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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(xx) - Press Conference/Interview Opportunity ...
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
...
See all stories on this topic
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 ...
.
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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