News for Week #01 2009
Fat cells reduce
diabetes risk - big bums are okay
Daily Telegraph -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Buttock and hip fat may protect women against type 2
diabetes, from which more than 1.7 million Australians
now suffer, researchers from the Harvard Medical ...
Slower function of the
brain in diabetics
Herald.ie - Dublin,Ireland
By Jane Last People who develop diabetes as adults may
experience a slowdown in mental abilities as early as
their 50s, a new study shows. ...
Barbecued Turkey Loaves
abc11tv.com -
Raleigh,NC,USA
From "Mr. Food: Diabetic Dinners in a Dash"
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Coat a 9" x 13"
baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl,
...
Diabetes tied to early
cognitive slowdown
United Press International
- USA
5 (UPI) -- Talking, planning, organizing and paying
attention to details are worse in people with type 2
diabetes than in healthy adults, a Canadian study ...
Simple Diabetes
Prevention in the New Year
SYS-CON Brasil - NJ,USA
While you can't control the economy, you can control your
risk of developing one of the growing health problems in
America... diabetes. ...
Photo: New Yale
University Prevention Research Center Study Finds ...
Reuters - USA
Reduced Dangerous Visceral Belly Fat by 33% Study Also
Reveals FBD Lowers Cholesterol (On Average 21 Pts.),
Blood Pressure, Inflammation & Insulin ...
Design of FitFor2
study: the effects of an exercise program on ...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
In FitFor2-study we aim to assess whether an exercise
program can improve insulin sensitivity and fasting
plasma glucose levels of women at high risk for ...
News for Week #52 2008
Low-Carb Diets Do Not
Have to be Stressful or Boring
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
A high protein, leucine-rich diet, combined with moderate
carbohydrate restriction (~150 grams daily), was shown to
support weight loss, blood sugar ...
High Insulin May Boost
Odds of Breast Cancer - Cancer Information ...
Information on many different cancers
includes symptoms, cancer detection and prevention, and
treatment options...
Sleep May Be the
Critical Factor for Weight Loss and Health
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
As a result of eating all those carbohydrates, insulin
levels rose and so did the levels of the sex hormones
which was a good thing because conceiving a ...
Are Elevated
Triglycerides Independently Associated With Increased ...
Medscape - USA
Association between the -455T>C promoter polymorphism
of the APOC3 gene and the metabolic syndrome in a
multi-ethnic sample. BMC Med Genet. 2007;8:80.
The State of America's
Health as Obama Takes Office
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
Twenty-four million people have diabetes, the vast
majority of it related to lifestyle, and an additional 57
million are prediabetic. ...
Pre-Meal Blood Glucose Values Best Gauge of
True HbA1c
Diabetes in Control - USA
For patients with type 1 or type 2
diabetes, pre-prandial glucose levels are generally more
closely associated with long-term HbA1c levels than
post-prandial glucose levels ...
Mayo Clinic Highlights Cardiovascular
Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Diabetes in Control - USA
Long-Term, Low-Dose
Aspirin May Not Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Medscape - USA
"Although small clinical studies have shown a
prominent hypoglycemic effect of short-term high-dose
aspirin, no randomized trials have directly evaluated ...
Elevated Risk of Birth
Defects Found in Women With Pre-Pregnancy ...
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
(NaturalNews) Type II diabetes is a very troublesome
condition. Without a proper diet (avoiding non-fibrous
carbohydrates, trans fats) and exercise routine, ...
Fish Oil Supplements Reduce Adiposity in
Type 2 Diabetics
Diabetes in Control - USA
Gastric Bypass Can Reverse Diabetes
in Very Obese Teens Long-term ...
Modern Medicine -
Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
Ten of the patients showed evidence of remission of
diabetes after surgery and there were significant
improvements in body mass index, fasting blood glucose
...
Statins Beneficial For Nearly All Diabetics
Diabetes in Control - USA
America Losing the
Fight With Type 2 Diabetes
Forbes - NY,USA
The injectable medication not only controls blood sugar,
but has been shown to help diabetics lose weight, he
said. That's important, because studies have ...
News for Week #51 2008
Metabolic syndrome
predicts kidney disease
Reuters - USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having the so-called
metabolic syndrome may raise the risk of chronic kidney
disease in people with type 2 diabetes, ...
Strict Blood Sugar
Lowering Won't Ease Diabetes Heart Risk ...
Health Day News - USA
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 -- Intensive
lowering of blood sugar in people with poorly controlled
...
Go Nuts with the
Mediterranean Diet to Reduce Disease Risk
Medfinds - Seattle,WA,USA
Up to 25% of US adults have metabolic syndrome, so
identifying ways to better manage this condition is
vital. A large study of Spanish adults suggests the ...
Diabetic kids often
have Vitamin D deficiency
UAE Daily News -
Orleans,Ontario,Canada
NEW YORK - Children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes
may have a particularly high rate of deficiency in
bone-building vitamin D, a small study suggests. ...
Cardiac-Diabetes
Self-management Program Developed to Help Patients
MedIndia - Chennai,India
A quarter of Type 2 diabetes patients admitted to
hospital with a heart problem were readmitted within 28
days, compared to just six per cent of coronary ...
Childhood infection
linked to diabetes
Siasat Daily -
Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
Washington, December 24: A new study shows that the human
parechovirus contributes to the development of type 1
diabetes among genetically high risk ...
Genetic Variant Linked
With Worse Clinical Outcomes in MI Patients ...
Medscape - USA
Regarding the possibility of genotyping patients with
acute coronary syndrome to identify CYP2C19*2 carriers
for risk stratification, Storey believes the ...
Shared and Distinct
Genetic Variants in Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac ...
New England Journal of
Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
Methods We evaluated the association between type 1
diabetes and eight loci related to the risk of celiac
disease by genotyping and statistical analyses of ...
New Indication For
Fast-Acting Postprandial Hypoglicemic Agent ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Nateglinide, an amino acid derivative, is an oral
hypoglycemic agent that has insulin secretion enhancing
effect with quick onset and short duration. ...
Blood sugar loss may
trigger Alzheimer's: study
Reuters UK - UK
LONDON (Reuters) - A slow, chronic reduction of blood
sugar to the brain could trigger some forms of
Alzheimer's disease, US researchers said on Wednesday.
...
'No Weight Gain' modern
insulin treatment for diabetes
Moneycontrol.com -
Mumbai,India
Insulin treatment today is emerging as an important and
major tool in management of type 2 diabetes, in addition
to its obligatory use in type 1diabetes. ...
Takeda: US FDA to
respond on diabetes drug by June
Reuters - USA
T), Japan's top drugmaker, said on Wednesday the US Food
and Drug Administration would complete a review of a key
diabetes drug candidate by June 26, 2009. ...
Psoriasis, Metabolic
Syndrome Linked to High Leptin Levels
Diabetes in Control - USA
Although association does not
necessarily signify causation, it is possible that the
proinflammatory mediators ...
Eptifibatide and
abciximab inhibit insulin-induced focal adhesion ...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
Alpha-v beta3 integrins influence responses to insulin in
various cell types but effects in human aortic smooth
muscle cells (HASMC) are unknown. ...
Diabetes
Drugs Must Now Clear Cardiovascular Hurdle, Says FDA
Medscape - USA
The Food and Drug Administration is
now recommending that all new drugs developed for the
treatment of type 2 diabetes show that they do not
increase the risk of cardiovascular events ...
Diabetes and
Cardiovascular Disease Among Older Adults: An Update on
the Evidence
Medscape - USA
Cardiovascular
disease is the leading cause of death among older adults
with diabetes. To reduce the excessive risk of
cardiovascular disease, all coronary risk factors must be
treated aggressively. (Geriatrics Aging 11(9) 2008) ...
Alpha Lipoic Acid: The
Multi-Tasking Supplement
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
In addition to being a powerful antioxidant, alpha lipoic
acid helps the body use glucose; hence, it is useful in
lowering blood sugar levels and in the ...
DiaMedica Announces
Last Patient in for DM-99 Phase II Clinical Trial
Market Wire (press
release) - USA
Change in insulin and/or blood glucose levels in time
increments over a 4 hour period, post meal consumption,
are the study's primary endpoints. ...
Generex Announces Governmental
Approval of its Oral Insulin Spray ...
MarketWatch (press
release) - USA
Generex Oral-lyn is designed to offer a simple,
convenient, fast, effective, flexible, familiar and
pain-free alternative to prandial injections of insulin.
...
Diabetes in
African Americans: Optimizing Outcomes through Integrated
Nutritional Strategies and Insulin Therapy
Medscape - USA
This activity was developed from the transcript and
slides of a certified CME symposium ...
Living Cell, Centocor
to collab on encapsulation tech
Small Times - USA
Insulin cell clusters (green) in capsules, about the size
of sand grains in real life. (Source: LCT) LCT entered
clinical trials for its diabetes product in ...
Diabetics Benefit from
Eating Fish
Renal and Urology News -
New York,NY,USA
Eating more fish may lower diabetic patients' risk of
macroalbuminuria, new study findings suggest. The
findings, which appear in the American Journal of ...
Walk briskly ... and
carry a smaller stomach
Red Bluff Daily News - Red
Bluff,CA,USA
For women, a measure of 35 inches and more is one
indicator of "metabolic syndrome," with its
increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. 3. ...
Leptin's long-distance
call to the pancreas
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Rube Goldberg—the cartoonist who devised complex
machines for simple tasks—would have smiled at one
of leptin's mechanisms for curbing insulin release. ...
Preexisting diabetes
increased risk for death among patients with ...
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
Patients with diabetes at the time of cancer diagnosis
had an increased risk for death compared with patients
without diabetes, according to results of a ...
Thiamine Found
Important for Diabetics
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
Most people, even doctors, believe those complications
can be avoided simply by keeping blood sugar tightly
controlled with diet, oral medication or insulin ...
American Diabetes
Association Leaves West Virginia
WSAZ-TV -
Huntington,WV,USA
(AP) - The American Diabetes Association is closing its
only field office in West Virginia - which has the higher
percentage of people with diabetes in the ...
News for Week #50 2008
VADT: Intensive Glucose
Control Fails to Reduce Cardiovascular Events
Medscape - USA
ACCORD, on the other hand, was stopped early because of
an increased risk of death in patients who underwent
intensive blood glucose lowering. ...
Exercise Protects Black
Women From Type 2 Diabetes
Washington Post - United
States
19 (HealthDay News) -- Less TV and more exercise may help
reduce incidence of type 2 diabetes, especially among
black women, a new report shows. ...
Seizing Driver Crashes
into Home
MyFox Dallas -
Dallas,TX,USA
A driver suffering a diabetic seizure careened off a road
and crashed into a Denton County home on Thursday night.
The Chevrolet truck crashed into the ...
Multivessel Coronary
Revascularization in Patients With and ...
Cardiosource -
Washington,DC,USA
Methods: The ARTS-II trial was a single-arm study (n =
607) that included 159 diabetic patients treated with SES
whose 3-year clinical outcome was compared ...
Psoriasis Associated
with Higher Risk of Hyperleptinemia ...
Drug Topics Magazine -
Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
17 (HealthDay News) -- Psoriasis has been linked to
hyperleptinemia, which in turn is associated with a
higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, ...
Study suggests a low-glycemic diet may help
diabetes patients improve blood-sugar control.
The Endocrine Society
- USA
"Eating a low-glycemic diet can help people with
diabetes improve blood-sugar control" ...
Occurrence Of Major Eye
Disease Projected To Increase Among ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
18, 2008) — Based on projected increases in the
prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with
diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with
...
Intensive Glycemic
Control Fails to Prevent Most Microvascular ...
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Explain that, according to the authors, some patients may
benefit from intensive glycemic control earlier in the
disease course if hypoglycemia and other ...
Glucose Control and
Vascular Complications in Veterans with Type 2 ...
New England Journal of
Medicine (subscription) - MA,USA
Methods We randomly assigned 1791 military veterans (mean
age, 60.4 years) who had a suboptimal response to therapy
for type 2 diabetes to receive either ...
Thiamine Reverses Early
Diabetic Kidney Disease in 35% of Type 2 Patients
Diabetes in Control - USA
Researchers have discovered high
doses of thiamine - vitamin B1 - can reverse the onset of
early diabetic kidney disease ...
Driver pleads guilty in
traffic deaths of family of four
Tahoe Daily Tribune -
South Lake Tahoe,CA,USA
As a result, she drove while her level of consciousness
was altered by low blood sugar, causing her to lose
control of her vehicle. ...
Jackson Heart Study
reaches key deadline
Jackson Clarion Ledger -
Jackson,MS,USA
Taylor said African Americans' high levels of
"metabolic syndrome" contributes to higher
levels of diabetes, which in turn can contribute to heart
disease. ...
Plans For Exenatide
Once Weekly NDA Submission by End of First
Pharmaceutical Online
(press release) - Erie,PA,USA
This approximately 450 patient, open-label, superiority
study compares exenatide once weekly with insulin
glargine on a background of oral agent therapy. ...
Hundreds Dead" in
Failed Diabetes Drug Trial
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
One of the treatments in the study involved using
combinations of FDA-approved diabetes drugs to
aggressively lower participants' blood sugar to levels as
...
Amylin advances further
on hopes for diabetes drug
Forbes - NY,USA
... their ascent Friday, a day after the drugmaker
confirmed it plans to seek regulatory approval for its
weekly diabetes drug in the first half of 2009. ...
Acne Solutions - 5
Alternative Acne Solutions
Meadow Free Press -
Meadow,ID,USA
Try to limit your carbohydrate as well as sugar intake so
as not to increase your insulin content. Taking a
multivitamin capsule or tablet regularly is ...
NYU Langone Medical
Center - Medical Breakthroughs of 2008
HealthNewsDigest.com - New
York,NY,USA
DIABETES: A 2008 study showed that aspirin use in broader
diabetic population without cardiovascular disease may
cause harm to patients – but Dr. Michael ...
Fast heartbeat predicts
diabetes
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
High resting heart rates in early adulthood have been
found to be a predictor of obesity and diabetes in later
life, a new study shows. ...
Whose life is it
anyway? Workers pay price for unhealthy ways
Minneapolis Star Tribune -
Minneapolis,MN,USA
Let's just … read more say he's a non-caucasian who
is very prone to diabetes and other diseases common to
his non-caucasian ancestry. ...
Gastric Bypass Success
Sparks Debate
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
"I am being asked to operate on 78-year-olds with
co-morbidities of heart disease and diabetes," said
Dr. Edward H. Phillips, executive vice chairman of the
...
Biggest NSW trial ever
launched to prevent type 2 diabetes
Cowra Community News -
Cowra,Australia
NSW Minister for Health, John Della Bosca, has announced
a new $5 million trial to address the growing problem of
type 2 diabetes among the NSW adult ...
Dropping Pounds For
Your Diabetes
PWO - France
The American Diabetes Association doesn't think so. In
fact, according to the Association, losing just 10 or 15
pounds can go a long way in lowering blood ...
Experimental
Weight-Loss Pill Passes Early Test
Washington Post - United
States
Excess weight can lead to a variety of health problems,
including heart disease, stroke, cancer, arthritis and
type 2 diabetes. "Obesity is an epidemic," ...
News for Week #49 2008
Study links diabetes
and coeliac
BBC News - UK
Type 1 diabetes and the food intolerance disorder coeliac
disease appear to share a common genetic origin, UK
research suggests. ...
Cerep in diabetes
licensing deal with Sanofi
Reuters - USA
PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), for a jointly
discovered diabetes treatment, triggering an undisclosed
milestone payment. ...
Nuts boost health
benefit of Mediterranean diet
Times of Malta -
Valletta,Malta
A daily serving of mixed nuts helped a group of older
people manage their metabolic syndrome, a group of
related disorders such as obesity, high cholesterol ...
Cellular Stress Causes
Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
Scientific Frontline -
Oklahoma,OK,USA
Although fatty liver itself does not necessarily cause
illness, it is associated with serious conditions like
diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cirrhosis of the ...
Prevalence of
cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic ...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the
metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men and women in
Gothenburg, Sweden Random samples of 50-year-old men ...
Lack of sleep has
genetic link with type 2 diabetes
Science News - USA
Insulin is shown in red. A receptor on these cells is a
link that begins a connection between sleep and type 2
diabetes.Nils Wierup Sleep is a mystery. ...
deCODE to Integrate New
Genetic Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes ...
MarketWatch - USA
If losing weight, eating better and getting adequate
exercise aren't enough, there are also medications that
can help to manage blood sugar levels and ...
AstraZeneca extends diabetes drug
(dapagliflozin) plans to Japan
Forbes - USA
AstraZeneca PLC and Bristol-Myers
Squibb Co.said Monday they plan to extend their
international deal to co-develop - and ultimately sell -
a new diabetes drug to include Japan ...
FDA Byetta review
likely to extend into 2009
Forbes - NY,USA
Byetta currently is approved for use in combination with
other diabetes medications to help people with type 2
diabetes control their blood sugar. ...
European Life Sciences
Enterprise Accolade For Ulster Trio
University of Ulster
Online - Coleraine,UK
... Diabetes Research Group into novel therapeutics,
diagnostics and other innovative technologies for
diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome. ...
Cocoa consumption for 2
wk enhances insulin-mediated ...
Am J Clin Nutr
(subscription) - Davis,CA,USA
Background: Essential hypertension is characterized by
reciprocal relations between endothelial dysfunction and
insulin resistance. ...
Diabetic children from
deprived areas control disease less, says study
The Herald -
Glasgow,Scotland,UK
The study, published in the journal Diabetic Medicine,
found that, on average, blood glucose levels in children
with diabetes from the most deprived areas ...
New genes present drug
targets for managing cholesterol and ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Notably, several of the newly implicated genetic variants
were also related to the risk of gallstones and certain
rare forms of diabetes. ...
News for Week #48 2008
Paramedic died of
arrhythmia, autopsy finds
Explore Baltimore County -
Baltimore,MD,USA
He was a diabetic and wore an insulin pump, but that
condition did not appear to play a part in his death,
Fowler said. The forensic team examined the ...
Natural remedies for
diabetes
Jamaica Gleaner -
Kingston,Jamaica
Diabetes is a nutritional disorder in which the body is
unable to produce enough insulin to burn the sugars and
starches consumed. When insulin is reduced, ...
Newton Photonics wins
grant to develop OCT-based glucose meter
BioOptics World -
Tulsa,OK,USA
(Bethlehem, PA), is developing a similar blood sugar
meter, the article says that Newton Photonics' technology
enables prolonged monitoring and eliminates ...
Two insurance companies
to cover DexCom monitors
San Diego Union Tribune -
San Diego,CA,USA
The information helps diabetics try to avoid extreme
highs and lows in their blood sugar, which cause organ
damage. Disposable sensors that must be changed ...
Type 1 diabetes: Islet
renovation
Nature.com (subscription)
- London,England,UK
Notably, -cell mass increased from 10% in non-diabetic
control mice to 45%, which the authors suggest is due to
repair of damaged islets, in conjunction ...
A Bone Structural Basis
for Fracture Risk in Diabetes
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
Context: Elevated areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in
type 2 diabetes mellitus is inconsistent with increased
fracture risk at some skeletal sites. ...
Top FDA Official Says
Avandia Should Remain Available
Wall Street Journal - USA
By ALICIA MUNDY GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug
Avandia should remain available to patients despite some
medical associations' calls for doctors not to ...
Mediterranean Diet Good
for Those with Type II Diabetes
13WHAM-TV -
Rochester,NY,USA
A new study shows that patients with Type II diabetes
could have some more options in their diets. “A
Mediterranean diet is one that emphasizes ...
Novo confident on
profits and liraglutide
guardian.co.uk - UK
The launch of the injectable diabetes treatment would be
"costly" and the drug would not contribute
significantly to growth immediately, but Sorensen said
...
Diabetes drug found in
health supplement container
Toronto Star - Ontario,
Canada
Diabetic medication has been discovered in a container of
a health supplement purchased at a Toronto wholesale
warehouse. Toronto police issued a public ...
Green Tea Benefits Type
1 Diabetes and Sjogren’s Syndrome
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
Type 1 diabetes also goes by the names
"childhood-onset diabetes" or
"insulin-dependent diabetes". It occurs when
the pancreas is unable to produce the ...
Secreted protein sends
signal that fat is on the way
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
For instance, they would like to know whether mice that
lack adropin become obese and show evidence of the
metabolic syndrome, a cluster of diseases ...
GENFIT Therapeutic
Potential of GFT505 is Demonstrated in the ...
PharmaLive.com (press
release) - Newtown,PA,USA
The pre-diabetic and diabetic patients suffer from
overlapping disorders (high blood pressure, dyslipidemia,
insulin resistance, inflammation. ...
Learn about the Protein
Therapeutics Markets (Antithrobins ...
MarketWatch - USA
NEW YORK, Dec 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research
report related to the Pharmaceutical industry industry is
...
Ginseng Found Highly
Effective for Weight Loss and Diabetes Control
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
American ginseng acts in the digestive tract to increase
insulin secretion. The Journal of Ethnopharmacology
reports a study acknowledging ginseng's long ...
Risk Factors Identified
for Recurrent Cardiac Events in Type 2 ...
Medscape - USA
"Approximately 6% of unselected diabetic patients in
secondary prevention develop recurrent major CVD every
year," the study authors write. ...
Lexicon Files
Investigational New Drug Application for LX4211 as a ...
MarketWatch - USA
Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder
associated with abnormally high blood sugar levels.
Diabetes is classified as either type 1, ...
Controlling obesity key
to reducing diabetes worldwide
SmartBrief -
Washington,DC,USA
Researchers say unless obesity is brought under control,
the number of people who develop diabetes worldwide will
far exceed projections. ...
The New York Times Editorial Board
Seeking to Practice Medicine?
The New York Times - NYC
USA
A large new study seems to suggest that millions of
people with low cholesterol could benefit from taking the
cholesterol-lowering drugs ...
Sleep Duration Linked
to Diabetes
Oneindia - Tamilnadu,India
Not getting enough sleep or getting too much of it can be
a bad thing, for researchers at the Columbia University
in New York have found a link between both ...
DexCom(TM) Receives CE
Mark Approval for the SEVEN(R) Continuous ...
MarketWatch - USA
The SEVEN is DexCom's second generation device designed
to help people with diabetes better manage their diabetes
and control their glucose levels. ...
Obesity Linked To Rise
In Diabetes
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The commonness of diabetes globally will surpass even the
drastic rise at present expected unless growing movements
of obesity are addressed, health experts ...
Genes and Diabetes
Increase Heart Problems
Ivanhoe - Winter
Park,FL,USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 2 diabetes is a known risk
factor for cardiovascular disease. It increases a
person’s risk of having a major cardiac event in ...
News for Week #46 2008
Local med student wages
war on diabetes
Signal - Santa
Clarita,CA,USA
Brestoff's synthetic, patent-pending compound may cure
both obesity and type 2 diabetes once proper research and
documentation is complete, according to ...
Pure insulin-producing
cells effectively treat diabetic mice
Entertainment and Showbiz!
- Baroda,India
A team of scientists in Singapore has developed an
unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from
mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). ...
Master Gene Plays Key
Role In Blood Sugar Levels
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
The severity of the hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) was
unexpected, said Dr. Bert W. O'Malley, chair of molecular
and cellular biology at Baylor College of ...
Gastric bypass surgery
studied for diabetes cure
CTV.ca - Canada
Doctors in Canada are taking part in a study to see if a
surgery used to treat severe obesity may also help people
with Type 2 diabetes. ...
Study: Diabetes Drug
Avandia Riskier Than Actos
eFluxMedia - USA
Both drugs are used to lower blood sugar in patients with
type 2 diabetes. In November 2007, Avandia received a
black box warning due to increased risk of ...
Missing Week's Work for
Mental Health May Predict Premature Mortality
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
There was a strong association with mortality among women
who were absent because of a diagnosis of neoplasm or
endocrine disease and mental disorders. ...
Cancer Drugs May Treat
Type 1 Diabetes
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
18 (HealthDay News) -- Gleevec, a wonder drug that
effectively treats leukemia and other cancers, may also
reverse type 1 diabetes, University of California ...
News for Week #45 2008
TCM: type 2 diabetes
South China Morning Post
(subscription) - Hong Kong
Practically, TCM is unlikely to provide as tight a
control on blood sugar levels as western medicine, but
it's a useful complement to western treatment in ...
Insulin pump co
NiliMedix gets Health Ministry nod
Globes - Rishon
Le-Zion,Israel
D Medical Industries Ltd. (TASE:DMDC) portfolio company
NiliMedix Ltd. has obtained Ministry of Health approval
for the company's insulin pump and infusion ...
UAE has highest number of diabetes
sufferers in GCC
AME Info - United Arab
Emirates
Dr Amel B. El Tayeb, MD, FRCP, consultant endocrinologist
and director of The Diabetes & Endocrine Center at
Dubai Healthcare City, said: 'The UAE has one ...
Cops: Diabetic driver
causes chain reaction of crashes
Newsday - Long
Island,NY,USA
BY MATTHEW CHAYES | matthew.chayes@newsday.com A diabetic
driver "on the verge of passing out" from low
blood sugar rear-ended a car yesterday, triggering a ...
News for Week #44 2008
Liver cancer patients
have high diabetes prevalence
Reuters - USA
Men with DM and HCC were more likely to be treated with
insulin than male diabetics in the control group (38
percent vs 18 percent, p = 0.009), ...
Insulet Corporation
Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan
MarketWatch - USA
Through its revolutionary OmniPod Insulin Management
System, Insulet seeks to expand the use of continuous
subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy ...
AHA 2008:
JUPITER Casts a Large Shadow: Moving From Efficacy Data
to the Big Picture
Heartwire
JUPITER is a large, multinational,
long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized
clinical trial that included 17 802 healthy men and
women with normal LDL cholesterol but elevated CRP
(>2.0 mg/L) assigned to rosuvastatin 20 mg or placebo
...
Autumn is for
'metabolic syndrome'
The Japan Times - Japan
By AMY CHAVEZ In the face of the increasing problem of
"metabolic syndrome," in Japan, they really
ought to revise the phrase shokuyoku no aki (Autumn is
...
Pauline's four-legged
lifesaver
Austin Herald -
Austin,MN,USA
The dog will also go to the kitchen to retrieve a bottle
of Mountain Dew to help Iverson lift her blood sugar
level. At Thursday’s Austin Noon Lions Club ...
Photo Release --
Generex Launches Oral Insulin for Diabetes ...
MarketWatch - USA
"Early intervention with insulin therapy could delay
the onset and progression of diabetes and its numerous
complications. Generex Oral-lyn(tm), ...
Type 2 diabetes big
concern
London Free Press - Canada
The big development occurred in 1921 when Frederick
Banting and Charles Best discovered insulin, the hormone
used by the body to control levels of glucose ...
Clouded vision could be
pointer to diabetes
Hindu - Chennai,India
It could be an indication of diabetes and could even lead
to loss of vision if left untreated, say doctors.
Diabetic retinopathy is a serious condition of ...
News for Week #43 2008
Ore. panel seeks effort
against obesity, diabetes
The Oregonian -
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
(AP) — State officials are calling on Oregonians to
eat better and exercise more, in hopes of curbing a rise
in obesity-related diabetes that threatens the ...
Merck reaffirms
commitment to Cardiovascular research - quick facts
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
... discovering and developing novel treatments for
cardiovascular disorders, including atherosclerosis,
hypertension, heart failure and metabolic syndrome. ...
Good genes behaving
badly behind type-1 diabetes
Newspost Online -
Baroda,India
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine
say that scientists looking for genetic variants
responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes, ...
Green tea compound may
prevent type 1 diabetes: study
Tehran Times - Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A compound found in green tea could
slow or even prevent the development of type 1 diabetes,
new research in mice suggests. ...
Alzheimer's: High BP,
diabetes may cause early death
Merinews - New Delhi,India
... Center at Columbia University Medical Center stated
that two factors - high BP and diabetes - can bring an
early end to the Alzheimer patients. ...
Cyprus has one of
highest diabetes rates in the world
Cyprus Mail -
Nicosia,Cyprus
Vildagliptin has also shown to help bring blood sugar
levels under control without the side effects commonly
associated with many widely used type 2 ...
Research Reveals How
Insulin Targets a Motor Protein to Accelerate ...
Genetic Engineering News
(press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
A scientist at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical
Research discovered how insulin activates a motor protein
known as myosin IC (Myo1c), which in turn aids ...
New Horizons In Type 2
Diabetes Research
NPR - USA
The artificial resveratrol decreased blood sugar levels
and restored insulin levels to normal in diabetic mice.
C. Ronald Kahn, professor at the Harvard ...
Metabolic Syndrome
Affect Less Than Quarter of US Workforce
Natural Products Industry
Insider - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The combination of health risks known as metabolic
syndrome affects slightly less than a quarter of the US
workforce and is linked to increased absenteeism ...
Beneficial effects of
insulin in new onset type 2 diabetes with ...
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
Insulin therapy in patients with newly diagnosed type 2
diabetes may have benefits beyond improved glycemic
control. Several studies have suggested that ...
News for Week #42 2008
Artificial Pancreas
Could Revolutionize Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetes
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
... entirely maintained the patients' blood glucose
levels, and the algorithm achieved excellent overnight
control without any incidence of hypoglycemia. ...
Link between diabetes
and TB found
Times of India - India
WASHINGTON: Researchers at The University of Texas School
of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus say that
patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at ...
Forest adds diabetes
drug in Phenomix deal
Reuters - USA
N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday
that it had reached a deal with Phenomix Corp to develop
and sell an experimental diabetes drug, ...
Diabetic taxi driver
crashes into a wall
Independent Online - Cape
Town,South Africa
Three vehicles parked at a block of flats in Durban were
damaged after a taxi cab crashed after the driver
evidently had a diabetic attack and hit a brick ...
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Launches Phase 1A Trials of its Insulin ...
PR Newswire (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
JERUSALEM, October 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - An
Insulin Suppository Represents an Important Development
in the Treatment of Diabetes as it Provides a ...
Understanding why
Obesity Control has Failed: New Approach, New ...
PR Web (press release) -
Ferndale,WA,USA
Unfortunately, obesity is associated with abdominal fat
deposition which tends also to be associated with insulin
resistance. Insulin resistance also seems ...
News for Week #41 2008
Sugar fighter:
Kalamazoo company Metabolic Solutions on the verge ...
Kalamazoo Gazette -
MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
It could thus help prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes
by treating a condition known as metabolic syndrome. That
condition is characterized by low HDL ...
Potential Treatment To
Prevent Diabetes And Obesity Using ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2008) — A molecule called
interleukin-6 has opened new doors for the creation of
new drugs against obesity and diabetes. ...
Spices, Herbs Boost
Health for Diabetics
U.S. News & World
Report - Washington,DC,USA
Researchers bought 24 herbs and spices and found that
many appear to have the power to inhibit tissue damage
and inflammation brought on by high blood-sugar ...
Boehringer Says Three
Oral Diabetes Drugs Are Being Studied
Bloomberg - USA
Boehringer is running the last of three stages of tests
required for regulatory approval on a DPP-4 inhibitor
shown to lower blood sugar without causing ...
Diabetes aspirin use
questioned
BBC News - UK
Aspirin should not routinely be used to prevent heart
attacks in people with diabetes, Scottish research
suggests. The British Medical Journal reported that ...
Vitamin D deficiency
may affect diabetes risk
Food Consumer -
Lisle,IL,USA
The study showed that children with type 1 diabetes were
more likely to have deficiency of vitamin D than healthy
children, 91 percent in diabetic children ...
Glutamic acid
decarboxylase may help to preserve residual insulin ...
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
Treatment with alum-formulated glutamic acid
decarboxylase contributed to the preservation of residual
insulin secretion in patients with recent-onset type ...
News for Week #40 2008
Genaera Corp says
second Phase 1 trial results of trodusquemine to ...
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
A Phase 1b multiple ascending dose study in obese type 2
diabetics is scheduled to be initiated in the
fourth-quarter of 2008 in which one of three doses of ...
Metabolic syndrome ups
colorectal cancer risk
EurekAlert (press release)
- Washington,DC,USA
Metabolic syndrome was defined as having a combination of
three common chronic medical conditions: hypertension,
diabetes and elevated cholesterol. ...
Excess Weight, Insulin
Drive Up Prostate Cancer Mortality
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
And the combination of overweight and elevated C-peptide
levels (a surrogate for insulin secretion) increased the
risk of death four-fold, Jing Ma, Ph.D., ...
Sleuths go door to door
to sniff out Medicare fraud
USA Today - USA
Today they are focusing on home health agencies that send
nurses to give homebound diabetics insulin injections.
Some patients are neither homebound nor ...
News for Week #39 2008
As industrializing
world adopts Western habits (ed."Coca-Colonization"),
disease on rise
San Francisco Chronicle -
CA, USA
Every 30 seconds, a person loses a leg to diabetes, a
disease of high blood sugar that can result in
amputations, blindness and heart failure. ...
Amylin Resurrects
Obesity Drug, in New Combination with Diabetes ...
Xconomy - Cambridge,MA,USA
... thinks it has found a way to bring leptin back to
life as a weight-loss drug, as part of a new combination
with Symlin, a drug it markets for diabetes. ...
Amylin Resurrects
Obesity Drug, in New Combination with Diabetes ...
Xconomy - Cambridge,MA,USA
... thinks it has found a way to bring leptin back to
life as a weight-loss drug, as part of a new combination
with Symlin, a drug it markets for diabetes. ...
Researchers Find New
Pathway Linked to Obesity
InjuryBoard.com -
Tampa,FL,USA
New research published in the October issue of the
journal Cell suggests overeating activates a metabolic
response usually inactive in hypothalamus - middle ...
Police: Diabetic
reaction contributed to two-car collision
Utica Observer Dispatch -
Utica,NY,USA
By AN OD STAFF WRITER A Sherrill man was ticketed after
experiencing a diabetic reaction that contributed to a
two-car collision Thursday evening in New ...
Pacific Biometrics Inc.
Reports FY2008 Operating Results
MarketWatch - USA
These contracts involve our core areas of technological
expertise, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
metabolic syndrome, osteoporosis, ...
Cardiovascular Disease-
The Big Killer
Mmegi Online -
Gaberones,Botswana
Free blood pressure, blood sugar and body mass testing
will be given to all members of the public together with
many other activities to be held at the same ...
Michigan Bill Would
Protect Doctors Who Flag Unfit Drivers
Wall Street Journal Blogs
- New York,NY,USA
The legislation also could apply to doctors whose
patients have diabetes, hypoglycemia or heart problems,
the AP explains. The state trial lawyers want to ...
Data From One-Year
Liraglutide Phase 3 Study Published Online In
BioResearch Online (press
release) - Horsham,PA,USA
Moreover, the treatment with liraglutide led to weight
loss, reduced systolic blood pressure and lowered rates
of hypoglycemia after 52 weeks of treatment. ...
Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Commences Phase 2A Trials of its Oral ...
ADMET.net (press release)
- Sudbury,UK
Oramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that it has
commenced Phase 2A studies of ORMD 0801, its oral insulin
capsule, on Type 1 diabetics at the ...
Novo slides, Citi wary
on liraglutide
Forbes - NY,USA
... (nyse: C - news - people ) cuts its target price for
the stock to 295 crowns from 315, due to worries about
experimental diabetes drug liraglutide. ...
Nomad Bioscience: New
Plant Biotechnology Company Founded to Focus ...
Earthtimes (press release)
- London,UK
NOMAD's pharmaceutical portfolio is focused on three
'biosimilar' versions of the proteins currently
constituting a $15 B market: Insulin, ...
Metabolic and
cardiovascular risk in patients with a history of ...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
Significantly higher insulin and lower HDL-cholesterol
levels were recorded in DTC subjects. In both groups,
insulin levels were significantly related with ...
Controlling Insulin Is
Good For Diabetes - And Breast Cancer?
Medical News Today (press
release) - UK
Doctors have long encouraged patients with diabetes to
exercise regularly to help control their insulin levels
and to maintain a healthy weight. ...
Strict Blood Sugar
Control in Type 1 May Reduce Risk of High Blood Pressure
HealthandAge.com
Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle
looked at the effects of hyperglycemia, or high blood
sugar, and intensive insulin treatment on the ...
Insulin Pumps Kill
Teenagers
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
(NaturalNews) More than a thousand diabetic teenagers
have been injured and more than a dozen killed through
the use of insulin pumps, according to a study ...
Dramatic Rise In
Childhood Diabetes Found
New York Sun - United
States
By Staff Reporters of the Sun | September 29, 2008 A
dramatic rise in the number of North Dakota children with
Type 2 diabetes — a form of diabetes normally ...
Excessive Cleanliness
Could Up Risk of Diabetes
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
Children raised in obsessively clean households could be
more likely to develop diabetes, Bristol University
scientists have claimed. ...
News for Week #38 2008
Excessive Fructose
Intake, Not Starch Leads To Metabolic Syndrome ...
The Common Voice -
Greenville,SC,USA
Physicians refer to this as “metabolic
syndrome” and it is the best predictor of who will
become diabetic in the future. Interestingly, there is
now ...
Continuous Glucose
Monitoring In Diabetic Pregnant Women Lowers ...
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
25, 2008) — Continuous glucose monitoring as part of
antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal
blood glucose control and lowers birth weight ...
Nonalcoholic Fatty
Liver Disease: 1 Gene Increases Risk, 1 Gene ...
WebMD - USA
As one might think, obesity and the cluster of symptoms
known as the metabolic syndrome are linked to NAFLD. Yet
some people with these risk factors get the ...
In Exubera’s
Shadow: Generex Bets Oral Spray Is Next Big Thing for ...
BNET - San
Francisco,Ca,USA
By Jim Edwards As companies bail out of the inhaled
insulin business — most recently Pfizer, which lost
$2.8 billion before throwing Exubera overboard — one
...
Rise in North Dakota
Children With Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Obesity
FOXNews - USA
Type 2 diabetes, which stems from the body's failure to
properly use insulin, typically is seen in people
middle-age and older, said Sherri Paxon, ...
Hollis-Eden reports
positive interim data from Phase I/II diabetes ...
Trading Markets (press
release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The additional data showed that Triolex is safe and well
tolerated to date, and that it significantly improved
insulin sensitivity and lowered fasting blood ...
EnteroMedics Reveals
Data on Vbloc Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes and ...
RTT News -
Williamsville,NY,USA
The results demonstrated that VBLOC Therapy might be
promising to improve comorbidities of diabetes and
hypertension independent of, and prior to, ...
Novo to start
liraglutide obesity study this year
Reuters - USA
Novo has already filed for regulatory approval in major
markets for the drug as a treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Novo said ahead of a capital markets ...
Data Safety Monitoring
Board supports continuation of trial of ...
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
The trial is studying the use of Medidur FA for the
treaent of diabetic macular edema (DME) being conducted
by our licensing partner, Alimera Sciences. ...
ARB May Retard Diabetic
Retinopathy for Some Patients
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
25 -- An angiotensin receptor blocker may help prevent
retinopathy in type 1 diabetes or treat it in type 2
disease, researchers here concluded from three ...
UCB receives EU setback
for drug in diabetic pain
Reuters - USA
BR: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) withdrew its EU
application to sell Vimpat, or lacosamide, as a treatment
for diabetic neuropathic pain on ...
Six million diabetics
in Turkey
Turkish Daily News
(subscription) - Ankara,Turkey
In addition, approximately 3 million of the 6 million
were unaware of their illness, according to the research,
conducted by the Metabolic Syndrome ...
Health Experts Call for
New Strategies to Combat Alarming Rise in ...
MarketWatch - USA
Experts have predicted that by 2025, the number of people
with diabetes will have increased by 20 per cent within
Europe, 80 percent within Eastern ...
Novel Attempt Of Gene
Therapy For Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Science Daily (press
release) - USA
And there is no report for application of chitosan as a
vector in the gene therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus.
A new research article addresses this ...
Barack Obama Stem Cell Research Ad
Ignores Best Diabetes Hope ...
LifeNews.com -
Helena,MT,USA
The ad, which features a mother of a child with juvenile
diabetes, also ignores how adult stem cell research
provides the most hope for patients. ...
Elevated Plasma
Fibrinogen and Diabetes Mellitus Are Associated ...
Cardiosource -
Washington,DC,USA
Elevated fibrinogen level was associated with diabetic
status, resulting in lower PI in diabetic patients (23.9%
vs. 45.1, p < 0.001), but not in ...
Weight management has
lasting effects in diabetics
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Among the participants taking short-acting insulin, 21
percent were able to quit, while the rest of those on
insulin therapy cut their dosage by more than ...
Diabetes and Large
Pouch Size Predict Poor Gastric Bypass Outcome
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
15 -- Patients are less likely to achieve expected weight
loss after bariatric surgery if they have diabetes or if
the surgeon created a relatively large ...
Sangamo BioSciences
Announces Presentation of Data From Diabetic ...
Earthtimes (press release)
- London,UK
Positive Interim Data from Ongoing SB-509-701 Study in
Subjects with Moderate to Severe Diabetic Neuropathy and
Additional Data from Phase 1b Clinical Trial ...
Blood pressure may
predict retinopathy in adolescent type 1 diabetes
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes and systolic or
diastolic blood pressure on or above the 90th percentile
may be at an increased risk for retinopathy. ...
New Drug Might Help
Diabetics Lose Weight
13WHAM-TV -
Rochester,NY,USA
A new class of drugs may soon be on the market to help
people with diabetes balance blood sugar and lose weight.
To control blood sugar levels, ...
Novo Nordisk’s Liraglutide Shows
Promise against Type 2 Diabetes ...
Medi News Direct -
Bangalore,Karnataka,India
Insulin-modified intravenous glucose tolerance tests were
used to measure the secretion of first and second-phase
insulin. The researchers noted that the ...
High Growth Reported
for the World Insulin Pumps (External) Market
MarketWatch - USA
Diabetes & Insulin - An Abstract II-5 Diabetes II-5 A
Fatal Disease II-5 Table 1: Leading Countries Worldwide
in Terms of Diabetes Population (includes ...
USF proposes hospital
dedicated to diabetes
Bay News 9 - Tampa,FL,USA
TAMPA (Bay News 9) -- The University of South Florida is
proposing to build a hospital exclusively dedicated to
diabetes. According to Bay News 9's partner ...
Alogliptin improved
glycemic control; had no effect on ...
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
Addition of alogliptin to insulin therapy reduces HbA1c
without increasing weight gain or hypoglycemia in
patients with type 2 diabetes. ...
News for Week #37 2008
Ramadan diet poses
health risk - experts
Independent Online - Cape
Town,South Africa
"High incidences of diabetes and hypertension in the
Muslim community are aggravated by bad diets during
Ramadan," ...
Prevent Diabetic Ills
With Chamomile Tea?
WebMD - USA
A new study shows the tea may help prevent the
development of diabetic complications, such as loss of
vision, nerve damage, and kidney damage. ...
EASD: Once-Weekly
Exenatide Benefit Sustained Over 52 Weeks
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
And exenatide reduced both hemoglobin AIc and fasting
plasma glucose without increasing the risk of
hypoglycemia, Dr. Buse said, noting that over 52-weeks
...
Lifestyle, Not Drugs,
for Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape (subscription) -
USA
September 11, 2008 (Rome, Italy) — Lifestyle
changes, not drugs, should be the main focus for
preventing type 2 diabetes: that was the conclusion of a
...
DIRECT: candesartan
reduced regression, incidence of diabetic ...
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
These findings were presented at the 44th Annual Meeting
of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
DIRECT-Prevent 1 is a primary prevention ...
The APOA5 Trp19 allele
is associated with metabolic syndromevia ...
7thSpace Interactive
(press release) - New York,NY,USA
The goal of the present study was to assess the effect of
genetic variability at the APOA5/A4/C3/A1 cluster locus
on the risk of metabolic syndrome. ...
Prof Zimmet, IDI and
the Genetics of Diabetes in Mauritius
Mauritius Times -
Mauritius
Professor Paul Zimmet AO MD PhD FRACP FRCP FTSE is the
person who can be said to have put Mauritius on the world
map of diabetes and the non-communicable ...
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