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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 ...

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