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Archives 3rd Quarter 2005

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News for Week #39 2005

Dairy food consumption linked to lower risk of metabolic syndrome
Food Navigator - France
By Dominique Patton. 29/09/2005 - The more dairy products consumed, the less likely your chances of metabolic syndrome, suggests a new study out of Iran. ...

Diabetic Breakthrough Discovered At UTHSC
WOAI - San Antonio,TX,USA
A big breakthrough for diabetics with kidney disease made right here in San Antonio. Researchers at UT Health Science Center have ...

Eisai wins diabetic neuropathy drug from Dainippon
Reuters - USA
... Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (4506.T: Quote, Profile, Research) to develop, produce and sell an experimental diabetic neuropathy drug.

Examiner says insulin killed Garcia
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
CROWN POINT -- Cipriano Garcia had an enlarged heart and a blocked coronary artery, but he died from insulin intoxication, Dr. Mitra Kalelkar, assistant chief ...

Study Shows E1-INT(TM) Regenerates Human Insulin Producing Cells
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... At the end of the study, the number of human insulin producing cells in the E1-INT(TM) treated mice had increased more than 10-fold compared to the placebo ...

Potential New Treatment For Insulin-dependent Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Insulin-producing Cells Found In A Variety Of Tissues In Diabetes (February 18, 2004) -- Cells that produce insulin have been unexpectedly found in the fat ...

Myriad Genetics Discovers COB1 Gene for Early-Onset Obesity
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
- Mutation in Insulin-Signaling Gene May be Responsible for Overeating in Children - SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. ...

New diet offers plan to avoid weight gain, aging
MSNBC - USA
... Why? Because eating these foods provokes a pro-inflammatory rapid rise in blood sugar, resulting in elevated insulin levels. Insulin ...

Father slumps over wheel in diabetic shock with daughter in truck
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
By ANNA CROWLEY / 6NEWS. The 4-year-old girl was riding along with her dad on Harrisburg Road when he went into diabetic shock and slumped over the wheel. ...

Dr Reddy's announces deal for diabetes drug
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... it had entered a co-development and commercialisation agreement with Denmark-based Rheoscience A/S for the joint development of a drug to treat diabetes. ...

New test predicts damage from diabetes
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... of refining a blood test aimed at predicting the likelihood of organ damage in those with elevated blood-sugar levels, particularly patients with diabetes. ...

Evidence based guideline for diabetes
Hindu - Chennai,India
... controlling blood glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and lipid levels have to be controlled said Philip D. Home (right), Professor of Diabetes Medicine at ...

Beta Cells Forever?
Science Now (subscription) - USA
A major goal in the fight against type 1 diabetes is an adequate supply of insulin-producing cells. Now, a team of scientists in ...

Lipitor is OK'd for diabetics
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... approved its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, the world's best-selling medicine, to reduce risk of stroke and heart attack in patients with Type 2 diabetes. ...

DiObex Receives Fast-Track Status From FDA for VLD-Glucagon
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... the company's lead drug candidates, Very Low Dose Glucagon (VLD-Glucagon) to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with insulin intensification in ...

UVA Researchers Could Reduce Heart Disease
WCAV - Charlottesville,VA,USA
... of pre-diabetes and heart disease and UVA researchers find a treatment that potentially could reduce heart disease in those living with the Metabolic Syndrome. ...

Insulin-producing cells protected by drug
United Press International - USA
26 (UPI) -- Scientists in Japan have found that blocking one type of immune cell improves the survival of transplanted insulin-producing cells. ...

FDA Approves Lipitor for Wider Use
Washington Post - United States
Pfizer also said the FDA approved Lipitor to reduce the chance of stroke in people without diabetes but who have multiple other risk factors. ...

Doctors 'must train in nutrition'
Daily Mail - UK - UK
... Nutrition is recognised as vital in aspects of health including heart disease risk, obesity, diabetes, bone health and brain development. ...

The connection between gum disease and diabetes
Saipan Tribune - West Orange,NJ,USA
Diabetes is an illness in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is needed by the body to convert sugar ...

Even a Little Extra Body Fat May be Harmful in Youth
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
... with a clustering of heart disease risk factors (including high blood pressure, cholesterol abnormalities and insulin resistance) known as metabolic syndrome. ...

Potential new treatment for insulin-dependent diabetes
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
In the October 3 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Masaru Taniguchi and colleagues report that transplanted insulin-producing cells survive better ...

Smokers Are Twice as Likely to Develop Diabetes, Study Reports
Bloomberg - USA
... for glucose tolerance, body-mass index and other potential risk factors in an analysis of 895 people who participated in an Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis ...

Emisphere Technologies Announces $15 Million Financing with ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Emisphere plans to use the proceeds of the loan to fund its clinical development programs in oral heparin and insulin and for general corporate purposes. ...

NEW RESEARCH: YEAST 'UP THE NOSE' MAY SAVE PEOPLE WITH DIABETES ...
ITNews - Roma,Italy
But researchers at Leeds University have found that it may be crucial in helping people with diabetes to deliver insulin - up the nose. ...

hVps34, a new target in fight against obesity and diabetes
Xagena.it - Italy
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati ( UC ) have identified a possible new target for treating obesity and diabetes. The ...

Scientist to lead heart study
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Brian Walker, of the University of Edinburgh, is heading the research into an enzyme which appears to influence how closely obesity and diabetes are linked to ...

Columbia study shows elderly with diabetes at increased risk for ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... study from Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion suggests that nursing home residents with diabetes are four ...

News for Week #38 2005

IT pros at high risk of diabetes
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
Software engineers and call centre employees face a higher risk of diabetes, says a recent study. This is primarily because of their ...

Ypsomed shares fall 6 pct on OptiClick lawsuit
Reuters - USA
Novo said late on Thursday it was seeking an injunction against Sanofi's OptiClick insulin injection pens in a dispute with the French drug maker and certain ...

Phosphagenics: New Details On Insulin Study >PSG.LN
Yahoo! News - USA
Friday announced further details of its potentially groundbreaking achievement in delivering insulin through animal skin using its non-invasive and patient ...

Making Small Changes Can Help Child Obesity, Diabetes
NBC 11.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... habits. Those changes can make a big difference when it comes to preventing obesity, and even diabetes, NBC11's Marianne Favro said. ...

Mediterranean Diet May Be Effective in Reducing Prevalence of ...
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
... closed internal spaces of the body, including the blood vessels) function and in reducing vascular inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome ...

Diabetes risk reduced by elimination of sugary sodas
Blogging Baby - Santa Monica,CA,USA
... the site who happened upon some research indicating that children who only have soda pop once a month versus once a day are 80% less likely to develop diabetes ...

Obesity alone not linked to fatal heart attacks
Sept 20, 2005 04:33 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
Being overweight or obese, in the absence of high blood pressure, does not clearly increase the risk of death from heart attack or stroke, French researchers report in the journal Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Metabolic syndrome and atrial fibrillation
Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA
More than 50 million Americans have a physical condition known as metabolic syndrome. It increases the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. ...

Insulin: Fat Storage - Fat Use for Energy
The Common Voice - Greenville,SC,USA
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have reported in RxPG News that chronically high levels of insulin, as is ...

Novo Nordisk Sues sanofi-aventis for Insulin Delivery Device ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020404/NVOLOGO ) Martin Soeters, president of Novo Nordisk said, "Novo Nordisk is an innovator and leader in insulin delivery technology ...

Exercise your Type 2 Diabetes
Christian Post - San Francisco,CA,USA
... by Tyndale. by Paul Coughlin. When you eat, your body breaks down food to sugar and this process activates the pancreas to release the hormone insulin. ...

Diabetes linked to bowel cancer
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: People with diabetes could be up to three times more likely to get bowel cancer, research suggests. Diabetes is caused ...

Diabetic patients missing CHD targets
AustralianDoctor.com (subscription) - Australia
by Cathy Saunders. Most patients with type 2 diabetes have poor control of risk factors for coronary heart disease and are not meeting ...

Diabetes deaths worldwide on the rise
ABC News - USA
Sep 20, 2005 -- NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Estimates of deaths from diabetes suggest that it may a leading cause of death worldwide, researchers report. ...

UConn Study: Two Common Drugs Reduce Diabetes Risk
Daily Campus (subscription) - Storrs,CT,USA
Two commonly prescribed classes of drugs (ACE inhibitors and ARB's) have been shown to reduce patients' risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes in a new study conducted by three UConn ...

Canadian Diabetes Study: A Wake-up Call
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
20 /CNW/ - Data from the largest diabetes study of its kind in Canada show that one in two people with type 2 diabetes does not have their blood sugar under ...

Novartis Diabetes' Drug Data Lack Details
New Ratings - USA
0804 GMT [Dow Jones] Novartis (NVS) LAF237 data in diabetes sends a mixed message, says Lehman Bros. Side-effects profile is described ...

Novartis to file new diabetes drug LAF237, SPP100 against ...
Forbes - USA
ZURICH (AFX) - Novartis AG said it plans to file two new first-in-class compounds, LAF237 against diabetes and SPP100 against hypertension, for regulatory ...

Low cost tool to detect diabetes
Chennai Online - Chennai,India
"The Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) has 70 per cent sensitivity and 60 per cent specificity. That is it can help identify over ...

European Association for the Study of Diabetes 41st Annual Meeting
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... by independent authors under the editorial supervision of Medscape and do not represent a publication of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. ...

New Treatment Offers Hope to Millions of Diabetics
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Technology Derived From Treating Deep-Sea Divers for 'the Bends' Shows Promise for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Affecting 2.35 Million Americans. ...

Possible new target for treating obesity and diabetes
News-Medical.net - World
... This molecule triggers the activation of an enzyme, S6 Kinase 1 (S6K1), whose function UC researchers linked last year to obesity and insulin resistance. ...

Quarter of diabetes 'undiagnosed'
BBC News - UK
A quarter of people with diabetes in England have not had the condition diagnosed, a study suggests. Among women over 40 who had ...

Netherlands: Moderate drinking appears to cut diabetes risk
di-ve.com - Malta
... a review of 15 different studies, that there is strong evidence to suggest that moderate alcohol consumption may protect against the development of diabetes. ...

Scripps lab chief explores diabetes, Alzheimer's link
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... He's focused on a mysterious commonality between diabetes and Alzheimer's. ... Leissring is asking them -- especially, questions about the diabetes link. ...

Rimonabant Shows Promise for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) - USA
19, 2005 (Athens) -- Rimonabant, a selective CB1 endocannabinoid receptor antagonist, may have potential in the prevention of type 2 diabetes, according to a ...

Patients achieved long-term pain reduction with LYRICA(TM) despite ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
19 /CNW/ - Pfizer Inc's LYRICA(TM) (pregabalin) capsules provided relief from pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia ...

Common Nutrient May Ease Diabetic Pain
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A common nutrient sold as a dietary supplement may help ease the pain caused by diabetic neuropathy, according to two new studies. ...

New study supports low-GI resistant starch ingredient
Food Navigator -USA - Montpellier,France
9/19/2005 - Resistant starch could improve insulin sensitivity, finds new research from Oxford University, underlining the potential of this increasingly ...

Diabetes epidemic takes a rising toll
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA
... stands out. During a recent 10-year period, the number of diabetes cases in Georgia grew at a higher rate than any other state. And ...

Diabetic Patients: At Higher Risk For Heart Attack
WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA
Here's a startling statistic: about 75-percent of people with diabetes will die of heart disease or stroke. Managing risk factors ...

LIFE SCIENCES The Long Honeymoon
San Francisco Chronicle - United States
That's because the brief "honeymoon," shortly after diagnosis when the body is still producing some insulin, is being lengthened to months, hopefully years ...

News for Week #37 2005

Mother guilty of murdering baby with insulin
KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA
... themselves. Police say Austin injected her young son with insulin. The punishment phase of the trial began Friday afternoon. This ...

Some diabetics would risk health to avoid shots
ABC News - USA
... This is "disconcerting," the researchers write, in light of the importance of optimal blood sugar control to a diabetic's health. ...

Magnesium may reduce risk of diabetes
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
... But recent studies highlight a reason that you probably wouldn't think of: Adequate amounts of magnesium could reduce the risk of diabetes by 10 to 34 percent. ...

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Has Potential for Patients With ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
16, 2005 (Athens) -- Continuous glucose monitoring may dramatically improve day-to-day management of patients with diabetes, according to data presented here ...

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Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
16 /CNW/ - Approximately two million Canadians have type 2 diabetes - a chronic and progressive disease that shortens life expectancy by five to 10 years(i ...

Blood Relative: New (Armenian) invention expected to make diabetes ...
ArmeniaNow.com - Yerevan,Armenia
... monitoring device for diabetics will become available next year, and its Armenian inventor hopes it will find broad application in Armenia, where diabetes is a ...

Diabetes affects 9% of the population, and 1 in 5 have high ...
Agencia Brasil - Brazil
Brasília - According to the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC), diabetes is one of the most worrisome risk factors contributing to cardiac disease and is ...

Biofeedback may help control diabetes
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Biofeedback-assisted relaxation seems to have a positive effect in patients with type 2 diabetes, leading to significant decreases ...

Surgical Decompression in Lower-Extremity Diabetic Peripheral ...
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
... Hospital, Huntingburg, IN 47542. Peripheral neuropathy can be a devastating complication of diabetes mellitus. This article describes ...

Generex Biotechnology Presents Additional Immunotherapeutics Study ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is a chronic T cell-mediated autoimmune disease that results in the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. ...

EASD: Diabetes Researchers Stir Metabolic Syndrome Debate
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... 15-After diabetologists broke ranks with cardiologists over the definition and clinical significance of the metabolic syndrome, rank-and-file diabetes ...

Medicure achieves 'primary endpoints' in diabetic hypertension ...
Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
WINNIPEG (CP) - Cardiovascular drug firm Medicure Inc. said Wednesday a key hypertension and diabetes treatment has cleared a major ...

Groundbreaking transplant for diabetes
Camden Times - London,England,UK
... Diabetics need islets, the cells which produce insulin, and now a method has been found to isolate those cells and transplant them through an injection ...

New Study Suggests Chromium Picolinate Triggers Key Enzyme to ...
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
... of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) -- a key enzyme involved in metabolism -- in skeletal muscle cells, thus improving energy balance and insulin function. ...

Diabetes: inhaled insulin yet to convince all
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
... of the final approval for an inhaled insulin product appearing to draw closer, a talk at the latest European Association for the Study of Diabetes' meeting in ...

Generex Biotechnology Presents Oral Insulin Clinical Data At The ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... drug delivery, today announced clinical trial results presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) held in ...

Sitagliptin, a new investigational treatment for type 2 diabetes ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
There are currently more than 194 million people with diabetes worldwide and this figure could exceed 333 million by 2025 if untreated. ...

Job can't be refused because of diabetes
Legalbrief (subscription) - Durban,South Africa
... position in the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, was told that he was medically unfit to be a fire-fighter, solely on the basis that he had diabetes. ...

Mangalore: Bitter News - Country Leads the World in Diabetes
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
Mangalore, Sep 14: A CME programme on ‘recent trends in diabetes mellitus', was organized by the Department of Medicine recently here. ...

Tingling could be early sign of diabetes
myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA
... These patients were compared to 52 patients with diabetic neuropathy and 42 with diabetes but no neuropathy who are participating in another NIH funded study. ...

Study Shows Exenatide Improves Blood Sugar Levels as Effectively ...
news aktuell (Pressemitteilung) - Germany
... indicating that exenatide improves blood sugar levels as effectively as insulin glargine (Lantus(R), Sanofi-Aventis) for people with type 2 diabetes failing to ...

High Blood Sugar Levels a Risk Factor for Heart Disease
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
... An elevated blood glucose level is the defining feature of diabetes, but until now it was unclear whether elevated glucose levels contributed independently to ...

International Diabetes Federation Launches First Global Guideline ...
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
Today at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) congress the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) launches the first ever evidence-based ...

Stealth Particles To Target Tumors
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Researchers Closer To Delivering New Insulin Pill For Diabetics (August 28, 2001) -- Chemical engineers are getting closer to developing a method for taking ...

Metabolic syndrome guidelines expand
USA Today - USA
By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY. "Metabolic syndrome" doesn't have quite the same ring as Alzheimer's disease or cancer. Most people ...

Metabolic Syndrome: New Guidance for Prevention and Treatment
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
The metabolic syndrome is a growing health problem in the United States, according to a new scientific statement by the American Heart Association and National ...

Vegan diet causes major weight loss
United Press International - USA
10 (UPI) -- A low-fat, plant-based diet is more effective at helping women lose weight and improve insulin sensitivity than an omnivorous diet, a US study found ...

News for Week #36 2005

Childhood Obesity Off the Scale in California
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Three-quarters of overweight teens will become obese adults. One-third of children born in 2000 can expect to develop diabetes.". ...

Dietary pattern, inflammation, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
Background: Inflammation is considered a key mechanism leading to type 2 diabetes, but dietary exposures that lead to inflammation and diabetes are largely ...

Diabetes mellitus and serum carotenoids: findings of a population ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
The role of these antioxidants in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus remains unclear. Objective: This study examined data from ...

Diabetic reaction occurs on escalator
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... store escalator accident brought a state inspector to Lord & Taylor yesterday, but the incident turned out to be a person having a diabetic reaction, a fire ...

MultiCell Forms New Company to Develop Novel Therapies for ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... Astral"), a San Diego biotechnology company developing novel therapies for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, cancer and infectious disease. ...

Metabolic Syndrome May Be Independent Risk Factor for CVD
Medscape (subscription) - USA
8, 2005 (Stockholm) -- Metabolic syndrome, homocysteine and, to a lesser extent, the apolipoprotein B/AI ratio are independent predictors of cardiovascular ...

Drug protects kidneys of people with diabetes
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kidney damage is a constant danger for people with diabetes, especially when their blood pressure is high. ...

Metabolex Announces Presentation of Metaglidasen Preclinical Data ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... today announced findings from a preclinical study comparing metaglidasen, a novel oral insulin sensitizer in clinical development for the treatment of type 2 ...

Diabetic reaction causes wreck
Clarke County Democrat - Grove Hill,AL,USA
RJ Horn had an apparent diabetic reaction and lost control of his car Sunday afternoon and wrecked off of Old Highway 5 north of Grove Hill. ...

Bristol-Myers Wins Panel Support for Pargluva Diabetes Drug
Bloomberg - USA
... 5 US drugmaker, won the support of US government advisers for its experimental drug Pargluva, the first of a new class of non- insulin treatments for diabetes. ...

UPDATE 2-US FDA staff questions Bristol, Merck diabetes drug
Reuters - USA
... The drugs, called glitizars, combine increased insulin sensitization with control of blood lipids -- fatty substances in the blood. ...

Pfizer's Inhaled Insulin Wins US Panel Backing (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, won a US panel's support for the company's Exubera inhaled insulin to control blood sugar in ...

US FDA staff cites issues with inhaled insulin
Reuters - USA
... Sept 7 (Reuters) - US regulators want an advisory panel to scrutinize Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) inhaled powder form of insulin and its ...

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications Publishes Favorable ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY - News), announced today that a preliminary report of QR-333, a topical compound for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy, was ...

Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of metabolic abnormalities
Xagena.it - Italy
The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities with abdominal obesity at its centre. Although all forms of obesity ...

Insulin-to-Carbohydrate Ratios
Diabetes Interview - Fairfax,CA,USA
Insulin-to-carbohydrate (I:C) ratios, which are used to calculate the insulin doses people with diabetes need for specific amounts of food containing ...

HIV Lipodystrophy: Rosiglitazone or Metformin?
Annals of Internal Medicine - USA
... neck. They can develop resistance to insulin (the hormone that allows cells to use sugar), diabetes, and a high triglyceride level. ...

Soy protein reduces effects of diabetes on liver
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... MD -- A group of researchers from Mexico has discovered that a diet rich in soy protein may alleviate fatty liver, a disease which often accompanies diabetes. ...

Diabetes and the A1c test
Irish Health - Ireland
By Deborah Condon. Around 200,000 people in Ireland are diagnosed with diabetes, while another 200,000 have the condition, but are unaware of it. ...

Diabetes not associated with depression: study
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with diabetes are no more likely than the general population to have depression, according to study results reported in the ...

Excessively sleepy? Could be more than poor sleep
Reuters - USA
But a new study suggests it could also signal depression or even diabetes, regardless of whether an individual doesn't sleep well. ...

Trick the brain into thinking you've already eaten
Houston Chronicle - United States
... body's existing levels of oxyntomodulin, which tells the brain the body has had enough to eat, according to the study published in the August issue of Diabetes ...

Patients more in control of diabetes
Irish Health - Ireland
People with diabetes in Ireland are becoming more in control of the condition, reducing their risk of developing complications later on, a new survey from the ...

Social gradient in the metabolic syndrome -- explained by ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
There is a strong social gradient in the metabolic syndrome, which is not caused by differences in psychosocial or lifestyle factors. ...

Metabolic Syndrome, a map of the cardiovascular damage
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities with abdominal obesity (increased waist circumference) at its centre. ...

Epidemiology of metabolic syndrome in Europe
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
Previously, several different definitions for the metabolic syndrome (MetS) had been proposed and used by researchers. This resulted ...

Deletion of SOCS7 leads to enhanced insulin action and enlarged ...
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By Journal of Clinical Investigation, Insulin resistance is a fundamental factor in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Prolonged activation ...

ESC: Metabolic Syndrome Not Easily Defined
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... syndrome rises or falls on its definition, and that is amply illustrated by a dispute between diabetes and cardiology groups surrounding the metabolic syndrome ...

Childhood diabetes spike alarms doctors
ABC Online - Australia
Australia has one of the highest rates of childhood diabetes in the world, according to a study that finds the incidence of the disease has grown about 3 per ...

Childhood diabetes on the rise in NSW
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Paediatric endocrinologist Maria Craig and colleagues found type 1 diabetes in NSW children rose an average 2.8 per cent a year between 1990 and 2002. ...

Fry bread: Caloric bliss or something to miss?
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... t trying to cause a debate. She just was exhausted with yet another one of her relatives dying of diabetes. She zoned in on fry ...

News for Week #35 2005

Woman found guilty in husband's insulin overdose death
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Waterloo,IA,USA
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) --- A woman was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday for giving her husband an overdose of insulin. Kimberly ...

EU to develop new grain varieties to combat metabolic syndrome
NutraIngredients.com - Montpellier,France
01/09/2005 - Health-promoting cereal foods and ingredients aimed at fighting metabolic syndrome are to be developed in a five-year project involving 43 ...

Coke Mexico in health push amid spiraling diabetes
Reuters - USA
... health drinks in Mexico in what analysts say is an effort to fight rivals and also fend off growing medical worries about links between soft drinks and diabetes ...

Study says tobacco smoke increases the risk among teens for ...
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
DALLAS (AP) -- Exposure to cigarette smoke raises the risk among teens of metabolic syndrome, a disorder associated with excess belly fat that increases the ...

Celleration, Inc. Announces the Publication of the Results of Its ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... announced the publication of the results of an important clinical study Ultrasound Therapy for Recalcitrant Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A randomized, double blinded ...

Malfunctioning bone marrow cells sabotage nerve cells in diabetes
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... bone marrow cells that produce insulin appear to cause a dangerous nerve condition called neuropathy that disables many people with diabetes, said a research ...

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Delay Diabetes Onset
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Treatment with bezafibrate to lower cholesterol in people with heart disease also reduces the risk of developing full-blown diabetes in those who ...

FDA Approves First Qualified Health Claim for Chromium Picolinate ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... by Nutrition 21, recognizing chromium picolinate as a safe nutritional supplement that may reduce the risk of insulin resistance and possibly type 2 diabetes. ...

Mental Illness, diabetes link explored
United Press International - USA
1 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Maryland in Baltimore say people with serious mental illness have higher rates of type 2 diabetes than the general ...

Diabetes Costs US $98B
Red Herring - CA,USA
Market research firm Frost & Sullivan said Thursday that diabetes places a significant burden on United States and European economies, costing Americans more ...

Limited Efficacy of Existing Diabetes Therapies Poses Challenge
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Greater Awareness, Innovative Techniques are Sweet News for European Diabetes Diagnostics Markets LONDON, September 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At current estimates of ...

UK diabetes cases top 2m barrier
BBC News - UK
The number of people in the UK with diabetes has broken through the 2m barrier, with experts blaming the growing obesity problem for the rise. ...

Manhattan Pharmaceuticals to Present at Oppenheimer Diabetes ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Diabetes Conference at The Warwick Hotel, New York, Wednesday, September 7. An archived version of the webcast will be available for 30 days. ...

MicroIslet and The Scripps Research Institute Extend Collaboration ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... MicroIslet and TSRI have been collaborating in the area of islet cell transplantation therapies for treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes. ...

CytRx Announces the Advancement of RIP140 siRNA Into Development ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... today that it has determined to advance a small interfering RNA (siRNA) against RIP140 into animal studies for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. ...

Flatlining: Local anesthetics
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
... get the biggest bang for your buck?". The Humboldt Diabetes Project may have the answer. It started when Dr. Alan Glaseroff, chief ...

Metabolex Announces Publication of Preclinical Study in Diabetes
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... preclinical data showing for the first time that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in islet destruction -- a hallmark of type 2 diabetes -- and may ...

Diabetic Amputation May Reduce If Free Screenings Are There
MedIndia - India
USA is all set to start a free screening program to detect peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on time to prevent loss of legs from diabetes amputations. ...

Obesity and Diabetes Independently Linked to Adverse Pregnancy ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 30 - A large population-based study shows that obesity and diabetes are independent risk factors for a number of adverse ...

Solectron and Insulet Corporation Partner to Expand the Reach of ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The product debuted at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) 32nd Annual Meeting and Exhibition on Aug. 11, 2005.

Diabetes mellitus and heart disease.
HeartZine - London,UK
The number of patients with type II diabetes is increasing and predicted to exceed 200 million during the next 10 to 15 years. These ...

ACTOplus met(TM) (pioglitazone HCl and metformin HCl) Approved by ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for ACTOplus met™ for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. ...

What is Type 2 Diabetes
Bella Online - USA
Type 2 diabetes is a medical condition where the body can no longer utilize the insulin it produces. There are two stages in type 2 diabetes. ...

L-Carnipure supplements may help reduce diabetes during pregnancy
NutraIngredients.com - Montpellier,France
... Insulin resistance during pregnancy can lead to gestational diabetes, which affects about 5-10 per cent of pregnancies. According ...

Metabasis Inks New Deal for Diabetes Drug
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
and New Jerseybased pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. announced late last month that they signed another research agreement targeting diabetes drugs. ...

Diabetes Treatment
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... Just plain, ordinary tea. He was not ready to try something new. The assortment of diabetes choices that exists today can be frightening as well. ...

Bioton's low price diabetes drug seems set to succeed
Warsaw Business Journal - Poland
The formula of the medicine is currently being prepared by the Pharmaceutical Institute (IF), the largest domestic medical research center. ...

Living With Diabetes Plan
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
By Glenn Mueller. An important part of managing diabetes is adopting a healthy eating plan. The Living With Diabetes Plan on eDiets ...

Mobile phone link reduces chance of diabetes problems
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... Researchers at the Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Oxford found that patients who used the t+ diabetes system to receive ...

News for Week #34 2005

Overexpression of Insulin Receptor Substrate-2 in Human and Murine ...
Am J Pathology (subscription) - USA
Deregulations in insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) pathways may contribute to hepatocellular carcinoma. Although intracellular ...

Experts Testify in Murder Trial
KCRG - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
(Cedar Rapids -- KCRG) -- In Linn County court Friday, one doctor testified about insulin, while the county medical examiner talked about finding syringes. ...

Cost-Effective Strategy for Managing Type 2 Diabetes Described in ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
An economic model designed to estimate the impact on health care systems' costs of treating diabetes suggests that adding chromium picolinate plus biotin ...

Cellular energy rate down with diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Protein found to affect insulin resistance (July 21, 2005) -- As the number of people with type 2 diabetes continues to rise, scientists are working to ...

Additional Diabetes Patients Sought for Clinical Study
iBerkshires.com - North Adams,MA,USA
... This technology has been used for changing insulin doses in patients with type 1 diabetes, but its effectiveness as an educational tool in individuals with ...

Blocking Insulin Makes Mice Live Longer
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... it short. Klotho, the protein, makes mice - and potentially people - live longer by blocking the function of insulin. That's what ...

Insulin sensitivity gets a kick out of SOCS-7
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
Insulin resistance is a fundamental factor in non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Prolonged activation of the insulin receptor, inflammation ...

HaptoGuard Files Investigational New Drug Application for BXT ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... IND for BXT-51072 represents a significant step forward in our determined effort to develop a novel and much needed therapy for the diabetic community," said ...

World's first noodle for diabetics makes debut in Singapore
Xinhua - China
... named DIABETRIM, is designed to help control after-meal blood sugar levels in diabetics, which is clinically proven induction of certain diabetic complications ...

Obesity and diabetes carry risks for pregnant women
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
The risks that obesity and diabetes carry for adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as cesarean section and low birth weight, vary among racial and ethnic groups ...

Diabetes top health woe for tribe
Appleton Post Crescent - Appleton,WI,USA
... fall. Diabetes is a leading killer of American Indians and Alaska natives, but only in recent years has its extent become known. ...

Antigua to adopt protocol on management of diabetes
SUN Weekend - Antigua and Barbuda
... Minister John Maginley has advised his government to adopt a development programme called "Protocol for the Nutritional Management of Diabetes" to improve ...

Tomato Juice May Cut Clotting in Diabetics
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: For people with type 2 diabetes, tomato juice may help stave off the heart troubles that often complicate the disease. ...

Diabetes Groups Dispute Metabolic Syndrome Diagnosis
HealthCentral.com - USA
Two top diabetes organizations are challenging the value of labeling patients as having "metabolic syndrome," a diagnosis based on a cluster of risk factors ...

Additional Diabetes Patients Sought for Clinical Study
iBerkshires.com - North Adams,MA,USA
... This technology has been used for changing insulin doses in patients with type 1 diabetes, but its effectiveness as an educational tool in individuals with ...

Clinical Trial Currently Recruiting Obese Persons With Type 2 ...
Community Dispatch (press release) - USA
This study is designed to address the hypothesis that in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), a low carbohydrate diet not specifically restricted ...

Defense: Insulin overdose was accident
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
By ASSOCIATED PRESS. Cedar Rapids, Ia. -- A woman charged with giving her husband an overdose of insulin was a loving, affectionate wife devoted to her ailing ...

Scientists Find That Protein Controls Aging by Controlling Insulin
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a protein prolonging life in mice works by controlling insulin. ...

Antares Pharma Announces Successful Results From Clinical Study of ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Results Show No Significant Differences Between Needle-Free and Syringe Delivery of Insulin Lispro EXTON, Pa., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire ...

A whole new life: Thomson's Timmerman receives pancreas, kidney ...
McDuffie Mirror - Thomson,GA,USA
... Mr. Timmerman suffers from diabetes, which caused kidney failure resulting in dialysis. Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by insufficient insulin. ...

Does diabetes lurk behind Alzheimer's?
USA Today - USA
... By Mark Williams for USA TODAY. Then Gruetzner developed type 2 diabetes. ... "I began to pay a lot more attention to my diabetes," Gruetzner says. ...

Abstract on Technical Sourcing's Promilin(R) Ingredient Approved ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... source of the amino acid-derivative 4-hydroxyisoleucine (4-OH-Ile), appears to cause a reduction in blood glucose levels in patients with metabolic syndrome X. ...

Fry It Right(TM) Coating Confirmed ''Diabetic Friendly'' by ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... glycemic flour or bread coatings, Long's Fry It Right does not trigger fat-storage in fat cells, and does not elevate blood glucose or insulin levels, which ...

Insulin Resistance Associated With Increased Risk for Congestive ...
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
New research indicates development of insulin resistance increases a person's risk for development of congestive heart failure, according ...

HaptoGuard Files Investigational New Drug Application for BXT ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... IND for BXT-51072 represents a significant step forward in our determined effort to develop a novel and much needed therapy for the diabetic community," said ...

World's first noodle for diabetics makes debut in Singapore
Xinhua - China
... named DIABETRIM, is designed to help control after-meal blood sugar levels in diabetics, which is clinically proven induction of certain diabetic complications ...

Peers touched by student who died from diabetes
Berkeley Voice - Berkeley,CA,USA
... His family called 911, and he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with adult type 2 diabetes, a disease his sister said is rare in ...

NEW HEALTHY COFFEE HELPS FIGHT DIABETES: Also Targets High Blood ...
Eurweb.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Scientific research has shown that Gano Café can help with blood pressure and diabetes - two health problems that plague the African-American community. ...

MY FIANCE DIED FROM DIABETES.. BUT I WAS CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER
Mirror.co.uk - UK
By Antonia Hoyle. THERESA Durkin has endured a year of anguish since her fiance died - yet it's only now that she's finally beginning to grieve. ...

Metabolic syndrome doesn't exist, diabetes groups claim
USA Today - USA
The world's leading diabetes organizations Thursday challenged the value of labeling patients as having "metabolic syndrome," a diagnosis based on a cluster of ...

Cellular energy rate down with diabetes
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Protein found to affect insulin resistance (July 21, 2005) -- As the number of people with type 2 diabetes continues to rise, scientists are working to ...

Amylin Shares Continue Ascent
SanDiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
Investors just can't seem to get enough of Amylin Pharmaceuticals' stock after positive trial results for a once-a-week version of its diabetes drug Byetta. ...

Blacks and Hispanics More Likely to Be Readmitted for Diabetes...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 25 - Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites to require readmission for diabetes complications, according to a report in ...

Sanofi Lower; Diabetes Study In Focus
New Ratings - USA
1358 GMT [Dow Jones] Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) -1.1% at EUR69.55 following release of joint US and European diabetes study showing that the "metabolic syndrome" may ...

Blacks, Hispanics prone to diabetes complications
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blacks and Hispanics with diabetes are more likely than whites to require repeat hospitalization for complications related to their ...

The 20-Year Decline Leading to Diabetes
The Common Voice - Greenville,SC,USA
... a detectable decline in energy production by mitochondria in cells which seems to be a key problem leading to insulin resistance, and later to Type II diabetes ...

Injection of natural hormone promotes weight loss
Reuters.uk - UK
... Bloom, of Hammersmith Hospital in London, and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes that oxyntomodulin is one of several gut hormones that have been found to ...

Five Simple Nutrition Rules for People With Diabetes
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Five simple rules can help people with diabetes lower their blood sugar, lose weight and live a healthier life, according to a recently published book called ...

Feds to regulate emerging diabetes treatment: maggots
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News - Las Vegas,NV,USA
If you need another reason to lose weight, how about this: if you become diabetic, the only way to save your limbs from amputation may turn out to be the use ...

Doubts over "metabolic syndrome" weigh on Sanofi
Reuters - USA
LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The world's top two diabetes organisations have questioned the existence of a medical condition widely cited by drug firms, in a ...

Signs of diabetes often exist unrecognized
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... The pediatrician diagnosed Type 1 diabetes and told Laniado to take him to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston immediately. ...

Take that, diabetes!
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
But instead of catching bad guys, Captain Glucose and Meter Boy are on a mission to "educate, enlighten and entertain people with diabetes of all ages.". ...

Health Ministry proposes Rs 100 crore plan for diabetes control:
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Kochi: Keeping in mind the enormity of the diabetes problem in India, the Union Health Ministry has proposed a National Diabetes Control Programme (NDCP) with ...

Molecule Linked to Vision Loss in Diabetics
Forbes - USA
... The 73 patients in the study, all of whom had diabetes, were in the last stages of retinopathy, in which overgrowth of blood vessels in the eye destroys vision ...

Iron levels can be high in 'metabolic syndrome'
Reuters.uk - UK
... approximately 25 percent of western adults," Dr. Domenico Girelli, and colleagues from the University of Verona, write in the medical journal Diabetes Care. ...

Diabetes Health Fair set in Sterling
Brush News Tribune - CO, United States
Diabetes screenings, seminars by health professionals and new products and services for individuals with diabetes are featured events at the Regional Diabetes ...

Entelos Publication in Immunity Reveals Potential Reasons for Type ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... results of a comprehensive analysis of interventions tested in the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse model, the primary animal model used to study type 1 diabetes ...

Indian frybread: Debate rages over tradition, health ...
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
... t trying to cause a debate. She just was exhausted with yet another one of her relatives dying of diabetes. She zoned in on fry ...

Drug firms team up to combat diabetes
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
... in March, has signed a collaboration deal with Santhera which is likely to lead to the development of a multi-million pound market for oral diabetes drugs. ...

Coremed, Inc. Signs Joint Venture With China's Major Pharmas to ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
24 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move with worldwide ramifications in the treatment of diabetes, Coremed, Inc., ( http://www.coremedusa.com ) announced the signing of a ...

New diabetes drugs spark investor excitement
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of diabetes drugs are expected to almost double to $30 billion by 2009 with a host of new treatments on the horizon capturing the ...

A Big Test for 2 Drugs, and a Maker
New York Times - United States
... 6 and 9, are scheduled to review two new drug applications from Bristol-Myers - Orencia for rheumatoid arthritis and Pargluva for diabetes. ...

Finger-stick tests screen for diabetes
Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA
... birth? Those are just a few of the questions on a quick paper test designed to help you find out whether you're at risk for diabetes. ...

Novo Nordisk hit by success of rival diabetes drug
Reuters - USA
... in Danish drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO: Quote, Profile, Research) fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday, hit by the success of a rival diabetes drug. ...

Research and Markets: Diabetes - Chronic Complications
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
23, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23092) has announced the addition of Diabetes - Chronic Complications, Second ...

Fast-acting insulin OK for kids in diabetic crisis
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When children with diabetes don't get enough insulin, impurities can build up rapidly in the body and cause a medical emergency. ...

Adult onset diabetes increasing
Disabilities.AFreePress.com - UK
According to press releases and information from the American Diabetes Association there are two types of diabetes: Type 1, frequently called juvenile on-set ...

Malfunctioning bone marrow cells sabotage nerve cells in diabetes
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
... bone marrow cells that produce insulin appear to cause a dangerous nerve condition called neuropathy that disables many people with diabetes, said a research ...

Unsuspected diabetes common in heart patients
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diabetes often goes unrecognized -- and therefore untreated -- in people who suffer a heart attack or have severe coronary heart ...

MRI for Predicting Autoimmune Diabetes
Medgadget.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... recent study, the researchers applied the MRI-MNP technique to determine whether they could predict which mice would develop autoimmune diabetes and monitor ...

Indians fighting curse of fry bread: fat, diabetes
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
... trying to cause a doughy debate. She just was exhausted with yet another one of her relatives dying of diabetes. She zoned in on fry ...

Drug maker forges research partnership with WVU
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... WVU plans to use the settlement money to hire scientists in heart and vascular diseases, diabetes and obesity, neurobiology and respiratory biology for its ...

Myths about Diabetes
Indiatimes - New Delhi,India
... Similarly, diabetes too has given rise to a number of imaginary beliefs. ... Fact: There is no proof that sugar is the main cause behind diabetes. ...

Exercise can be effective in controlling diabetes
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
Question: I have diabetes and I am not sure what I should be doing for exercise. ... Answer: Exercise can be an effective way to control the effects of diabetes. ...

What is Type 1 Diabetes
Bella Online - USA
Type 1 diabetes is a medical condition where the body no longer can produce its own insulin. ... If the fasting glucose is above 200 or more diabetes is confirmed. ...

Stomach surgery centre opens in Sydney
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... the nation's children overweight or obese, more people are turning to drastic measures to shed weight and associated health problems, like diabetes and heart ...

Researchers Link Gene To Type 2 Diabetes
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
By Glenn Mueller. Scientists at the Joslin Diabetes Center have made an important discovery that may soon improve methods of treatment. After making. ...

Dietary Supplements & Diabetes: Tips For Smart Supplementation
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... to choose. from including our Living With Diabetes plan, get started today by clicking here and completing a free profile. Just because ...

Insulin resistance detectable 20 years before diabetes 2 onset
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... that are the cell's furnace for energy production -- seems to be a key problem leading to insulin resistance, and thus to type 2 diabetes, according to studies ...

HaptoGuard Files Investigational New Drug Application for BXT ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... IND for BXT-51072 represents a significant step forward in our determined effort to develop a novel and much needed therapy for the diabetic community," said ...

World's first noodle for diabetics makes debut in Singapore
Xinhua - China
... named DIABETRIM, is designed to help control after-meal blood sugar levels in diabetics, which is clinically proven induction of certain diabetic complications ...

Fat around waist a warning sign of heart and artery disease
The Financial Express - Bangladesh
The size of children's tummies may offer a simple method of identifying whether they are in danger of heart disease and diabetes at a later age, according to ...

New Imaging Technology Shown to Detect Pancreatic Inflammation in ...
About Diabetes - USA
Recent experiments by Joslin Diabetes Center and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers, however, offer hope that physicians may one day be able to ...

Indian researchers develop ANSiscope to treat Diabetes Neuropathy
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... equipment is a very specialized equipment which particularly detects the involvement of the Autonomic Nervous System which affects majority of diabetes patients ...

Battle of the bulge
2theadvocate.com - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... Most obese children will become obese adults and a large percentage will develop type 2 diabetes. Prior to the last 10 years, this ...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... as much as their littermates, consume nearly two times as much food, have elevated fatty acid and triglyceride levels, are resistant to insulin, and often ...

News for Week #33 2005

Gestational Diabetes: To Treat or Not to Treat?
Daily News Central - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Your doctor diagnosed you with a condition called gestational diabetes. ... But gestational diabetes is not as frightening as it initially may seem. ...

Billerica man recovering from fall in mountains
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... Other hikers found him and contacted rescuers who treated Saxon for diabetic shock and carried him nearly five hours before reaching the trailhead about ...

Hero: Bolivar boy steers car to safety after dad becomes ill
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - New Philadelphia,OH,USA
... Her husband, Mark, 48, had gone into diabetic shock Saturday night while driving with their son in Stark County and had narrowly missed striking several cars. ...

Sweet hearts
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
But did you know that diabetes is one of the leading causes of heart attacks and stroke as well? More than 70% of people with poorly ...

Nationwide Duke study examines surgical diabetes complications
Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA
... week by a medical student and her mentors at Duke University Medical Center underscores the fact that doctors also must be mindful that diabetes can affect how ...

An Exploratory Analysis of Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome and ...
Am. J.Epideminology (subscription) - UK
... Studies have shown an increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes with the metabolic syndrome, but information on predictive properties of the National ...

Blocked arteries in young adults with metabolic syn
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions such as high blood pressure and high blood sugar levels that raise the risk of heart ...

Insulin resistance detectable 20 years before diabetes 2 onset
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... production by mitochondria -- the organelles that are the cell's furnace for energy production -- seems to be a key problem leading to insulin resistance, and ...

Life-extending protein keeps blood sugar in check
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
The team found that mice with an excess of the protein Sirt1 in cells of the pancreas have improved glucose tolerance and enhanced insulin secretion in ...

Insulin Resistance May Be the Result of Mitochondrial Dysfunction
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
By PLoS Medicine, The role of insulin resistance (IR) in type 2 diabetes, the most frequently encountered metabolic disorder in the world, has attracted much ...

11ß-HSD1 inhibition ameliorates metabolic syndrome and prevents ...
Journal of Experimental Medicine
... levels. We report that pharmacologic inhibition of 11ß-HSD1 has a therapeutic effect in mouse models of metabolic syndrome. Administration ...

Women with PCOS May Face Higher Cardiovascular Risk: Research
Fertility Neighborhood - Lake Mary,FL,USA
... 3 The latter also exists in people with a condition known as metabolic syndrome, which involves symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and ...

Surgery for Morbid Obesity Restores Insulin Action
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Aug 15 - Biliopancreatic diversion surgery corrects insulin hypersecretion and insulin resistance in subjects with uncomplicated ...

Second-Generation Antipsychotics and the Risk of Insulin ...
Psychiatric Times - Irvine,CA,USA
... The article will compare olanzapine, quetiapine and risperidone with regard to weight gain, body composition, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. ...

Family, doctor says rabbit saved Illinois woman's life
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Murphy's doctor warns that a hypoglycemic coma can be fatal. But she credits the rabbit with telling the husband "Wake up. Something is wrong with your wife.".

Gastrin Linked to Body Weight, Insulin; Removal Raised Cancer Risk
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have linked the hormone gastrin to the body's ability to maintain normal weight and normal insulin levels ...

Alert over insulin pumps
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Roche Diagnostics are contacting users of their Disetronic D-Tron, Disetronic D-TronPlus and Accu-Chek D-TronPlus insulin pumps because of a potential quality ...

Possible drug targets for treating metabolic syndrome outlined
RxPG NEWS - Westchester,CA,USA
... other institutions have uncovered the biochemical basis of many of the factors contributing to what is known as the metabolic syndrome, suggesting potential ...

Metabolic Syndrome: high risk
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
The low profile may be because metabolic syndrome isn'ta disease, but a cluster of disorders of your body's metabolism - including high blood pressure ...

New Imaging Technology Shown to Detect Pancreatic Inflammation in ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
A key obstacle to early detection of type 1 diabetes - as well as to rapid assessment of the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention - has been the lack of ...

Looking at autoimmune diabetes, literally
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
A major problem for understanding and treating type1 diabetes is that we are unable to directly, but non-invasively, visualize the inflammatory lesions in the ...

PhytoMedical Receives Approval For Trading On The Frankfurt Stock ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... development and eventual commercialization of innovative plant derived pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compounds targeting cachexia, obesity and diabetes. ...

Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... The researchers findings may bring renewed hope to people awaiting treatment for a range of serious illnesses such as Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease and ...

Stress slows sugar metabolism in type 1 diabetics
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For type 1 diabetes patients, a episode of psychological stress significantly slows the decline in blood sugar concentrations ...

Weight control protein SH2-B may yield anti-obesity drugs
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... protein with a key role in the brain's ability to monitor body fat content may yield new approaches for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes, according to a ...

Diabetic Nerve Therapy Shows 'Striking' Results
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Research into a new treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes could bring relief to millions of diabetic patients, say experts. ...

Increasing sugar processing in the liver can lower blood sugar, U ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Finding ways to increase that concentration could provide a treatment for diabetes and obesity. The research will be published in the Aug. ...

FDA Review Period Extended for Nutrition 21's Chromium Picolinate ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Inc.'s (Nasdaq: NXXI) qualified health claim petition associating chromium picolinate with a reduced risk of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and related ...

Insulin resistance a marker for diabetes risk in kids: AIIMS study
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
... at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences have found a way to nail the propensity of a child to develop heart disease and diabetes -- regular insulin ...

Study helps pregnant women manage diabetes, treatment
Sea Services Weekly - Naval District of Washington,DC,USA
... Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic and Georgetown University Medical Center are conducting a research study to see how pregnant women with diabetes manage their ...

Cybernet Medical Awarded US Patents Covering Web-based Electronic ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... system), and vital signs measurement that supports disease management of hypertension, cardiac diagnostics, congestive heart failure, diabetes, COPD, asthma ...

Autoimmune reaction tied to diabetic neuropathy
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Individuals with diabetes often develop a problem with the nerves that control internal body functions, known as diabetic autonomic ...

Number Of Teens With Type Two Diabetes Skyrockets
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
(WCCO) New government research shows the number of teenagers with type two, or adult-onset diabetes is skyrocketing. Just 10 years ...

A spoonful of compliance helps health costs go down
Benefitnews.com - New York,NY,USA
... Medco examined more than 137,000 patients with diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension or congestive heart failure and found that, in spite of steadily rising ...

Gestational diabetes not as large a problem as once feared
Springfield News Sun (Subscription) - Springfield,OH,USA
DAYTON, Ohio -- Your doctor diagnosed you with a condition called gestational diabetes. Should you worry? Be cautious, is more like it. ...

Protein that regulates aging may provide key to new diabetes ...
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
Opening the possibility of new therapies for type 2 diabetes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...

Revolutionary diabetes R&D drives Biovitrum deal
Drug Researcher.com - Montpellier,France
... the signing of an exclusive license and collaboration agreement, which aims to develop DPP-IV inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and other ...

Protein keeps blood sugar in check
Hindustan Times - India
... keeps blood sugar under control in mice, according to a study that researchers say can help in the treatment of metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes. ...

Biovitrum and Santhera Sign an Exclusive License and Collaboration ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... DPP-IV inhibitor program to select and develop compounds and sell future drugs for a range of metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, obesity and ...

Role of O-GlcNAc in diabetes-related erectile dysfunction
Xagena.it - Italy
... " We were interested to determine whether high glucose in diabetes mellitus modifies the endothelial nitric oxide synthase ( eNOS ) enzyme, which is ...

Type 2 Diabetes: Problems in the Furnace
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
... that are the cell's furnace for energy production -- seems to be a key problem leading to insulin resistance, and thus to type 2 diabetes, according to ...

Coffee-diabetes link may be age, weight related
NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France
8/16/2005 - A link between consumption of coffee and caffeine and a risk of type-2 diabetes has been bandied about for some time, but a new research suggests ...

Special Unit For Diabetes And Hypertension At All Govt Hospitals
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- An out-patient specialised unit for treating diabetes and hypertension will be set up at all government hospitals and clinics ...

The glycaemic index and diabetes
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
One of the most important applications of the Glycaemic Index (GI) is its use in the control of blood sugar and insulin levels in diabetes, insulin resistance ...

Australian seeks bail to treat diabetes
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
An Australian cardiologist charged with the murder of his lawyer wife in Uganda wants bail so he can receive treatment for diabetes. ...

Eating vegetables, fruits reduces risk of diabetes, cancers
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
Diabetes: Risk is raised if close family members have diabetes, but the biggest risk factors are lifestyle choices. Being overweight ...

Vital Signs At Risk: With Diabetes, Ankle Surgery Poses Extra ...
New York Times - United States
By ERIC NAGOURNEY. Add another medical risk to the ones already facing patients with diabetes: complications when they break an ankle and need surgery. ...

Trying To Predict the Future for People with Diabetes: A Tough but ...
Annals of Internal Medicine - USA
This issue contains an economic evaluation (1) of a prevention policy for diabetes--a condition that affects more than 18 million persons in the United States ...

Australian seeks bail in Uganda
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Aggrey Kiyingi's lawyer says his client should be granted bail because he is not receiving the treatment he needs for diabetes in prison. ...

New diabetes gene discovered
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
Scientists have discovered a gene that plays a role in the most common type of type 2 diabetes, and they say the discovery could pave the way to a targeted ...

Older people with new-onset diabetes have high risk of pancreatic ...
Xagena.it - Italy
Researchers in Mayo Clinic Cancer Center found that new onset of hyperglycemic diabetes in adults age 50 or older may be a signal of underlying pancreatic ...

Diabetics fare worse after ankle fracture surgery
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
In the largest analysis of its kind, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with diabetes who require surgery for ankle fractures ...

Doctors see increase in kids with hybrid form of diabetes
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Health experts report a rising incidence of "double diabetes" patients: children with symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 versions of the disease. ...

Dr. Izzo, diabetes expert, dies at 90
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
(August 15, 2005) -- Dr. Joseph Izzo, whose research into diabetes brought international recognition to the University of Rochester, died Aug. ...

Heart Failure And Diabetes
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
with more than 20 fantastic programs to choose from including our Living With Diabetes plan, get started today by clicking here and completing a free profile. ...

E-GastricBypassSurgery.com Releases an Introduction to Gastric ...
Pressbox.co.uk (press release) - London,UK
... or greater, or being more than 100 pounds overweight), a health problem with severe consequences that can include hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease ...

News for Week #32 2005

The obesity and diabetes epidemic
Boston Globe - United States
... out of every three Americans who are overweight or obese, the effort seems extremely deficient -- especially given the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, a disease ...

Fat thighs may benefit health, say researchers
Boston Globe - United States
... For many people, mainly women, fat on legs, hips, and buttocks may actually help ward off heart disease and diabetes, recent research suggests. ...

Unichem plans cardio, diabetes brand buyouts
Myiris.com - India
The Rs 620-crore Unichem Laboratories (Q, N,C,F)* is planning acquisitions in the domestic market to broaden its portfolio in the fast growing diabetology and ...

New Diabetes Gene Discovered
Forbes - USA
12 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have discovered a gene that plays a role in the most common type of type 2 diabetes, and they say the discovery could pave ...

Can Chocolate Fight Diabetes, Too?
Science News - USA
... That, in theory, could guard against diabetes. Is dark chocolate emerging as a health food? ... Impaired insulin function can lead to diabetes. ...

PhytoMedical Announces Appointment of New President and CEO
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... us to establish broader business and research objectives to facilitate our goal to commercialize pharmaceutically approved products for diabetes and cachexia. ...

Many Filipinos diabetic and hypertensive
INQ7 Interactive, Inc. - Philippines
By Charles E. Buban. THERE are a lot of Filipinos who are both diabetic and hypertensive these days. National nutrition surveys conducted ...

Contributions of Basal and Post-Prandial Hyperglycaemia to Micro ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... in diabetes endpoints, especially microvascular complications, with the use of diabetes glucose- lowering therapies, including insulin and sulfonylureas22. ...

Strategies to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... established coronary disease. Many risk factors, including the metabolic syndrome, have been implicated in its development. Even in ...

Interrogated diabetic sues Glenview, cops
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
A Prospect Heights man claims in a federal lawsuit he went into a diabetic coma because Glenview police withheld insulin from him while questioning him for six ...

Avoiding metabolic syndrome
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Today's alarm: the metabolic syndrome, a common yet pernicious cluster of health conditions that elevates risk of cardiac disease. ...

Glycemic index helps dieters reach 'next level'
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... This is especially true for someone with metabolic syndrome, sometimes called syndrome X, said Tempe family and bariatric physician Scott Rigden. ...

Study Confirms Cinnulin PF Effectively Increases Insulin ...
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... subjects in the Cinnulin PF group noted statistically significant decreases in fasting blood glucose levels, marked improvements in insulin sensitivity and no ...

Woman cleared of insulin killing of ex-boyfriend
Life Style Extra - UK
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - A woman accused of murdering her diabetic ex-boyfriend by deliberately depriving him of insulin wept today as all charges against her ...

cDNA structure of an insulin-related peptide in the Pacific oyster ...
Journal of Endocrinology
Insulin-related peptide cDNA was characterized in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. It was determined that three transcripts with ...

Cytomedix Completes Treatment Phase of Clinical Trial For Diabetic ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... company's clinical trial involving 72 patients at 14 sites designed to test the safety and effectiveness of its AutoloGel(tm) System for diabetic foot ulcers. ...

Corautus Genetics Announces Collaboration and Licensing Agreement ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Center of Boston (CSEMC) that could lead to clinical trials by Corautus to evaluate the safety and efficacy of VEGF-2 for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. ...

Diabetes-Related Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Vascular Damage
Daily News Central - Las Vegas,NV,USA
An oversupply of a simple blood sugar could be a major cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic men, suggests a new study published in the Proceedings of the ...

Schwarz Pharma says neuropathic pain drug Lacosamide safe ...
Forbes - USA
MONHEIM, Germany (AFX) - Schwarz Pharma AG said Phase III data have shown Lacosamide to be safe and effective against diabetic neuropathic pain. ...

Cause of Diabetes-Related Erectile Dysfunction Is Clarified by ...
AScribe - USA
... the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins suggests an oversupply of a simple blood sugar could be a major cause of erectile dysfunction in diabetic men. ...

Sanguine Files for Additional Patent Coverage on Its Oxygen ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... formulate PHER-O2 and language depicting PHER-O2 as an oxygen carrier for use as a red blood cell enhancer and a transportation medium for diabetic islet cell ...

Diabetes Gold, Inc., Enters Into Agreement with International Med ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Complete Care Medical, Inc., (Pink Sheets:CCMI), is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Diabetes Gold, Inc., has ...

Study: Diabetes due in part to genetics
San Jose Mercury News - United States
By Julie Sevrens Lyons. It isn't just your diet or lack of exercise that might be setting you up for diabetes or a serious battle with the bulge. ...

Travel tips for people with diabetes
Moberly Monitor Index - Moberly,MO,USA
The nearly 300,000 adults in Missouri who have diabetes can enjoy relaxing, safe travel this summer-with some careful planning. ...

Interpreting the overall metabolic consequences of exercise in ...
AJP - Endocrinology & Metabolism (subscription) - USA
... have prudently evaluated the effects of regular exercise on 3-ketoacid CoA-transferase activity in gastrocnemius muscle in the streptozotocin model of diabetes ...

Gastrin Linked to Body Weight, Insulin; Removal Raised Cancer Risk
Newswise (press release) - USA
... the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have linked the hormone gastrin to the body's ability to maintain normal weight and normal insulin levels ...

Diabetes, the complications
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel - Scottsboro,AL,USA
... County. The diabetic's body either does not produce enough insulin or it is not properly used within the body to break down glucose. ...

Is PolyMedica a Value Play?
Motley Fool - USA
... The company, whose products focus on treating diabetes, has risen more than 20% from where the stock was 52 weeks ago -- handily beating the performance of the ...

Move to charge diabetes service rent sparks row
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
By Carol Nader. One of the state's biggest hospital networks is hitting a large diabetes service with rent and introducing parking fees to improve its finances. ...

Source: Complete Care Medical, Inc.
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... As International Medical Devices is the exclusive provider of diabetes monitoring products to Complete Care Medical subsidiary, Diabetes Gold, Inc., the ...

Eli Lilly to bring more diabetes products
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
... designed for the Indian meal." And Eli Lilly, the company bringing the `designer' insulin-pen into India, also expects to bring more diabetes-related products ...

Researchers Investigate Factors Linked to Development of Secondary ...
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... less commonly associated with patient mortality, concerns are increasingly shifting to the impact of such chronic health conditions as diabetes mellitus and ...

Eli Lilly lines up insulin drug trials
Business Standard - India
This is being investigated as an innovative treatment for diabetes. ... Thus it offers people with diabetes convenience, control and flexibility.

Travel tips for people with diabetes
Moberly Monitor Index - Moberly,MO,USA
The nearly 300,000 adults in Missouri who have diabetes can enjoy relaxing, safe travel this summer-with some careful planning. ...

Interpreting the overall metabolic consequences of exercise in ...
AJP - Endocrinology & Metabolism (subscription) - USA
... have prudently evaluated the effects of regular exercise on 3-ketoacid CoA-transferase activity in gastrocnemius muscle in the streptozotocin model of diabetes ...

Cause of Diabetes-Related Erectile Dysfunction Is Clarified by ...
AScribe - USA
... "We were interested to determine whether high glucose in diabetes mellitus modifies the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) enzyme, which is responsible ...

Diabetes Raises Risk of Colorectal Cancer
Diabetes Self Management - USA
In a study of over 45,000 Swedish men, researchers found that those with diabetes were more likely to develop colorectal cancer. ...

Childhood vow reaps medical discoveries
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... She had asked her mother, who has Type 1 diabetes, if diabetes could hurt. ... Her work may also help lead to new treatments for diabetes. ...

Obesity may be fueling double-diabetes threat
Kansas.com - KS,USA
The obesity epidemic appears to be fueling a hybrid type of diabetes that afflicts adults and children and, some believe, may increase the devastating ...

Double whammy of diabetes
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
Health experts report a rising incidence of "double diabetes" patients: children with symptoms of both type 1 and type 2 versions of the disease. ...

Cinnamon lowers blood sugar in early study
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... are showing promise as a way to reduce harmful levels of serum glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol, thus reducing the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular ...

Report: Diabetes, high blood pressure on rise in NC women
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
... regular exercise. Researchers say those problems could contribute to increased high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and diabetes.

Diabetes, the epidemic
Scottsboro Daily Sentinel - Scottsboro,AL,USA
Diabetes, it is not the "C" word that patients most dread hearing when they visit a physician, but it is every bit as deadly as cancer. ...

Diabetes Complications Can Be Prevented
KTVU.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Diabetes affects nearly 17 million Americans, according to government statistics. It's a condition that requires constant control ...

Children's Waistlines A Predictor Of Future Heart Disease
MedIndia - India
The size of children's tummies may offer a simple method of identifying whether they are in danger of heart disease and diabetes at a later age.Among adults ...

Diabetes UK Leaves Its Mark
Creativematch (press release) - London,UK
Diabetes UK has announced that its logo will be printed on Alliance Pharmacy prescription bags until December 2005. raising awareness ...

Watch out diabetes!
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
But instead of catching bad guys, Captain Glucose and Meter Boy are on a mission to "educate, enlighten and entertain people with diabetes of all ages." The ...

Stagnant funding impacts on patients: diabetes body
ABC Online - Australia
The Tasmanian Opposition says the State Government's failure to provide appropriate funding to tackle diabetes will have a big impact on sufferers and the ...

Conflict over innovative diabetes treatment
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
... Circulation, she said, was the key to the treatment of diabetes as it stimulates the limbs that have grown numb by nerve damage. ...

Keep diabetes from robbing health
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
"If you thought someone was going to rob you, how many locks would you put on your house?" nurse practitioner and certified diabetes educator Sabah Al-Marashi ...

Pre-Diabetes: Assess Your Risk
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... Living With Diabetes plan, get started today by clicking here and completing a free profile. You could have pre-diabetes and not even know it. ...

Tea can treat diabetes!
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Scranton suggests that tea might prevent diabetes and its ensuing complications, including ...

Amigo(R) Insulin Pump Designed so 'Life Has No Limits'
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
'Smart' Pump Improves Quality of Life for People with Diabetes MIRAMAR, Fla., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Nipro Diabetes Systems introduces ...

Diabetes - New research could reduce nerve damage
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
Research into a new treatment for nerve damage could reduce the number of amputations for people with diabetes. (I-Newswire) - Scientists ...

Device may end diabetic surgery
Daily Mail - UK - UK
... diabetes. "When analysing data for diabetic patients, there would appear to be a clear trend towards reduced rates of restenosis... ...

Doctors Help Rebuild Diabetic Patient's Foot
KTVU.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
BOSTON -- More than 18 million Americans have diabetes, and every year, thousands of diabetics face amputations because complications cause foot ulcers that ...

UPDATE 2-Schwarz gets good results from diabetic pain drug
Reuters - USA
... Germany's Schwarz Pharma (SRZG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) achieved good results from a late-stage trial on its lacosamide drug for diabetic neuropathic pain ...

EQS-Adhoc: Positive Data from Phase III Program for Lacosamide
Financial.de - Germany
SCHWARZ PHARMA announces today the first headline data from its phase III program with the active compound lacosamide in diabetic neuropathic pain. ...

High Insulin May Increase Risk For Alzheimer's
KSDK - St. Louis,MO,USA
(NBC News) - High insulin levels, like those in type two diabetes, could increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease. In a new study ...

Children's Waistlines A Predictor Of Future Heart Disease
MedIndia - India
... waist size of children aged six to 13 and compared the results with measurements of metabolic syndrome components, such as obesity, insulin resistance, lipids ...

Gestational diabetes on the rise
Indianapolis Star - United States
... Gestational diabetes -- a condition that occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears when the baby is born -- is being diagnosed more often and in younger ...

Get yourself tested for Type 2 diabetes
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
More than 16 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive ...

Diabetes arrived without warning
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... In her book, "Type 2 Diabetes -- The First Year," author Gretchen Becker, herself a diabetic, makes an interesting and for me, hopeful point. ...

Liberty Medical creator back in diabetes market
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
STUART -- Mark Libratore, the man who started diabetes-supply giant Liberty Medical Supply, is ready to do it again. The Stuart ...

Clinical Instructor, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, is seeking several experienced ...

Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin ...
MedIndia - India
... to go before they are marketed. Medindia on Diabetes: All of us know someone suffering from diabetes. It is, apart from being one ...

Conflict may arise in diabetes tracking
Carlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA
Good news for diabetes sufferers in New York City: the local government wants to track them. ... Diabetes, however, isn't an infectious disease. ...

High dairy consumption reduces risk of type 2 diabetes in men
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA
... But a new study conducted by Hyon K. Choi and colleagues at Harvard University found that dairy intake may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in men. ...

US lawmakers urge $2 mn for Indian American heart research
Hindustan Times - India
... Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and has initiated efforts to secure funding for the study of cardiovascular disease and diabetes among Indian ...

Big employers lead way to boost diabetes care
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
UPS and BellSouth are leading a corporate charge in Georgia to pay bonuses to doctors to improve care for patients with diabetes. ...

Diabetes detection
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Imphal, July 27: In all 198 patients, out of 250 examined, have been detected to be suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, a chronic metabolic syndrome ...

Mars To Present Evidence That Cocoa Helps Treat Diabetes
AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson,WI,USA
will unveil research showing that cocoa compounds could help treat diabetes, strokes and vascular disease, according to the London, UK-based Financial Times. ...

Galloping no more
Edmonton Sun - Canada
... He's also promoting his latest book, Charting a Course to Wellness: Creative Ways of Living With Heart Disease and Diabetes (American Diabetes Association, $25 ...

Type-1 Diabetes in Boys Increases Risk of CHD
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Teenage boys with type-1 diabetes are at increased risk from heart disease and could benefit from lipid lowering treatment, according to a US study. ...

Migrant Health holds diabetes clinic tonight
In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo,ND,USA
Migrant Health Services Inc. will hold a diabetes cluster clinic tonight at the Townsite Center, 810 4th Ave. S., Moorhead. The ...

Axis-Shield boosted as test kits win FDA approval
Reuters - USA
... company said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted marketing clearance for its multitest Afinion system and its HbA1c haemoglobin test for diabetes ...

Joyce Kane,truly a Woman Of Substance
Newindpress - Chennai,India
... " At the tender age of seven, I was diagnosed with diabetes. ... I had diabetes and at an early age used to take insulin," says Joyce. ...

Inflammation -- The Root of All Illness?
Health Sentinel - USA
... and more scientists as a major cause of diseases not only for obvious diseases like arthritis and asthma, but also for heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's ...

Diabetes: A Growing Concern in Long-Term Care Facilities
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
EDINA, Minn., July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In the United States, half of all diabetes cases occur in individuals aged 55 and older. In ...

New York City Plans Diabetes Patient Tracking
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
NEW YORK, July 26-Health authorities here are planning a diabetes surveillance program throughout the city. It will rely on mandatory ...

Nurses, non-doctors good in eye scanning
Science Daily (press release) - USA
New diabetes vision treatment explained (July 14, 2005) -- An international study led by a Joslin Diabetes Center scientist suggests a new treatment may be ...

Nontraumatic Fracture Risk With Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired ...
Archives of Internal Medecine - USA
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) and related complications may increase clinical fracture risk in older adults. Methods Our objectives ...

News for Week #31 2005

Fat jab hailed a success
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
... Their latest study - published in the journal Diabetes - involved patients being given injections of oxyntomodulin - a naturally occurring digestive hormone ...

Successful diabetes treatment through naturopathic treatment ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... metabolic syndrome" stage. They are insulin- resistant but their blood sugar levels have not yet reached diabetic status. While these ...

Bill lowers barrier for diabetic drivers
eTrucker - USA
... Bush's signature replaces a provision in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's 2003 Diabetes Exemption Program barring insulin-treated diabetics ...

Signs of atherosclerosis seen in apparently healthy young adults
News-Medical.net - World
Young adults who seem to be healthy, but have a clustering of heart disease risks factors known as metabolic syndrome, tend to have signs of thickening of ...

Clinical Management of the Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
The metabolic syndrome has emerged as a clinical and public health crisis. The incidence of the metabolic syndrome has reached epidemic ...

Discontinued insulin has many diabetics fuming
Naples Daily News (subscription) - Naples,FL,USA
... scattered across the United States, some of whom are frantically asking their doctors what they will do when they are cut off from their life-sustaining insulin ...

One Plus Two Makes Trouble
Washington Post - United States
... Type 1 diabetes, usually diagnosed in children or teens, is the result of the body's inability to make insulin, which raises levels of blood sugar. ...

Phase 3 Safety Study for Inhaled Insulin - Lilly and Alkermes
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Alkermes, Inc and Eli Lilly and Company announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial required for registration for their inhaled insulin system, which ...

Direct relationship between inflammation and glucose levels
News-Medical.net - World
... dual 5- and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitor reduced resting glucose levels by approximately 20% in the db/db mouse model of diabetes without affecting insulin levels ...

GenoMed Submits 50th Provisional Patent
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Small proteins like insulin don't survive the strong acid environment of the stomach, and must be injected to get into the bloodstream. ...

Diabetic nerve therapy shows ‘striking' results
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
Research into a new treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes could bring relief to millions of diabetic patients, say experts. ...

Researchers to investigate links between insulin, vitamin D and ...
Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA -- Five research groups from across Canada will get $2.9 million in funding to investigate the roles of insulin and vitamin D in breast cancer risk. ...

Researchers have identified 23 new longevity genes
News-Medical.net - World
... The genes discovered affect a wide variety of activities, including insulin signaling, metabolism, and dietary regulation. Genes ...

Flavonoids: Chocolate is now sweeter
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
... According to the study, a daily bar-sized serving of dark chocolate may lower blood pressure and improve insulin resistance in people with high blood pressure. ...

Cashews cost diabetic woman, husband a day at Tropicana Field
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
... Dianna Farino was diagnosed two years ago with type 1 diabetes, commonly known as juvenile diabetes, meaning her pancreas doesn't produce insulin. ...

Protein Could Lead to New Diabetes Drugs
Forbes - USA
... A protein that's overproduced by fat cells in obese individuals appears to promote insulin resistance -- elevating the risk for diabetes, heart disease and ...

"Double diabetes" a growing problem
myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA
Doctors have noticed a developing trend called double diabetes - a condition that makes it even more difficult to treat both types of diabetics - particularly ...

Diabetes Education Centre launched
Chennai Online - Chennai,India
LifeScan, Johnson & Johnson Medical, division of Johnson & Johnson Ltd., has launched OneTouchTM Diabetes Education Centre, the first of its kind in India. ...

Diabetes drug controls blood glucose, cardiac risk
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
A new review of studies confirms that the drug metformin should be in the first line of defense against type 2 diabetes. Using metformin ...

OSI Pharmaceuticals Advances Diabetes Program; Glycogen ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Discovered by (OSI) Prosidion, OSI's diabetes and obesity team, PSN357 is a glycogen phosphorylase inhibitor (GPI), which is designed to rapidly lower blood ...

Diabetes Raises Risk for Infections
About Diabetes - USA
People with diabetes are at increased risk for urinary tract infections, pneumonia and other common infections, Dutch researchers report in the journal ...

Mouse Study Finds Causal Link between Fat Tissue and Diabetes
Scientific American - USA
The number of Americans with diabetes doubled between 1980 and 2003 and more than 13 million are currently diagnosed with the disease. ...

Parents who've been there help others deal with diabetes
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
LAKE OSWEGO -- Mary McCord has mounted the steep learning curve of caring for a child with diabetes and made her way out of the pit of mourning. ...

Diabetes Drug Controls Blood Sugar
Ivanhoe - USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research from Spain confirms the drug metformin should be included in the first line of defense against type 2 diabetes. ...

Sacking juvenile diabetes
Johnson County Sun - Overland Park,KS,USA
... LabOne president, Tuesday, at the company's headquarters, 10101 Renner Road, Lenexa, for a pep rally with employees and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ...

Diabetes doubles the risk of liver disease
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, July 20 (Online): In the largest study of its kind, researchers have shown that diabetes can cause chronic liver disease and cancer of the liver. ...

What Is Diabetes?
WBAL Channel.com - Baltimore,MD,USA
... bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. ...

Study of diabetes drug to resume
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Metabasis Therapeutics and its Japanese drug company partner said yesterday that they will resume development of an experimental diabetes drug that had been ...

A new law will allow students to treat diabetes without leaving ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... sneak around campus. Under a new law, children with diabetes will have more flexibility to manage their disease. Schools will be ...

Obesity may set off new diabetes
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
The obesity epidemic appears to be fueling a hybrid type of diabetes that afflicts adults and children and, some believe, may increase the devastating ...

Media Advisory - Two diabetes groups call for National Insulin ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... The Society for Diabetic Rights and the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust will hold a news conference to call on Health Canada to develop a national insulin ...

Diabetes Foot Complications
Ivanhoe - USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Men and women with diabetes suffer more than just pain when their diabetes leads to foot complications. Doctors ...

Rapid test for diabetes is key to latest BBI investment
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The company holds a licence for a new diabetes test which BBI believes could enable doctors to give patients results in three minutes. ...

Increasing Insulin Response In Type 2 Diabetics With New Protein ...
MedIndia - India
Description: Diabetes remains one of the significant health problems to be tackled despite significant medical advancement. It requires ...

Death to the Spoonful of Sugar
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... The head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Kaufman is a pioneer in the campaign against juvenile ...

Autoimmunity Against Autonomic Nerves Implicated in Diabetic ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... against autonomic nerves is associated with development of cardiac and peripheral autonomic neuropathy in people with type 1 diabetes, according to the results ...

PolyMedica Announces Acquisition of National Diabetic Pharmacies ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The company has established itself as the premier provider of diabetes products and disease management services to the commercial market, and more than half of ...

ElectroNeedles may provide diabetes patients a painless way to ...
Gizmag - Victoria,Australia
... researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories could mean the elimination of blood drawing by diabetes patients to ...

Diabetes in the Movies - Is Hollywood Shooting in the Dark?
Diabetes Interview - Fairfax,CA,USA
This year, 17 million people in the United States lived with diabetes. Hollywood told us about one of them. Moviegoers spent more ...

Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT)
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
People with diabetes should receive an informed choice of treatment including risks and benefits of all available treatment options and that the education ...

The Impact of Diabetes on Patient Outcomes After Ankle Fracture
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
... Background: Ankle fracture is one of the most common injuries treated by orthopaedic surgeons, and the presence of diabetes complicates treatment and recovery ...

UPDATE 1-Amylin loss shrinks, helped by two new drugs
Reuters - USA
... research partner Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and sales of their new diabetes medicine. The San Diego-based drug ...

Troopers: Motorist had an diabetes-related reaction
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
... Tests showed he had no alcohol in his system, and investigators believe the erratic driving was related to his diabetes, state Trooper Marvin Hinkley said ...

Tai chi put to the test
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
SCIENTISTS are testing whether ancient Chinese exercises can help prevent mature-onset diabetes in high-risk patients. Insulin sensitivity ...

Amylin shares fall on downgrade, Byetta sales worries
Reuters - USA
... tumbled 7 percent in premarket trading ahead of its quarterly results, driven by an analyst downgrade and diminished hopes for sales of its diabetes drug Byetta ...

A NEW WAY TO MONITOR DIABETES
National Center for Policy Analysis - Dallas,TX,France
New York, the first American city to track infectious disease, has now proposed a similar system to monitor diabetes, says the Las Vegas Sun. ...

Obesity equals to affluence in
Hindustan Times - India
... Obesity and diabetes, the diseases of the affluent are rising dramatically in China, and medical experts have warned that 200 million Chinese could be ...

New-Onset Diabetes Over Age 50 Could Be Sign of Pancreatic Cancer
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
ROCHESTER, Minn.-New onset type 2 diabetes may be a sign of underlying pancreatic cancer in a small subset of patients 50 or older. ...

Coca Cola, McDonald's products seen as causes of diabetes
AzerNews - Azerbaijan
Diabetes is mostly widespread in Africa, Northern and South Americas and Central Europe. ... The last stage of diabetes results in spine-related disease, he said. ...

Police: Diabetes caused deadly crash
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
... working. Helen Newbury said her son had suffered from diabetes since age 13 and took two kinds of insulin at least twice a day. ...

Exercise beats gestational diabetes
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
Women who exercise when young are less likely to develop diabetes when they fall pregnant, according to research by UAE endocrinologist and founder of the ...

Two-day Ayurvedic conference on Diabetes from Aug 6
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Bangalore: A two-day state level conference on ''Ayurvedic and Native medicine for Diabetes'' will be held at Hosanagar in Shimoga district of Karnataka from ...

Diabetes - New research could reduce nerve damage
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Research into a new treatment for nerve damage could reduce the number of amputations for people with diabetes. Scientists at the ...

Diabetes threat looms even as life begins
USA Today - USA
... Gestational diabetes -- a condition that occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears when the baby is born -- is being diagnosed more often and in younger ...

Trials' results deal blow to diabetes drug
Indianapolis Star - United States
By Jeff Swiatek. The future looks cloudier for Arxxant, Eli Lilly and Co.'s promising experimental drug to treat complications from diabetes. ...

Improved Meal-Related ß-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity by the Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Inhibitor Vildagliptin in Metformin-Treated Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Over 1Year
Doctors' Guider - United States
Researchers conducted a 1-year study to determine the effect of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibition by vildagliptin when added to metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes in terms of beta-cell function and postmeal insulin sensitivity ...

Diabetes researchers look to ancient Chinese exercises
ABC Online - Australia
An ancient Chinese medical exercise believed to help prevent and cure disease is being studied by researchers looking to treat diabetes. ...

Kids' waistline indicates pre-diabetes risk
Reuters.uk - UK
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with bigger waists are more likely to have insulin resistance, a condition that often leads to diabetes, according to new ...

The American Diabetes Association and Kroger Encourage Americans ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
2 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and The Kroger Co. ... Another 41 million Americans are at risk of developing diabetes. ...

Lange recovering after amputation
TVNZ - New Zealand
Lange had his right leg amputated below the knee at Auckland's Middlemore hospital where he was admitted more than two weeks ago for complications of diabetes. ...

Teens and Diabetes: The Smoking Gun?
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
... 2-Teens who smoke or breathe in second-hand smoke are at increased risk for developing the metabolic syndrome, a precursor to diabetes and heart disease. ...

Take a Step to End Diabetes
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
By MIKE SCHWARTZ / The Press-Enterprise. More than 18 million Americans suffer from diabetes, which kills someone every three minutes. ...

Medicare Testing Program to Help Diabetes, Heart Failure Patients ...
SeniorJournal.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
2, 2005 -- A new initiative to help Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes and congestive heart failure reduce their health risks and protect their quality of ...

Gene Linked to Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Scientists in France and the United States report that a variant of a common protein plays a primary role in Type 2 diabetes and obesity, key features of the ...

Dairy products reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in men
MedIndia - India
Diabetes has been such common talk both in medical circles as well as social circles. Every 2nd person out of 5 is a diabetic. Therefore ...

Electronic Prompting Has Little Effect on Diabetes Care
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... EMRs "have tremendous potential to improve care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases," Dr. O'Connor told Reuters Health. ...

Transportation Bill Passed in Congress to Prevent Discrimination ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, contains an important provision that will help end discrimination against people with diabetes who seek ...

East meets West in effort to prevent diabetes
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
University of Queensland researchers are using traditional Chinese exercises to combat the growing problem of diabetes. In a study ...

Advances in technology ease life for diabetics
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
Diabetes care has come a long way since the days when patients used whetstones to sharpen inch-long needles to inject insulin over and over again. ...

Older Americans With New-Onset Diabetes Have High Risk of ...
AScribe - USA
... Newswire) -- In a groundbreaking population-based study, researchers in Mayo Clinic Cancer Center found that new onset of hyperglycemic diabetes in adults age ...
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Puzzling 'double diabetes' harder to detect and treat
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
By LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press. WASHINGTON -- Having one type of diabetes is bad enough, but two? Doctors are seeing a new ...

Derry man races against diabetes
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
... climber, is about to embark on an epic journey: hiking the 48 tallest White Mountain peaks in record time to raise money for research on diabetes, a disease ...

Diabetes drug access widened
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Auckland, 1 August 2005 -- Access to type 2 diabetes medicine Actos (pioglitazone) is to be significantly widened in a new agreement between PHARMAC and Eli ...

Suffering Pre-Diabetes?
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
... This relaxed attitude has lead to serious consequences for many who assumed "Why worry if I'm not there yet." Sadly, diabetes is frequently not. ...

What Is My Risk Of Diabetes?
eDiets.com - Deerfield Beach,FL,USA
to normal after my baby was born. What is my risk of diabetes later in life? Woman who develop diabetes during pregnancy do face ...

Coach Smith heads local diabetes walk
The State News - East Lansing,MI,USA
This Saturday, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, will hold a Walk To Cure Diabetes on campus, kicking off at Ralph Young Field. ...

Companies step up wellness efforts
USA Today - USA
... It lowered the amount workers pay toward certain types of prescription drugs, such as those to treat asthma or diabetes, to encourage using the drugs to ...

New way of tackling obesity epidemic, boosting stomach's ‘full' ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
In an article published today in Diabetes, the world's top diabetes research journal, a team from Imperial College London and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust ...

Mystery as heart attack kills girl, 17
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
... morning.". She died shortly afterwards and Mr Kadhem said doctors told him she had suffered a heart attack, triggered by diabetes. ...

Whey supplements helps diabetics regulate blood sugar: study
Earthtimes.org - USA
... and mixing it with a meal that has a high glycemic index (GI) prevents high blood sugar that can take place in people with type 2 diabetes after consuming such ...

Diabetes treatment more widely available
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Government drug funder PHARMAC is giving more people the chance to have the new generation diabetes treatment pioglitazone (Actos). ...

Review: Conquering Diabetes -- A Patient-Oriented Approach
Blogcritics.org - USA
Conquering Diabetes by Dr. Ann Peters isn't in that category. Rather ... age. Less than one percent of Americans under age 20 have diabetes. ...

Staying in Shape Staves Off Diabetes in Women
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Being physically fit may help prevent the development of diabetes in healthy women, according to findings presented this week at the American Public ...

Stem cell lines can give hope to many
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
As parents of a child with type 1 or juvenile diabetes, we share Mr. Chaney's commitment to this research -- and his frustration that this issue has become a ...

Summer day camp
Canton Observer - Canton,MI,USA
... Registration has started for the American Diabetes Association's Camp Midicha 2005. ... For information, call (888) DIABETES or visit www.diabetes.org. ...

Sweet, sweet herb
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
BEING a diabetic isn't easy. This is particularly because of the long-term complications that result from uncontrolled diabetes. ...

Today's Online Sections
Holt Community News - MI,USA
... 8. Living with Diabetes program at Ingham Regional Orthopedic Hospital focuses on incorporating diabetes into one's diet and lifestyle. ... Living with Diabetes. ...

LOCAL NEWS, SPORTS, FEATURES & OPINION | DEATH NOTICES
Brockton Enterprise - MA, United States
... By going to the festival, health officials are targeting people with a higher incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure, two leading causes of kidney ...

News for Week #30 2005

Clue to insulin resistance
Health24.com - Cape Town,South Africa
US researchers say they've identified a trigger for insulin resistance in the liver, as well as a potential target to prevent or treat the silent condition. ...

Bangalore company close to developing oral insulin
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
BANGALORE -- India's leading biotechnology company -- Biocon -- is on the verge of developing an oral insulin that will free millions of diabetic patients ...

Junk Food Causes High Level Of Insulin Resistance In Children
MedIndia - India
... Insulin resistance, which is a main precursor for development of heart disease later in their life, was measured in each of the 3.189 children's. ...

Protein Found to Stimulate Insulin Resistance
About Diabetes - USA
A protein known as retinol binding protein 4, which is overproduced by fat cells in people with obesity, appears to promote insulin resistance -- elevating the ...

Insulin Resistance Linked to Heart Failure
Forbes - USA
TUESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new Swedish study reinforces the link between diabetes and heart failure, spotlighting insulin resistance as a key player ...

Insulin pulses keep the liver lean
EurekAlert - Washington,DC,USA
Insulin, a hormone long recognized as a generator of fat, also keeps fat in the liver under control, according to a new study in the July issue of Cell ...

Aging linked to metabolic syndrome
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Washington: A peer reviewed article published in Nature magazine has revealed intimate links between the molecular mechanisms regulating aging and those of ...

Injection for diabetic nerve pain
BBC News - UK
... The University of Manchester team say a neuropathy treatment is much needed, particularly as 366 million people are expected to have diabetes by 2030. ...

Phase 3 Safety Study for Inhaled Insulin - Lilly and Alkermes
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... a Phase 3 clinical trial required for registration for their inhaled insulin system, which is being investigated as an innovative treatment option for diabetes ...

J for junk food, C for cartoons.. B for bad
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... adults saddled with its attendant risks, what is worrying is that it is also being related to cardiac problems, hypertension, Type II diabetes, bone density ...

Judo fights off diabetes
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... Judo has played a big role in helping David preserve his life after he was diagnosed with diabetes two years ago. Needing more exercise ...

OSI Diabetes Drug Moves to Phase I Clinical Trial
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
OSI, continuing its efforts to gain traction in diabetes drugs, has moved a candidate into Phase I clinical trials. The drug, PSN357 ...

The company doctor
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... SmithKline Beecham in 2001. Power was devolved to the specialists in asthma, neurological disease and diabetes. The 14,000-odd scientists ...

Investigations for Diabetes Mellitus
Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai,India
... the fasting blood glucose value is more than 126 mg/dl or the random blood glucose value is more than 200 mg/dl, then it is considered to be a case of diabetes ...

The Broadening Domain of the Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
... insulin resistance and its multiple metabolic abnormalities was born, and it became increasingly clear that the treatment of diabetes required reducing the ...

Ranbaxy gets nod for more doses of diabetes drug
India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India
said on Thursday that it had received a tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for more dosages of its diabetes drug Glimepiride. ...

How overweight are your children?
Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA
... Childhood obesity diabetes is on the rise (especially type 2) and common at ages 9 to 12. If diabetes is developed before age 14 ...

Coroner: Placerville woman's death diabetes related
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
The San Joaquin County Coroner has confirmed that diabetes-related complications caused the death of Brandy Bidgood, a 32-year-old Placerville woman whose body ...

Diabetes--Staying Fit With Fiber
Saturday Evening Post - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Protect against type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity with the proven goodness of high-fiber foods. By Patrick Perry. Today ...

Diabetes registry
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
Gertis McDowell has battled diabetes for 7 years. ... "He passed away and I found out I had diabetes and I have been taking care of it pretty good," McDowell said. ...

Free Diabetes Drugs Could Save US Money
Forbes - USA
MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Providing certain medicines free of charge to elderly diabetes patients could pay off in huge benefits to society, a new ...

News for Week #29 2005

MacroGenics adds to growing pipeline with diabetes drug
Washington Business Journal - Washington,DC,USA
MacroGenics has acquired the intellectual property for a drug to treat juvenile diabetes and other autoimmune disorders. The company ...

Gene is linked with obesity and diabetes
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - A gene that may regulate the body's response to insulin has been linked to both obesity and type-2 diabetes, researchers in ...

Get Gestational Diabetes Treated
CBS News - USA
(CBS) New research provides evidence that treating gestational diabetes can help the health of the baby. The Early Show medical ...

Update 1: Metabasis, Sankyo Resuming CS-917 Trials
Forbes - USA
... will resume development of an experimental diabetes drug, after clinical trials were halted in March when two patients developed dangerous levels of lactic ...

United Devices Powers Free Online Health Assessment from American ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... TM), a leading provider of grid and high-performance computing infrastructure software and services, today announced that the American Diabetes Association (ADA ...

Telephone helps reduce diabetes health disparities and improves ...
News-Medical.net - World
... communications, the older, reliable form of communication via the telephone has proven effective in reaching out to older African-American women with diabetes. ...

Vietnam War health study links Agent Orange and diabetes
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
It includes the strongest evidence to date that Agent Orange is associated with adult-onset diabetes, which supports the findings from earlier reports in 1992 ...

Aboriginals at higher risk of diabetes
Wellington Times - Wellington,New South Wales,Australia
One of the biggest diseases affecting Aboriginals is diabetes and on Friday the Wellington Aboriginal Heath Service proved why. ...

Experts to discuss report outlining future health needs
ABC Online - Australia
The incidence of diabetes, vision problems and dementia is expected to double in New South Wales over the next 20 years. The forecasts ...

Obesity's new peril _ 'double diabetes'
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
The obesity epidemic appears to be fueling a hybrid type of diabetes that afflicts adults and children and, some believe, may increase the devastating ...

SD Indians at high risk of death from heart disease Heart disease ...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... South Dakota has a high number of Native Americans with diabetes as well as a growing number of smokers and obese people, according to the report. ...

Blindness preventable in Aboriginal communities: specialist
ABC Online - Australia
... Royal Darwin Hospital ophthalmologist Robert McKay says the high level of diabetes among Aboriginal people can lead to associated eye conditions. ...

Clear Sign for Diabetics
U.S. News & World Report - USA
Diabetes can make blood sugar levels fluctuate, which is devastating to the kidneys, nerves, and eyes. Over time, the blood vessels ...

Internet Program Launched To Prevent Blindness In Diabetic ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... usual treatment, and Velez and his colleagues will determine whether the screening indeed reduces blindness among patients with diabetic retinopathy because ...

Bharat Bio launches Regen-D
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
Chennai: Bharat Biotech International Ltd has launched Regen-D, a therapeutic cream, for use in treating diabetic foot ulcers, burns and skin grafts. ...

Beach resident desperate for transportation to appointments
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
... help. The 72-year-old Hampton Beach resident is dying of a nerve disorder, diabetic neuropathy, and a host of other ailments. He ...

Diuretics Unsurpassed in Preventing Hypertension Complications in ...
Newswise (press release) - USA
... to be more effective in preventing other clinical outcomes, especially heart failure, in all patients regardless of presence or absence of metabolic syndrome. ...

News for Week #28 2005

Ruboxistaurin (RBX) may prevent vision loss in diabetic patients
MedIndia - India
... of 32 milligrams/day was found to inhibit Protein kinase C (PKC) -- beta inhibitor, which was found to cause vision loss in patients with diabetes. ...

Drug May Cut Risk of Diabetes Vision Loss
FOX News - USA
... It's being tested in a large-scale clinical trial. Results of a smaller trial, reported in the July issue of Diabetes, bring both good and bad news. ...

Fears language barrier hitting diabetes care
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
CULTURAL and language barriers may be stopping Asian diabetes sufferers being treated properly, according to research carried out in the Capital. ...

Views on the valley for July 16
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
Diabetes is a disease that often goes undetected, posing a very serious health risk for the unsuspecting and undiagnosed individual. ...

Thiazolidinediones Do Not Reduce Target Vessel Revascularization ...
HeartZine - London,UK
... center study was to assess the target vessel revascularization (TVR) rate following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) among diabetic patients according ...

Woman drives into truck
Attleboro Sun Chronicle - Attleboro,MA,USA
NORTON -- A diabetic Rhode Island woman lost consciousness while dri ving on Interstate 495 on Friday, and her car struck a tractor-trailer. ...

Ray of hope for diabetic patients
Newindpress - Chennai,India
CHENNAI: Here's some good news for diabetic patients tired of trying out various medicines to cure wounds or diabetic foot ulcers. ...

Growing Diabetic Population at High Risk for Peripheral Arterial ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
WHO: Each year 1.3 million Americans age 20 and older are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes leads to narrowing and blocked smaller ...

Unruptured giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm complicating ...
HeartZine - London,UK
We report a very rare case of a 36-year-old diabetic man who had a silent myocardial infarction, a ruptured myocardial wall, and an unruptured left ventricular ...

Nutrition 21 Announces Chromax® Marketing Campaign Expands Beyond ...
NPIcenter (press release) - Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
... and offer consumers a product that has undergone significant scientific scrutiny that can be trusted to help them maintain healthy insulin and metabolic ...

Why is the fact that bacterial elements can cause Diabetes being ...
ArriveNet (press release) - Castle Rock,CO,USA
... "Before the discovery of insulin, a diagnosis of diabetes was a death sentence within 5 years," said Lawrence Broxmeyer MD, "and the usual cause of that ...

Man En Route To Hospital Jailed For Not Pulling Over
HomeTown channel.com - Fort Smith,AR,USA
... similar situation. Allen Henson said he was driving his wife to a hospital after she went into insulin shock Thursday evening. That's ...

Dogs and cats can be diabetics, too
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA
... There are different reasons why diabetes occurs in pets, but endocrine pancreatic insufficiency (lack of natural insulin within the pancreatic beta cells) is ...

Instrument Measures Impact of Foot Complications from Diabetes
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- Foot complications from diabetes have a significant negative impact on the health related quality of life of diabetic patients, according to a ...

GeneLink-Sponsored Study Identifies Genetic Effects Linking ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... genetic technology has identified associations between two genetic variations called SNPs and an altered CoQ10 redox ratio in patients with Metabolic Syndrome. ...

Metabolic syndrome and heart health
myDNA.com - Austin,TX,USA
Individuals that incorporate a healthy lifestyle have been shown to reduce the onset of metabolic syndrome, recent research indicates. ...

Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Medscape (subscription) - USA
The PAS 2005 meeting had a plethora of presentations about obesity and the metabolic syndrome, both as invited science platform presentations and as original ...

Efforts to halt diabetes in earliest stages under way
The Wall Street Journal - USA
Health care providers are going on the offensive against diabetes by identifying cases of prediabetes to prevent the disease from ever developing. Some research shows weight loss and drug treatment can be effective in stopping diabetes' progression, and researchers are working on various projects to better identify those most at risk and to treat them ...
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Increased Fitness Level Fights Metabolic Syndrome
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
Moderate and higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with a significantly lower risk of developing metabolic syndrome in adults, researchers ...

Even Low-Dose Birth Control Pill Raises Heart Risk
Forbes - USA
... stroke include women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or a constellation of risk factors collectively known as the "metabolic syndrome" -- conditions such ...

Diabetes week warnings
Tenterfield Star - Tenterfield,New South Wales,Australia
SINCE becoming president of the Tenterfield branch of Diabetes Australia in 1992, Beth McKinless has "put through a lot of diabetics" - testament to the claim ...

Medical Experts Dispel Myths About Diabetes
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
More than 18 million Americans are living with diabetes-a chronic disease that can lead to life-threatening illnesses including heart disease and stroke ...

Pre-diabetes -- act now
Wagin Argus - Wagin,Western Australia,Australia
GREAT Southern residents can act to prevent Type 2 diabetes, the world's fastest growing chronic disease, for which there is no cure. ...

Education on type two diabetes
Collie Mail - Collie,Western Australia,Australia
Diabetes educators Cheryl Darnell and Stephanie Daniels were in the Collie Central this week spreading the news about diabetes. ...

Obesity and Physical inactivity is associated with Diabetes and ...
MedIndia - India
... of Colorado Health Sciences Center both physical inactivity and obesity was found to be strongly and independently associated with diabetes and diabetes ...

Medisys leaps on diabetes deal
ShareCast - London,UK
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Medical firm Medisys leapt after it announced a new worldwide agreement for a diabetes treatment. Medisys' subsidiary ...

Data published to support HaptoGuard diabetes drug
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
... mouse. Hp2 in the context of diabetes identifies patients at increased risk of death and heart failure following heart attack. Positive ...

How diabetes changed life on the farm
Massillon Independent - Massillon,OH,USA
... Discovering he had diabetes didn't surprise him or his wife, Anna. ... With her help, the Reams learned how to control diabetes with healthy meals and exercise. ...

CLOSE CALL: Diabetes sufferer Fiona Miles, with daughters Erin, 1 ...
Geelong Advertiser - Geelong,Victoria,Australia
... fine. Ms Miles, diagnosed with diabetes about 22 years ago, at the age of 12, was not always so vigilant about her health. There ...

Gastrointestinal Stem Cells I. Pancreatic stem cells
AJP-Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology (subscription) - USA
The transplantation of islets isolated from donor pancreas has renewed the interest in cell therapy for the treatment of diabetes. ...

Man's best friend is being taught to warn diabetic owners of ...
CP Mason Deerfield - Deerfield,OH,USA
In the Dillender household, wife Geri knows that those dirty socks could save her husband Wayne's life. Wayne Dillender is diabetic. ...

Data published to support HaptoGuard diabetes drug
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
... indication. 13 Jul 2005, 17:12 GMT - The research compared diabetic animal models that were designed to express different variants of Hp. ...

Sayonara Diabetes -- Goodbye to Type 2 Diabetes the Japanese Way
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Identifying the "diabetic mindset" as the real cause, "Sayonara Diabetes" teaches that a healthy mind, and healthy thoughts and emotions hold the keys to a ...

Plant sterols found to be effective in Type 2 diabetic patients
MedIndia - India
... The diabetes patients had a greater reduction, but significant improvements were also seen in non-diabetic participants. LDL cholesterol ...

Obese Men Not As Fit As Obese Women?
KABC - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... distributed on women. They also found that more of the men had a pre-diabetic condition carbohydrate intolerance. That can lead ...

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Reports a 32% Sales Increase and an 83% EPS ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... The increase was primarily the result of strong sales of the Diabetic Tussin(R) line of products, including recently launched Diabetic Tussin Night Time Formula ...

Man hospitalized after losing control of car
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA
... According to California Highway Patrol officials, the man had a diabetic reaction about 8:15 pm, causing him to lose control and veer off Highway 150, in an ...

Speedel Begins Pivotal Trial Of SPP301 In Diabetic Nephropathy
BioWorld Online (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Four months after reporting positive results from a Phase IIb trial of its endothelin A receptor antagonist, SPP301, in diabetic nephropathy, Speedel Group AG ...

Get Fit to Fight Metabolic Syndrome
About Diabetes - USA
Research shows that "couch potatoes" are at high risk of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of risk factors that encourages cardiovascular disease and diabetes. ...

Obese men more likely carbohydrate intolerant than obese women
Food Consumer - Manitowoc,WI,USA
... Participants with carbohydrate intolerance usually suffered from Metabolic Syndrome, a group of medical conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and ...

Function determines structure in the vasculature: lessons from ...
AJP-Regul Integr Comp Physiology (subscription) - USA
... The broader set of features of the metabolic syndrome also accompany states of insulin resistance, in particular, elevations in blood pressure, further ...

Karo Bio loss widens, sees diabetes drug progess
Reuters - USA
... Research) reported a wider second-quarter loss on Wednesday but said it hoped to start the approval process for human trials of its diabetes drug later this ...

US Losing Battle Against Diabetes
All Headline News - USA
Washington, DC (AHN) - Two out of three Americans with type-2 diabetes do not have their disease under control and risk early deaths from stroke, heart attack ...

Illinois to Pay for Cell Research
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... Gretchen Livingston, legislative chairwoman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Illinois, applauded the order and said she hoped scientific ...

Maintenance of the postabsorptive plasma glucose concentration ...
AJP - Endocrinology & Metabolism (subscription) - USA
... islet transplantation in type 1 diabetic patients does not restore hypoglycemic hormonal counterregulation or symptom recognition after insulin independence. ...

Insulin Pump, Injections Comparable in Type 2 Diabetes Control in ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 11 - In elderly patients with type 2 diabetes, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) and multiple daily injections (MDI ...

Diabetes Spurred By Adult Lifestyles
Forbes - USA
... upon Tyne examined long-term data on 412 women and men, and concluded that overweight and obese adults were more likely to have increased insulin resistance, a ...

Obesity: Double diabetes threat?
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... She was given insulin to control the high sugar levels in her blood, and the Sherman Oaks teen joined the growing cadre of children diagnosed with what used to ...

Launch of Diabetes Foundation Report on insulin-requiring diabetes ...
Pressbox.co.uk (press release) - London,UK
11 July 2005 ˇV The International Insulin Foundation (IIF) has drawn attention to the plight of people, and especially children, in the developing world with ...

GPs urged to check for diabetes
ABC Online - Australia
A leading Illawarra doctor is urging GPs to test their patients for diabetes when patients get their regular check-ups. Director ...

Metabolic Syndrome - A High-Risk Combination of Disorders
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
While the obesity epidemic garners headlines, you may not have heard of metabolic syndrome. Yet this health threat affects 47 million ...

Diet pills hard on the heart
Reuters.uk - UK
... homeostasis. These effects could exacerbate obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, the authors note. ...

Impact of the Liver-Specific Expression of SHIP2 (SH2-Containing ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... Insulin-induced phosphorylation of Akt in liver was impaired in WT-SHIP2-expressing db/+m mice, whereas the reduced phosphorylation was restored in ?IP-SHIP2 ...

Erythromycin Antagonizes the Deceleration of Gastric Emptying By ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) has been proposed to act as an incretin hormone due to its ability to enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. ...

Environmental Triggers for Type 1 Diabetes
drkoop.com - USA
SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The number of people who have type 1 diabetes has tripled in the last 50 years. Now, scientists ...

Stratatech Receives $4 Million Federal Grant
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
... Institutes of Health has awarded Madison-based Stratatech Corporation a $4 million Fast-Track SBIR grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive ...

News for Week #27 2005

Should Diabetes Be Considered a Coronary Heart Disease Risk ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
OBJECTIVE - The purpose of our study was to confirm or refute the view that diabetes be regarded as a coronary heart disease (CHD) risk equivalent and to lest ...

Obesity, Inactivity, and the Prevalence of Diabetes and Diabetes ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
OBJECTIVE- Obesity and physical inactivity are established risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular comorbidities. Whether ...

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With ...
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... contrast perfusion imaging (MCPI) during dobutamine stress in the diagnosis and localization of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with diabetes. ...

Type 1 diabetes
MayoClinic.com - USA
Of the more than 18 million people with diabetes in the United States, about 5 percent to 10 percent have the type 1 form of the disease. ...

New eye care center focuses on diabetes
Providence Business News - Providence,RI,USA
... opening a new diagnostic center today that will allow Rhode Island patients to get expert evaluations and treatment advice from the Joslin Diabetes Center in ...

Avoiding trouble by a nose
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Shirley Wang. Bob Maher's diabetes was shutting his body down. ... Maher and Chewie are the first diabetes-alert team Canine Partners has paired up. ...

Health Department To Create Diabetes Registry
NY1 - NY,USA
In an effort to prevent and treat diabetes, the Department of Health is taking steps toward creating a registry, saying diabetes is a huge epidemic and that a ...

Diabetes ups incontinence risk for older women
Reuters.uk - UK
... women have had a recent episode of urinary incontinence, according to new research, and the severity of symptoms increases with a history of diabetes. ...

Diabetic retinopathy hamstrung by expensive treatment, few ...
Express Pharma Pulse - Mumbai,India
Even as around 19 to 25 per cent of diabetics suffer from diabetic retinopathy, the speciality is marred by expensive treatment, dearth of specialists, lack of ...

Metabolic Syndrome -- A Low-Profile, High-Risk Combination of ...
Newswise (press release) - USA
Newswise -- While the obesity epidemic garners headlines, you may not have heard of metabolic syndrome. Yet this health threat ...

Birth Control Pills May Increase Chance Of Stroke, Heart Attack
KSDK - St. Louis,MO,USA
... Researchers say a women with metabolic syndrome or polycystic ovary syndrome were automatically at a higher risk for heart attack and stroke. ...

New Medicaid limits will harm Mississippians
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... The high prevalence of the combination of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol -- known as Metabolic Syndrome -- indicates how important ...

Weight loss reduces diabetes risk
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... Insulin glargine helpful in diabetes (June 15, 2005) -- A Canadian study has said type 2 diabetes patients can achieve target blood sugar levels faster than ...

Home psychotherapy helps teens control diabetes
Reuters.uk - UK
... Teens with type 1 diabetes, which requires regular insulin injections and careful monitoring of blood sugar levels, have been considered "very difficult to ...

Effect of whey on blood glucose and insulin responses to composite ...
Am J Clin Nutr (subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
Objective:The aim was to evaluate whether supplementation of meals with a high glycemic index (GI) with whey proteins may increase insulin secretion and ...

New Long-Acting Insulin
Diabetes Self Management - USA
A new insulin analog called insulin detemir (brand name Levemir) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late June. ...

Lilly Discontinues Several Insulin Products
Diabetes Self Management - USA
On July 6, Eli Lilly and Company announced that it is discontinuing four of its insulin products: Humulin L Lente insulin, Humulin U Ultralente insulin, Iletin ...

New York City Wants to Measure How Well Diabetes Is Being ...
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... Controlling the level of sugar in the blood is essential to preventing complications from diabetes, which has emerged in recent years as one of the most ...

Siblings fight daily battle with diabetes
Maitland Mercury - Maitland,New South Wales,Australia
The two Aberglasslyn teenagers also share a lifelong battle with diabetes. ... "It is quite rare for siblings to have diabetes but that's us . . . ...

American Society of Hematology and partners launch patientINFORM. ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
... model, patients or their family members can visit the Web sites of the American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org), American Diabetes Association (www ...

Participating in Diabetes Research
Diabetes Self Management - USA
Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet is up and running and looking for volunteers who either have Type 1 diabetes or have a close relative with Type 1 diabetes. ...

Great Feats to Defeat Diabetes
Diabetes Self Management - USA
When it comes to raising awareness of diabetes, there's no mountain high enough for some people. One of those people is Will Cross ...

Walnut advice helps diabetics protect their hearts
NutraIngredients-usa.com - Montpellier,France
7/7/2005 - Advising type-2 diabetes patients to include walnuts in their diet helps them achieve a dietary fat profile with optimal amounts of polyunsaturated ...

New Clinical Study Further Proof: Walnuts Protective for People ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... WIRE)--July 6, 2005--A new study done in Australia shows that eating a handful of walnuts every day can help patients with type 2 diabetes achieve recommended ...

OSI Pharmaceuticals Grants License Under Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) announced today that its diabetes and obesity business unit, (OSI) Prosidion, has granted a worldwide non-exclusive ...

Candesartan Therapy Can Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in Heart ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
OSAKA, Japan, July 6, 2005, --- A reduction in the risk of developing diabetes has been shown in heart failure patients on candesartan cilexetil ("candesartan ...

Eli Lilly Licenses Taisho Diabetes Drug
Forbes - USA
... to eventually market a novel Type 2 diabetes treatment currently in development. Under the agreement, Lilly gets exclusive rights ...

Adult lifestyle defines your diabetes risk
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
London: A new research has revealed that adult lifestyle has more influence on your chances of developing diabetes than childhood experience. ...

Specially Trained Dogs Sniff Out Diabetes
13WHAM-TV - Rochester,NY,USA
Just as flowers have unique scents, so does a person with diabetes. ... The dogs' work is supported by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Diabetes risk not based in childhood
StaffNurse.com - UK
Lifestyle in adulthood has more effect on risk of diabetes than birth weight and early nutrition, finds a new British study. Previous ...

The Omnipod™ Integrated Insulin Delivery and Glucose Monitoring ...
Medgadget.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The OmniPod delivers insulin according to pre-programmed instructions transmitted wirelessly from the Personal Diabetes Manager. ...

Clinigene to be third party CRO
Business Standard - India
... After successfully conducting phase III clinical trials for recombinant human insulin for Biocon, Clinigene is presently conducting IIB trials for novel anti ...

Syndrome X: Disease in Disguise
Islam Online - Doha,Qatar
... not overweight and you don't smoke. Still, you may be a victim of metabolic syndrome x. The name ‘syndrome x' was coined by ...

Commonly Used Medications That Worsen Insulin Resistance Are ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... as hypertension, diabetes, elevated cholesterol levels, or coronary artery disease--all components of the broader disorder called metabolic syndrome--may have ...

Sundar Dietetics launches sugar-free products
Business Standard - India
... oranges. Diabetics benefit as ‘levulose' does not require insulin for its metabolism and also has a very low glycemic index. ...

Aging linked to metabolic syndrome
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Washington: A peer reviewed article published in Nature magazine has revealed intimate links between the molecular mechanisms regulating aging and those of ...

Saturated fats combined with genetic trait implicated in ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... has discovered an additional 2 million Canadians who have a high fat diet or are overweight may be at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes if they ...

Top 10 Things to Know About Diabetes Pills
About Diabetes - USA
Sulfonylureas make the beta cells of your pancreas release more insulin. This kind of drugs started to be used in the 1950s after the Second World War. ...

American Diabetes Assoc' Urges Fast Senate Action on Stem Cell ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
The American Diabetes Association (the Association) today urged the US Senate to take up and pass the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005" (S.471 ...

ACTOS® (pioglitazone HCl) significantly improved components of ...
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
A new study published in today's issue of Diabetes Care demonstrated that ACTOS improved components of diabetic dyslipidemia to a significantly greater extent ...

Diabetes 1 - Islet transplantation success continues
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... Researchers have been refining the transplant technique which allows people with Type 1 diabetes to begin producing their own insulin again. ...

Child diabetes on the rise
Fiji Times - Fiji
THIRTY children in the country are suffering from diabetes with at least four new cases being received each year. This is the highest ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome, exercise improves insulin sensitivity
Xagena.it - Italy
Researchers of the Duke University Medical Center have shown that moderate exercise -- without accompanying weight loss -- can improve insulin sensitivity in ...

Needle fear? Inhale your daily insulin
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
FLORIDA: For six months, 34-year-old Kim Bayon inhaled her doses of insulin in lieu of injections, freeing herself for the first time in two decades from the ...

Court Hears Testimony From Marine In Murder Case
WXMI - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
Bonnie Lou Savoy is charged with giving her husband an overdose of insulin in March 2003. ... The autopsy showed he died of an overdose of insulin. ...

Abbott India: Hold
Hindu Business Line - India
Abbott is one of the leading players in the anti-diabetic therapeutic area (insulin), for which it has an arrangement with Novo Nordisk; it is also present in ...




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