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| Some Insulin Production Found In Long-Term Type 1 Diabetes |
- Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research has found that insulin production may persist for decades after the onset of type 1 diabetes. Beta cell functioning also appears to be preserved in some patients years after apparent loss of pancreatic function. The study results appear in the March issue of Diabetes Care...
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2012-02-22 |
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| Researchers Track Diabetes' First Steps As Disease Emerges |
- Scientists have taken a remarkably detailed look at the initial steps that occur in the body when type 1 diabetes mellitus first develops in a child or young adult. The analysis comes from a team of researchers and physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center who have expertise both in the laboratory and in treating patients...
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2012-02-20 |
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| Research Suggests That Diabetes May Start In The Intestines |
- Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have made a surprising discovery about the origin of diabetes. Their research suggests that problems controlling blood sugar - the hallmark of diabetes - may begin in the intestines. The new study, in mice, may upend long-held theories about the causes of the disease...
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2012-02-17 |
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| Protein May Play Role In Obesity, Diabetes, Aging |
- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potent regulator of sensitivity to insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. The new findings may help scientists find better treatments for type 2 diabetes, obesity and other health problems caused by the body's inability to properly regulate blood sugar...
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2012-02-17 |
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| Screening For Diabetes Using Blood From Periodontal Disease |
- Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c, an important gauge of a patient's diabetes status, an NYU nursing-dental research team has found. Hemoglobin A1c blood glucose measures from oral blood compare well to those from finger-stick blood, the researchers say...
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2012-02-15 |
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| The Greatest Mortality Risk For Diabetics Is Diabetic Cardiomyopathy |
- Millions of people suffer from type 2 diabetes. The leading cause of death in these patients is heart disease. Joseph Hill and colleagues, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have now identified, through their work in mice, a potential new therapeutic approach to reduce the prevalence of heart failure and improve the long-term survival of patients with type 2 diabetes...
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2012-02-14 |
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| Hypoglycemia Reduced By Automatic Suspension Of Insulin Delivery Via Insulin Pumps |
- An automated on/off feature built into insulin pump systems can suspend insulin delivery when it detects low blood glucose levels (via continuous glucose monitoring), significantly reducing the severity and duration of hypoglycemia in individuals with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...
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2012-02-13 |
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| Largest-Ever Gene Study Of Type 2 Diabetes Finds Variants Across Many Ethnic Groups |
- The largest genetics study to date of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has identified new gene variants associated with risk for the common metabolic disease. An international scientific consortium, studying multiethnic populations, uncovered genes that may point to biological targets for developing more effective drugs for T2D...
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2012-02-13 |
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| The 'ROCK'y Road To Diabetic Kidney Failure |
- A protein kinase known as ROCK1 can exacerbate an important process called fission in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells, leading to diabetic kidney disease, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the journal Cell Metabolism. (ROCK1 stands for (Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1...
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2012-02-09 |
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| Researchers Pave The Way For Improving Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes |
- In a study published last week in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a team led by Dr. Vincent Poitout of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)* has made an important step forward in understanding how insulin secretion is regulated in the body...
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2012-02-09 |
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| One In Ten Cases Of Diabetes Goes Untreated |
- Rates of diabetes vary widely across developing countries worldwide, according to a new analysis led by Dr. Longjian Liu of Drexel University's School of Public Health. Worldwide, four in five people with diabetes now live in developing countries...
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2012-02-07 |
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| Probable Mechanism Underlying Resveratrol Activity Revealed By NIH Study |
- National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging...
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2012-02-05 |
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| Exercise In Low Oxygen Environment May Result In Improved Insulin Sensitivity |
- Intermittent exercise with and without low oxygen concentrations (or hypoxia) can improve insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetics, however exercise while under hypoxic conditions provides greater improvements in glycemic control than intermittent exercise alone, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)...
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2012-02-05 |
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| Link Between Insulin Resistance And Brain Health In Elderly |
- New research from Uppsala University shows that reduced insulin sensitivity is linked to smaller brain size and deteriorated language skills in seniors. The findings are now published in the scientific journal Diabetes Care. The main hormonal function of insulin is to support the uptake and use of glucose in muscles and fat tissues...
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2012-02-03 |
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| Seasonal Changes May Influence The Efficacy Of Vaccination Against Diabetes |
- The development of a medicine for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, based on autoantigen GAD65, received a setback following crucial clinical phase 3 trials that failed to show significant effects. One possible explanation may be seasonal variations in the immune system, claim those responsible for the study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)...
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2012-02-03 |
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| Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee |
- Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. The research is published online in Nutritional Neuroscience...
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2012-02-02 |
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| Biological Time-Keeper Linked To Diabetes |
- Researchers in Lille and Paris demonstrated that mutations in the melatonin receptor gene (melatonin or the "hormone of darkness" induces sleep) lead to an almost sevenfold increase in the risk of developing diabetes. This research, which was published in Nature Genetics on 29 January 2012, could contributed to the development of new drugs for the treatment or prevention of this metabolic disease...
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2012-02-01 |
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| New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes |
- A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes...
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2012-01-30 |
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| Amylin's Once-Weekly Diabetes Injection Finally Wins FDA Approval |
- On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration finally approved Amylin Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug Bydureon, which provides glycemic control for diabetes type 2 in a once-weekly injection. The approval follows two earlier rejections in 2010, when the FDA asked the company to go back and carry out a new trial of the drug's effect on heart rhythm...
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2012-01-29 |
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| Amylin's Once-Weekly Diabetes Injection Finally Wins FDA Approval |
- On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration finally approved Amylin Pharmaceutical's diabetes drug Bydureon, which provides glycemic control for diabetes type 2 in a once-weekly injection. The approval follows two earlier rejections in 2010, when the FDA asked the company to go back and carry out a new trial of the drug's effect on heart rhythm...
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2012-01-28 |
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| Lower Limb Amputation Rates Associated With Diabetes Drop, US |
- An investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that between 1996 and 2008, the number of leg and foot amputations among U.S. individuals, aged 40+ with diagnosed diabetes, decreased by 65%. The study, entitled "Declining Rates of Hospitalization for Non-traumatic Lower-Extremity Amputation in the Diabetic Population Aged 40 years or Older: U.S...
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2012-01-27 |
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| Large Drop In Leg And Foot Amputations Among Adult Diabetics, CDC |
- There has been a large drop in the rate of leg and foot amputations among Americans aged 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in the February issue of Diabetes Care. The study reports that between 1996 and 2008 the rate of such amputations fell by 65%...
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2012-01-26 |
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| Nurturing Mothers Rear Physically Healthier Adults |
- Nurturing mothers have garnered accolades for rescuing skinned knees on the playground and coaxing their children to sleep with lullabies. Now they're gaining merit for their offspring's physical health in middle age...
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2012-01-25 |
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| Saliva Test Could Replace Blood Test For Diabetics |
- Engineers at Brown University have designed a biological device that can measure glucose concentrations in human saliva. The technique could eliminate the need for diabetics to draw blood to check their glucose levels. The biochip uses plasmonic interferometers and could be used to measure a range of biological and environmental substances. Results are published in Nano Letters...
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2012-01-25 |
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| Cellular Degradation May Determine The Health Benefits Of Exercise |
- The health benefits of exercise on blood sugar metabolism may come from the body's ability to devour itself, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in the journal Nature. Autophagy is a process by which a cell responds to starvation and other stresses by degrading damaged or unneeded parts of itself to produce energy. It is sometimes called the cell's housekeeping pathway...
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2012-01-24 |
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| News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology |
- Saturated Fatty Acids Lead to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance Excessive levels of certain saturated fatty acids cause mitochondria to fragment, leading to insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, a precursor of type 2 diabetes, according to a paper in the January issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology...
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2012-01-23 |
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| New Light Shed On Link Between 'Killer Cells' And Diabetes |
- Killer T-cells in the human body which help protect us from disease can inadvertently destroy cells that produce insulin, new research has uncovered. The study provides the first evidence of this mechanism in action and could offer new understanding of the cause of Type 1 diabetes...
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2012-01-17 |
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| Scientists Isolate Hormone That Triggers Health Benefits Of Exercise |
- An international team of scientists has isolated a natural hormone or chemical messenger in muscle cells that triggers some of the important health benefits of exercise. They have named it "irisin", after the Greek messenger goddess, and believe it is a promising candidate for developing drugs to treat diabetes, obesity and maybe even cancer...
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2012-01-14 |
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| Coffee Drinkers At Reduced Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes |
- Why do heavy coffee drinkers have a lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease on the increase around the world that can lead to serious health problems? Scientists are offering a new solution to that long-standing mystery in a report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry...
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2012-01-13 |
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| Protein Linking Exercise To Health Benefits Isolated By Researchers |
- A team led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has isolated a natural hormone from muscle cells that triggers some of the key health benefits of exercise. They say the protein, which serves as a chemical messenger, is a highly promising candidate for development as a novel treatment for diabetes, obesity and perhaps other disorders, including cancer...
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2012-01-13 |
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| Spotlight On Lifestyle Interventions For Diabetes |
- An Emory University study* published in the January issue of Health Affairs assesses real-world lifestyle interventions to help delay or prevent the costly chronic disease that affects nearly 26 million Americans...
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2012-01-12 |
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| Type 1 Diabetes Reversed With Stem Cells From Cord Blood |
- Stem cells from cord blood "re-educated" the immune system T cells of people with type 1 diabetes so their pancreas started producing insulin again, thereby reducing the amount of insulin they needed to inject. These are the findings of a study led by Dr Yong Zhao, from University of Illinois at Chicago that were published online on Tuesday in the open access journal BMC Medicine...
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2012-01-11 |
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| Atherosclerotic Lesions In Diabetic Patients May Be Repaired By Insulin Therapy |
- New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of diabetic vascular disease. The study is published in the February issue of the American Journal of Pathology...
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2012-01-11 |
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| Treatment For Diabetes And Depression Improves Both |
- Patients simultaneously treated for both Type 2 diabetes and depression improve medication compliance and significantly improve blood sugar and depression levels compared to patients receiving usual care, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
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2012-01-11 |
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| Diabetes Type 1 Reversed By Stem Cell Therapy |
- Type 1 diabetes is caused by the body's own immune system attacking its pancreatic islet beta cells and requires daily injections of insulin to regulate the patient's blood glucose levels...
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2012-01-11 |
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| No Proven Added Benefit Of Linagliptin |
- Drug manufacturer deviates from appropriate comparator therapy specified by the G-BA Linagliptin (trade name: Trajenta®) has been approved since August 2011 to improve blood glucose control ("glycaemic control") in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus whose elevated blood glucose levels are inadequately controlled by diet and exercise...
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2012-01-10 |
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| Researchers Discover Protein That May Represent New Target For Treating Type 1 Diabetes |
- Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have discovered a new protein that may play a critical role in how the human body regulates blood sugar levels. Reporting in the current issue of Pancreas, the research team says the protein may represent a new target for treating type 1 diabetes...
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2012-01-06 |
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| Explaining Link Between Heart Failure And Diabetes |
- Either heart failure or diabetes alone is bad enough, but oftentimes the two conditions seem to go together. Now, researchers reporting in the January Cell Metabolism appear to have found the culprit that leads from heart failure to diabetes and perhaps a novel way to break that metabolic vicious cycle...
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2012-01-05 |
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| Gestational Diabetes Linked To ADHD Risk In Offspring |
- According to a report Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, babies who are born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy and/or living in low income households, have a higher risk of subsequently developing ADHD during childhood...
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2012-01-04 |
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| Symphony Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring Trial - Positive Results |
- Positive results were announced by Echo Therapeutics from its clinical investigation of its Symphony tCGM System in individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Echo is developing the system as a wireless, non-invasive, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery...
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2012-01-04 |
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| DNA Implanted Bacteria To Detect Glucose |
- Should a study by a team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology become reality, individuals suffering with diabetes will be able to monitor their blood sugar levels in a more cost-effective way...
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2012-01-04 |
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| Can Nerve Growth Factor Gene Therapy Prevent Diabetic Heart Disease? |
- Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and can reduce blood supply to the heart tissue and damage cardiac cells, resulting in heart failure. New research has investigated if nerve growth factor (NGF) gene therapy can prevent diabetic heart failure and small vascular disease in mice...
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2011-12-23 |
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| Study Aims To Create Diabetes Food Box Model For Food Banks |
- Community food banks may soon be able to improve how the estimated millions of people living with Type 2 diabetes and food insecurity manage their disease. Researchers and community groups have come together to develop a model that ensures food banks can contribute to successful, long-term diabetes management...
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2011-12-22 |
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| UMass Clinical Study Reduces Diabetes Risk Among Latinos |
- An inexpensive, culturally sensitive diabetes prevention program created by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School reduced pre-diabetes indicators in a Latino population at risk for developing diabetes...
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2011-12-19 |
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| Patent Issued For Treatment Of Diabetes |
- Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. ("Omni Bio") (OTC OMBP.OB) announced that U.S. Patent No. 8,071,551, entitled "METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING DIABETES," was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on December 6, 2011 (the "Diabetes Patent"). The Diabetes Patent expires in May 2022...
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2011-12-18 |
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| Insulin Signaling Is Distorted In Pancreases Of Type 2 Diabetics |
- Insulin signaling is altered in the pancreas, a new study shows for the first time in humans. The errant signals disrupt both the number and quality of beta cells - the cells that produce insulin. The finding is described in the journal PLoS ONE. Franco Folli, M.D., Ph.D., of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and Rohit Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D...
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2011-12-16 |
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| Blood Sugar Lowered By Brief, High-Intensity Workouts In Diabetics |
- Researchers at McMaster University have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines. The small proof-of-principle study, conducted on eight diabetics, appears in the latest edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology...
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2011-12-14 |
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| Clues To Development Of The Pancreas Provided By Rare Genetic Disorder Could Lead To Diabetes Therapy |
- A rare genetic disorder has given researchers at the University of Exeter a surprising insight into how the pancreas develops. The finding provides a clue to how it may be possible to 'programme' stem cells - master cells in the body that can develop into specialised cells - to become pancreatic cells. Pancreatic agenesis is a rare condition in which the body is unable to produce a pancreas...
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2011-12-13 |
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| Dapagliflozin Plus Glimepiride Lowered Blood Glucose Levels Over 48 Weeks Of Treatment |
- Results from a Phase III clinical study, announced on December 8th by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca, demonstrated that observed reductions in blood glucose levels (glycosylated hemoglobin levels, or HbA1c) at 24 weeks in adults with type 2 diabetes, who were treated with the investigational compound dapagliflozin added to current glimepiride (sulphonylurea) tre...
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2011-12-12 |
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| Lower Incidence Of Cardiovascular Events With Sitagliptin Compared To Sulphonylureas |
- The incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with the DPP-4 inhibitor sitagliptin (Januvia) is significantly lower than in those treated with sulphonylureas, show reveals from a pooled analysis reported this week at the International Diabetes Federation 2011 World Diabetes Congress (4 December 2011)...
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2011-12-09 |
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| Shift Work Carries Diabetes Risk |
- A new study published in this week's PLoS Medicine, shows type 2 diabetes risk is increased by rotating shift work. A fairly significant proportion of the work force is involved in some kind of permanent night or rotating night shift work, thus the findings present a potential public health issue...
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2011-12-07 |
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| Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels And Higher Degrees Of Insulin Resistance |
- A recent study of obese and non-obese children found that low vitamin D levels are significantly more prevalent in obese children and are associated with risk factors for type 2 diabetes. This study was accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)...
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2011-12-06 |
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| World's First View Of Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds |
- A war is being waged in the pancreases of millions of people throughout the world. The siege leads to the development of type 1 diabetes and has been a battlefield largely hidden from view-- until now. Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have created the first cellular movies showing the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in real-time in mouse models...
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2011-12-05 |
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| La Jolla Institute Researchers Provide World's First View Of Type 1 Diabetes As-It-Unfolds |
- A war is being waged in the pancreases of millions of people throughout the world. The siege leads to the development of type 1 diabetes and has been a battlefield largely hidden from view-- until now. Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have created the first cellular movies showing the destruction underlying type 1 diabetes in real-time in mouse models...
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2011-12-03 |
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| Prediction Tools Can Aid Diabetes Prevention |
- New research from Queen Mary, University of London suggests that many cases of diabetes could be prevented by making use of existing prediction tools. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, shows that there are dozens of different techniques for predicting with reasonable accuracy who will develop diabetes but almost none are currently being used...
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2011-12-01 |
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| Potential For Novel Therapies For The Treatment Of Diabetes |
- Addex Pharmaceuticals (SIX:ADXN), a leading biopharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, announced today that its scientists have demonstrated that, in the presence of GLP-1, glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) can form a heterodimer receptor complex with gastric-inhibitory-peptide-receptor (GIPR)...
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2011-11-29 |
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| Obese Patients With Diabetes Experience Improved Heart Function Following Restricted Calorie Diet |
- A low-calorie diet eliminates insulin dependence and leads to improved heart function in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "Lifestyle interventions may have more powerful beneficial cardiac effects than medication in these patients," said the study's lead author, Sebastiaan Hammer, M.D...
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2011-11-28 |
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| Potential New Drug For Type 1 Diabetes |
- Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical Trials The clinical trial was random, regulated, double-blinded and broad-based. The drug was tested on 457 patients, aged 16-45, who had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes a short time before joining the trial...
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2011-11-25 |
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| Low Blood Sugar Awareness Among Drivers With Diabetes Type 2 - UK |
- This week in the UK, a new educational campaign is being launched in order to educate individuals who live with type 2 diabetes on how to control and prevent their blood sugar levels dropping too low (hypoglycemia). The campaign, titles "Are You Running On Empty", is a collaboration between MSD Diabetes, Diabetes Nursing Group, the AA (Automobile Association) and TREND...
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2011-11-23 |
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| Molecular Link Between Diabetes And Cancer Described |
- The fact that diabetes raises the risk of certain types of cancer is already well known, but the reasons have been unclear. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped a molecular link that explains the connection between the two widespread diseases. Developing type 2 diabetes is a lengthy process. An early sign that it has begun is high levels of insulin in the blood...
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2011-11-16 |
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| AMD-Like Lesions Delayed In Mice Fed Lower Glycemic Index Diet |
- Feeding older mice a lower glycemic index (GI) diet consisting of slowly-digested carbohydrates delays the onset of age-related, sight-threatening retinal lesions, according to a new study from the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University...
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2011-11-15 |
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| In Type 1 Diabetes, Intensive Therapy Halves Kidney Disease |
- Controlling blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes yields huge dividends, preserving kidney function for decades. The new finding from a study funded by the National Institutes of Health was published online in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with presentation at a scientific meeting...
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2011-11-15 |
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| The COBRA Trial Results Reported At TCT 2011 |
- A clinical trial of patients with diabetes has demonstrated that cryoplasty post-dilitation compared to conventional balloon angioplasty in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) decreased the risk of in-stent restenosis (ISR)...
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2011-11-14 |
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| Insulin Sensitivity Boosted By Knocking Out Key Protein In Mice |
- By knocking out a key regulatory protein, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland dramatically boosted insulin sensitivity in lab mice, an achievement that opens a new door for drug development and the treatment of diabetes...
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2011-11-13 |
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| Using Tears To Monitor Diabetes Blood Sugar Levels |
- Rather than going through the cumbersome and sometimes painful routine of drawing blood, diabetes patients may be able to use their tears, researchers from the University of Michigan reported in Analytical Chemistry. In animal studies, the scientists found that glucose levels from the tears of rabbits could accurately measure blood glucose (sugar) levels using an electrochemical sensor device...
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2011-11-12 |
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| Eating Fish Can Reduce The Risk Of Diabetes |
- A study analyses the dietary patterns of the adult Spanish population with high cardiovascular risk. The results reveal a high consumption of both red meat and fish. However, whilst eating lots of cured meats is associated with greater weight gain and a higher obesity rate, the consumption of fish is linked to lower glucose concentrations and a smaller risk of developing diabetes...
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2011-11-12 |
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| One Molecule For Muscle Growth And Insulin Sensitivity |
- Two independent studies in the Nov. 11 issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, suggest a common way to pump up muscles and prevent diabetes. The key is a molecule required for fine-tuning metabolism by selectively and subtly modifying core metabolic programs...
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2011-11-11 |
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| Testing Blood Sugar In Diabetes Via Tear Drops |
- Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has the potential to measure blood sugar levels from tears instead of blood - an advance that could save the world's 350 million diabetes patients the discomfort of pricking their fingers for droplets of blood used in traditional blood sugar tests...
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2011-11-11 |
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| Protection To Cells Destroyed In Type 1 Diabetes Provided By Connexins |
- Type 1 diabetes is a lifelong disease characterized by high levels of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is caused by the patient's immune system attacking and destroying the cells in their pancreas that produce the hormone insulin, which regulates blood glucose levels...
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2011-11-08 |
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| Study Indicates Brain Plays Role In Regulating Blood Sugar In Humans |
- Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have demonstrated for the first time that the brain is a key player in regulating glucose (sugar) metabolism in humans. The findings, published today in the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggest that drugs targeting the brain and central nervous system could be a novel approach to treating diabetes...
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2011-11-08 |
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| Preventing Diabetic Kidney Failure |
- The enzyme arginase-2 plays a major role in kidney failure, and blocking the action of this enzyme might lead to protection against renal disease in diabetes, according to researchers. "We believe these arginase inhibitors may be one of the new targets that can slow down the progression of, or even prevent the development of, end-stage renal disease," said Alaa S...
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2011-11-08 |
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| NIDDK Boosts Study On Diabetic Retinopathy And Nephropathy Protections |
- Joslin Diabetes Center has received a $3.9 million DP3 grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to identify protective factors that enable many Joslin 50-Year Medalists to remain free of commonly occurring diabetes complications...
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2011-11-04 |
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| Study Shows Exenatide (Byetta) Has Rapid, Powerful Anti-Inflammatory Effect |
- Exenatide, a drug commonly prescribed to help patients with type 2 diabetes improve blood sugar control, also has a powerful and rapid anti-inflammatory effect, a University at Buffalo study has shown. The study of the drug, marketed under the trade name Byetta, was published recently in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism...
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2011-11-04 |
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| Researchers Use A Diabetes Drug To Permanently Reprogram Insulin-Producing Cells |
- Pediatric researchers who tested newborn animals with an existing human drug used in adults with diabetes report that this drug, when given very early in life, prevents diabetes from developing in adult animals. If this finding can be repeated in humans, it may become a way to prevent at-risk infants from developing type 2 diabetes...
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2011-11-04 |
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| Predicting The Likelihood Of Developing Gestational Diabetes Via Age And BMI |
- Age and body mass index (BMI) are important risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) particularly amongst South Asian and Black African women finds new research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The study looked at the link between maternal age, BMI and racial origin with the development of GDM and how they interact with each other...
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2011-11-04 |
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| Acute Kidney Injury In Hospitalized Diabetic Patients Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease |
- Findings from a recent University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center study show that multiple episodes of acute kidney injury during hospital stays for patients with diabetes are associated with a risk for developing chronic kidney disease. The study is published in the November issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology...
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2011-11-03 |
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| Type 1 Diabetes Prevented In Mice |
- Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found a specific molecule that can prevent the development of type 1 diabetes in mice and has a similar effect on human cells from diabetic patients...
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2011-11-02 |
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| 50% More Diabetes Patients In UK Since 2005 |
- According to the leading health charity Diabetes UK, the number of individuals in the UK diagnosed with diabetes has risen by approximately 130,000 to 2.9 million in the past year. Almost a 50% increase since data on diabetes was first published by GPs in 2005 (2 million). The increase is primarily in Type 2 diabetes cases, which is responsible for roughly 90% if all diagnoses...
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2011-11-01 |
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| VTT Identified Specific Bacteria Which Precede Autoimmune Diabetes |
- New potential avenues for early disease detection and prevention: A study led by Matej Oresic from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that autoimmune diabetes is preceded by diminished gut microbial diversity of the Clostridium leptum subgroup, elevated plasma leptin and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion...
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2011-10-31 |
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| Specific Bacteria Identified Which Precede Autoimmune Diabetes |
- A study led by Matej Oresic from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland suggests that autoimmune diabetes is preceded by diminished gut microbial diversity of the Clostridium leptum subgroup, elevated plasma leptin and enhanced glucose-stimulated insulin secretion...
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2011-10-31 |
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| World's Largest Diabetes Study Targeting Foot Ulcers |
- What's crucial for a diabetic's foot sore to heal is that the ulcer is superficial, blood circulation is normal, and the person has had diabetes for a short time. This is shown in the world's largest diabetes study regarding foot ulcers, which has been carried out by the researcher Magdalena Annersten Gerhater at Malmo University in Sweden. Diabetes is becoming more and more common...
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2011-10-27 |
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| No Correlation Discovered Between Primary Kidney Stone Treatment And Diabetes |
- A Mayo Clinic study finds no correlation between the use of shock waves to break up kidney stones and the long-term development of diabetes. The study was released during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association (http://www.ncsaua.org/default.aspx) in Rancho Mirage, Calif...
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2011-10-24 |
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| Experimental Drug Might Protect Patients From Diabetic Dyslipidemia |
- Scientists have discovered a molecule that is highly active in inhibiting the intestinal absorption of lipids, making it an excellent candidate for fighting dyslipidemia and associated cardiac events, especially in diabetics. According to WHO, about 230 million people suffer from Type II diabetes worldwide, with estimations projecting these figures will rise to 400 million by 2025...
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2011-10-23 |
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| Gestational Diabetes In African-American Women Increases Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes |
- African American women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy face a 52 percent increased risk of developing diabetes in the future compared to white women who develop GDM during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the journal Diabetologia. African American women are less likely to develop GDM during pregnancy...
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2011-10-21 |
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| Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Cost Could Rise Considerably |
- In Australia the cost of treating individuals with Type 1 diabetes is a staggering $170 billion, and this figure could double to $340bn. Worldwide approximately 220 million individuals are affected by diabetes - the fastest growing chronic disease in the world. In Australia it is estimated that 1...
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2011-10-20 |
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| JCI Online Early Table Of Contents: Oct. 17, 2011 |
- HEMATOLOGY: Linking high levels of blood glucose to complications of diabetes The number of individuals with type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. Among the complications of type 2 diabetes is increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (a group of diseases of the heart or blood vessels that includes those that cause heart attack and stroke)...
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2011-10-19 |
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| Study Finds Clue To Birth Defects In Babies Of Mothers With Diabetes |
- In a paper published today in Diabetologia, a team at Joslin Diabetes Center, headed by Mary R. Loeken, PhD, has identified the enzyme AMP kinase (AMPK) as key to the molecular mechanism that significantly increases the risk of neural tube defects such as spina bifida and some heart defects among babies born to women with diabetes...
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2011-10-18 |
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| Discovery Of New Molecular Target For Diabetes Treatment |
- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular pathway responsible for the natural decrease in the proliferation of insulin-producing cells that occurs as a person ages. Artificially activating this pathway, which is normally not functional in adults, may be a new way to combat diabetes...
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2011-10-13 |
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| Diabetes Doesn't Mean Kids Have To Skip Halloween |
- Ghosts, ghouls and goblins are suiting up for the yearly pilgrimage through neighborhoods shouting "Trick or Treat!" and begging for sweet treats that are synonymous with Halloween. But a candy-centric holiday poses challenging questions for parents of children with diabetes...
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2011-10-12 |
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| Caloric Restriction Improves Insulin Action |
- The number of individuals with type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. One of the main risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes is resistance of cells in the body (particularly liver, fat, and skeletal muscle cells) to the effects of the hormone insulin. Substantially reducing caloric intake enhances the sensitivity of skeletal muscle to insulin...
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2011-10-11 |
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| Cardium Announces Excellagen FDA 510(K) Clearance |
- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE Amex: CXM) announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell the Company's new Excellagen™ professional-use, sterile, syringe-based advanced wound care product for the management of diabetic foot ulcers and other dermal wounds...
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2011-10-11 |
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| Tomosyn-2 The Diabetes Susceptibility Gene - It Regulates Insulin Secretion |
- In a study published in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics on October 6th, a research team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has identified a gene called tomosyn-2 that confers diabetes susceptibility in obese mice and acts as an inhibitor on insulin secretion from the pancreas...
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2011-10-09 |
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| FDA Approves Combination Therapy Juvisync |
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Juvisync (sitagliptin and simvastatin), a fixed-dose combination (FDC) prescription medication that contains two previously approved medicines in one tablet for use in adults who need both sitagliptin and simvastatin. About 20 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes, and they often have high cholesterol levels as well...
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2011-10-08 |
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| Decade Of Effort Yields Diabetes Susceptibility Gene |
- Ten years of meticulous mouse breeding, screening, and record-keeping have finally paid off for Alan Attie and his lab members. The University of Wisconsin Madison researchers' efforts, published Oct. 6 in the journal PLoS Genetics, pinpointed a gene that confers diabetes susceptibility in obese mice...
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2011-10-07 |
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| Vitamin D Could Lower Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes |
- Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have shown that people with a good vitamin D supply are at lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study, which was conducted in cooperation with the German Diabetes Center and the University of Ulm, will be published in the October edition of the renowned scientific journal Diabetes Care...
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2011-10-05 |
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| Natural Compound Helps Reverse Diabetes In Mice |
- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored normal blood sugar metabolism in diabetic mice using a compound the body makes naturally. The finding suggests that it may one day be possible for people to take the compound much like a daily vitamin as a way to treat or even prevent type 2 diabetes...
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2011-10-05 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Oct. 3, 2011 |
- METABOLIC DISEASE: Antioxidants combat risk factor for type 2 diabetes in mice The number of individuals with type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. One of the main risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes is resistance of the cells in the body to the effects of the hormone insulin...
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2011-10-04 |
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| Men Don't Have To Be As Fat As Women To Get Type 2 Diabetes |
- Men develop type 2 diabetes at a lower BMI (body mass index) than women, according to a new study by clinical researchers in Scotland expected to be published in a scientific journal this week. Their findings may explain why in many countries, men are more prone to the disease than women...
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2011-10-04 |
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| Oral Health Of Diabetes Patients Closely Linked To Heart Disease And Cancer Risk |
- According to researchers in the report "Oral health awareness in adult patients with diabetes: a questionnaire study", published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ), several individuals who suffer with diabetes are not aware that their oral health is closely connected to their risk of developing complications...
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2011-10-03 |
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| The Hormonal Role In Glucose And Fat Metabolism Explained |
- Hormone researchers at the University of Houston (UH) have their sights set on providing long-term treatment options for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases by better understanding estradiol, the most potent naturally occurring estrogen. They now believe that this estrogen hormone is a prominent regulator of several body functions in both females and males...
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2011-10-03 |
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| No Slowing Of Cognitive Decline With Intensive Blood Sugar Control In Type 2 Diabetes |
- Researchers who compared intensive glucose-lowering treatment with standard glucose control in older patients with type 2 diabetes found that contrary to expectations, super-tight control of blood sugar did not slow the mental decline of diabetes-related dementia, and in the case of their study participants, it was actually linked to a higher rate of death...
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2011-09-30 |
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| Large Meta-Analysis Finds New Genes For Type 1 Diabetes |
- The largest-ever analysis of genetic data related to type 1 diabetes has uncovered new genes associated with the common metabolic disease, which affects 200 million people worldwide. The findings add to knowledge of gene networks involved in the origin of this complex disorder, in which patients depend on frequent insulin injections to control their blood sugar levels...
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2011-09-30 |
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| Diabetes Patients Have Higher Colon Cancer Risk |
- Patients with diabetes mellitus have a higher risk of developing colon cancer, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, reported in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The authors stated that according to their findings, diabetes is an independent risk fact for rectal and colon cancers...
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2011-09-29 |
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| Diabetics That Visit Physicians More Frequently Have Improved Risk Factors |
- A report in the September 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that diabetics who visit a primary care clinician twice a month have greater control of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. As per background information in the article, diabetes has become increasingly common in the U.S. and worldwide...
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2011-09-28 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: September 26, 2011 |
- ENDOCRINOLOGY: Rare genetic disease yields insight into biology of cells affected in diabetes Congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (CHI) is a rare genetic disease characterized by dysregulation of beta-cells in the pancreas such that they secrete excessive amounts of the hormone insulin, which leads to very low levels of glucose (the fuel for cells in the body) in the blood...
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2011-09-27 |
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| Control Of Diabetes Linked To Frequency Of Doctor Visits |
- According to a study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published in the September 26, 2011, issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, high blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels increase the risk for complications related to diabetes, such as heart attack and stroke, and in order to reduce these risks these values should be reduced to ideal levels...
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2011-09-27 |
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| UN Discussions Focus On Non-Communicable Diseases |
- The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA)1 welcomes the UN High Level Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) to address the world biggest killers. "It is a memorable day in the history of public health...
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2011-09-26 |
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| Dietary Supplement May Lower Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes |
- FINDINGS: UCLA researchers demonstrated that an over-the-counter dietary supplement may help inhibit development of insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, conditions that are involved in the development of Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which affect millions worldwide...
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2011-09-25 |
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| Clinic Bridges Inpatient, Outpatient Diabetes Care |
- After diabetes destroyed his kidney function, retired restaurateur Charles Collins received a transplant last fall that saved his life but it didn't cure his disease. In fact, it took the Diabetes Bridge Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to help Collins get to the point where he could manage his disease and keep his new kidney healthy...
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2011-09-23 |
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| TheraVasc Releases Phase I Trial Data Demonstrating Safety Of Drug In Diabetic Patients |
- TheraVasc announced the successful completion of a Phase I clinical trial of a drug, TV1001, to diabetic patients. The trial included 12 diabetic patients who each received a single dose of two different oral formulations of TV1001, an enteric coated and a non-enteric coated capsule, to determine safety and blood levels of the drug...
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2011-09-22 |
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| Clues To Finding Further Causes For Monogenic Diabetes |
- In most cases of diabetes, various genes and environmental factors are involved. Not in monogenic diabetes, where the causes are mutations in just a single gene. Between 25 % and 45 % of family members or patients with monogenic diabetes do not present alterations in any of the genes that have been put forward to date as possible causes, and so new candidate genes have had to be identified...
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2011-09-22 |
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| Lack Of Sleep Causes Diabetes Risk |
- An article by the American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care links lack of sleep to higher blood sugar levels and thus possible type 2 diabetes risk...
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2011-09-21 |
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| CE Mark Approval For The World's First Mobile Diabetes Management System Received |
- According to an announcement made by Cellnovo, the company received CE Mark approval for the world's first mobile diabetes management system which is a major breakthrough for the company and for people living with diabetes. Chief Executive Officer of Cellnovo, William McKeon said: "This is Cellnovo's first step in a journey to bring this mobile diabetes management system to the world...
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2011-09-20 |
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| Possible Link Between Two Diabetes Drugs And Pancreatic Cancer |
- Two newer drugs used to treat Type 2 diabetes could be linked to a significantly increased risk of developing pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, and one could also be linked to an increased risk of thyroid cancer, according to a new UCLA study. Researchers from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA examined the U.S...
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2011-09-17 |
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| Uterine Stem Cells Treat Diabetes In Mouse Model |
- Controlling diabetes may someday involve mining stem cells from the lining of the uterus, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study published in the journal Molecular Therapy. The team treated diabetes in mice by converting cells from the uterine lining into insulin-producing cells. The endometrium or uterine lining, is a source of adult stem cells...
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2011-09-16 |
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| Diabetic Patients Underappreciate Hypoglycemia |
- Despite the risks of untreated hypoglycemia, nearly a third of patients with type 2 diabetes acknowledge that they do not routinely discuss the condition with their physician, new data show...
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2011-09-15 |
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| Diabetes Public Health: Study Highlights Need For Better Guidelines |
- A survey of federally funded diabetes prevention and control programs in 57 U.S. states and territories has highlighted the need for better diabetes treatment guidelines that are specifically adapted to different populations. Such guidelines do not currently exist...
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2011-09-14 |
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| New Twist In Diabetes Drugs Could Reduce Life-Threatening Side Effects |
- Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Fla., report they have created prototype drugs having powerful anti-diabetic effects, yet apparently free at least in mice of dangerous side effects plaguing some current diabetes medications...
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2011-09-10 |
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| New Ways Discovered To Stimulate Pancreatic Beta Cell Growth |
- One of the holy grails in diabetes research is to discover molecules that stimulate beta cell growth and to find drugs that target these molecules. Now, JDRF-funded researchers in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche, have done both, discovering not only a protein that regulates beta cell growth, but also a chemical compound that stimulates it...
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2011-09-08 |
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| Newly Identified Protein Required For Glucose Uptake |
- All cells need glucose (sugar) to produce the energy they need to survive. High glucose levels in the bloodstream (such as occur after a meal), trigger the pancreas to produce insulin. In turn, muscle and fat cells respond to insulin by moving GLUT4, a glucose transporter, from intracellular storage out to the cell surface. There, GLUT4 can take up the glucose the cell needs from the bloodstream...
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2011-09-08 |
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| Biomaterials May Prove Key To Healing Chronic Wounds In Diabetic Patients |
- Biomaterials may prove key to healing chronic wounds in Diabetic patients, delegates will hear today at the 24th European Conference on Biomaterials. Over 950 delegates are at the event in Dublin, which is jointly hosted by NUI Galway's Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials and the University of Ulster, Jordanstown...
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2011-09-07 |
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| Fetal Tissue Plays Pivotal Role In Formation Of Insulin-Producing Cells |
- A somewhat mysterious soft tissue found in the fetus during early development in the womb plays a pivotal role in the formation of mature beta cells the sole source of the body's insulin. This discovery, made by scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Texas A&M University, may lead to new ways of addressing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes...
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2011-09-07 |
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| News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Sept. 6, 2011 |
- Making Multiple Lifestyle Improvements Can Significantly Reduce Diabetes Risk It is well-documented that lifestyle factors such as diet, weight, physical activity, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption affect a person's risk for diabetes. Studies have shown that individual lifestyle improvements, such as quitting smoking, can delay or prevent the onset of diabetes...
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2011-09-07 |
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| Diabetes Risk 80% Lower For Those With Multiple Good Lifestyle Factors, Compared To Those With Worst |
- Individuals with good lifestyle factors, such as not over-consuming alcohol, eating a healthy diet, doing exercise, not smoking and being of normal weight, are 80% less likely to develop Diabetes Type 2 over an 11-year period, compared to those with bad lifestyle factors, researchers from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, and National Cancer Institute, Ro...
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2011-09-06 |
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| Metabolic Syndrome Prevented By Powerful Antioxidant Resveratrol In Lab Tests |
- Researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta have discovered that resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant found in common foods, prevents a syndrome in some offspring that could lead to later health issues such as diabetes. Resveratrol is found in fruits, nuts and red wine, and has been shown to extend the lifespan of many species...
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2011-09-05 |
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| How Cells' Powerhouse Divides - New Insight |
- New research from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Colorado at Boulder puts an unexpected twist on how mitochondria, the energy-generating structures within cells, divide. The work, which could have implications for a wide range of diseases and conditions, was published today in the journal Science...
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2011-09-05 |
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| Crippling Condition Associated With Diabetes Is Often Misdiagnosed And Misunderstood |
- Robert Winkler says he limped around on his painful left foot for six months, suffering unnecessarily from a misdiagnosis by a physician who didn't know about the symptoms and treatments for Charcot foot, a form of localized osteoporosis linked to diabetes that causes the bones to soften and break, often resulting in amputation. When his primary care physician finally agreed to Mr...
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2011-09-05 |
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| The Effects Of Airplane Travel On Insulin Pump Delivery: More Questions Than Answers Remain |
- Despite recent concerns that changes in atmospheric pressure during airplane travel may affect the amount of insulin delivered via pump devices, the current evidence is limited and it would be unwise to overreact until more data are available, according to an insightful editorial in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...
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2011-09-01 |
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| Sweat Meter Warns Patients Of Dangerously Low Blood Sugar |
- Some diabetic patients receive no warning before they pass out from low blood sugar. A modern sweat meter could alert patients in time. Biathletes and ME patients might also benefit from the sweat meter. By Yngve Vogt, research magazine Apollon, University of Oslo, Norway 25,000 Norwegians have type 1 diabetes. 175,000 have type 2 diabetes...
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2011-08-31 |
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| Inactivity Linked With Risk Factors For Type 2 Diabetes |
- 79 million American adults have prediabetes and will likely develop diabetes later in life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes continues to grow, researchers are focusing on discovering why the prevalence of the disease is increasing...
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2011-08-25 |
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| The Complex Relationship Between Exercise And Metformin |
- It's common enough for researchers to look at the impacts of prescribed drugs on the body. And if you're a diabetes researcher who believes that exercise has great benefits for those with type 2 diabetes, you're hoping your research will show that...
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2011-08-22 |
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| Red And Processed Meats Increase Diabetes Risk; Nuts And Dairy Reverse Effect |
- A new study finds that processed products such as bologna and hot dogs, and red meat in general can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes by almost half, and that by getting your protein from other rich sources such as nuts, whole grains and dairy low in fat, it will actually have the reverse effect...
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2011-08-16 |
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| In Mouse Model, Decoding Infidelity Linked To Type 2 Diabetes |
- Type 2 diabetes is an extremely common chronic condition characterized by high levels of sugar in the blood as a result of either insufficient production of the hormone insulin or an inability of cells to respond to insulin. A combination of genetic and environmental factors causes an individual to develop type 2 diabetes...
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2011-08-16 |
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| How Fatty Diets Cause Diabetes |
- Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics tend to have one thing in common: obesity. Exactly how diet and obesity trigger diabetes has long been the subject of intense scientific research. A new study led by Jamey D. Marth, Ph.D...
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2011-08-15 |
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| Red Meat Linked To Increased Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes |
- A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers finds a strong association between the consumption of red meat-particularly when the meat is processed-and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study also shows that replacing red meat with healthier proteins, such as low-fat dairy, nuts, or whole grains, can significantly lower the risk...
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2011-08-12 |
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| An Advance In The Prevention Of Diabetes Mellitus Following Kidney Transplantation |
- Up to 30 percent of all patients develop diabetes mellitus within the first year after a kidney transplantation. This high rate could soon fall rapidly. A Medical University of Vienna research team at Vienna General Hospital's University Department of Internal Medicine III has discovered in the context of a study that pre-emptive insulin therapy drastically reduces this rate...
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2011-08-09 |
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| Mobile Phone Technology Helps Patients Manage Diabetes |
- An interactive computer software program appears to be effective in helping patients manage their Type 2 diabetes using their mobile phones, according to a new study by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers. The study is being published in the September issue of the journal Diabetes Care...
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2011-08-01 |
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| Stave Off Diabetes Insulin Resistance With Muscle Mass Training |
- It seems that hitting the gym and resistance training may not only keep you fit and looking smart, but also will lower your risk of type 2 diabetes. People who are overweight are more likely to have insulin resistance, because fat interferes with the body's ability to use insulin. Type 2 diabetes usually occurs gradually. Most people with the disease are overweight at the time of diagnosis...
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2011-07-31 |
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| Increased Muscle Mass May Lower Risk Of Pre-Diabetes |
- A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that the greater an individual's total muscle mass, the lower the person's risk of having insulin resistance, the major precursor of type 2 diabetes...
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2011-07-29 |
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| Raise Your Muscle Mass And Reduce Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk |
- Building muscle can lower your insulin resistance risk, which in turn lowers your chances of developing pre-diabetes, and ultimately protecting you from ever suffering from diabetes type 2, researchers from the University of California in Los Angeles revealed in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Insulin resistance is a major precursor for diabetes type 2...
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2011-07-28 |
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| Worries Over Diabetes Mortality Rates In Status Aboriginal Adults |
- Diabetes rate increases in status Aboriginal adults in Alberta appear to be slowing compared with the general population, although diabetes is more common in status Aboriginals and death rates for this group are significantly higher than the general population, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
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2011-07-26 |
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| Summer Time Foot Care, Special Awareness Needed For Diabetes Patients |
- With the peak of summer (and the heat) now upon us, many of us will take time to kick off the shoes and take a walk on the beach or maybe on a grassy field in the local park. Some may even hop into a river or creek to cool off. No worries, right? Well, for some people, relaxing barefoot comes with some concern. Specifically, those with diabetes need to pay close attention to their feet...
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2011-07-26 |
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| Lack Of Access To Blood Testing Supplies A Worry For Many UK Diabetes Type 2 Patients |
- One in every 7 patients with diabetes type 2 in the United Kingdom either does not have access to test strips, or has had his/her supplies reduced over the last 24 months. Not having access to proper supplies is a source of anxiety and worry for the majority of these patients, according to the Diabetes.co.uk April 2011 Survey...
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2011-07-25 |
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| Isis Initiates Phase 1 Study Of ISIS-PTP1BRx To Treat Type 2 Diabetes |
- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced that it has initiated a Phase 1 clinical study for ISIS-PTP1BRx, an antisense drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes targeting protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B, PTP-1B. ISIS-PTP1BRx is designed to increase the body's sensitivity to the natural hormone insulin, resulting in better glucose control for patients with type 2 diabetes...
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2011-07-23 |
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| Massive Enzyme Footballs Control Sugar Metabolism |
- Neutrons have shown how massive enzyme complexes inside cells might determine whether sugar is burnt for energy or stored as fat. These findings will improve understanding of diabetes and a range of metabolic diseases...
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2011-07-19 |
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| The Benefit Of Blood Glucose Lowering To Near-Normal Levels Remains Unclear |
- Indications of advantages but also of disadvantages / Fewer non-fatal heart attacks on the one hand, but more hypoglycaemic episodes on the other Whether patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus benefit from attempts to lower their blood glucose levels to near-normal levels through treatment ("intensive blood glucose control") remains an unanswered question...
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2011-07-17 |
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| Surgeons Pioneer New Ways To Treat Diabetes |
- Surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are innovating new ways to treat diabetes using techniques from weight-loss surgery, including experimental procedures to improve blood glucose levels and address a major complication of the disease...
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2011-07-16 |
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| Dentists Can Identify People With Undiagnosed Diabetes |
- In a study, Identification of unrecognized diabetes and pre-diabetes in a dental setting, published in the July 2011 issue of the Journal of Dental Research, researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine found that dental visits represented a chance to intervene in the diabetes epidemic by identifying individuals with diabetes or pre-diabetes who are unaware of their condition...
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2011-07-15 |
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| Adult-Derived Stem Cells Could Pave The Way For New Treatment Of Diabetes |
- Stem cells from early embryos can be coaxed into becoming a diverse array of specialized cells to revive and repair different areas of the body. Therapies based on these stem cells have long been contemplated for the treatment of diabetes, but have been held back by medical and ethical drawbacks...
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2011-07-14 |
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| Diabetes Outcomes, Health Improved By Health-Care Model |
- A health-care delivery model called patient-centered medical home (PCMH) increased the percentage of diabetes patients who achieved goals that reduced their sickness and death rates, according to health researchers. Pennsylvania leads the nation in implementing this new care model that promises to improve health and reduce costs of care...
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2011-07-14 |
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| Managing Type 2 Diabetes - A 'Nutty' Solution |
- Eating nuts every day could help control Type 2 diabetes and prevent its complications, according to new research from St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto. In the research, published online by the journal Diabetes Care, a team of researchers led by Dr. David Jenkins (University of Toronto Department of Nutritional Sciences; St...
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2011-07-13 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: July 11, 2011 |
- METABOLIC DISEASE: Sex hormone protection from type 2 diabetes The incidence of obesity and its common complication, type 2 diabetes, is approaching epidemic proportions in the developed world. A key event in the development of type 2 diabetes is the failure of beta-cells in the pancreas to produce enough of the hormone insulin to meet the body's demands...
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2011-07-12 |
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| Sitagliptin Shows Anti-inflammatory Activity In Diabetics |
- The dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor sitagliptin exerts an anti-inflammatory effect in patients with type 2 diabetes at the cellular and molecular level, according to data reported at the 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA)...
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2011-07-10 |
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| Increasing The Daily Dose Of Aspirin For Diabetics May Prevent Heart Attacks |
- In some cases, an apple a day may keep the doctor away, but for people with diabetes, regular, over-the-counter Aspirin may also do the job. A new study by University of Alberta researcher Scot Simpson has shed light on the use of Aspirin as a preventative measure for cardiovascular disease and reoccurrence in patients with diabetes...
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2011-07-06 |
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| Side Effects Of Diabetes Drug Traced To Fat Action |
- For better or worse, a popular class of anti-diabetic drugs does more than lower blood sugar. One known as rosiglitazone (trade name Avandia) has been in the spotlight for its possible link to increased cardiovascular events, but it also seems to come with unexplained vascular benefits and an unwelcome tendency for weight gain...
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2011-07-06 |
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| Surprising Culprits Behind Cell Death From Fat And Sugar Overload |
- Excess nutrients, such as fat and sugar, don't just pack on the pounds but can push some cells in the body over the brink. Unable to tolerate this "toxic" environment, these cells commit suicide. Now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered three unexpected players that help a cell overloaded with fat initiate its own demise...
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2011-07-06 |
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| ASN President Bonventre Speaks At ADA |
- ASN President Dr. Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD, spoke at the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting, 71st Scientific Session, this June in San Diego. Dr. Bonventre was featured at a symposium entitled "New Concepts in Diagnosing and Treating Diabetic Nephropathy...
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2011-07-05 |
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| Fluorescent Fish Could Hold The Key To Understanding Diabetes And Other Diseases |
- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our understanding of diseases like type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's. The results will be announced today (3 July) at the Sixth International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, in Brighton...
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2011-07-03 |
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| Preventing Diabetes Damage; Zinc's Effects On A Kinky, Two-Faced Cohort |
- In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving. Recent research at the University of Michigan offers new details about how zinc performs this "security guard" function...
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2011-07-02 |
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| Zinc Prevents Diabetes Damage |
- In type 2 diabetes, a protein called amylin forms dense clumps that shut down insulin-producing cells, wreaking havoc on the control of blood sugar. But zinc has a knack for preventing amylin from misbehaving. Recent research at the University of Michigan offers new details about how zinc performs this "security guard" function...
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2011-07-01 |
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| Your Guide To Active Summer Living: Success Stories And Tips From Diabetes Forecast |
- Summer is a time for fun and exercise -- for people of all ages and backgrounds. The July issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, looks at the importance of exercise for people with diabetes and some of their successes, from a professional golfer to young athletes to older folks who are aging gracefully by staying physically active...
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2011-07-01 |
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| FDA-Approved Diabetes Simulator Commercially Available |
- A computer-based diabetes simulation tool developed by University of Virginia researchers is now commercially available, thanks to a partnership with the Charlottesville-based medical research firm The Epsilon Group. The simulator is the only protocol that has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an alternative to animal testing of Type 1 diabetes control strategies...
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2011-06-29 |
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| Global Diabetes Population Rises From 150 To 350 Million In 30 Years |
- The number of people with diabetes worldwide is estimated to have risen by about 133% to approximately 350 million, researchers from Imperial College London and Harvard School of Public Health report in the medical journal The Lancet. The authors explain that the main reason for this rise has been longer life spans - people today live longer and diabetes risk increases with age...
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2011-06-26 |
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| Generic Drug Reproduces Mechanism That Reversed Diabetes In Mice, Phase II Trial Now Underway |
- Promising results of the Phase I clinical trial of the generic drug BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) to treat advanced type I diabetes were announced today at the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions in San Diego. A research team led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Immunobiology Laboratory is presenting two abstracts (No. 2240-PO and No...
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2011-06-26 |
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| In A New Post-hoc Analysis, Significantly More Patients Achieved Blood Sugar Goals With JANUMET |
- In a new post-hoc analysis based on the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE/ACE) diabetes algorithm presented at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 71st Annual Scientific Sessions, significantly more patients with type 2 diabetes treated with JANUMET® (sitagliptin/metformin HCl) tablets achieved blood sugar goals after 18 weeks compared to metformin as initial therapy...
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2011-06-26 |
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| Mayo Clinic Developing Artificial Pancreas To Ease Diabetes Burden |
- The 25.8 million Americans who have diabetes may soon be free of finger pricks and daily insulin dosing. Mayo Clinic endocrinologists Yogish Kudva, M.B.B.S., and Ananda Basu, M.B.B.S., M.D., are developing an artificial pancreas that will deliver insulin automatically and with an individualized precision never before possible. As part of this effort, Drs...
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2011-06-25 |
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| Cebix's Long-Acting C-Peptide Ersatta™ Has Potential In Multiple Chronic Complications Of Diabetes |
- Cebix Incorporated announced that preclinical data for its long-acting form of C-peptide, Ersatta™ (CBX129801), demonstrated a half-life of three days as compared to one hour for native C-peptide. Ersatta halted the impairment in nerve conduction velocity, a measure of the rate at which electrical signals travel through the nerves, in an animal model of diabetic peripheral neuropathy...
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2011-06-25 |
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| Linagliptin Recommended For Approval In The Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes In Europe |
- Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) medicinal committee recommending approval of linagliptin, 5 mg, film-coated tablets (to be marketed under the trade name Tradjenta® in Europe) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes...
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2011-06-25 |
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| New Discoveries In Diabetes |
- A new signal pathway that renders the insulin-releasing beta cell more sensitive to high levels of blood glucose has been discovered by researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A second new study reveals a possible way to delay the disease by inhibiting a lipoprotein...
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2011-06-24 |
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| Still Hope For GAD Diabetes Vaccine |
- Despite the disappointing results in trying to treat children suffering from type 1 diabetes with the GAD vaccine, the treatment has not been written off entirely. DIAPREV-IT, the study in which healthy high-risk children are vaccinated, is continuing as planned, and now with more money behind it. "I am still hopeful that the GAD vaccine will work", says Helena Elding Larsson...
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2011-06-23 |
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| Cebix Initiates Phase 1b Clinical Trial With Drug Candidate Ersatta™ |
- Cebix Incorporated announced it is advancing the development of modified C-peptide for the treatment of complications of diabetes. The biopharmaceutical company has initiated a Phase 1b clinical trial to evaluate Ersatta™, its proprietary long-acting form of C-peptide, in patients with type 1 diabetes who, because of their disease, lack this endogenous peptide...
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2011-06-17 |
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| Type 2 Diabetes Decision Support Tool Available |
- A new computerised prescribing decision support tool designed to assist in the implementation of NICE guidance1,2 for the management of type 2 diabetes in adults in primary care is now available free to UK healthcare professionals...
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2011-06-16 |
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| Poor Management Of Diabetes Is Costing The NHS Up To £20 Million |
- HIGH WYCOMBE, Emergency hospital admissions for hypoglycaemia ('hypo'), a condition affecting people with diabetes, have risen by 13% in the last recorded year, with an increase of 76% in the last five years, costing an average of £892 with each admission.1 'Hypos' were also found to be responsible for 67,000 bed days in a single year costing the NHS up to £20 million...
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2011-06-14 |
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| By Keeping Diabetes Secret, One Million People In The UK Risk Their Health |
- Nearly one million people1 in the UK could be risking their health and experiencing emotional distress by keeping their diabetes a secret according to a survey by leading health charity Diabetes UK. The survey2, conducted for Diabetes Week (12 - 18 June 2011), found that one in three people with diabetes (34 per cent) had, or were still, keeping their diabetes a secret...
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2011-06-13 |
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| Research Team Tests Alternative Approach To Treating Diabetes |
- In a mouse study, scientists at Mayo Clinic Florida have demonstrated the feasibility of a promising new strategy for treating human type 2 diabetes, which affects more than 200 million people worldwide. In type 2 diabetes, the body stops responding efficiently to insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar...
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2011-06-10 |
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| Teens With Type 2 Diabetes Already Show Possible Signs Of Impaired Heart Function |
- Heart function may be affected in people with Type 2 diabetes as early as adolescence, according to a new study that will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. "Past studies in adults with Type 2 diabetes show that their heart and blood vessels' ability to adapt to exercise may be impaired...
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2011-06-08 |
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| New Weapons In The Fight Against Juvenile Diabetes |
- Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease...
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2011-06-07 |
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| Dual Isotope SPECT/CT Reduces Amputations In Diabetic Patients |
- Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting reveals the extent to which an ongoing study can help save life and limb for patients with diabetes-related foot infections. Diabetes can cause nerve damage and reduced blood flow to the bones and tissues of the feet, leaving diabetics vulnerable to infection...
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2011-06-07 |
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| Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race |
- New research finds that gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, may not raise the risk of heart disease independent of other cardiovascular risk factors except in certain high-risk populations, such as Hispanics. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston...
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2011-06-06 |
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| New Treatment Hope For Diabetes And Cardiovascular Diseases |
- New research at the University of Leicester to contribute to more effective drug design. A cutting-edge research project at the University of Leicester is aiming to improve the treatment of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases...
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2011-06-04 |
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| Type 1 Diabetics Have A Fat-Burning Advantage |
- Researchers may have discovered a new advantage for Type 1 diabetics, according to research presented today at the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) 58th Annual Meeting and 2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine®. New research suggests that diabetics may burn more fat than non-diabetics during exercise...
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2011-06-02 |
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| New Research Urges Diabetics To Find The Light |
- Spending time in a brightly lit room after a meal may help Type 2 diabetics regulate their blood sugar levels, according to research being presented today at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine and 2nd World Congress on Exercise is Medicine®. In this study, Arnold Nelson, Ph.D...
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2011-06-02 |
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| Pre-Diabetic? Start Eating More Fruit |
- Before people develop type 2 diabetes, they almost always have "prediabetes," defined as blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. There are 79 million people in the United States who have prediabetes. Recent research has shown that even during prediabetes both heart and circulatory long-term damage to the body may already be occurring...
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2011-06-01 |
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| Diamyd Medical: Diamyd Regains Control Of Diabetes Therapy |
- Diamyd Medical AB (STO:DIAMB)(Pink Sheets:DMYDY) announces it has regained control of the diabetes therapy Diamyd® following Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OMJPI) election to terminate the agreement the two companies signed in June 2010 to develop and commercialize Diamyd®. In June 2010, Diamyd Medical AB and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc...
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2011-06-01 |
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| Fracture Prediction Methods May Be Useful For Patients With Diabetes |
- Use of established fracture prediction methods in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) found that scores from these methods were associated with hip and nonspine fracture risk, and a certain score associated with higher risk of fracture compared to persons without DM, according to a study in the June 1 issue of JAMA...
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2011-05-31 |
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| HbA1C Test For Glucose Monitoring Poorly Predictive In Dialysis Patients |
- The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study appears online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and is scheduled for the July print issue. Blood sugar monitoring is a vital part of diabetes management...
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2011-05-31 |
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| Pregnancy Diabetes Risk Can Be Predicted Up To Seven Years Before |
- The risk of developing diabetes in pregnancy can be predicted up to seven years before by carefully monitoring known risk factors associated with diabetes and heart risk said researchers in California whose findings are published online today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
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2011-05-30 |
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| Einstein Addresses Bronx Diabetes Epidemic In Community Health Program |
- Fifty years ago, adult-onset diabetes was relatively rare, affecting less than one percent of the adult population in the United States. Today, more than 25 million Americans over the age of 20 battle the disease an alarming 11 percent of the population. The condition has been renamed type 2 diabetes because nearly a quarter of a million children also have it...
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2011-05-27 |
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| HealthPartners Personalizing Medicine For Diabetes Patients |
- Patients with diabetes and their physicians will soon have access to a new decision support tool that will reliably support a highly customized and state-of-the-art treatment plan in HealthPartners clinics. "The electronic medical record can present personalized patient information in a single screen to the physician and patient in an instant...
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2011-05-25 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: May 23, 2011 |
- NEPHROLOGY: Complex inhibition of severe complication of diabetes Diabetic nephropathy is a serious, sometimes lethal, complication of diabetes (both type 1 and type 2 diabetes). The prevalence of this devastating progressive kidney disease, which often leads to the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation, is increasing, making it a major public health problem in modern society...
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2011-05-24 |
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| CT Scan Could Help Predict Early Death In Diabetes, Study Shows |
- New findings out of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveal that a common test may be useful in predicting early death in individuals with diabetes. The study appears in the May issue of Diabetes Care. "People with diabetes are already at high risk of developing heart disease and experiencing an early death," said Donald W. Bowden, Ph.D...
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2011-05-23 |
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| Ford Motors To Provide SYNC Diabetes, Allergy Monitoring In Motor Vehicles |
- Call me crazy, but Detroit is going incredibly health conscious and has begun developing technology that will be able to monitor glucose levels, provide severe allergy alerts and keep medical records available all at the touch of a button in your car's interior. Ford Motor Company and their SYNC technology are leading the way...
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2011-05-19 |
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| Cell Signaling Networks Tied To Diabetes And Cancer |
- Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine have published a study that offers a new understanding of a protein critical to physiological processes involved in major diseases such as diabetes and cancer. This work could help scientists design drugs to battle these disorders...
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2011-05-18 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: May 16, 2011 |
- TECHNICAL ADVANCE: Mosaics model degenerative disease Degenerative disorders such as type 1 diabetes and Parkinson disease result from the gradual loss of a particular cell type. The conditions are only diagnosed after cell loss reaches such a level that symptoms are detectable; for example, approximately 80% of pancreatic beta-cells are lost before symptoms of type 1 diabetes arise...
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2011-05-17 |
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| Tale Of Two Mice Pinpoints Major Factor For Insulin Resistance |
- The road to type 2 diabetes is paved with insulin resistance, a condition often associated with obesity in which the hormone begins to fail at its job helping to convert sugars to energy. Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have now identified an enzyme called PKC-delta as an important molecular modifier for development of insulin resistance, diabetes and fatty liver in mice...
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2011-05-16 |
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| Discovery Of 'Master Switch' Gene For Obesity And Diabetes |
- A team of researchers, led by King's College London and the University of Oxford, have found that a gene linked to type 2 diabetes and cholesterol levels is in fact a 'master regulator' gene, which controls the behaviour of other genes found within fat in the body...
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2011-05-15 |
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| TPI Receives SFDA Approval For Its Anti-Diabetic Drug Gliclazide |
- Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (NYSE Amex: TPI), a pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharmaceutical medicine, modernized traditional Chinese medicine, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals today announced that TPI has received the China's SFDA's approval for its anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide Tablets (80 mg formulation)...
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2011-05-14 |
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| Medtronic And Bayer Healthcare Expand International Alliance |
- Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) and Bayer HealthCare have expanded their international alliance to now include the United States and will work exclusively to develop innovative next generation diabetes management solutions for patients worldwide...
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2011-05-10 |
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| Metabolic Disease And Diabetes |
- Humans with rare genetic mutation point diabetes researchers in the right direction The cells in the body of an individual with type 2 diabetes are resistant to the effects of the hormone insulin. A few individuals are born resistant to the effects of insulin as a result of mutations in their INSR gene, which templates the protein via which insulin mediates its effects...
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2011-05-10 |
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| NICE Publishes New Guidance On Preventing Type 2 Diabetes |
- NICE has today (Tuesday 10 May) published new guidance on preventing type 2 diabetes in the general population, and among high-risk groups. These groups include people of South Asian, African-Caribbean, black African and Chinese descent, and those from a lower socio-economic background, where the incidence of type 2 diabetes is higher than in the general population...
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2011-05-10 |
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| Structured Exercise Helps Diabetics Control Blood Sugar |
- Structured exercise programs comprising aerobics, resistance training or both helps people with type 2 diabetes control blood sugar levels, and although physical exercise advice by itself does not appear to make any difference, when combined with dietary advice it does, according to a Brazilian-led study that pooled data from over 50 trials involving more than 8,500 participants...
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2011-05-04 |
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| Cardiovascular Side Effects Of Popular Diabetes Drugs Explained |
- Drugs known as thiazolidinediones, or TZDs for short, are widely used in diabetes treatment, but they come with a downside. The drugs have effects on the kidneys that lead to fluid retention as the volume of plasma in the bloodstream expands. "TZDs usually increase body weight by several kilograms," said George Seki of the University of Tokyo...
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2011-05-04 |
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| 2011 BIO International Convention To Host New Forum On Diabetes |
- In an effort to raise awareness for one of the most costly chronic diseases facing adults and children, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), together with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), will feature a two-day diabetes forum for the first time at its 2011 BIO International Convention. The Convention will take place June 27-30, 2011, in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E...
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2011-05-04 |
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| FDA Approves New Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes |
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tradjenta (linagliptin) tablets, used with diet and exercise, to improve blood glucose control in adults with Type 2 diabetes. People with Type 2 diabetes do not produce or respond normally to insulin, a hormone that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood...
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2011-05-03 |
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| Insomnia Linked To High Insulin Resistance In Diabetics |
- In the largest study of it kind to establish a link between sleep and diabetes, researchers found that people with diabetes who sleep poorly have higher insulin resistance, and a harder time controlling the disease. The findings, published in the June issue of Diabetes Care, suggest that poor sleep may contribute to worse outcomes in people with diabetes...
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2011-05-03 |
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| Researchers Discover Way To Make Insulin Cells |
- Simply put, people develop diabetes because they don't have enough pancreatic beta cells to produce the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar levels. But what if other cells in the body could be coaxed into becoming pancreatic beta cells? Could we potentially cure diabetes? Researchers from UCLA's Larry L...
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2011-04-30 |
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| For Glucose Control Bariatric Surgery Better Than Dieting |
- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, have uncovered a new clue for why bariatric surgery is more effective than dietary remedies alone at controlling glucose levels...
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2011-04-28 |
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| Medical Costs For Youth With Diabetes More Than $9,000 A Year |
- Young people with diabetes face substantially higher medical costs than children and teens without the disease, according to a CDC study published in the May issue of the journal Diabetes Care. The study found annual medical expenses for youth with diabetes are $9,061, compared to $1,468 for youth without the disease...
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2011-04-28 |
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| UN Summit Decision Marks Outstanding Year For Diabetes |
- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), representing over 200 diabetes associations in 160 countries, today released its first ever Annual Report 2010, replacing its usual triennial activity report...
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2011-04-27 |
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| Early Warning That A Child Will Develop Diabetes May Be Possible By Monitoring Protein Levels |
- Decreasing blood levels of a protein that helps control inflammation may be a red flag that could help children avoid type 1 diabetes, researchers say. Georgia Health Sciences University researchers are looking at blood levels of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, or IL-1ra, in children being closely followed because their genes put them at risk for type 1 diabetes...
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2011-04-25 |
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| Low Carbohydrate Diet May Reverse Kidney Damage In Diabetes |
- Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time determined that the ketogenic diet, a specialized high-fat, low carbohydrate diet, may reverse impaired kidney function in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. They also identified a previously unreported panel of genes associated with diabetes-related kidney damage, whose changes in expression were reversed by the diet...
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2011-04-20 |
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| Diabetes And Prediabetes Are On The Rise: New Medication In Research Trials |
- As the newest statistics from the CDC show, diabetes is an ever increasing problem for Americans. Almost 26 million adults in this country now have diabetes, an increase of 9% since 2008. Ninety to 95% of cases are type 2 diabetes, marked by a gradual inability of the body's cells to respond to insulin, and eventually an inability to produce enough insulin...
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2011-04-20 |
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| Is Type 2 Diabetes An Autoimmune Disease? |
- Type 2 diabetes is in the process of being redefined as an autoimmune disease rather than just a metabolic disorder, said an author of a new study published in Nature Medicine this week, the findings of which may lead to new diabetes treatments that target the immune system instead of trying to control blood sugar...
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2011-04-19 |
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| Roche Launches EMR Interface For VA To Facilitate Diabetes Management |
- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced that it has introduced a new Electronic Medical Record (EMR) interface for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that helps VA healthcare facilities improve their efficiency and accuracy by transmitting patient diabetes management data directly into the VistA computerized patient record system (CPRS)...
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2011-04-19 |
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| Combination Bydureon For Diabetes Gets Positive Opinion In Europe |
- Bydureon has been given a positive opinion by CHMP (the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use), part of EMA (the European Medicines Agency) for type 2 diabetes treatment in combination with other medications. The injection is aimed at patients whose glycemic control has not responded well to maximum doses of oral drugs...
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2011-04-16 |
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| Cornerstone Health Care, Anceta, And Humedica Present Initiatives Focused On Improving Diabetes Patient Care |
- John Walker, M.D., C.P.E., Chief Medical Officer, Cornerstone Health Care, is presenting Cornerstone's successful use of Humedica MinedShareTM Ambulatory as a basis for its new Patient Care Advocate program. Joining Dr. Walker in the presentation are John Cuddeback, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Anceta and A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., M.P.H...
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2011-04-16 |
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| How Can Metabolic Surgery Cure Diabetes So Fast? |
- "Since the recovery from diabetes occurs so early, a process other than weight loss has to be behind it. If we can identify and imitate this process, it could lead to entirely new ways of treating type 2 diabetes", says Nils Wierup, one of the researchers behind the study...
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2011-04-15 |
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| Artificial Pancreas May Improve Overnight Control Of Diabetes In Adults |
- Two small randomised trials published on bmj.com today suggest that closed loop insulin delivery (also known as an artificial pancreas) may improve overnight blood glucose control and reduce the risk of nocturnal hypoglycaemia (a sudden drop in blood glucose levels during the night) in adults with type 1 diabetes...
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2011-04-14 |
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| AANEM Joint Guideline Documents Scientific Best Practice |
- The American Association of Neuromuscular & and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), in collaboration with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR), released a new guideline on the most effective treatments for diabetic nerve pain, the burning or tingling pain in the hands and feet that affects millions of people with diabetes...
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2011-04-13 |
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| Diabetic Neuropathy Guidelines |
- Many people with diabetes have nerve damage that causes pain, such as burning and tingling in their hands and feet, known as neuropathy. This is a chronic condition that can severely affect a person's quality of life...
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2011-04-12 |
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| Metformin Better And Safer Than Most Other Diabetes Medications |
- Many commonly prescribed medications for patients with diabetes type 2 may be much less effective at preventing cardiovascular disease and death than oral metformin, Danish researchers revealed in the European Heart Journal this week. Diabetes drugs, such as glimepiride, glibenclamide (USA, Canada: glyburide), known as ISs (insulin secretagogues) have been commonly prescribed for many decades...
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2011-04-09 |
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| American Diabetes Association Launches Diabetes 24/7 |
- The American Diabetes Association is pleased to announce the launch of Diabetes 24/7, a new online application using personal health records that will allow people living with diabetes to manage their condition and share valuable health information with others on their care team...
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2011-04-07 |
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| Reducing Cancer Risk And Mortality By Avoiding Or Controlling Diabetes |
- Results of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study revealed that diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women. The data, to be presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6, also showed an association between diabetes and higher cancer mortality rates...
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2011-04-04 |
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| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 1, 2011 |
- METABOLISM New insight into the development of insulin resistance Muscles, liver, and other tissues take up sugar from the blood stream in response to the hormone insulin. Insulin resistance, which is associated with obesity, is a condition in which tissues stop responding to the insulin signal, often leading to diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
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2011-04-03 |
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| Age-Related Conditions Develop Faster In Adults With Diabetes |
- Middle-aged adults with diabetes are much more likely to develop age-related conditions than their counterparts who don't have diabetes, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System...
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2011-04-01 |
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| Spring Clean Your Diabetes Routine |
- Spring cleaning means it's time to tackle the home, the car, and even the office -- but what about your health? The April issue of Diabetes Forecast, the consumer magazine of the American Diabetes Association, provides spring cleaning advice in five important areas of diabetes care in order to get back to the basics...
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2011-04-01 |
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| What Protects Some Against Diabetes Complications? |
- Some people with diabetes possess yet-unidentified factors that reduce the risk for and even prevent them from developing diabetes-related complications, despite living with the disease for decades, a study published in the April issue of Diabetes Care has found...
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2011-03-30 |
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| Bariatric Surgery Is Highly Cost-Effective Treatment For Type 2 Diabetes In The Obese |
- Bariatric surgery is an especially cost-effective therapy for managing Type 2 diabetes in moderately and severely obese patients. These findings and others were presented today at the 2nd World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes, hosted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College...
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2011-03-30 |
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| Diabetes Veterans May Show Ways To Prevent Complications |
- Over time, diabetes can wreak havoc on the body's eyes, cardiovascular system, kidneys and nerves. A major study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers, however, has found that some people who have survived diabetes for many decades exhibit remarkably few complications a discovery that points toward the presence of protective factors that guard against the disease's effects...
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2011-03-30 |
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| GW Researchers Receive Grants To Study How Mobile Technology Can Help Patients Manage Diabetes |
- GW researchers have been awarded two grants from the McKesson Foundation as part of its Mobilizing for Health initiative, an initiative to improve the health of underserved populations with chronic diseases through the use of mobile-phone technology. The Mobilizing for Health grants, of up to $250,000 each, will support studies on diabetes care and management...
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2011-03-29 |
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| Strong Link Between Nicotine And Diabetes Complications |
- Scientists have reported the first strong evidence implicating nicotine as the main culprit responsible for persistently elevated blood sugar levels - and the resulting increased risk of serious health complications - in people who have diabetes and smoke...
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2011-03-28 |
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| Animal Model Study Suggests That Sitagliptin Can Slow The Onset Of Diabetes |
- Diabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another hormone, glucagon, can also contribute to diabetes type 2 by causing the liver to flood the body with stored glucose. Diabetes type 2 does not arise overnight, but slowly progresses for many years as a condition known as prediabetes...
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2011-03-25 |
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| Scientists Link DNA "End-Caps" Length To Diabetes Risk New Role For Short Telomeres |
- New evidence has emerged from studies in mice that short telomeres or "caps" at the ends of chromosomes may predispose people to age-related diabetes, according to Johns Hopkins scientists. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of DNA that protect the ends of chromosomes, and they normally shorten with age, much like the caps that protect the end of shoelaces...
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2011-03-25 |
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| New NICE Guideline On Diabetic Foot Problems Published |
- NICE has today (23 March) published a new guideline for the care of people with diabetic foot problems in hospital. Diabetes is becoming one of the UK's biggest health problems. In 2009, it was estimated that there were 2.3 million people in the UK with type 1 or type 2 diabetes1. With rising numbers of people affected by the condition, the incidence of complications is also on the rise...
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2011-03-23 |
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| Siemens Enhances Point-Of-Care HbA1c Analyzer With Added Connectivity And Security Functions |
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics announced a new enhanced version of its DCA Vantage Analyzer, a point-of-care (POC) immunoassay analyzer for diabetes management. The system now provides enhanced operator management and connectivity capabilities to meet the growing demands in POC testing for improved compliance management and data capture into patient records...
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2011-03-23 |
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| New American Diabetes Association Guide Offers Guidance For Parents Of Children With Diabetes |
- Diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States, with nearly 26 million children and adults living with the disease. More than 215,000 children live with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and 19,200 new cases are being diagnosed each year. Raising a child is a challenging task; however, raising a child with diabetes adds a level of complexity that can be overwhelming for parents...
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2011-03-21 |
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| Taking Diabetes Medication Helps Lower Medical Costs, Slightly |
- A new study in the journal Health Services Research shows that diabetes patients who do a better job of taking their medication have slightly lower health care costs. However, "it's not a huge effect," said lead investigator Bruce Stuart, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore...
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2011-03-19 |
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| Taking Diabetes Medication Helps Lower Medical Costs, Slightly |
- A new study in the journal Health Services Research shows that diabetes patients who do a better job of taking their medication have slightly lower health care costs. However, "it's not a huge effect," said lead investigator Bruce Stuart, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore...
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2011-03-18 |
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| Hope For Children Suffering From Hyperinsulinism |
- University of Manchester scientists have led an international team to discover new treatments for a rare and potentially lethal childhood disease that is the clinical opposite of diabetes mellitus...
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2011-03-16 |
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| Insulin-Releasing Switch Discovered |
- Johns Hopkins researchers believe they have uncovered the molecular switch for the secretion of insulin - the hormone that regulates blood sugar - providing for the first time an explanation of this process...
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2011-03-16 |
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| Newer Doesn't Mean Better When It Comes To Type 2 Diabetes Drugs |
- An inexpensive type 2 diabetes drug that has been around for more than 15 years works just as well and has fewer side effects than a half-dozen other, mostly newer and more expensive classes of medication used to control the chronic disease, new Johns Hopkins research suggests...
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2011-03-15 |
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| "Tried And True" Diabetes Drug Still The Best After 15 Years |
- Type 2 diabetes can often be a difficult ailment to treat and new solutions are being put on the market on a regular basis. However, metformin, which has been around for over 15 years and approved by the FDA in 1995, still seems to be the best in class and has fewer side effects and is cheaper than new innovative medicines. Wendy L. Bennett, M.D., M.P.H...
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2011-03-15 |
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| Study Seeks To Halt Progression Of Diabetic Nephropathy |
- Researchers at Georgia Health Sciences University are studying whether inhibiting an enzyme that reduces levels of a protective metabolite could halt the progression of diabetic nephropathy, or kidney disease resulting from diabetes. With a four year, $308,000 grant from the American Heart Association, Dr...
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2011-03-15 |
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| Does Treating Periodontitis Improve Diabetes Control? |
- The Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine is leading a multicenter national clinical trial to evaluate whether treatment of chronic periodontitis will help improve diabetes control. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Diabetes and Periodontal Therapy Trial (DPTT) monitors blood sugar levels of those with Type 2 diabetes after periodontal therapy...
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2011-03-15 |
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| Exenatide Once Monthly Showed Positive Results In Phase 2 Study |
- Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN), Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced positive results from a phase 2 study evaluating the effects of a once-monthly injectable suspension formulation of exenatide on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes...
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2011-03-14 |
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| TrialNet Study Seeks Answers To Type 1 Diabetes Questions |
- Individuals at risk for type 1 diabetes can help physicians at Riley Hospital for Children learn more about this life-long disease. Riley Hospital is one of 18 clinical centers in the United States and seven other countries seeking more information on how type 1 diabetes develops in at-risk individuals...
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2011-03-08 |
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| Non Communicable Diseases Hit The World's Poorest People |
- Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 8 million deaths in the world's poorest billion. NCDs - cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes - are no longer diseases of the wealthy. These were among some of the key messages coming out of this week's event co -organised by the NCD Alliance1 and Partners in Health, running from March 2-3 in Boston, MA...
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2011-03-03 |
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| New Home Blood Pressure Check Created For Diabetics |
- Many people get stressed when they visit the doctor, leading to blood pressure readings higher than normal. It's called "White Coat Syndrome." And since two-thirds of diabetics suffer from high blood pressure, getting accurate readings is crucial to getting proper care for them. Jenna L...
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2011-03-03 |
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| Improving The Diagnosis, Classification And Coding Of Diabetes, UK |
- A new report, launched by the Royal College of General Practitioners and NHS Diabetes, aims to improve the diagnosis, classification and coding of diabetes. It provides advice and support to all clinicians involved in this often complex diagnostic challenge as well as providing free, downloadable practice audit tools to aid accurate diagnosis...
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2011-03-02 |
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| Omni Bio Pharmaceutical Intends To Expand Type 1 Diabetes Trial To 50 Patients |
- Omni Bio Pharmaceutical, Inc. ("Omni Bio"), an emerging biopharmaceutical company formed to acquire, license, and develop existing therapies for indications with substantial commercialization potential, has committed to expand its Phase I/II human clinical trial in recently diagnosed Type 1 diabetes patients from 15 patients to 50...
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2011-03-01 |
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| Obesity And Diabetes May Be A Downside Of Human Evolution |
- New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that a gene called CMAH has been lost during the course of recent evolution, and may lead to an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in humans As if the recent prediction that half of all Americans will have diabetes or pre-diabetes by the year 2020 isn't alarming enough, a new genetic discovery published online in the FASEB Journal pr...
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2011-02-28 |
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| Simple Home Urine Test Measures Insulin Production In Diabetes Patients |
- A single home urine test which can be sent by post may replace multiple blood tests in hospital - the test measures whether or how much insulin is being produced by individuals with diabetes Type 1 and Type 2. The test kit was developed by Professor Andrew Hattersley and team from the The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Exeter, England...
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2011-02-26 |
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| Diabetic Wound Healing Improved By Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells |
- Transplanting human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been found to "significantly accelerate" wound closure in diabetic mouse models, said a team of Korean researchers publishing in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (19:12), now freely available on-line here. According to the study's corresponding author, Dr...
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2011-02-24 |
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| T-fal® Joins With American Diabetes Association's® Movement To Stop Diabetes® |
- T-fal, the leading manufacturer of non-stick cookware and small kitchen appliances, announced that it has joined the American Diabetes Association's Stop Diabetes® movement for 2011. The company has donated $100,000 in support of the American Diabetes Association and its effort to communicate the benefits of eating properly to effectively prevent and control type 2 diabetes...
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2011-02-23 |
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| The Frontiers Of Islet Cell Transplantation |
- Two studies published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (19:12) investigate frontiers of islet cell transplantation for treating diabetes. Researchers in Milan, Italy re-examine the role of bone marrow stem cells in diabetic therapy and islet cell regeneration and Canadian researchers offer improved strategies for optimizing pancreatic islet culture in vitro...
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2011-02-21 |
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| Brain Insulin Plays Critical Role In The Development Of Diabetes And Obesity |
- Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained lipolysis that initiates and worsens type 2 diabetes in humans. The research is published this month in the journal Cell Metabolism...
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2011-02-17 |
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| People At Risk Of Diabetes Offer Clues Toward Novel Drugs |
- Once people develop type 2 diabetes, high blood glucose levels alter their metabolism so much that it becomes difficult to sift through all the clues to find what might enable the disease. "To identify factors that play a primary role in disease susceptibility, we want to investigate people before they get to that point," says Mary-Elizabeth Patti, M.D. of Joslin Diabetes Center...
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2011-02-15 |
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| Evolution Led To Genetic Variation That May Affect Diabetes, Stanford Scientist Says |
- The root causes of complex diseases such as type-2 diabetes and obesity have been difficult to identify because the diseases are, well, complex. They occur at the dicey biological intersection of genes and environment, and, because they arose in our relatively recent past, it's not easy to simply compare DNA sequences from "then" and "now" to pinpoint likely genetic culprits...
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2011-02-08 |
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| Online Survey Launched To Help People Talk Diabetes |
- People with diabetes across the UK are being asked to open up and take part in a new online survey to help leading health charity Diabetes UK find out whether talking about diabetes has ever had an impact on how people manage their condition. Many people with diabetes may only have contact with a healthcare professional for a total of a few hours per year...
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2011-02-02 |
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| Loyola's Diabetes Clinic Offers One-Visit, Comprehensive Care |
- More than 23 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. Each year more than a million more cases will be diagnosed. Untreated or poorly managed diabetes can cause severe health complications such as kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke and nerve damage...
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2011-02-01 |
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| European Diabetes Research Network Receives 6 Million Euros |
- The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), University of Exeter, is one of 13 academic institutions and businesses across Europe to form a 6m euro research and analysis network, funded by the EU for a five-year period, which is designed to investigate the possible role of virus infection in the cause of type 1 diabetes...
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2011-01-31 |
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| 26 Million Have Diabetes And 79 Million Prediabetes In America |
- Over one third of all adults in the USA have pre-diabetes, a total of 79 million people, while the number estimated to have diabetes has risen to 26 million today, compared to 23.6 million in 2008, according to a new report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Prediabetes is when blood sugar levels are too high, but not enough for a diagnosis of diabetes to be reached...
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2011-01-27 |
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| Researchers Uncover Potential 'Cure' For Type 1 Diabetes |
- Type 1 diabetes could be converted to an asymptomatic, non-insulin-dependent disorder by eliminating the actions of a specific hormone, new findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggest. These findings in mice show that insulin becomes completely superfluous and its absence does not cause diabetes or any other abnormality when the actions of glucagon are suppressed...
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2011-01-27 |
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| Why Do Some Diabetics Escape Complications? |
- Much research has been carried out on why diabetics develop complications. Now researchers are asking the question the other way around. They want to know why some diabetic patients do not develop complications. What is it that protects them? The PROLONG study could provide the answer...
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2011-01-22 |
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| Prevention Launches Free "Outsmart Diabetes" Content Area |
- Today, Prevention-the #1 healthy lifestyle brand in the world-launches Outsmart Diabetes: a personalized, feature-rich, free content area consisting of all Prevention's superior diabetes coverage here. Outsmart Diabetes joins Prevention's overall diabetes platform, which includes books, DVD's, special interest publications and bookazines...
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2011-01-21 |
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| MannKind Corporation Receives Complete Response Letter From The FDA For AFREZZA(R) |
- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD) announced that it has received a complete response letter from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the New Drug Application (NDA) for AFREZZA® (insulin human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder for the treatment of adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes for the control of hyperglycemia...
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2011-01-21 |
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| Statement On The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act |
- Last year, the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was a historic moment for people with diabetes and for those at risk for diabetes. That's because of provisions in the law that provide for quality, affordable diabetes care and diabetes prevention. But it wasn't without controversy and struggle...
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2011-01-20 |
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| New OneTouch(R) UltraMini(R) Blood Glucose Meter With SmartCode25™ |
- For many Canadians living with diabetes, regular blood glucose monitoring, as recommended by their healthcare professional, is a key part of their daily diabetes management and can help prevent or delay serious complications. However, the majority of people living with diabetes sometimes experience uncertainty between their blood glucose readings and how they feel...
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2011-01-18 |
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| Why Coffee Protects Against Diabetes |
- Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why. Now, researchers at UCLA have discovered a possible molecular mechanism behind coffee's protective effect...
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2011-01-14 |
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| Sharing Their Vision To Stop Diabetes(R) |
- Now that movie award season is in full swing, the American Diabetes Association is inviting the public to become a film critic. Between now and January 24, the public is invited to vote for the three finalists, which includes the grand-prize winner in the Share Your Vision to Stop Diabetes® video contest. The video contest is sponsored by VSP® Vision Care and the public can vote here...
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2011-01-11 |
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| American Diabetes Association Announces Legislative Priorities |
- The American Diabetes Association®, the nation's leading voluntary health organization in the fight to Stop Diabetes®, is pleased to announce its legislative priorities for the first session of the 112th Congress. Each year, the Association identifies the leading legislative priorities and key policy goals as part of the effort to Stop Diabetes®...
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2011-01-10 |
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| The Number Of U.S. Adults Treated For Diabetes More Than Doubled Between 1996 And 2007 |
- Approximately 19 million U.S. adults reported receiving treatment for diabetes in 2007, more than double the 9 million who said they received care in 1996, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ also found that between 1996 and 2007: -- The number of people age 65 and older treated for diabetes increased from 4...
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2011-01-08 |
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| The Number Of U.S. Adults Treated For Diabetes More Than Doubled Between 1996 And 2007 |
- Approximately 19 million U.S. adults reported receiving treatment for diabetes in 2007, more than double the 9 million who said they received care in 1996, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ also found that between 1996 and 2007: The number of people age 65 and older treated for diabetes increased from 4...
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2011-01-07 |
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| Baylor Researchers Take Step Forward In Diabetes Study |
- Researchers at Baylor All Saints Medical Center are studying a solution they believe will improve the quantity and quality of isolated human pancreatic islet cells. The harvested cells can then be transplanted into the livers of patients with Type 1 diabetes, enabling them to produce their own insulin...
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2011-01-07 |
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| Routine Blood Test May Identify People With Pre-Diabetes, Cutting Later Treatment Costs |
- A simpler form of testing individuals with risk factors for diabetes could improve diabetes prevention efforts by substantially increasing the number of individuals who complete testing and learn whether or not they are likely to develop diabetes Approximately 60 million Americans, one-third of the adult population, are pre-diabetic...
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2011-01-07 |
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| Santarus And Depomed Announce Availability Of GLUMETZA 500 Mg Tablets |
- Santarus, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNTS) and Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO) announced that supply of GLUMETZA® 500 mg (metformin HCl extended release tablets) to wholesalers and retailers has resumed. GLUMETZA is a once-daily, extended release formulation of metformin and is approved for use in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. GLUMETZA 500 mg and GLUMETZA 1000 mg are promoted in the U.S...
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2011-01-06 |
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| New Clues Uncover How "Starvation Hormone" Works |
- New findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers may solve a 17-year-old mystery about how the so-called "starvation hormone" affects multiple biological systems, including preventing insulin sensitivity and promoting cell survival...
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2010-12-28 |
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| Iluvien For Diabetic Macular Edema Turned Down By FDA |
- Investigational drug Iluvien (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal insert) for the treatment of diabetic macular edema cannot be approved in its present form, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) wrote in its Complete Response Letter (CRL). Illuven is the result of a collaboration between pSdivida Corp. and Alimera Sciences Inc...
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2010-12-24 |
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| Researchers Uncover Cellular Mechanism Responsible For Chronic Inflammation, Type 2 Diabetes |
- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that certain T cells require input from monocytes in order to maintain their pro-inflammatory response in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study also showed, for the first time, how a loss in homeostasis in this group of T cells most likely promotes chronic inflammation associated with T2D...
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2010-12-23 |
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| Study Identifies Cells That Give Rise To Brown Fat |
- In some adults, the white fat cells that we all stockpile so readily are supplemented by a very different form of fat brown fat cells, which can offer the neat trick of burning energy rather than storing it...
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2010-12-22 |
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| Diabetes Risk May Be Reduced By Component In Common Dairy Foods |
- Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and collaborators from other institutions have identified a natural substance in dairy fat that may substantially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. The compound, trans-palmitoleic acid, is a fatty acid found in milk, cheese, yogurt, and butter. It is not produced by the body and so only comes from the diet...
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2010-12-21 |
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| Almonds May Help Reduce Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes And Heart Disease |
- With nearly 16 million Americans living today with prediabetes, a condition that is the precursor to type 2 diabetes, and half of all Americans expected to have either prediabetes or type 2 diabetes by the year 2020, nutritional approaches to maintaining healthy blood sugar levels are essential...
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2010-12-20 |
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| AHRQ News And Numbers: One In 16 Women Hospitalized For Childbirth Has Diabetes |
- More than a quarter million women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals in 2008 had pre-existing diabetes or developed it during their pregnancy - a condition called gestational diabetes, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This equals 6.4 percent of the 4.2 million women who gave birth in that year...
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2010-12-16 |
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| Diabetes Care Improved By Disease-Management Programs |
- Disease-management programs, which may include patient education, psychological intervention, dietary education, self-monitoring and telemedicine, can improve diabetes care, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The study, by French researchers, included 41 randomized controlled trials published between 1990 and 2009 with a total of 7013 patients...
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2010-12-15 |
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| Sperm Stem Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Cells |
- Using sperm stem cells to make pancreatic beta insulin-producing cells could one day form the basis of a safe treatment for type 1 diabetes in men with the disease, and there is no reason why a similar treatment based on egg stem cells should not be feasible for women with the disease, scientists told a conference in the US on Sunday. Dr G...
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2010-12-13 |
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| JDRF Applauds Congress For Passage Of $300 Million For Type 1 Diabetes Research |
- "Today Congress passed a multi-year renewal of the Special Diabetes Program (SDP), ensuring that studies on promising diabetes treatments and avenues toward a cure continue uninterrupted. As the father of a son living with type 1 diabetes, and as CEO of JDRF, one of the leading advocates for the renewal of this program, I applaud the U.S...
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2010-12-10 |
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| Exercise Can Help Tame Type 2 Diabetes, Say New Guidelines |
- New guidelines on exercise for people with diabetes are likely to open some eyes and, for those who follow them, help prevent or manage diabetes, improve overall health and boost quality of life. A panel of nine experts developed the recommendations, published this month in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)...
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2010-12-10 |
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| Limiting Salt Lowers Blood Pressure And Health Risks In Diabetes |
- For patients living with diabetes, reducing the amount of salt in their daily diet is key to warding off serious threats to their health, a new review of studies finds. In the Cochrane review, the authors evaluated 13 studies with 254 adults who had either type 1 or type 2 diabetes...
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2010-12-09 |
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| Glucose-Responsive Insulin Advances Toward Clinical Development |
- Pharmaceutical company, Merck & Co., Inc. has announced that it will acquire SmartCells, Inc., a private biotech developing a glucose-responsive insulin whose proof-of-concept preclinical trials were partially funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)...
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2010-12-07 |
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| Diabetic Brains Suffer From Lack Of Cholesterol |
- Our brains are packed with cholesterol, almost all of which has to be produced within the brain itself, where it is critical for normal brain functions. Now, a new study in the December Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, reveals how that critical cholesterol synthesis in the brain is derailed in mice with diabetes...
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2010-12-02 |
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