avoid insulin shots after he was found to be ...
News for Week #8 2010
Man
Carjacked While Passed Out In Diabetic Coma
Los Angeles Times
Memphis Police say the victim 53 year old Andrew McKinney
blacked out from a diabetic coma while driving. He was
taken to the med and is expected to be okay ...
Cow
Urine Key Ingredient in Breakthrough Diabetes Treatment
NTDTV
This is the first-ever scientific study on cow urine and
its properties, and its findings have the potential to
change the diabetes treatment in the country ...
Closedloop
insulin delivery is the holy grail near The Lancet
The Lancet - UK
Since the discovery of insulin alleviation
of the burden of insulin therapy has been a constant
worry In The Lancet today Roman Hovorka ...
New
gestational diabetes guidelines could find more women at
risk
Los Angeles Times (blog)
New blood sugar measurements used to determine
gestational diabetes could mean that lower levels may
pose risks for mother and baby. ...
GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals Limited Response to Recent Media Reports
on ...
Business Wire India (press
release)
The Endocrine Society USA and AACE have clearly stated
that there is no need to panic at all. All diabetics have
higher risk for CV disease and diabetes ...
News for Week #7 2010
Metabolic
complications could arise with PCOS
HealthJockey.com
Medications aiming at insulin resistance may also be
utilized to treat this condition. In a few cases
concerning overweight patients, weight-loss surgery ...
Child
obesity links to heart disease reinforced
Victoria Times Colonist
... risk factors such as high blood pressure, according
to a Florida study in The Endocrine Society's Journal of
Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism . ...
Thin
on the Outside, Obese on the Inside
MSN Health & Fitness
Worse, this study found that many of these thin-but-fat
people had cardiovascular disease (heart attacks or
strokes) and/or signs of metabolic syndrome such ...
SKIN
DISCOLOURATION?
Express Buzz
Acanthosis nigricans is often associated with conditions
that increase your insulin level, such as type 2 diabetes
or being overweight. ...
News for Week #6 2010
Enzyme
may protect from inflammation
UPI.com
... fats can cause an inflammatory response where
macrophages secrete cytokines, proteins that encourage
insulin resistance and heart disease. ...
Scientists
shed light on insulin activity
EUROPA
A British-Czech team of scientists has discovered how
insulin interacts with cells in the human body. Published
in the journal Proceedings of the National ...
News for Week #5 2010
Closed-loop
insulin systems 'reduce hypoglycaemia'
Healthcare Republic
Closed-loop insulin delivery systems can reduce
night-time hypoglycaemia in children and adolescents with
type-1 diabetes, research published in The Lancet ...
Calibra
Receives 510(k) Clearance for the Finesse™ Insulin
Patch ...
93% of type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients
on insulin in the US and EU, estimated at over 10 million
patients, use syringes and pens and are challeng...
CORRECTION
- Efficacy and Safety Demonstrated by the OmniPod Insulin
...
CNNMoney.com (press
release)
In the news release, "Efficacy and Safety
Demonstrated by the OmniPod Insulin Management System in
Retrospective Study," issued earlier today by Albany
...
Breastfeeding
good for both the baby and the mother
Food Consumer
... for premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer,
retained gestational weight gain, type 2 diabetes,
myocardial infarction, and the metabolic syndrome. ...
News for Week #4 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways
Epidemiological Follow-up Study that included a review of
patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #3 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways
Epidemiological Follow-up Study that included a review of
patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #2 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways
Epidemiological Follow-up Study that included a review of
patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #1 2010
Shift
Work Aggravates Metabolic Syndrome Development Among
Middle-Aged Males
Sleep Review
A recently published article on a 5-year follow-up study
discusses the association between rotating shift work and
metabolic syndrome development among male ...
News for Week #52 2009
Ten
million Britons at risk from cancer, new research reveals
The Guardian
Excess blood sugar means someone could be more likely
both to develop cancer and also to die from it, according
to research in the Public Library of Science ...
Study
suggests health risks for college linemen
WiredPRNews.com (press
release)
A new study states players may be at a higher risk for
diabetes and other medical conditions later in life. US
(WiredPRNews.com) – A new study proposes that ...
Chicago
cop tasered unconscious diabetic 11 times
Raw Story
By Raw Story Police officers from two Chicago suburbs are
being sued after one of them allegedly Tasered a man
having a diabetic seizure because the ...
New
Guidelines Urge A1C Test for Diabetes Diagnosis
BusinessWeek
Long used in the management of diabetes, the A1C blood
test measures average blood sugar levels for the previous
two to three months. ...
Being
Overweight Puts Men at Higher Risk of Heart Attack,
Stroke, and ...
eMaxHealth
These previous studies found that obese people without
the metabolic syndrome (MetS) were not at an increased
risk of heart disease or stroke...
News for Week #51 2009
Bariatric
Surgery Helps Mother Realize Her Dream
WKBT
Brandy says, "They said I had polysytic ovarian
syndrome, which was my hormone ... We're treating a
variety of metabolic and endocrine problems when we ...
Fiji
diabetes rate among highest in world
TVNZ
Shocking new figures show four out of every 10 people in
Fiji have diabetes, putting it amongst the highest in the
world. The Fred Hollows Foundation has ...
New
research looks to help diabetics
WWMT
Dr. Valitutto says that, if effective, the new drug could
help slow the auto-immune destruction of the beta cells
which make insulin in the pancreas. ...
A
Prostate Cancer Therapy Increases Risk of Diabetes and
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes Health (press
release)
Regardless of age, men undergoing prostate cancer
treatment via androgen deprivation therapy have an
increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
...
A
Potential Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension
Science Magazine
(subscription)
There is emerging evidence that many key genes involved
in PAH development are targets of the insulin-sensitizing
transcription factor peroxisome ...
Colour-Shifting
Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics To Glucose Levels
Gizmodo Australia
By Popular Science on December 24, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Diabetics are saddled with the unenviable task of
checking their blood sugar levels constantly. ...
Amylin
Falls as Analyst Says FDA Wants Byetta Study
Bloomberg
Byetta, a twice-daily injection, has been sold since
April 2005 for patients also taking other diabetes
medications. In August 2008, the FDA and Amylin ...
Coffee
cuts diabetes risk, plus pie eating cheating
CalorieLab Calorie Counter
News
Given that diabetes is a fearfully common result of way
too many cakes, pies and the like, a
coffee-with-all-baked-goods rule is worth considering.
...
Final
lap of oral insulin tests is here
Times of India
BANGALORE: The last patient is now undergoing trials of
the highly anticipated Biocon oral insulin IN-105. Soon
after this trial, the overall data will be ...
Study:
Diabetes self-monitoring not cost effective
mobihealthnews
There's been a lot of talk this past year about the
opportunity wireless health could present for people with
diabetes who already carry around ...
Is
nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?
EurekAlert (press release)
Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes
worldwide in the past few decades, one may ask what is
wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the ...
SINGLE
DOSE OF PROPRIETARY ADULT STEM CELLS REGENERATES DAMAGED
PANCREAS AND ...
PipelineReview.com (press
release)
This was due to restoration in the damaged pancreas of
the balance between insulin-producing beta cells, which
reduce blood glucose, and glucagon-producing ...
News for Week #50 2009
Gene
Therapy And Stem Cells Save Limb
Healthcanal.com
To find out if HIF-1 gene therapy could improve blood
flow in a diabetic animal, the team then tested the same
virus in diabetic and non-diabetic mice that ...
Korean,
Chinese Women More Likely to Have Diabetes During
Pregnancy
Korea Times
By Bae Ji-sook - Ethnic Korean and Chinese women are more
likely to suffer from gestational diabetes mellitus, a
diabetic disease that only prevails during ...
Fructose
may promote metabolic syndrome
Natural News.com
Metabolic syndrome, also called "Syndrome X",
is a condition related directly to the effects of
fructose on the body. Obesity, improper insulin
metabolism, ...
Crestor
Benefits Patients With No Heart Disease History: FDA
EmpowHer (blog)
But the review by FDA scientists also noted several
safety concerns about the drug, including an increased
risk of diabetes, the Associated Press reported. ...
NFL
and college football behemoths playing a dangerous game
CalorieLab Calorie Counter
News
Of the obese 19, 13 had developed an insulin resistance
that made them vulnerable to type 2 diabetes, and eight
had metabolic syndrome, a set of high-risk ...
How
Gene Action May Lead to Diabetes Prevention, Cure
Science Daily (press
release)
11, 2009) — A gene commonly studied by cancer
researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation
that leads to diabetes. Understanding how the gene ...
Obesity,
diabetes rates in Tennessee counties go from bad to worse
WREG
(AP) — An analysis of diabetes and obesity on the
county level in Tennessee shows that conditions go from
bad to worse. Williamson County has the lowest ...
First
Treatment for Diabetic Related Eye Disease May Soon Be
Available
A Sweet Life (blog)
According to a JDRF press release great progress has been
made towards finding a treatment for diabetes-related eye
disease. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, based ...
Insulin
And Cancer Risk: Essential Considerations In The
Investigation Of ...
Medical News Today (press
release)
Epidemiological studies are difficult to do well,
pharmacoepidemiological studies are particularly
complicated and studies of insulin and cancer risk are
...
The
New Prominence of Comparative Drug Trials
BusinessWeek
2 that its experimental diabetes drug performed better in
a trial than Merck's (MRK) $2 billion-a-year blockbuster
Januvia. This gave the Swiss giant potent ...
Review
of Clinical Trials of Oral Insulin Orallyn Diabetes
Health
Diabetes Health - Community: Type 1
Issues. Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, symptoms of
diabetes, diabetes diet, diabetes research, diabetes
causes, ...
Too-Strict
Blood Sugar Control May Lead to Car Crashes
Dec 8, 2009 ... The Office of Minority
Health advises the Secretary and the OPHS on public
health issues affecting American Indians, and Alaska
Natives, ...
News for Week #49 2009
Research
from University of Medicine in the area of depression in
women described
Behavioral Health Central
(blog)
Data detailed in 'Depressive symptoms and metabolic
syndrome: selective association in older women' have been
presented. "The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is ...
183
New Medicines in Development for Diabetes
PR Newswire (press
release)
Diabetics do not produce or properly use insulin, a
hormone needed to convert sugar, starches and other food
into energy. This chronic disease affects 24.7 ...
Prostate
cancer treatment linked to greater risk of heart disease
and diabetes
Globe and Mail
The research, published in the Journal of the National
Cancer Institute, shows that the risk of heart attack,
stroke, sudden cardiac death and diabetes in ...
Diabetic
foot ulcers tied to earlier death
Reuters
Over time, diabetes can damage the blood vessels and
nerves, especially if a person's blood sugar is poorly
controlled. Poor circulation and nerve damage in ...
Study
shows oral insulin spray acts faster than insulin
delivered subcutaneously
pharmabiz.com
Published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and
Metabolism, an independent review of clinical trials of
Generex Oral-lyn shows that the oral insulin spray ...
Online
registry leads to research studies
Del Mar Times
The findings could explain why shift workers are
unusually prone to metabolic syndrome, diabetes, high
cholesterol levels and obesity. ...
iCo
Therapeutics Provides Phase 1 Diabetic Macular Edema
(DME) Clinical Trial ...
PR Newswire (press
release)
The underlying disease, Diabetes, is forecast to increase
by almost 50% in the US by 2025. DME is the swelling of
the retina in diabetes patients due to ...
Cinnamon
Promising Blood Sugar-Lowering Agent
The Epoch Times
One reason for this is that high blood sugar levels
increase glycosylation in the body, during which sugar
binds to proteins and damage them. ...
Study
Identifies Genetic Predeterminants For Diabetes In
African-Americans
RedOrbit
"We tested that functionally by looking at markers
known to be related to diabetes, and we found indeed that
there was more disregulation of blood glucose ...
10
Things to Remember About Alcohol and Blood Sugar
Reader's Digest
Skip mixed cocktails, since they tend to be loaded with
sugar, calories, and carbs, and don't drink on an empty
stomach because it can spike blood sugar.
Diagnos
gets licence for computer assisted retinal analysis
application
Winnipeg Free Press
The company said it can now begin to market its product,
called CARA-CCE, to the estimated $600-million global
market for diabetic retinopathy screening. ...
New
gene therapy and stem cells save limbs
UPI.com
9 (UPI) -- US scientists say they have developed an
experimental therapy that eliminates blood vessel
blockage associated with old age or diabetes. ...
Implications
of ARBITER 6-HALTS for Diabetic Patients
Cardiosource
Diabetic patients are at particular risk for coronary
heart disease 1 and, as such, merit aggressive therapy
for cardiovascular risk factors such as ...
Testosterone
linked to insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome in
elderly women
Endocrine Today
Women aged 65 years or older with high testosterone
levels were more likely to have insulin resistance,
metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease than ...
Continuation
of metformin after introduction of insulin in type 2 ...
The editorial reported a fall in glycated
haemoglobin level in the metformin plus insulin group
from 8.15% to 6.71% (but this level should have been ...
Novo
Nordisk starts phase-1 trial of oral insulin analogue
pharmabiz.com
Novo Nordisk has initiated its first phase-1 clinical
trial with an oral insulin analogue (NN1952). This
milestone releases a USD 2 million payment to ...
Approved
Drug may Slow Type 1 Diabetes
Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug already used to treat
autoimmune disorders may also slow the destruction of
insulin-producing cells in patients with ...
Too-Strict
Blood Sugar Control May Lead to Car Crashes
Health.com - New
York,NY,USA
However, blood sugar that is too low — known as
hypoglycemia — can cause dizziness ... of any
symptoms of an ...
Gene
for Type 2 Diabetes Also Linked to Childhood Obesity
About - News & Issues
(blog)
Obesity is thought to be a risk factor for developing
type 2 diabetes. Type 2 typically occurs in adults over
40, although in recent years the incidence of ...
Artificially
Sweetened Beverages Cause for Concern
Journal of American
Medical Association (subscription)
In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 9 daily
consumption of diet drinks was associated with a 36%
increased risk for metabolic syndrome and a 67% ...
AstraZeneca
paying for development of drug
The News Journal
Diabetes, a disease in which the body does not produce or
properly use the hormone insulin, has become one of the
busiest treatment areas for drug makers. ...
Some
obese people missing a piece of one of their chromosomes
Examiner.com
This deletion may have resulted in the loss of a gene
controlling blood sugar and appetite. Several genetic
variants have been identified that increase the ...
News for Week #48 2009
Blood
Sugar Intolerance May Predict Postpartum Ills
Palm Beach Post
Pregnant women who develop gestational glucose (blood
sugar) intolerance are at increased risk for metabolic
syndrome three months after they give birth, ...
Roche
says diabetes drug more effective than competitior
Drug Store News (blog)
3) A drug made by Roche and Ipsen provides better
glycemic control in diabetes patients than a competing
drug made by Merck & Co., according to late-stage ...
Oversized
College Football Players May Face Heart Risks
U.S. News & World
Report
Of those, 42 percent had metabolic syndrome, a group of
conditions that raise the risk for heart disease and
diabetes. Some researchers believe that ...
News for Week #47 2009
Diabetes
cases and spendings rising sharply: Study
The Money Times
It is the condition in which the body attacks itself,
destroying the pancreatic beta cells that the body needs
to regulate blood sugar or glucose. ...
Molecule
that makes obese people develop diabetes discovered
Healthcare Republic
European researchers have discovered a molecule that they
believe could play a role in causing diabetes in obese
people. They found that obese people have ...
Stenting
May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients
U.S. News & World
Report
"Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of
death among patients with type 2 diabetes, and
approximately 25 percent of the patients who undergo ...
The
effects of corn silk on glycaemic metabolism
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
Base on folk remedies, corn silk has been used as an oral
antidiabetic agent in China for decades. However ...
Insulin
and core body temperature linked
United Press International
23 (UPI) -- A team of scientists led by the Scripps
Research Institute says it has discovered a direct link
between insulin and core body temperature. ...
'Blood
pressure, cholesterol control help prevent diabetes'
Indian Express
“Blood pressure and cholesterol levels are more
significant to control diabetes than just blood sugar
control,” said Dr R Muralidharan, endocrinologist at
...
New
study shows using Meridia as a weight loss medication may
increase ...
Examiner.com
Patients in the SCOUT study are over 55 and overweight or
obese, with two cardiac risk factors like diabetes or a
history of heart disease. ...
News for Week #46 2009
Statin
Therapy with Ezetimibe or Niacin in High-Risk Patients
New England Journal of
Medicine (subscription)
Two well-powered studies of clinical end points —
AIM-HIGH (Atherothrombosis Intervention in Metabolic
Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides and Impact ...
Hollis-Eden
to Present Interim Data From Its Phase I/II Clinical
Studies of ...
CNNMoney.com (press
release)
A Phase II trial (HE3286-0401) in obese,
insulin-resistant diabetic patients is fully enrolled and
should be completed in the first quarter of 2010. ...
Gene
within the pancreas affecting insulin secretion
discovered
News-Medical.net
How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion
of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ...
News for Week #45 2009
Compugen
Discovers Diabetes Genetic Marker; Shares Soar
Wall Street Journal
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) said it discovered a genetic marker
for predisposition for the most common form of diabetes,
which could make it easier for doctors to ...
Excess
body fat responsible for specific cancers
TheMedGuru
Previous studies have also shown that fatty tissues could
also affect the processing of insulin which can cause
cancer. Excess fat is also believed to be ...
Ossulin
TM , a Novel Oral Insulin Product, Shows Promising
Bioavailability for ...
Business Wire (press
release)
In a series of experiments covering a range of doses and
models, Ossulin™ consistently delivered around 20%
of the insulin dose into the bloodstream. ...
News for Week #44 2009
Halozyme
Study Results Demonstrate Significantly Less Absorption
Variability ...
WELT ONLINE
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HALO) today announced
insulin variability study results that demonstrated
reduced intrasubject absorption variability ...
Obesity
related to more than 100000 cancer cases a year
Food Consumer
Regular physical activity helps regulate hormone levels
and studies have shown that women with higher insulin
levels have a three-fold risk of death when ...
DEFEND
Diabetes Trial
WSOCtv.com
Normally, specialized cells in the pancreas (islet cells)
produce a hormone, called insulin. When we eat, this
hormone acts like a key to unlock a cell and ...
High
Testosterone May Raise Cardiac Risks in Older Women
Higher levels linked ...
ModernMedicine
In addition, the metabolic syndrome
(metsyn) was associated with insulin resistance. The odds
of having metsyn were three times greater among women in
the top quartile for total ...
CPEX`s
Nasulin Insulin Therapy Featured in an Oral Presentation
and Four ...
Reuters
Dose-Exposure for Single and Dual Nostril Administration
of Nasal Insulin (NasulinTM) The findings from this study
demonstrated significantly enhanced ...
Chinese
herbs may prevent diabetes in high risk people
Natural News.com
(registration)
The vast majority of the time, pre-diabetes (also called
impaired glucose tolerance or IGT), which is marked by
higher than normal blood sugar levels, ...
Phase
2 Trial of XOMA 052 to be Initiated in Type 1 Diabetes
Patients
CNNMoney.com (press
release)
The trial will be sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation International (JDRF), the largest
patient advocacy organization of Type 1 diabetes ...
The
Insulin Effect on Cerebrocortical Theta Activity Is
Associated with Serum ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Context: Insulin action in the brain contributes to
adequate regulation of body weight, neuronal survival,
and suppression of endogenous glucose production. ...
UNMC
Study Yields Clues to Cell Metabolism, Obesity
HealthNewsDigest.com
The findings, published as the cover story in the latest
issue of Cell Metabolism, show that mice are obese and
insulin resistant when they lack a gene that ...
US
FDA issues alert on kidney problems with Byetta
Reuters
Byetta diabetes drug, US health regulators said on
Monday. The US Food and Drug Administration received 78
reports of problems with kidney function in ...
News for Week #43 2009
BYETTA
Approved for Expanded Use as First-Line Treatment for
Type 2 Diabetes
Reuters
Study findings showed that patients treated with 5 mcg or
10 mcg of BYETTA as monotherapy reduced their A1C, a
measure of average blood sugar over three ...
Study
Shows Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes in Morbidly Obese
Patients; Data ...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
This press release is an announcement submitted by GI
Dynamics, and was not written by Diabetes Health.
LEXINGTON, Mass., October 27, 2009 - GI Dynamics, ...
Optimal
Insulin Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes
New England Journal of
Medicine (subscription)
by Holman, RR Patients with type 2 diabetes have
peripheral insulin resistance and inadequate insulin
secretion by pancreatic beta cells. ...
Orexigen
obesity drug seems to be effective
What is the Word
... Contrave, lost no less than 10 percent of their
weight in a late-stage study and the drug was also found
to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels. ...
C-reactive
protein levels predicted future risk for stroke, MI
following IVF
Endocrine Today
... levels of C-reactive protein found in women with PCOS
may not be related to vascular inflammation or the
metabolic syndrome,” the researchers concluded. ...
Generex
to Present Clincial Data at the 20th World Diabetes
Congress of the ...
Reuters
On October 21, 2009, Generex will make a poster
presentation of an abstract entitled Treatment of
Impaired Glucose Tolerance with Buccal Spray Insulin: A
...
News for Week #42 2009
Eating
Fish May Lower Diabetes Risk
Renal and Urology News
Eating one or more portions of fish per week may decrease
the risk of type 2 diabetes, but similar intake of
shellfish could increase the risk, according to ...
Melatonin
Can Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Resistant Mice Study
finds ...
ModernMedicine
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (healthday News) -- Melatonin, a hormone
known for regulating sleep and wake cycles, improves
insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in ...
Study
Finds Diabetics Can Benefit From 'good' Fats
Personal Liberty Digest
Switching from butter and other saturated fat sources to
polyunsaturated fats in the diet may help diabetics
reduce their body fat, according to a new study ...
Endo
Pharmaceuticals Gives Update on Regulatory Status of
FORTESTA(TM)
Reuters
... is increasing evidence of the link between Low T and
other serious medical conditions including diabetes,
cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. ...
The
major genetic risk locus for type 1 diabetes controls the
presentation of ...
A Sweet Life, the source
for the healthy diabetic (blog)
It has been estimated that approximately 50% of the
genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes is contributed
by a single set of genes called the major ...
Medicine's
Elusive Goal: A Safe Weight-Loss Drug
New York Times
... a high dose of Qnexa had statistically significant
improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure and blood
sugar, compared with those given a placebo. ...
Fumaric
Acid Ester Safe and Effective Against Psoriasis in
Patients Receiving ...
DG News
By Jenny Powers BERLIN -- October 14, 2009 -- Patients
receiving medication for metabolic syndrome and
cardiovascular diseases may be effectively and safely ...
News for Week #41 2009
Reportlinker
Adds Insulin Delivery Systems Market Analysis (2008-2012)
Report
Reuters
The number of diabetic patients in the world is estimated
to reach at more than 250 Million in 2008. The
governments worldwide are taking initiatives on ...
Timely
delivery: Mail carrier saves man's life
The Northwest Florida
Daily News
Parr took his insulin as usual on the morning of Sept. 3,
but a few moments later he collapsed near his backyard
gate. He didn't realize it, but one of his ...
Anti-oxidants
may increase diabetes risk
United Press International
"Our studies indicate that 'physiological' low
levels of reactive oxygen species may promote the insulin
response and attenuate insulin resistance early in ...
Three
Reasons Coconut Oil can Help You Lose Weight
Natural News.com
(registration)
This may be because coconut oil can supply the body with
energy similar to blood glucose, but without having a
negative impact on blood sugar and insulin ...
Study:
CLA melts away fat in obese diabetics
PRESS TV
Following a diet rich in certain kinds of fats can help
obese diabetic women lose body fat levels and control
their blood sugar levels, a new study finds. ...
Confronting
diabetes head-on on Manitoba reserves
Canada.com
"My numbers have been good lately," Louis
reports to the nurses running one of Canada's most
comprehensive, hands-on diabetes programs. ...
Target
HbA 1c levels still the subject of much debate, but
tailored therapy ...
TheHeart.Org
Leading diabetes
doctors are still discussing where the target for
glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
levels in type 2 diabetes should ideally be set, with one
camp calling for a goal of 6.5% or lower, while the other
group says 7% or even higher is a reasonable aim ...
News for Week #40 2009
Ex-NFL
Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise
U.S. News & World
Report
The former professional football players had a
significantly lower prevalence of diabetes, hypertension,
sedentary lifestyle and metabolic syndrome, ...
Red
Wine Chemical May One Day Treat Diabetes
WebMD
Resveratrol, found in red wine, was found to lower blood
sugar levels and improve insulin levels when injected
directly into the brains of mice fed very ...
Body
Clock, Blood Sugar Control Seem Linked
U.S. News & World
Report
Side effects include weight gain, poor blood sugar
regulation and diabetes. "Some very simple
modifications in how we use glucocorticoids may change
whether ...
Boehringer
Sees 'Uphill Battle' With Merck, Astra in Diabetes
Bloomberg
Initial results from final-stage trials of linagliptin,
the Ingelheim-based drugmaker's first diabetes drug,
confirm the pill is safe and effective, ...
Doctors
prescribe caution with insulin's cancer ties
Chicago Daily Herald
Insulin and the medicines that increase the hormone may
boost cancer risk in people with diabetes, said
researchers at a diabetes conference. ...
Prayer
parents to be sentenced Tuesday
Janesville Gazette
Insulin would not increase people becoming diabetic, your
are a ignorant moronic person for saying that. Maybe the
fact that the obesity rate is sky high in ...
The
free radical that triggers insulin resistance and Type 2
diabetes
The Virtual Medical Centre
Australian scientists have identified a 'free radical'
that appears to trigger insulin resistance, or glucose
intolerance, one of the first stages in the ...
New
Markers Discovered For Early Detection Of Type 1 Diabetes
Science Daily (press
release)
30, 2009) — Diabetes can be dangerous –
especially when the disease is not diagnosed in time.
Munich scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and
Technische ...
News for Week #39 2009
Treatment
of Gestational Diabetes Beneficial Even in Mild Cases
HealthNews
It's not well understood why some women who have never
shown signs or symptoms of diabetes develop the condition
during pregnancy, but it is clear that left ...
Researchers
Unlock the Secret to Aging
eFitnessNow
... how healthy animals are in middle and late age,”
said Dominic Withers of the Center for Diabetes and
Endocrinology at University College London. ...
EASD:
Lidocaine Patch Bests Pregabalin for Diabetic Nerve Pain
MedPage Today
VIENNA -- A dermal patch containing 5% lidocaine
(Lidoderm) proved as effective as pregabalin (Lyrica) in
relieving neuropathic pain in diabetic patients ...
Intercept
Pharmaceuticals' FXR Agonist INT-747 Meets Primary ...
PR Newswire (press
release)
By employing a euglycemic insulin clamp procedure, the
study demonstrated that a single oral daily dose of
INT-747 statistically significantly improved ...
Vitamin
D Improves Insulin Resistance
Renal Business Today
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Improving vitamin D status in
insulin resistant women resulted in improved insulin
resistance (IR) and sensitivity, but no change in ...
Is
Insulin the Preferred Compound in Lowering Glucose Levels
in ...
Archives of Internal
Medicine
Rensing and colleagues raise an important question in
regard to insulin therapy among hyperglycemic patients
hospitalized for AMI. ...
Weight
Loss Cuts Apnea in Diabetes Patients
MedPage Today
Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who lost weight
through an intensive lifestyle intervention saw
significant improvement in obstructive sleep apnea, ...
Vital
Signs Risks: Diabetes Tied to Heart Rhythm in Women
New York Times
By RONI CARYN RABIN A new study finds that diabetes
significantly increases a woman's risk of developing
atrial fibrillation, a common and potentially ...
Sitagliptin
linked to acute pancreatitis, FDA warns
TheHeart.Org
Sitagliptin is the first in a new class of diabetic drugs
called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. It is
approved as an adjunct to diet and ...
Irregular
Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes
Atlanta Journal
Constitution
28 (HealthDay News) -- Women with type 2 diabetes have a
26 percent increased risk of developing atrial
fibrillation, a potentially life-threatening ...
Diabetes
Could Lead To Weaker Bones
AHN
Boston, MA (AHN) - Diabetes has long been known to have
cardiovascular, renal and nerve ramifications, but new
research suggests it may also weaken bones. ...
Blood
Glucose Control Vital as Childhood Diabetes is set to
Double
SYS-CON Media (press
release)
LONDON , September 28 /prnewswire/ -- A recent Lancet
article predicted a doubling of new cases of type 1
diabetes in European children aged under 5, ...
MSD
Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for 'Januvia Ž ' and
'Janumet ...
Business Wire (press
release)
With this positive opinion, the CHMP recommends that
sitagliptin alone or in combination with metformin be
indicated as add-on to insulin when diet and ...
Diabetes
Drug Could Cause Pancreatic Cancer
Natural News.com
(registration)
(naturalnews) The popular diabetes drug sitagliptin
(marketed as Januvia) may increase the risk of pancreatic
cancer, according to study conducted by ...
Metformin
lowered risk for cancer in people with type 2 diabetes
Zikkir World (blog)
For appropriate patients with type 2 diabetes consider an
antihyperglycemic agent with goal-getting power. The
observational, historical cohort study ...
Diets
High in Fructose are Raising Blood Pressure in Men
HealthNews
This syndrome is defined as having at least three out of
the five risk factors including high blood pressure, high
fasting-blood sugar, and increase weight ...
Nanosensors
Measure Insulin Level for Diabetic Patients
Nanotechnology News (press
release)
Researchers at Iran's University of Kurdistan have
managed to devise special electrochemical nanosensors to
measure diabetic patients' insulin level. ...
News for Week #38 2009
Controls
to blood sugar may perhaps 'cut stroke risk'
Barchester Healthcare
Scientists desperate to show that blood sugar control
might drop some (macrovascular) risk of having a stroke
use data-dredging 'metanalysis' to generate a hypothesis
...
Novo
Nordisk: FDA diabetes-drug comment deferred
MarketWatch
... from the US Food and Drug Administration has been
deferred until the fourth quarter for liraglutide, a
once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes. ...
A
new "artificial pancreas"
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
A new "artificial pancreas" called portable
intelligent insulin Therapeutic Apparatus is invented by
research team from Beijing Junyanyuan Technology Co., ...
Pancreatic
Fat Levels May Help Predict Diabetes
Science Daily (press
release)
"These are very early results, but if they hold
true, pancreatic MRS would be a fast and noninvasive test
to screen people at risk for diabetes either ...
BARI
2D perspectives: prompt revascularization vs. optimal
medical ...
Endocrine Today
Patients were then randomly assigned optimal medical
therapy or revascularization, and insulin-sensitization
vs. insulin-provision therapy to reach an HbA1c ...
Lantus
Wins, Mannkind Loses
Gerson Lehrman Group
Sanofi-aventis has scored a coup in getting the Diabel
manufacturing plant in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany, one of
the largest state-of-the-art insulin ...
News for Week #37 2009
Genes
controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock
EurekAlert (press release)
Many of the genes that regulate insulin also alter the
timing of the circadian clock, a new study has found.
Although insulin responses were known to follow ...
FDA
Seeks Tighter Accuracy For Diabetes Devices
Wall Street Journal
By Peter Loftus PHILADELPHIA (Dow Jones)--The US Food and
Drug Administration wants blood-sugar monitoring devices
used by diabetics to be more accurate, ...
Insulin,
metformin not associated with reduction in inflammatory
...
Endocrine Today
Treatment with insulin or metformin did not reduce
inflammatory biomarker levels in patients with
recent-onset type 2 diabetes, according to data published
...
Intarcia
Therapeutics, Inc. Commences Enrollment of ITCA 650 Phase
...
Reuters
The ITCA 650 phase 2 study will involve 150 patients with
sub-optimally controlled type 2 diabetes treated with
metformin. Patients will be recruited at 50 ...
Brain
may contain an enzyme which could be critical to insulin
...
HealthJockey.com
An enzyme which may be known to cause insulin resistance
in muscle is supposedly also located in the brain and has
a similar job there. ...
"The
Vine That Ate the South" May Be a Treatment for
Metabolic ...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
... which have been published in the Journal of
Agriculture and Food Chemistry, could eventually lead to
an inexpensive therapy for metabolic syndrome, ...
Evidence
Supports Link Between Blood Glucose and Death Following
ACS
Diabetes in Control - USA
Another study
showing higher glucose levels are a flag for increased
mortality ...
Diamyd
Implements Fully Underwritten Rights Issue and
Strengthens ...
Reuters
The market for treatment of newly diagnosed young type 1
diabetes patients in Europe and the US is estimated to
exceed 1 billion dollars per year. ...
Second
US-Egypt Collaborative Clinical Study Blocked by New York
...
Reuters
15 /PRNewswire/ -- A study exploring the healing of
diabetic skin ulcers using topical oxygen/ozone gas
mixtures could not proceed to completion and was now ...
Common
Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer
U.S. News & World
Report
14 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the widely used diabetes
drug metformin to conventional chemotherapy shows promise
for treating and delaying recurrence of ...
Misinformed
Immune System May Cause Type I Diabetes
Ethiopian Review
... that the mutated variant may prevent the healthy
version from protecting the insulin-producing cells in
the pancreas from attack by the immune system. ...
News for Week #36 2009
Medicinal
Benefits of Fasting
Examiner.com
The physiological effect of fasting includes lower of
blood sugar, lowering of cholesterol and lowering of the
systolic blood pressure. ...
Diabetes
advance: Researchers find a gene that causes Insulin
resistance
EurekAlert (press release)
Unlike most of the genes that have been shown to cause
diabetes, the new gene, called Insulin Receptor Substrate
1 (IRS1), doesn't affect how insulin is ...
Vermont
tests team approach for aiding chronically ill
Boston Globe
After Rita Pinard's blood sugar shot up, Dr. Joyce
Dobbertin turned the patient over to a team, including a
dietician and nurse, to help control her ...
The
crosstalk between EGF, IGF, and Insulin cell signaling
...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release)
Results: We study the combined signaling network of three
major pro-survival signaling pathways: Epidermal Growth
Factor Receptor (EGFR), Insulin-like ...
Effects
of Growth Hormone and Free Fatty Acids on Insulin ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Our aim was to explore the relative contributions of GH
and free fatty acids to the development of insulin
resistance in patients with T1D. ...
Diabetes
research program trains 27 medical students
Vanderbilt University News
Medical students from across the country spent their
summer “vacations” getting a taste of research
in diabetes and endocrinology. ...
Rodent
of the week runner-up: Lost gene blocks obesity
Los Angeles Times
The gene is involved in inflammation, and Saltiel was
interested in it because low-level inflammation is linked
to obesity and Type 2 diabetes. ...
Intensive
Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: NICE-SUGAR
...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Early randomized-controlled studies compared insulin
infusion targeting "age-normal" blood glucose
levels, labeled intensive insulin therapy, ...
News for Week #35 2009
Blueberry
Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes
Atlanta Journal
Constitution
4 (HealthDay News) -- Blueberry juice with a little added
bacteria may one day help people fight obesity and
diabetes. Canadian researchers found that juice ...
Intensive
Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: NICE-SUGAR
...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Early randomized-controlled studies compared insulin
infusion targeting "age-normal" blood glucose
levels, labeled intensive insulin therapy, ...
Takeda
Receives FDA Complete Response Letter for the ...
Reuters
ACTOS is not for patients with type 1
"juvenile" diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis.
ACTOS has not been studied in children and is not
recommended for ...
Obese
Women Have Thinner Children After Bariatric Surgery
DOTmed.com (press release)
... transmission of obesity," will appear in the
November 2009 issue of the Endocrine Society's Journal of
Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). ...
New
Diabetes Device May Be Next Step in Quest for Artificial
Pancreas
MarketWatch (press
release)
This new device, now available in more than 50 countries
outside of the United States, can automatically suspend
insulin delivery when the device senses ...
WV
doctor helps develop new diabetes drug
West Virginia Public
Broadcasting
Chief Medical Officer, said the goal is to get diabetics
off insulin. “And it does that by causing the cells
in the pancreas to develop into ...
Mediterranean
diet reduces drug dependence in Type 2 diabetes
Sawf News
Mediterranean diet reduces sugar lowering drug dependence
in patients with Type 2 diabetes according to a new study
based on trials. ...
Low
testosterone predicted incident metabolic syndrome in men
Endocrine Today
Low testosterone levels were a strong predictor for
incident metabolic syndrome, especially in younger men.
Researchers assessed the association of incident ...
Cell
Metabolism Publishes Novel TGR5-Mediated Mechanism for
the ...
Reuters
Dr. Mark Pruzanski, founder, President and CEO of
Intercept and a co-author on the paper, commented
further, "Diabetes, obesity and other associated ...
Researchers
Make Insulin-Producing Cells From Adult Skin Cells
U.S. News & World
Report
31 (HealthDay News) -- Using skin cells from people with
type 1 diabetes, researchers were able to produce cells
that made insulin in response to changing ...
Tethys
Bioscience Announces Personnel Additions and Promotions
Reuters
In the last twelve months the company has launched its
first commercial product - the PreDx Diabetes Risk Score
- and has more than doubled in size, ...
Van
Andel Institute scientists discover gene linked to
gigantism
MLive.com
The discovery, published last week in the medical journal
Endocrine-Related Cancer, grew out of a fluke encounter
with an aboriginal family living in a ...
Hot
chillies can prevent diabetes
Times of India
An Indian researcher has found that the flavour-potent
chilli could wallop diabetes and cardiovascular disease
which are the leading cause of mortality in ...
Think
Zinc: Molecular Sensor Could Reveal Zinc's Role In
Diseases
Science Daily (press
release)
Scientists believe that zinc plays a role in many
diseases; for example, it helps package insulin in
pancreas cells and in people with type 2 diabetes, ...
'They
have given me my life back'
BBC News
By Jane Elliott When Gareth Roberts has a sugary drink
and a couple of chocolate bars his blood sugar levels
soar. But within hours they are back to normal. ...
Kudzu
Extract for Metabolic Syndrome?
MedIndia
Kudzu can be used as a dietary supplement for metabolic
syndrome, new research has indicated. Kudzu is a nuisance
vine that has overgrown almost 10 million ...
Frustration
drives two diabetes patients to suicide
Times of India
A 70-year-old man, who had been suffering from diabetes
for a long time, jumped from the bedroom window of his
fifth floor house at Santacruz (E) on ...
Musings
on the intersection of science, medicine, and culture
ScienceBlogs
She was surprised that I had to bend over backward to get
someone insulin. Pal: "Really? You mean because the
State would take care of it?" Pu: "No. ...
News for Week #34 2009
The
Week in Review: US Clinical Trial of China Diabetes Drug
Emerginvest
The drug, Retagliptin, is an improved version of Merck's
(NYSE: MRK) Januvia, a member of the DPP-4 inhibitor
class of drugs prescribed for type 2 diabetes ...
The
Week in Review: US Clinical Trial of China Diabetes Drug
Emerginvest
The drug, Retagliptin, is an improved version of Merck's
(NYSE: MRK) Januvia, a member of the DPP-4 inhibitor
class of drugs prescribed for type 2 diabetes ...
Plans
gel for insulin patches
Melbourne Herald Sun
AN insulin patch developed in Victoria may cut the need
for - and in some cases even replace - needles for
diabetics. Trials conducted in two Melbourne ...
Man
involved in car accident that killed girl is diabetic
National Post
The man who drove a tow truck involved in accident that
killed a two-year-old girl in downtown Vancouver on
Wednesday is an insulin-dependent diabetic, ...
Japanese
Company's Stock Jumps 10 Percent on News of Insulin Nasal
...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
A Japanese company whose biggest moneymaker is the sale
of synthetic fabrics announced a few days ago that it has
developed an insulin nasal spray for ...
Japanese
Company's Stock Jumps 10 Percent on News of Insulin Nasal
...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
A Japanese company whose biggest moneymaker is the sale
of synthetic fabrics announced a few days ago that it has
developed an insulin nasal spray for ...
Woman
kills herself by insulin overdose
WalesOnline
“I LOVE you” were the last words a diabetic
woman wrote in a suicide note to her step-daughter before
killing herself with an insulin overdose. ...
Man
develops diabetic cookie, first of its kind
Victoria Advocate
To Cookies, the only zero sugar, gluten, starch and net
carbohydrate baked good that does not raise the blood
sugar levels. Fulton, an Austin resident, ...
Piramal
completes first phase trial of new diabetes medicine
Sify
The P1736, drug molecule as it is known currently, 'is
being developed for the treatment of Type II diabetes. In
the phase I trial, single and multiple ...
Specially
Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics' Insulin ...
Popular Science
In two separate developments, scientists have created a
strain of bacteria that stimulates insulin production in
the stomach of diabetic mice, ...
News for Week #33 2009
FDA
Warns of Faulty Read Outs on Some Diabetes Test Strips
dBTechno
Boston (DbTechNo) - The Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) is warning diabetes patients to take a closer look
at their blood-glucose test results as they ...
SynCo
Bio Partners to Manufacture Versartis Novel Drug for Type
2 ...
PR Newswire (press
release)
Versartis has preclinical proof-of-concept for three
product candidates in its pipeline: exenatide and IL-1ra
for diabetes, and hGH for growth hormone ...
Chlorella:
the superfood that helps fight disease
Telegraph.co.uk
In 2008, he examined the effects chlorella has on those
with metabolic syndrome – the collection of symptoms
that often lead to the cells in our bodies ...
Syndrome
X may be Cause of Your Weight Gain, Cravings or ...
Natural News.com
Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome or insulin
resistance, signals difficulties with the body's ability
to use insulin efficiently. ...
Study
Links Great Lakes Fish and Diabetes
Chicago Public Radio
It links diabetes to an old chemical many assumed was
long gone. In the early morning hours, anglers gather on
Chicago's Navy Pier. ...
Stevia
- a sweetener that doesn't raise blood sugar, ok for
teeth ...
Examiner.com
Unlike other artificial sweeteners, this option is safe
for diabetics (check with your doctor) as it does not
raise blood sugar levels. ...
News for Week #28 2009
Police:
Diabetic Seizure Causes Woman To Flip Car
WPBF
Police in Boynton Beach said a diabetic seizure caused a
woman to flip her car into a canal on Saturday. The woman
was driving westbound on Golf Road from ...
Women's
Monthly Cycle Affects Blood Glucose Control, But Not ...
Diabetes Health (press
release)
I also know so many women whose blood sugar levels drop.
Because there are such individual and varied results in
studies, everyone needs to really monitor ...
Diabetics
need to stay active
Examiner.com
Keeping active is a major way to help the body process
insulin better and lower blood sugar and blood pressure.
It can also lower bad cholesterol while ...
Researcher
Finds Cure for Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
KFBB NewsChannel 5
By KFBB News Team An University of North Carolina
researcher who discovered a cure for Type I diabetes in
mice spoke today in Great Falls. ...
Glitazone
'increases fracture risk by 61%'
Pulse - London,UK
... Columbia said: 'Our study adds to growing literature
on clinically significant harm from glitazones compared
with alternative oral hypoglycemic drugs. ...
News for Week #32 2009
Family
questions fatal police shooting
Salt Lake Tribune
Tucker's father, Perry Tucker of Sandy, said Friday his
son may have been in insulin shock throughout the events
that ended with his death, ...
Wrong-Way
Crash: "Diane Would Not Do This"
CBS News
... forming words," as well as losing parts of
vision, as well as disorientation and panic are ALL
symptoms of a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic emergency.
...
Stress
Raises Belly Fat, Heart Risks
WebMD
That extra belly fat is why the stressed monkeys are much
more likely to suffer blocked arteries and metabolic
syndrome, a constellation of risk factors for ...
News for Week #31 2009
FDA
approves new drug for type 2 diabetes
The Money Times
David Brennan, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca,
said, "Type 2 diabetes is a daily challenge for
adult patients and physicians. ...
Drug
cuts diabetics' pancreatic cancer risk: study
National Post
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics who took the drug
metformin, which makes the body process insulin better,
had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer ...
Iron-binding
Drug Could Help Diabetics Heal Stubborn Wounds
Science Daily (press
release)
ScienceDaily (July 31, 2009) — A drug used to remove
iron from the body could help doctors fight one of
diabetes' cruelest complications: poor wound healing ...
News for Week #30 2009
Oramed's
Oral Insulin Moving Through Clinical Trials
Medgadget.com
Oramed, a Jerusalem, Israel firm has developed a tablet
form of insulin in which the hormone's protein structure
is supposedly protected by special ...
Indian
herbal extract regulates blood sugar, cholesterol
Thaindian.com -
Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An Indian herbal extract has
been found to help people maintain blood sugar and
cholesterol levels. Gymnema sylvestre grows in the ...
Sanofi's
Lantus drug no cause for concern -EU agency
Reuters - USA
"Due to methodological limitations the studies were
found to be inconclusive and did not allow a relationship
between insulin glargine and cancer to be ...
News for Week #29 2009
Blacks
Have Highest Obesity Rate, Whites Lowest, CDC Says
Bloomberg - USA
The prevalence of obesity, a major cause of diabetes,
stroke and heart attacks has more than doubled in the
past 30 years in the US Certain ethnic groups ...
Reliv
International's GlucAffect(TM) Proven Effective in
Clinical ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
"The people in the GlucAffect group achieved
statistically significant lower blood sugar levels as
well as significant weight loss compared to both their
...
Study
Using Novel Treatment for Type I Diabetes Underway at UK
UK News - KY,USA
(July 16, 2009) - A new drug treatment that could improve
and even save the lives of individuals who suffer from
type I diabetes mellitus is currently ...
Grapefruit
ingredient could be used for diet pill
Telegraph.co.uk - United
Kingdom
Two groups of mice were both fed the equivalent of a
Western diet to speed up their "metabolic
syndrome" – the process which leads to Type 2
diabetes in ...
News for Week #28 2009
Medtronic
Recalls Insulin Infusion Devices
DOTmed.com (press release)
- New York,NY,USA
by Joan Trombetti, Writer Medtronics, the maker of an
insulin infusion device used with an insulin pump has
issued a voluntary recall of the Quick-set ...
Scientists
Step Closer To Helping Diabetics Regenerate Insulin ...
Medical News Today - UK
US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to
help treat people with diabetes by reactivating their own
insulin-producing beta cells in the ...
More
men at diabetes risk
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
Men between 35 and 44 are twice as likely to suffer from
diabetes as women of the same age, says a new study. A
total of 2.4% of males (92960) in that group ...
Diabetes
cases on the rise in Kenya
Ethiopian Review -
Washington,DC,USA
Nairobi — This year's Safaricom Diabetes Walk was
held Saturday amid concerns over the rising number of
people suffering from the disease in the country. ...
Research
links nicotine, 'pre-diabetes'
United Press International
- USA
The insulin resistance creates a condition known as
"pre-diabetes," in which blood glucose levels
are elevated, but not to the point of diabetes, ...
Obesity
health risk cause 'found'
BBC News - UK
The latest research shows that the protein sends a signal
to other tissues in the body, triggering development of
insulin resistance - a condition that ...
News for Week #27 2009
Increased
Level Of Insulin Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
Elevated insulin levels in the blood
appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in
postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert
Einstein College ...
'Lower'
Asian obesity threshold
BBC News - UK
People of South Asian origin are more likely than white
people to develop heart disease and diabetes. To reflect
this, Indian health chiefs have changed ...
Fewer
calories slows aging in monkeys, a clue for humans
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The researchers also noted that while five of the control
monkeys became diabetic and 11 were classified as
pre-diabetic, all the calorie-restricted animals ...
Court
Nominee Manages Diabetes With Discipline
New York Times - United
States
It contains the implements she needs — a blood sugar
testing kit, a needle and insulin — to manage
diabetes, a disease she has had for 46 years. ...
Study
reveals new diabetes gene - and its 'off' switch
Cordis News -
Brussels,Belgium
EU-funded scientists have identified a gene associated
with a higher risk of diabetes, as well as a 'jumping
gene' that disrupts its activity and helps to ...
5-Year
Study Published in Diabetologia Demonstrated Long-Term
...
SYS-CON Media (press
release) - Montvale,NJ,USA
NPH insulin was associated with a significantly greater
incidence of severe hypoglycemia than was insulin
glargine (11.1% vs 7.6% respectively, ...
Diabetes
drug helps prevent blindness
Hays Pharma -
London,Greater London,UK
Sanofi-Aventis' latest diabetes drug reduces the chance
of blindness in patients with type two diabetes,
according to the company. ...
Sanofi
says diabetes drug not riskier than insulin
Reuters - USA
"The results of the long-term, 5-year study of
Lantus versus NPH insulin on progression of retinopathy
in patients with type 2 diabetes, published on-line ...
Endocrine
Society Responds to Insulin Glargine Studies
DG News - USA
Taken together, the results of all these studies do not
conclusively show that insulin glargine causes cancer or
is otherwise harmful to a patient's overall ...
News for Week #26 2009
Takeda
shares down on diabetes drug setback
Forbes - NY,USA
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Shares of Takeda
Pharmaceutical , Japan's largest drugmaker, opened down
1.6 percent on Monday after it said its key diabetes ...
Diabetes
Type 2 Helped By Adult Stem Cells In Research Study
Agoravox - Paris,France
Dr. Roberto Fernandez Vina is scheduled to present a stem
cell research study in which he helped improve Diabetes
Type 2 patients with their own Adult Stem ...
Low
Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for
Diabetics
Atlanta Journal
Constitution - GA, USA
MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Being a diabetic and
having just one episode of low blood sugar during a
hospital stay was associated with a ...
Q+A-Sanofi's
Lantus linked to cancer: what is known?
Reuters - USA
[ID:nLT465787] Four retrospective studies of registries
covering 301136 insulin-treated patients in Germany,
Sweden and Britain suggest Lantus may increase ...
Sangamo
BioSciences To Get Milestone Payment From Genentech ...
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
June 8, the company said its drug candidate SB-509
substantially improved nerve function in some patients
with diabetic nerve damage. ...
Metabolic
syndrome and the western disease cluster
Examiner.com - USA
It goes by many names including metabolic syndrome,
syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, Reaven's
syndrome, and CHAOS, but it is actually a set of ...
Low
vitamin D may raise metabolic syndrome risk
Food Consumer -
Lisle,IL,USA
Low levels of serum vitamin D may increase the risk of
metabolic syndrome, according to a new study reported in
Diabetes Care. The study of 3262 Chinese ...
News for Week #25 2009
ASMBS:
Bariatric Surgery Safe, Effective in Older Patients
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Older patients lost just as much weight as younger ones,
and after surgery, they substantially resolved comorbid
conditions, particularly diabetes, ...
Study:
40 percent of diabetics in remission after gastric
banding
FierceHealthcare -
Washington,DC,USA
The study, which was done by researchers at the New York
University Medical Center, analyzed 95 diabetic patients
who had laparoscopic adjustable gastric ...
Metformin
increased complete response rates in early-stage breast
...
HemOncToday -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
In prior clinical studies elevated insulin levels were
associated with poorer outcomes in patients with breast
cancer; however, the use of metformin in ...
Pharmacoepidemiology of insulin
initiation in diabetes care
CMAJ -
Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
However, health care providers and patients are often
reluctant to initiate insulin therapy. Some reasons for
this may include clinical inertia, ...
British Dogs Trained To Identify
Diabetes - Sniffing Out Dangerous ...
Post Chronicle - USA
According to reports, Dogs will be trained to warn
diabetic owners when their blood sugar levels are falling
to dangerous and life threatening levels. ...
Childhood Obesity Increases Early
Signs Of Cardiovascular Disease
Voice of America - USA
... data from the study to see how exercise, diet and
medication affect markers. She presented her findings at
the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.
How Obesity Increases The Risk For
Diabetes
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
ScienceDaily (June 21, 2009) — Obesity is probably
the most important factor in the development of insulin
resistance, but science's understanding of the ...
The battle for CRTC2: How obesity
increases the risk for diabetes
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
La Jolla, CA—Obesity is probably the most important
factor in the development of insulin resistance, but
science's understanding of the chain of events is ...
News for Week #24 2009
Gene Inhibition May Help Normalize
Type 2 Diabetes
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
ScienceDaily (June 19, 2009) — In research that
could lead to new approaches for the treatment of type 2
diabetes, a Yale School of Medicine team has found ...
Advinus to start diabetes drug trial
mydigitalfc.com -
Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
By Michael Gonsalves Advinus Therapeutics, are
search-based pharmaceutical company promoted by the
Tatas, is developing a new drug for type 2 diabetes, ...
New Insulin Pump Mimics Pancreas
NBC Los Angeles - Los
Angeles,CA,USA
A new tool for diabetics today: An insulin pump that
saves time, hassles, maybe even lives! And it is being
tested here in Southern California, ...
News for Week #23 2009
Nicotine promotes insulin resistance
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called
prediabetes, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular
disease, according to the new study, ...
Obesity, depression often occur
together
United Press International
- USA
"However, depressed adults have slightly elevated
cortisol levels at night the endocrine equivalent of
chronic stress." Chronic elevation of cortisol ...
Blocking A Muscle Growth-limiting
Hormone Protects Against Obesity ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
The results were presented June 11 at The Endocrine
Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
"Obesity increases the risk of atherosclerosis, ...
Generex Data Presented At The
Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The meeting focuses on the latest advances in endocrine
research and clinical care. Yesterday, Generex made a
poster presentation of the abstract entitled ...
News for Week #22 2009
Pig cells transform diabetics' lives
New Zealand Herald - New
Zealand
... the company that makes the treatment in New Zealand,
said all six of the type 1 diabetes patients had improved
control of their blood-sugar levels. ...
Pig cells transform diabetics' lives
New Zealand Herald - New
Zealand
... the company that makes the treatment in New Zealand,
said all six of the type 1 diabetes patients had improved
control of their blood-sugar levels. ...
Polk County Governments Offer
Incentives to Diabetic Employees
The Ledger -
Lakeland,FL,USA
Yet only 55 percent of adults with diabetes had their
blood glucose (blood sugar) and total cholesterol under
optimal control in 2006. ...
Salt can stymie diabetes drugs
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
AUSTIN Hospital researchers have solved a mystery that
could dramatically improve the health of diabetics: why
anti-diabetes drugs works well for some, ...
State pediatricians meet to confront
growing childhood diabetes ...
Chicago Daily Herald -
Chicago,IL,USA
By Jack Komperda | Daily Herald Staff Cynthia Mears has
seen firsthand how a child's poor diet can become a
catalyst for developing diabetes later in life. ...
News for Week #21 2009
Wrong-way driver's father says he had
diabetes, AR
Product Design &
Development - Rockaway,NJ,USA
Heath T. Bakken, 28, had been diabetic since he was 12
and until recently was housebound in a wheelchair,
according to his father, retired police detective ...
'Basalog', new once in a day
treatment for diabetes
TopNews United States -
Little Rock,Arkansas,USA
Biocon Limited launched a new drug for treatment of
diabetes. The new drug known as 'Basalog' can treat
patients suffering from both type one and type two ...
Insulin Resistance Begins in Utero
for Babies of Obese Moms
SYS-CON Media (press
release) - Montvale,NJ,USA
The process by which insulin resistance develops in
utero, however, is not yet fully understood. While
researchers continue to explore how maternal obesity ...
Pfizer reveals results from
investigational anti-insulin growth ...
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
(RTTNews) - Saturday, Pfizer (PFE: News ) revealed the
results from studies evaluating the company's
investigational anti-insulin growth factor- type 1 ...
Forced to Steal for Insulin
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
He was attempting to rob the store for $40 dollars to buy
insulin. The clerk instead gave him $40 from his own
pocket. The gentlemen reportedly shook hands ...
Obesity And Diabetes Double Risk Of
Heart Failure: Patients With ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
ScienceDaily (May 30, 2009) — The twin epidemics of
obesity and type 2 diabetes will continue to fuel an
explosion in heart failure, already the world's ...
Diabetes Rise Will Overwhelm NHS -
Report
Sky News - UK
The pancreas senses the glucose and releases insulin, the
substance which allows our muscle cells to absorb that
glucose and convert it into energy. ...
Compound Discovered by Local
Scientists Holds Hope For Diabetes ...
The Ledger -
Lakeland,FL,USA
Adding Emulin to a brownie or other sugary product would
help diabetics because it would reduce the spike in blood
sugar caused by such foods without the ...
Generex Announces Educational Lecture
on Oral Insulin at Hamad ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
... of insulin and a shorter total duration of activity,
making Generex Oral-lyn(tm) an ideal prandial insulin
with little prospect of hypoglycemia. ...
The glycemic index: Helpful tool or
another diet fad?
WFLX Fox 29 - West Palm
Beach,FL,USA
The glycemic index was created to see if it could help
people with diabetes choose foods that would not cause
big blood sugar swings. ...
Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Present
Compelling Efficacy and Safety ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
The annual meeting of the ADA is one of the largest
scientific meetings for endocrinologists and other health
care professionals involved in diabetes ...
Lilly Faces Class Action Over
Diabetes Drug
Courthouse News Service -
Pasadena,CA,USA
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A federal class action claims that Eli
Lilly and Amylin Pharmaceuticals failed to warn that
their diabetes drug, Byetta, ...
Only 7.5 Minutes of Exercise a Week
Needed for Diabetes Prevention
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
... to a new study conducted by researchers from
Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, and
published in the journal BMC Endocrine Disorders. ...
Man with low blood sugar drives
pickup off Pinellas Bayway
Tampa Tribune -
Tampa,FL,USA
PETE BEACH - A man suffering from low blood sugar drove
his F-150 pickup truck off the Pinellas Bayway bridge
Thursday night, St. Petersburg fire officials ...
HALO: Positive Results Published from
Ph I Trial of Insulin-PH20
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (HALO) announced publication
of a Phase 1 study reporting an acceleration of insulin
absorption and increased insulin effects ...
News for Week #20 2009
Drug may reduce amputation risk in
diabetics
NewsChannel 9 WSYR -
Syracuse,NY,USA
There are many complications to having diabetes. One of
the most devastating can be amputation -- most often due
to circulation problems and nerve damage in ...
African Tea May Treat Type-2 Diabetes
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
(naturalnews) A simple tea, long used as treatment in
traditional Nigerian medicine has shown great promise as
a treatment for type-2 Diabetes mellitus. ...
Diabetes treatment and heart risk
The Press Association
Despite lacking scientific integrity or credibility, and
contrary to individual study data, a meta-analysis
ostensibly pooling information from five trials
purportedly suggests intensive treatment of type 2
diabetes may leads to fewer heart attacks and less heart
disease. ...
Cholesterol drug cuts amputation risk
for diabetics
Reuters - USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - The
anti-cholesterol drug fenofibrate appears to reduce risks
of amputation for diabetics by as much as 36 ...
Cholesterol drug cuts amputation risk
for diabetics
Reuters - USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - The
anti-cholesterol drug fenofibrate appears to reduce risks
of amputation for diabetics by as much as 36 ...
Seroquel Lawsuit Uncovers Documents
Suggesting Intention to ...
AboutLawsuits.com - USA
Other documents released in March 2009, indicated that
AstraZeneca was aware as early as 1997 that Serquel
increased the risk of weight gain and diabetes. ...
News for Week #19 2009
Diabetic allegedly beaten by police
dies
Dearborn Press and Guide -
Dearborn,MI,USA
Reed said Griglen had suffered from hypoglycemic
episodes, which is why he was wearing the insulin pump.
He was not wearing a medic alert bracelet, ...
Group calls for aggressive treatment
of prediabetes
USA Today - USA
By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY Diabetes experts have
issued new recommendations for the treatment of
prediabetes, a condition that effects 57 million ...
New Discovery Shows Ancient Herb
Fights Inflammation
Atlanta Journal
Constitution - GA, USA
Ginseng also may lower levels of blood sugar and this
effect may be seen more in people with diabetes, the NIH
explains. Because of this, diabetics should ...
Cell implant diabetic patients become
insulin independent in tests
Otago Daily Times -
Dunedin,New Zealand
Chief executive of the Auckland-based company Paul Tan
said the two patients, a 37-year-old woman and a
63-year-old man, no longer required insulin ...
Triglycerides implicated in diabetes
nerve loss
U-M Health System News -
Ann Arbor,MI,USA
To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor
levels of an easily measured blood fat as closely as they
do blood sugar, study suggests. ...
Triglycerides implicated in diabetes
nerve loss
U-M Health System News -
Ann Arbor,MI,USA
To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor
levels of an easily measured blood fat as closely as they
do blood sugar, study suggests. ...
Metabolic Solutions announces
favorable clinical trial results for ...
Michigan Business Review -
MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Researchers with Metabolic Solutions tested their drug
candidate in people with Type 2 diabetes and found it
"can improve insulin sensitivity and lower ...
Glucose control and cardiovascular
disease
Clinical Advisor - New
York,USA
A large study appears to have answered the question of
whether it's more important to control fasting blood
glucose levels or postprandial spikes. ...
Can New Surgery Revolutionize
Diabetes Treatment?
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
HOUSTON , May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Metabolic
surgery, a new surgical approach to metabolic disease,
may provide the key to curing diabetes in some ...
Weight loss improved depression
symptoms in obese people
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
... PhD, research associate at the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the Center for Weight
and Eating Disorders, told Endocrine Today . ...
News for Week #18 2009
Advinus plans trials for novel
diabetes drug
Business Standard -
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The company, which has a drug development wing in
Bangalore and a drug discovery unit in Pune, considers
the diabetes lead the first promising drug ...
Accu-Check Spirit Insulin Pumps
Recalled
Newsinferno.com - New
York,NY,USA
Accu-Check Spirit insulin pumps are being recalled by
Disetronic Medical Systems Inc., a unit of the Roche
Group, because of a potential defect in the
“up” ...
Drug revenues to hit $557m as
lifestyle diseases rise
East African -
Nairobi,Kenya
This, analysts say, will ultimately improve the ratio of
diagnosed cases and expand the market for anti-diabetic
treatments. Elsewhere, other estimates show ...
News for Week #17 2009
Va. man files excessive force suit
against Kingsport police
Kingsport Times News -
Kingsport,TN,USA
According to the lawsuit, in March 2008 Gordon had parked
his vehicle at the Hardee's on Stone Drive due to having
low blood sugar; his wife called 911, ...
Health Scan: HU-developed material
prevents adhesions after surgery
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Type II diabetics who refuse to take insulin because they
fear syringes have hope with the marketing of a new
insulin "pen" that works without a painful ...
Report: Driver who hit motorcycle was
in diabetic shock
The Northwest Florida
Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
DESTIN - A man who hit and killed a motorcyclist Friday
on US Highway 98 was in diabetic shock during the
accident, state troopers said Saturday. ...
Lacosamide Safely Reduces Pain of
Diabetic Neuropathy: Presented ...
DG News - USA
By Kathlyn Stone SEATTLE, Wash -- May 2, 2009 -- The
antiepileptic drug lacosamide is effective in reducing
painful diabetic neuropathy without serious side ...
Diabetes drug (Januvia) linked to
pancreatitis
United Press International
- USA
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- A drug used to treat type 2
diabetes may have unintended effects on the pancreas that
could increase pancreatic cancer risk, ...
Body pulled from river is St. Thomas
student
Minneapolis Star Tribune -
Minneapolis,MN,USA
Searchers were told that Zamlen was likely exhausted, if
not in a coma, from low blood sugar and a lack of
insulin. They were told to listen for a beeping ...
Risperdal, Janssen Pharmaceutica
under fire - but not in Wisconsin
Lakeland Times -
Minocqua,WI,USA
... pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, cardiovascular
complications and metabolic syndrome. And yet Risperdal's
original label, and all label changes until 2004, ...
Antidepressant Response Associated
With Pioglitazone: Support for ...
Am J Psychiatry
(subscription) - USA
Several lines of evidence suggest that depression may be
mediated by the pathophysiology underlying metabolic
syndrome, ...
Effects of Normalizing Blood Glucose
on Outcomes of Intensive Care
AAP Grand Rounds
(registration) - Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
Intensive insulin therapy for patients in paediatric
intensive care: a prospective, randomized controlled
study. Lancet. 2009;373(9663):547–556; ...
Type 2 diabetes drug discovery and
development
Nature.com (subscription)
- London,England,UK
Vice President, Endocrine and Cardiovascular Research and
Clinical Investigation, Lilly Research Laboratories,
Indiana, USA. A deeper understanding of the ...
Diabetic driver escapes prosecution
over deaths
The Canberra Times -
Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
BY NOEL TOWELL A car crash that killed a young mother and
her unborn child has prompted a call for diabetic drivers
who do not manage their conditions to be ...
How sweet it is: The scoop on sugar
substitutes
msnbc.com - USA
Foods that boost your blood sugar higher and faster (ie,
high glycemic foods) tend to leave you hungrier sooner
than do low glycemic foods. ...
Glaxo, XenoPort Drug Solzira Fails In
Diabetes Study
Wall Street Journal - USA
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) and XenoPort Inc. (XNPT) said
Monday that their drug Solzira failed to meet the goals
of a Phase 2 study to treat loss of feeling ...
e-Mosquito – A New Device To
Check Blood Sugar Level
TopNews - Noida,Uttar
Pradesh,India
A sensor in the patch assesses the blood sugar levels.
The data can then be transferred wirelessly to a small
monitoring device worn on the wrist. ...
Tas hospital in medical research
breakthrough
ABC Online - Australia
It has long been international practice to lower the
blood sugar levels of critically ill patients. But new
research has found that can actually increase ...
Vegetable juice may help people with
metabolic syndrome lose weight
The Virtual Medical Centre
- Perth,Australia
Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice
daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome
achieve better weight loss results. ...
News for Week #16 2009
Diabetes: MicroRNA Protects Beta
Cells
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
They produce insulin, a hormone that decreases the blood
sugar level after eating by storing glucose in the liver
and other organs. ...
Novo: in constructive dialogue with
FDA on Victoza
Reuters - USA
N) said on Friday it was in constructive dialogue with US
agencies on its key new diabetes drug, Victoza, a day
after European regulators recommended its ...
Metabolic Syndrome Hikes Mortality in
Hepatitis C
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Those two factors as well as the third component of
metabolic syndrome -- Type 2 diabetes -- also made death
from all causes more likely during the study ...
New Diabetes Drug Faces Delay, FDA
Extends Review Period
Attorney at Law - USA
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed making a
decision on whether to approve a new Type 2 diabetes drug
proposed by Bristol Myers-Squibb Co. and ...
Tight glycemic control not
recommended for all patients with diabetes
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
The highest incidence of hypoglycemia was observed in
trials with the lowest HbA1c targets, according to the
researchers. Considering recent data, health ...
Costly diabetes drugs are better than
generics
Gerson Lehrman Group - New
York,USA
For example thiazoledinediones and incretins are
substantially better in many ways (less hypoglycemia for
one) than the sulfonylureas, and the newer ...
Rats are fat after long-term exposure
to lower levels of atrazine.
Environmental Health News
- Charlottesville,VA,USA
Glucose in the blood is commonly referred to as
“blood sugar” and in order to be useful, it
needs to be able to get into the body's cells. ...
Humanin Peptide May Be New Drug
Target For Diabetes, Alzheimer's ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
... into how this metabolism may be involved in the
development of seemingly diverse age-related diseases
such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Alzheimer's. ...
Psoriasis Might be Linked to Diabetes
and High BP
TopNews United States -
Little Rock,Arkansas,USA
According to a new study, women suffering from the
chronic skin condition psoriasis might be at higher risk
of getting diabetes and high blood pressure. ...
Blueberries May Lower CVD, Diabetes
Risk
Food Product Design -
Northbrook,IL,USA
... convention in New Orleans, provides clues to the
potential of blueberries in reducing risk factors for
cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. ...
Ancient remedy offers hope for
diabetics
Vancouver Sun - British
Columbia, Canada
It was taken to control high blood sugar levels. Decades
later, Pinto, who is vice-president of research at Simon
Fraser University, has a new scientific ...
Agents that Speed Up Destruction of
Amyloid Beta Found
Genetic Engineering News
(press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
A group of investigators report that it is possible to
enhance insulin-degrading enzyme's (IDE) ability to
destroy amyloid beta (A-beta) with synthetic ...
Third of all type 1 diabetes cases
misdiagnosed: study
NEWS.com.au - Australia
People with the rarer form of diabetes produce no insulin
at all, meaning they need daily injections and not the
less intensive treatments for those with ...
Tight Glycemic Control May Not Be
Best in Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape - USA
The incidence of hypoglycemia was also highest in trials
with the lowest glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) target
levels. In all but the metformin vs ...
Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R), the
Easy-to-Use Insulin Delivery Device ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
The availability of Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R), approved in
the US in February 2009 , follows the approval and launch
of Lantus(R) SoloSTAR(R) (insulin glargine ...
Daily fits of laughter reduce heart
attack risk
Examiner.com - USA
Especially if you have type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol,
or high blood pressure. A study involving 20 people,
average of 50, with type 2 diabetes, ...
News for Week #15 2009
Taiwan makes breakthrough in new drug
for diabetes patients
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
Taiwan has developed a new drug for diabetes patients
that will begin its first clinical trials on humans at a
local medical center in 2010, ...
Drug May Not Help Diabetes-Related
Eye Damage
Forbes - NY,USA
About 50 percent of people who have type 1 diabetes and
30 percent of those with type 2 diabetes develop
retinopathy, which is damage to the retina caused ...
Weight-Loss Surgery Works Even for
Moderately Obese
Newswise (press release) -
USA
In these patients, weight reduction was greater two years
after surgery and conditions like diabetes and metabolic
syndrome improved, compared to those in ...
Understanding diabetes: It's not just
about sugar (Part One)
Examiner.com - USA
Different blood insulin levels. Type II is far more
common. Insulin is produced by specialized cells (beta
cells) organized in little clusters (islets) ...
Understanding diabetes: How it all
connects (Part Two)
Examiner.com - USA
Requires insulin from the start. Treatment with long and
short acting insulins, checking blood sugar frequently,
rapid fluctuations due to foods, ...
Understanding diabetes: Escape from
sugar land (Part Three)
Examiner.com - USA
Exercise improves insulin sensitivity. Exercise! Smoking
causes inflammation [measured by C-RP] in the arteries,
part of the trigger that starts up the ...
Herbs and spices can be used to
control blood sugar levels
Examiner.com - USA
Nor does being Type 2 (non-insulin dependent) grant one
immunity from all these horrendous risks. Adult Onset, as
it's often called, is now found frequently ...
Device To Impact Disease
Daily Nexus - Santa
Barbara,CA,USA
The device contains insulin pumps and blood glucose
sensors, which are linked together by a software control
mechanism. The sensors feed blood glucose data ...
Diabetes Drug Class Linked To
Vision-Threatening Complication
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2009) — Treatment with the
glitazone class of diabetes drugs leads to a
"modest" increase in the risk of diabetic
macular edema ...
Doctor touts stomach surgery as
possible diabetes remedy
Shanghai Daily -
Shanghai,China
By Wang Xiang | 2009-4-13 | NEWSPAPER EDITION A LOCAL
doctor is pioneering a way of treating diabetes by
encouraging more than 40 hospitals nationwide to ...
Carbohydrates Linked With Infertility
in Women
The Epoch Times - New
York,NY,USA
Other evidence has linked higher levels of HbA1c (a
measure of blood sugar control over the last two to three
months) and reduced fertility. ...
Economic woes leave diabetics
skimping on care, risking lives
USA Today - USA
The typical monthly bill to treat diabetes runs $350 to
$900 for those without insurance, a price tag that's
risen as newer, more expensive medicines have ...
Brown Fat Helps Battle Obesity: Study
Health Jackal -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
Brown fat is above the collarbone and in the upper chest
and appears more in younger lean people than in older
obese ones or those who have diabetes or use ...
Fat-derived inflammatory factor may
explain diseases that come ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
An inflammatory factor already linked to several
diseases, including pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and
arthritis, may also be responsible for the insulin ...
News for Week #14 2009
The University of Arizona College of
Medicine and OmegaGenesis ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
Diabetic foot ulcers are painful, open sores that develop
on the feet of people with diabetes. If not diagnosed and
treated promptly, diabetic foot ulcers ...
Orexigen's Contrave: Generic Would Be
No Cheaper
Seeking Alpha - New
York,NY,USA
In Phase II trials, Contrave not only caused weight loss
but also reduced the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
This is key for potential reimbursement down ...
Scientists detect molecular obesity
link to insulin resistance ...
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
A molecular switch found in the fat tissue of obese mice
is a critical factor in the development of insulin
resistance, report scientists at the Salk ...
FDA Faces Tough Choice On New
Diabetes Drug
Forbes - NY,USA
Does a promising new class of diabetes drugs boost the
risk of a rare thyroid tumor that may take decades to
develop? That's the confusing and almost ...
Saxagliptin gets FDA nod, while
liraglutide not recommended for approval..
TheHeart.Org - New
York,NY,USA
Silver Spring, MD - Two new drugs for the treatment of
diabetes mellitus got their turn before a Food and Drug
Administration advisory panel this week, ...
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