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News for Week #12 2010
A
sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup ...
Princeton University
... rats on a diet rich in high-fructose corn syrup showed characteristic
signs of a dangerous condition known in humans as the metabolic syndrome, ...
Red
meat main cause of uric acid: doctor
Gulf Times
... hypertension, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia (disruption in the amount
of lipids in the blood) and atherosclerosis (thickening of the artery walls
due ...
Study:
Selenium associated with a decrease in men's risk of diabetes
Drug Store News
... Nutrition and Metabolism, has shown that men with a higher concentration
of selenium in their bodies are less likely to develop diabetes. ...
FDA
to Focus on Increase in Insulin Pump Recalls
SBWire (press release)
New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/22/2010 -- The attorneys at Bernstein Liebhard
LLC are disturbed by the news of the growing number of insulin pump related
...
ChemoCentryx
Announces Phase II Clinical Trial of CCX140, a Novel, Orally ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Chronic inflammation is now thought to be central to the development of
insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. Macrophages represent as much as 40%
of the ...
FDA
Approves Diabetes Management System
HealthandAge.com
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a diabetes management system
that combines an insulin pump with a glucose monitoring system. ...
JDRF,
Pfizer, Hadassah Medical and the Hebrew University announce collaboration
EurekAlert (press release)
Drugs that can stimulate beta cell replication and expand beta cell mass have
potential as disease-modifying agents for the treatment of insulin-dependent
...
Mediterranean
Diet May Increase Success of Infertility Treatments
HealthNews
Among those are a lowered incidence of asthma and allergies in children,
lowered risk of metabolic syndrome, possibly eliminating diabetes medication
for ...
MOUNTAIN
MEDICINE: More women than men die from heart disease
Arizona Daily Sun
For example: -- Metabolic syndrome -- a combination of fat around your
abdomen and high blood pressure, blood sugar and triglycerides -- has a
greater ...
Arterial
stiffness may be involved in development of diabetes
Ethiopian Review
Pulse pressure (PP) is an independent predictor of new-onset diabetes in
high-risk hypertensive patients, new research from Japan has found. ...
News for Week #11 2010
 Hypoglycemia
Linked to Higher Risk of Death in ICU Patients
TopNews United States
Among the patients included, 1109 experienced hypoglycemia while the
remainder served as a non-hypoglycemic control group. "Even after the
adjustment for ...
Valsartan
(Diovan) Delayed Progression to Type 2 Diabetes in At-Risk ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
The study involved more than 9000 patients, making it one of the largest and
longest global trials to date in pre-diabetic patients. ...
Supporters
of diabetes drug had financial ties to pharmaceutical company
Diabetes.co.uk
According to a report from Mayo Clinic, most of the scientists who came out
in support of GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia were actually financially
...
Obesity
Could Be Caused by Stomach Bacteria
Weight Loss Surgery Channel
According to the study, recently published online in Science Express, certain
bacteria can stimulate inflammation in the body, which can lead to insulin
...
Obesity's
role in cancer
Los Angeles Times
One popular explanation is that extra weight boosts the body's production of
hormones such as estrogen, insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 — all of
...
Health
Buzz: FDA Issues New Sales and Advertising Rules for Tobacco
U.S. News & World Report
Salsalate as a Type 2 Diabetes Treatment? It Looks Promising It's been a
confusing few years for people with diabetes, with concerns about the risks
tied to ...
Basal
Insulin Requirements May Be Less on the Day After Dialysis
A study shows a significant (25%) reduction in
basal insulin requirements on the day after dialysis vs the day before
dialysis in type 2 diabetic patients ...
Atorvastatin
may cause insulin resistance in patients with hypercholesterolemia
Endocrine Today
Atorvastatin significantly increased fasting insulin and HbA1c levels among
patients with hypercholesterolemia, study results indicated. ...
News for Week #10 2010
Major
Depression Doubles Dementia Risk in Diabetic Adults
Visit Bulgaria
Diabetic adults who suffer from depression more than double the risk of
dementia, according to a new study. A progressive decline of thinking and
reasoning ..
Woman
in crash suffered a diabetic seizure
Buffalo News
PENDLETON—Police said a Buffalo woman who suffered a diabetic seizure crashed
her car in in the 7400 block of Bear Ridge Road just before 4 pm Tuesday. ...
The
Role of Glycemic Control in Diabetic ESRD Patients
Renal and Urology News
Results from the ACCORD trial showed that hypoglycemia was the major risk
associated with intensive treatment and that the annualized rate of
hypoglycemic ...
News for Week #9 2010
Biodel
says FDA accepts diabetes drug application
Reuters
O) said the US health regulator accepted for review the marketing application
for its experimental diabetes drug VIAject, sending its shares up 15 percent
...
Increased
Napping May Be A Sign Of Diabetes, Researchers Say
AHN | All Headline News
Birmingham, United Kingdom (AHN) - British researchers have linked frequent
napping in older adults with an increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
...
County
files lawsuit against drug giant over diabetes medication
Trading Markets (press release)
Claiming that a major drugmaker made billions of dollars on a diabetes
medication that caused heart attacks and strokes, Santa Clara County on
Friday filed ...
FDA
Gives Novo the Go-Ahead to Market Victoza® in the US
Diabetes Health (press release)
The drug, which has already been marketed in Europe, is being offered as both
a monotherapy and as an adjunct to other diabetes drugs that are taken
orally. ...
Coverage
improving for kids who are obese
The Spokesman Review
Troy Dees credits lessons learned in quarterly visits with a dietitian with
helping his son Hunter, now 13, avoid insulin shots after he was found to be
...
News for Week #8 2010
Man
Carjacked While Passed Out In Diabetic Coma
Los Angeles Times
Memphis Police say the victim 53 year old Andrew McKinney blacked out from a
diabetic coma while driving. He was taken to the med and is expected to be
okay ...
Cow
Urine Key Ingredient in Breakthrough Diabetes Treatment
NTDTV
This is the first-ever scientific study on cow urine and its properties, and
its findings have the potential to change the diabetes treatment in the
country ...
Closedloop
insulin delivery is the holy grail near The Lancet
The Lancet - UK
Since the discovery of insulin alleviation of
the burden of insulin therapy has been a constant worry In The Lancet today
Roman Hovorka ...
New
gestational diabetes guidelines could find more women at risk
Los Angeles Times (blog)
New blood sugar measurements used to determine gestational diabetes could
mean that lower levels may pose risks for mother and baby. ...
GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals Limited Response to Recent Media Reports on ...
Business Wire India (press
release)
The Endocrine Society USA and AACE have clearly stated that there is no need
to panic at all. All diabetics have higher risk for CV disease and diabetes
...
News for Week #7 2010
Metabolic
complications could arise with PCOS
HealthJockey.com
Medications aiming at insulin resistance may also be utilized to treat this
condition. In a few cases concerning overweight patients, weight-loss surgery
...
Child
obesity links to heart disease reinforced
Victoria Times Colonist
... risk factors such as high blood pressure, according to a Florida study in
The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism .
...
Thin
on the Outside, Obese on the Inside
MSN Health & Fitness
Worse, this study found that many of these thin-but-fat people had
cardiovascular disease (heart attacks or strokes) and/or signs of metabolic syndrome
such ...
SKIN
DISCOLOURATION?
Express Buzz
Acanthosis nigricans is often associated with conditions that increase your
insulin level, such as type 2 diabetes or being overweight. ...
News for Week #6 2010
Enzyme
may protect from inflammation
UPI.com
... fats can cause an inflammatory response where macrophages secrete
cytokines, proteins that encourage insulin resistance and heart disease. ...
Scientists
shed light on insulin activity
EUROPA
A British-Czech team of scientists has discovered how insulin interacts with
cells in the human body. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National
...
News for Week #5 2010
Closed-loop
insulin systems 'reduce hypoglycaemia'
Healthcare Republic
Closed-loop insulin delivery systems can reduce night-time hypoglycaemia in
children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes, research published in The
Lancet ...
Calibra
Receives 510(k) Clearance for the Finesse™ Insulin Patch ...
93% of type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients on
insulin in the US and EU, estimated at over 10 million patients, use syringes
and pens and are challeng...
CORRECTION
- Efficacy and Safety Demonstrated by the OmniPod Insulin ...
CNNMoney.com (press release)
In the news release, "Efficacy and Safety Demonstrated by the OmniPod
Insulin Management System in Retrospective Study," issued earlier today
by Albany ...
Breastfeeding
good for both the baby and the mother
Food Consumer
... for premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer, retained gestational weight
gain, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction, and the metabolic syndrome. ...
News for Week #4 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways Epidemiological Follow-up Study
that included a review of patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #3 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways Epidemiological Follow-up Study
that included a review of patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #2 2010
Diabetic
complications worse for depressed patients
eMaxHealth
The findings are extracted from the Pathways Epidemiological Follow-up Study
that included a review of patient records with diabetes. ...
News for Week #1 2010
Shift
Work Aggravates Metabolic Syndrome Development Among Middle-Aged Males
Sleep Review
A recently published article on a 5-year follow-up study discusses the
association between rotating shift work and metabolic syndrome development
among male ...
News for Week #52 2009
Ten
million Britons at risk from cancer, new research reveals
The Guardian
Excess blood sugar means someone could be more likely both to develop cancer
and also to die from it, according to research in the Public Library of
Science ...
Study
suggests health risks for college linemen
WiredPRNews.com (press release)
A new study states players may be at a higher risk for diabetes and other
medical conditions later in life. US (WiredPRNews.com) – A new study proposes
that ...
Chicago
cop tasered unconscious diabetic 11 times
Raw Story
By Raw Story Police officers from two Chicago suburbs are being sued after
one of them allegedly Tasered a man having a diabetic seizure because the ...
New
Guidelines Urge A1C Test for Diabetes Diagnosis
BusinessWeek
Long used in the management of diabetes, the A1C blood test measures average
blood sugar levels for the previous two to three months. ...
Being
Overweight Puts Men at Higher Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke, and ...
eMaxHealth
These previous studies found that obese people without the metabolic syndrome
(MetS) were not at an increased risk of heart disease or stroke...
News for Week #51 2009
Bariatric
Surgery Helps Mother Realize Her Dream
WKBT
Brandy says, "They said I had polysytic ovarian syndrome, which was my
hormone ... We're treating a variety of metabolic and endocrine problems when
we ...
Fiji
diabetes rate among highest in world
TVNZ
Shocking new figures show four out of every 10 people in Fiji have diabetes,
putting it amongst the highest in the world. The Fred Hollows Foundation has
...
New
research looks to help diabetics
WWMT
Dr. Valitutto says that, if effective, the new drug could help slow the
auto-immune destruction of the beta cells which make insulin in the pancreas.
...
A
Prostate Cancer Therapy Increases Risk of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes Health (press release)
Regardless of age, men undergoing prostate cancer treatment via androgen
deprivation therapy have an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
...
A
Potential Treatment For Pulmonary Hypertension
Science Magazine (subscription)
There is emerging evidence that many key genes involved in PAH development
are targets of the insulin-sensitizing transcription factor peroxisome ...
Colour-Shifting
Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics To Glucose Levels
Gizmodo Australia
By Popular Science on December 24, 2009 at 2:40 AM Diabetics are saddled with
the unenviable task of checking their blood sugar levels constantly. ...
Amylin
Falls as Analyst Says FDA Wants Byetta Study
Bloomberg
Byetta, a twice-daily injection, has been sold since April 2005 for patients
also taking other diabetes medications. In August 2008, the FDA and Amylin
...
Coffee
cuts diabetes risk, plus pie eating cheating
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
Given that diabetes is a fearfully common result of way too many cakes, pies
and the like, a coffee-with-all-baked-goods rule is worth considering. ...
Final
lap of oral insulin tests is here
Times of India
BANGALORE: The last patient is now undergoing trials of the highly
anticipated Biocon oral insulin IN-105. Soon after this trial, the overall
data will be ...
Study:
Diabetes self-monitoring not cost effective
mobihealthnews
There's been a lot of talk this past year about the opportunity wireless
health could present for people with diabetes who already carry around ...
Is
nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?
EurekAlert (press release)
Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide in the past few
decades, one may ask what is wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the
...
SINGLE
DOSE OF PROPRIETARY ADULT STEM CELLS REGENERATES DAMAGED PANCREAS AND ...
PipelineReview.com (press
release)
This was due to restoration in the damaged pancreas of the balance between
insulin-producing beta cells, which reduce blood glucose, and
glucagon-producing ...
News for Week #50 2009
Gene
Therapy And Stem Cells Save Limb
Healthcanal.com
To find out if HIF-1 gene therapy could improve blood flow in a diabetic
animal, the team then tested the same virus in diabetic and non-diabetic mice
that ...
Korean,
Chinese Women More Likely to Have Diabetes During Pregnancy
Korea Times
By Bae Ji-sook - Ethnic Korean and Chinese women are more likely to suffer
from gestational diabetes mellitus, a diabetic disease that only prevails
during ...
Fructose
may promote metabolic syndrome
Natural News.com
Metabolic syndrome, also called "Syndrome X", is a condition
related directly to the effects of fructose on the body. Obesity, improper
insulin metabolism, ...
Crestor
Benefits Patients With No Heart Disease History: FDA
EmpowHer (blog)
But the review by FDA scientists also noted several safety concerns about the
drug, including an increased risk of diabetes, the Associated Press reported.
...
NFL
and college football behemoths playing a dangerous game
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News
Of the obese 19, 13 had developed an insulin resistance that made them
vulnerable to type 2 diabetes, and eight had metabolic syndrome, a set of
high-risk ...
How
Gene Action May Lead to Diabetes Prevention, Cure
Science Daily (press release)
11, 2009) — A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to
the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes. Understanding how the gene
...
Obesity,
diabetes rates in Tennessee counties go from bad to worse
WREG
(AP) — An analysis of diabetes and obesity on the county level in Tennessee
shows that conditions go from bad to worse. Williamson County has the lowest
...
First
Treatment for Diabetic Related Eye Disease May Soon Be Available
A Sweet Life (blog)
According to a JDRF press release great progress has been made towards
finding a treatment for diabetes-related eye disease. Novartis
Pharmaceuticals, based ...
Insulin
And Cancer Risk: Essential Considerations In The Investigation Of ...
Medical News Today (press
release)
Epidemiological studies are difficult to do well, pharmacoepidemiological
studies are particularly complicated and studies of insulin and cancer risk
are ...
The
New Prominence of Comparative Drug Trials
BusinessWeek
2 that its experimental diabetes drug performed better in a trial than Merck's
(MRK) $2 billion-a-year blockbuster Januvia. This gave the Swiss giant potent
...
Review
of Clinical Trials of Oral Insulin Orallyn Diabetes Health
Diabetes Health - Community: Type 1 Issues.
Type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, symptoms of diabetes, diabetes diet,
diabetes research, diabetes causes, ...
Too-Strict
Blood Sugar Control May Lead to Car Crashes
Dec 8, 2009 ... The Office of Minority Health
advises the Secretary and the OPHS on public health issues affecting American
Indians, and Alaska Natives, ...
News for Week #49 2009
Research
from University of Medicine in the area of depression in women described
Behavioral Health Central (blog)
Data detailed in 'Depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome: selective
association in older women' have been presented. "The metabolic syndrome
(MetS) is ...
183
New Medicines in Development for Diabetes
PR Newswire (press release)
Diabetics do not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone needed to convert
sugar, starches and other food into energy. This chronic disease affects 24.7
...
Prostate
cancer treatment linked to greater risk of heart disease and diabetes
Globe and Mail
The research, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
shows that the risk of heart attack, stroke, sudden cardiac death and
diabetes in ...
Diabetic
foot ulcers tied to earlier death
Reuters
Over time, diabetes can damage the blood vessels and nerves, especially if a
person's blood sugar is poorly controlled. Poor circulation and nerve damage
in ...
Study
shows oral insulin spray acts faster than insulin delivered subcutaneously
pharmabiz.com
Published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, an independent review
of clinical trials of Generex Oral-lyn shows that the oral insulin spray ...
Online
registry leads to research studies
Del Mar Times
The findings could explain why shift workers are unusually prone to metabolic
syndrome, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity. ...
iCo
Therapeutics Provides Phase 1 Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) Clinical Trial ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The underlying disease, Diabetes, is forecast to increase by almost 50% in
the US by 2025. DME is the swelling of the retina in diabetes patients due to
...
Cinnamon
Promising Blood Sugar-Lowering Agent
The Epoch Times
One reason for this is that high blood sugar levels increase glycosylation in
the body, during which sugar binds to proteins and damage them. ...
Study
Identifies Genetic Predeterminants For Diabetes In African-Americans
RedOrbit
"We tested that functionally by looking at markers known to be related
to diabetes, and we found indeed that there was more disregulation of blood
glucose ...
10
Things to Remember About Alcohol and Blood Sugar
Reader's Digest
Skip mixed cocktails, since they tend to be loaded with sugar, calories, and
carbs, and don't drink on an empty stomach because it can spike blood sugar.
Diagnos
gets licence for computer assisted retinal analysis application
Winnipeg Free Press
The company said it can now begin to market its product, called CARA-CCE, to
the estimated $600-million global market for diabetic retinopathy screening.
...
New
gene therapy and stem cells save limbs
UPI.com
9 (UPI) -- US scientists say they have developed an experimental therapy that
eliminates blood vessel blockage associated with old age or diabetes. ...
Implications
of ARBITER 6-HALTS for Diabetic Patients
Cardiosource
Diabetic patients are at particular risk for coronary heart disease 1 and, as
such, merit aggressive therapy for cardiovascular risk factors such as ...
Testosterone
linked to insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome in elderly women
Endocrine Today
Women aged 65 years or older with high testosterone levels were more likely
to have insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease
than ...
Continuation
of metformin after introduction of insulin in type 2 ...
The editorial reported a fall in glycated
haemoglobin level in the metformin plus insulin group from 8.15% to 6.71%
(but this level should have been ...
Novo
Nordisk starts phase-1 trial of oral insulin analogue
pharmabiz.com
Novo Nordisk has initiated its first phase-1 clinical trial with an oral
insulin analogue (NN1952). This milestone releases a USD 2 million payment to
...
Approved
Drug may Slow Type 1 Diabetes
Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug already used to treat autoimmune disorders may
also slow the destruction of insulin-producing cells in patients with ...
Too-Strict
Blood Sugar Control May Lead to Car Crashes
Health.com - New York,NY,USA
However, blood sugar that is too low — known as hypoglycemia — can cause
dizziness ... of any symptoms of an ...
Gene
for Type 2 Diabetes Also Linked to Childhood Obesity
About - News & Issues (blog)
Obesity is thought to be a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2
typically occurs in adults over 40, although in recent years the incidence of
...
Artificially
Sweetened Beverages Cause for Concern
Journal of American Medical
Association (subscription)
In the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 9 daily consumption of diet
drinks was associated with a 36% increased risk for metabolic syndrome and a
67% ...
AstraZeneca
paying for development of drug
The News Journal
Diabetes, a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use the
hormone insulin, has become one of the busiest treatment areas for drug
makers. ...
Some
obese people missing a piece of one of their chromosomes
Examiner.com
This deletion may have resulted in the loss of a gene controlling blood sugar
and appetite. Several genetic variants have been identified that increase the
...
News for Week #48 2009
Blood
Sugar Intolerance May Predict Postpartum Ills
Palm Beach Post
Pregnant women who develop gestational glucose (blood sugar) intolerance are
at increased risk for metabolic syndrome three months after they give birth,
...
Roche
says diabetes drug more effective than competitior
Drug Store News (blog)
3) A drug made by Roche and Ipsen provides better glycemic control in
diabetes patients than a competing drug made by Merck & Co., according to
late-stage ...
Oversized
College Football Players May Face Heart Risks
U.S. News & World Report
Of those, 42 percent had metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions that raise
the risk for heart disease and diabetes. Some researchers believe that ...
News for Week #47 2009
Diabetes
cases and spendings rising sharply: Study
The Money Times
It is the condition in which the body attacks itself, destroying the
pancreatic beta cells that the body needs to regulate blood sugar or glucose.
...
Molecule
that makes obese people develop diabetes discovered
Healthcare Republic
European researchers have discovered a molecule that they believe could play
a role in causing diabetes in obese people. They found that obese people have
...
Stenting
May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients
U.S. News & World Report
"Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among patients
with type 2 diabetes, and approximately 25 percent of the patients who
undergo ...
The
effects of corn silk on glycaemic metabolism
7thSpace Interactive (press
release) - New York,NY,USA
Base on folk remedies, corn silk has been used as an oral antidiabetic agent
in China for decades. However ...
Insulin
and core body temperature linked
United Press International
23 (UPI) -- A team of scientists led by the Scripps Research Institute says
it has discovered a direct link between insulin and core body temperature.
...
'Blood
pressure, cholesterol control help prevent diabetes'
Indian Express
“Blood pressure and cholesterol levels are more significant to control
diabetes than just blood sugar control,” said Dr R Muralidharan,
endocrinologist at ...
New
study shows using Meridia as a weight loss medication may increase ...
Examiner.com
Patients in the SCOUT study are over 55 and overweight or obese, with two cardiac
risk factors like diabetes or a history of heart disease. ...
News for Week #46 2009
Statin
Therapy with Ezetimibe or Niacin in High-Risk Patients
New England Journal of Medicine
(subscription)
Two well-powered studies of clinical end points — AIM-HIGH (Atherothrombosis
Intervention in Metabolic Syndrome with Low HDL/High Triglycerides and Impact
...
Hollis-Eden
to Present Interim Data From Its Phase I/II Clinical Studies of ...
CNNMoney.com (press release)
A Phase II trial (HE3286-0401) in obese, insulin-resistant diabetic patients
is fully enrolled and should be completed in the first quarter of 2010. ...
Gene
within the pancreas affecting insulin secretion discovered
News-Medical.net
How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been
discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ...
News for Week #45 2009
Compugen
Discovers Diabetes Genetic Marker; Shares Soar
Wall Street Journal
Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) said it discovered a genetic marker for predisposition
for the most common form of diabetes, which could make it easier for doctors
to ...
Excess
body fat responsible for specific cancers
TheMedGuru
Previous studies have also shown that fatty tissues could also affect the
processing of insulin which can cause cancer. Excess fat is also believed to
be ...
Ossulin
TM , a Novel Oral Insulin Product, Shows Promising Bioavailability for ...
Business Wire (press release)
In a series of experiments covering a range of doses and models, Ossulin™
consistently delivered around 20% of the insulin dose into the bloodstream.
...
News for Week #44 2009
Halozyme
Study Results Demonstrate Significantly Less Absorption Variability ...
WELT ONLINE
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HALO) today announced insulin variability
study results that demonstrated reduced intrasubject absorption variability
...
Obesity
related to more than 100000 cancer cases a year
Food Consumer
Regular physical activity helps regulate hormone levels and studies have
shown that women with higher insulin levels have a three-fold risk of death
when ...
DEFEND
Diabetes Trial
WSOCtv.com
Normally, specialized cells in the pancreas (islet cells) produce a hormone,
called insulin. When we eat, this hormone acts like a key to unlock a cell
and ...
High
Testosterone May Raise Cardiac Risks in Older Women Higher levels linked ...
ModernMedicine
In addition, the metabolic syndrome
(metsyn) was associated with insulin resistance. The odds of having metsyn
were three times greater among women in the top quartile for total ...
CPEX`s
Nasulin Insulin Therapy Featured in an Oral Presentation and Four ...
Reuters
Dose-Exposure for Single and Dual Nostril Administration of Nasal Insulin
(NasulinTM) The findings from this study demonstrated significantly enhanced
...
Chinese
herbs may prevent diabetes in high risk people
Natural News.com (registration)
The vast majority of the time, pre-diabetes (also called impaired glucose
tolerance or IGT), which is marked by higher than normal blood sugar levels,
...
Phase
2 Trial of XOMA 052 to be Initiated in Type 1 Diabetes Patients
CNNMoney.com (press release)
The trial will be sponsored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International (JDRF), the largest patient advocacy organization of Type 1
diabetes ...
The
Insulin Effect on Cerebrocortical Theta Activity Is Associated with Serum ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Context: Insulin action in the brain contributes to adequate regulation of
body weight, neuronal survival, and suppression of endogenous glucose
production. ...
UNMC
Study Yields Clues to Cell Metabolism, Obesity
HealthNewsDigest.com
The findings, published as the cover story in the latest issue of Cell
Metabolism, show that mice are obese and insulin resistant when they lack a
gene that ...
US
FDA issues alert on kidney problems with Byetta
Reuters
Byetta diabetes drug, US health regulators said on Monday. The US Food and
Drug Administration received 78 reports of problems with kidney function in
...
News for Week #43 2009
BYETTA
Approved for Expanded Use as First-Line Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
Reuters
Study findings showed that patients treated with 5 mcg or 10 mcg of BYETTA as
monotherapy reduced their A1C, a measure of average blood sugar over three
...
Study
Shows Resolution of Type 2 Diabetes in Morbidly Obese Patients; Data ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
This press release is an announcement submitted by GI Dynamics, and was not
written by Diabetes Health. LEXINGTON, Mass., October 27, 2009 - GI Dynamics,
...
Optimal
Insulin Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes
New England Journal of Medicine
(subscription)
by Holman, RR Patients with type 2 diabetes have peripheral insulin
resistance and inadequate insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells. ...
Orexigen
obesity drug seems to be effective
What is the Word
... Contrave, lost no less than 10 percent of their weight in a late-stage
study and the drug was also found to help cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
...
C-reactive
protein levels predicted future risk for stroke, MI following IVF
Endocrine Today
... levels of C-reactive protein found in women with PCOS may not be related
to vascular inflammation or the metabolic syndrome,” the researchers
concluded. ...
Generex
to Present Clincial Data at the 20th World Diabetes Congress of the ...
Reuters
On October 21, 2009, Generex will make a poster presentation of an abstract
entitled Treatment of Impaired Glucose Tolerance with Buccal Spray Insulin: A
...
News for Week #42 2009
Eating
Fish May Lower Diabetes Risk
Renal and Urology News
Eating one or more portions of fish per week may decrease the risk of type 2
diabetes, but similar intake of shellfish could increase the risk, according
to ...
Melatonin
Can Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Resistant Mice Study finds ...
ModernMedicine
MONDAY, Oct. 19 (healthday News) -- Melatonin, a hormone known for regulating
sleep and wake cycles, improves insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in
...
Study
Finds Diabetics Can Benefit From 'good' Fats
Personal Liberty Digest
Switching from butter and other saturated fat sources to polyunsaturated fats
in the diet may help diabetics reduce their body fat, according to a new
study ...
Endo
Pharmaceuticals Gives Update on Regulatory Status of FORTESTA(TM)
Reuters
... is increasing evidence of the link between Low T and other serious
medical conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and metabolic
syndrome. ...
The
major genetic risk locus for type 1 diabetes controls the presentation of ...
A Sweet Life, the source for the
healthy diabetic (blog)
It has been estimated that approximately 50% of the genetic risk of
developing type 1 diabetes is contributed by a single set of genes called the
major ...
Medicine's
Elusive Goal: A Safe Weight-Loss Drug
New York Times
... a high dose of Qnexa had statistically significant improvements in
cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar, compared with those given a
placebo. ...
Fumaric
Acid Ester Safe and Effective Against Psoriasis in Patients Receiving ...
DG News
By Jenny Powers BERLIN -- October 14, 2009 -- Patients receiving medication for
metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases may be effectively and safely
...
News for Week #41 2009
Reportlinker
Adds Insulin Delivery Systems Market Analysis (2008-2012) Report
Reuters
The number of diabetic patients in the world is estimated to reach at more
than 250 Million in 2008. The governments worldwide are taking initiatives on
...
Timely
delivery: Mail carrier saves man's life
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Parr took his insulin as usual on the morning of Sept. 3, but a few moments
later he collapsed near his backyard gate. He didn't realize it, but one of
his ...
Anti-oxidants
may increase diabetes risk
United Press International
"Our studies indicate that 'physiological' low levels of reactive oxygen
species may promote the insulin response and attenuate insulin resistance
early in ...
Three
Reasons Coconut Oil can Help You Lose Weight
Natural News.com (registration)
This may be because coconut oil can supply the body with energy similar to
blood glucose, but without having a negative impact on blood sugar and
insulin ...
Study:
CLA melts away fat in obese diabetics
PRESS TV
Following a diet rich in certain kinds of fats can help obese diabetic women
lose body fat levels and control their blood sugar levels, a new study finds.
...
Confronting
diabetes head-on on Manitoba reserves
Canada.com
"My numbers have been good lately," Louis reports to the nurses
running one of Canada's most comprehensive, hands-on diabetes programs. ...
Target
HbA 1c levels still the subject of much debate, but tailored therapy ...
TheHeart.Org
Leading diabetes doctors are still
discussing where the target for glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
levels in type 2 diabetes should ideally be set, with one camp calling for a
goal of 6.5% or lower, while the other group says 7% or even higher is a
reasonable aim ...
News for Week #40 2009
Ex-NFL
Players Hold Their Own Health-Wise
U.S. News & World Report
The former professional football players had a significantly lower prevalence
of diabetes, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle and metabolic syndrome, ...
Red
Wine Chemical May One Day Treat Diabetes
WebMD
Resveratrol, found in red wine, was found to lower blood sugar levels and
improve insulin levels when injected directly into the brains of mice fed
very ...
Body
Clock, Blood Sugar Control Seem Linked
U.S. News & World Report
Side effects include weight gain, poor blood sugar regulation and diabetes.
"Some very simple modifications in how we use glucocorticoids may change
whether ...
Boehringer
Sees 'Uphill Battle' With Merck, Astra in Diabetes
Bloomberg
Initial results from final-stage trials of linagliptin, the Ingelheim-based
drugmaker's first diabetes drug, confirm the pill is safe and effective, ...
Doctors
prescribe caution with insulin's cancer ties
Chicago Daily Herald
Insulin and the medicines that increase the hormone may boost cancer risk in
people with diabetes, said researchers at a diabetes conference. ...
Prayer
parents to be sentenced Tuesday
Janesville Gazette
Insulin would not increase people becoming diabetic, your are a ignorant
moronic person for saying that. Maybe the fact that the obesity rate is sky
high in ...
The
free radical that triggers insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes
The Virtual Medical Centre
Australian scientists have identified a 'free radical' that appears to
trigger insulin resistance, or glucose intolerance, one of the first stages
in the ...
New
Markers Discovered For Early Detection Of Type 1 Diabetes
Science Daily (press release)
30, 2009) — Diabetes can be dangerous – especially when the disease is not
diagnosed in time. Munich scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and
Technische ...
News for Week #39 2009
Treatment
of Gestational Diabetes Beneficial Even in Mild Cases
HealthNews
It's not well understood why some women who have never shown signs or
symptoms of diabetes develop the condition during pregnancy, but it is clear
that left ...
Researchers
Unlock the Secret to Aging
eFitnessNow
... how healthy animals are in middle and late age,” said Dominic Withers of
the Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at University College London. ...
EASD:
Lidocaine Patch Bests Pregabalin for Diabetic Nerve Pain
MedPage Today
VIENNA -- A dermal patch containing 5% lidocaine (Lidoderm) proved as effective
as pregabalin (Lyrica) in relieving neuropathic pain in diabetic patients ...
Intercept
Pharmaceuticals' FXR Agonist INT-747 Meets Primary ...
PR Newswire (press release)
By employing a euglycemic insulin clamp procedure, the study demonstrated
that a single oral daily dose of INT-747 statistically significantly improved
...
Vitamin
D Improves Insulin Resistance
Renal Business Today
AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Improving vitamin D status in insulin resistant women
resulted in improved insulin resistance (IR) and sensitivity, but no change
in ...
Is
Insulin the Preferred Compound in Lowering Glucose Levels in ...
Archives of Internal Medicine
Rensing and colleagues raise an important question in regard to insulin
therapy among hyperglycemic patients hospitalized for AMI. ...
Weight
Loss Cuts Apnea in Diabetes Patients
MedPage Today
Obese patients with type 2 diabetes who lost weight through an intensive
lifestyle intervention saw significant improvement in obstructive sleep
apnea, ...
Vital
Signs Risks: Diabetes Tied to Heart Rhythm in Women
New York Times
By RONI CARYN RABIN A new study finds that diabetes significantly increases a
woman's risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a common and potentially ...
Sitagliptin
linked to acute pancreatitis, FDA warns
TheHeart.Org
Sitagliptin is the first in a new class of diabetic drugs called dipeptidyl
peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. It is approved as an adjunct to diet and ...
Irregular
Heartbeat Risk Higher in Women With Type 2 Diabetes
Atlanta Journal Constitution
28 (HealthDay News) -- Women with type 2 diabetes have a 26 percent increased
risk of developing atrial fibrillation, a potentially life-threatening ...
Diabetes
Could Lead To Weaker Bones
AHN
Boston, MA (AHN) - Diabetes has long been known to have cardiovascular, renal
and nerve ramifications, but new research suggests it may also weaken bones.
...
Blood
Glucose Control Vital as Childhood Diabetes is set to Double
SYS-CON Media (press release)
LONDON , September 28 /prnewswire/ -- A recent Lancet article predicted a
doubling of new cases of type 1 diabetes in European children aged under 5,
...
MSD
Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for 'Januvia ® ' and 'Janumet ...
Business Wire (press release)
With this positive opinion, the CHMP recommends that sitagliptin alone or in
combination with metformin be indicated as add-on to insulin when diet and
...
Diabetes
Drug Could Cause Pancreatic Cancer
Natural News.com (registration)
(naturalnews) The popular diabetes drug sitagliptin (marketed as Januvia) may
increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to study conducted by ...
Metformin
lowered risk for cancer in people with type 2 diabetes
Zikkir World (blog)
For appropriate patients with type 2 diabetes consider an antihyperglycemic
agent with goal-getting power. The observational, historical cohort study ...
Diets
High in Fructose are Raising Blood Pressure in Men
HealthNews
This syndrome is defined as having at least three out of the five risk
factors including high blood pressure, high fasting-blood sugar, and increase
weight ...
Nanosensors
Measure Insulin Level for Diabetic Patients
Nanotechnology News (press
release)
Researchers at Iran's University of Kurdistan have managed to devise special
electrochemical nanosensors to measure diabetic patients' insulin level. ...
News for Week #38 2009
Controls
to blood sugar may perhaps 'cut stroke risk'
Barchester Healthcare
Scientists desperate to show that blood sugar control might drop some (macrovascular)
risk of having a stroke use data-dredging 'metanalysis' to generate a
hypothesis ...
Novo
Nordisk: FDA diabetes-drug comment deferred
MarketWatch
... from the US Food and Drug Administration has been deferred until the
fourth quarter for liraglutide, a once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
...
A
new "artificial pancreas"
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
A new "artificial pancreas" called portable intelligent insulin
Therapeutic Apparatus is invented by research team from Beijing Junyanyuan
Technology Co., ...
Pancreatic
Fat Levels May Help Predict Diabetes
Science Daily (press release)
"These are very early results, but if they hold true, pancreatic MRS
would be a fast and noninvasive test to screen people at risk for diabetes
either ...
BARI
2D perspectives: prompt revascularization vs. optimal medical ...
Endocrine Today
Patients were then randomly assigned optimal medical therapy or
revascularization, and insulin-sensitization vs. insulin-provision therapy to
reach an HbA1c ...
Lantus
Wins, Mannkind Loses
Gerson Lehrman Group
Sanofi-aventis has scored a coup in getting the Diabel manufacturing plant in
Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany, one of the largest state-of-the-art insulin ...
News for Week #37 2009
Genes
controlling insulin can alter timing of biological clock
EurekAlert (press release)
Many of the genes that regulate insulin also alter the timing of the
circadian clock, a new study has found. Although insulin responses were known
to follow ...
FDA
Seeks Tighter Accuracy For Diabetes Devices
Wall Street Journal
By Peter Loftus PHILADELPHIA (Dow Jones)--The US Food and Drug Administration
wants blood-sugar monitoring devices used by diabetics to be more accurate,
...
Insulin,
metformin not associated with reduction in inflammatory ...
Endocrine Today
Treatment with insulin or metformin did not reduce inflammatory biomarker
levels in patients with recent-onset type 2 diabetes, according to data
published ...
Intarcia
Therapeutics, Inc. Commences Enrollment of ITCA 650 Phase ...
Reuters
The ITCA 650 phase 2 study will involve 150 patients with sub-optimally
controlled type 2 diabetes treated with metformin. Patients will be recruited
at 50 ...
Brain
may contain an enzyme which could be critical to insulin ...
HealthJockey.com
An enzyme which may be known to cause insulin resistance in muscle is
supposedly also located in the brain and has a similar job there. ...
"The
Vine That Ate the South" May Be a Treatment for Metabolic ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
... which have been published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food
Chemistry, could eventually lead to an inexpensive therapy for metabolic
syndrome, ...
Evidence
Supports Link Between Blood Glucose and Death Following ACS
Diabetes in Control - USA
Another study showing higher glucose
levels are a flag for increased mortality ...
Diamyd
Implements Fully Underwritten Rights Issue and Strengthens ...
Reuters
The market for treatment of newly diagnosed young type 1 diabetes patients in
Europe and the US is estimated to exceed 1 billion dollars per year. ...
Second
US-Egypt Collaborative Clinical Study Blocked by New York ...
Reuters
15 /PRNewswire/ -- A study exploring the healing of diabetic skin ulcers using
topical oxygen/ozone gas mixtures could not proceed to completion and was now
...
Common
Diabetes Drug May Fight Cancer
U.S. News & World Report
14 (HealthDay News) -- Adding the widely used diabetes drug metformin to
conventional chemotherapy shows promise for treating and delaying recurrence
of ...
Misinformed
Immune System May Cause Type I Diabetes
Ethiopian Review
... that the mutated variant may prevent the healthy version from protecting
the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas from attack by the immune system.
...
News for Week #36 2009
Medicinal
Benefits of Fasting
Examiner.com
The physiological effect of fasting includes lower of blood sugar, lowering
of cholesterol and lowering of the systolic blood pressure. ...
Diabetes
advance: Researchers find a gene that causes Insulin resistance
EurekAlert (press release)
Unlike most of the genes that have been shown to cause diabetes, the new
gene, called Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS1), doesn't affect how insulin
is ...
Vermont
tests team approach for aiding chronically ill
Boston Globe
After Rita Pinard's blood sugar shot up, Dr. Joyce Dobbertin turned the
patient over to a team, including a dietician and nurse, to help control her
...
The
crosstalk between EGF, IGF, and Insulin cell signaling ...
7thSpace Interactive (press
release)
Results: We study the combined signaling network of three major pro-survival
signaling pathways: Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), Insulin-like ...
Effects
of Growth Hormone and Free Fatty Acids on Insulin ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Our aim was to explore the relative contributions of GH and free fatty acids
to the development of insulin resistance in patients with T1D. ...
Diabetes
research program trains 27 medical students
Vanderbilt University News
Medical students from across the country spent their summer “vacations”
getting a taste of research in diabetes and endocrinology. ...
Rodent
of the week runner-up: Lost gene blocks obesity
Los Angeles Times
The gene is involved in inflammation, and Saltiel was interested in it
because low-level inflammation is linked to obesity and Type 2 diabetes. ...
Intensive
Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: NICE-SUGAR ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Early randomized-controlled studies compared insulin infusion targeting
"age-normal" blood glucose levels, labeled intensive insulin
therapy, ...
News for Week #35 2009
Blueberry
Drink Protects Mice From Obesity, Diabetes
Atlanta Journal Constitution
4 (HealthDay News) -- Blueberry juice with a little added bacteria may one
day help people fight obesity and diabetes. Canadian researchers found that
juice ...
Intensive
Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: NICE-SUGAR ...
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Early randomized-controlled studies compared insulin infusion targeting
"age-normal" blood glucose levels, labeled intensive insulin
therapy, ...
Takeda
Receives FDA Complete Response Letter for the ...
Reuters
ACTOS is not for patients with type 1 "juvenile" diabetes or
diabetic ketoacidosis. ACTOS has not been studied in children and is not
recommended for ...
Obese
Women Have Thinner Children After Bariatric Surgery
DOTmed.com (press release)
... transmission of obesity," will appear in the November 2009 issue of
the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
(JCEM). ...
New
Diabetes Device May Be Next Step in Quest for Artificial Pancreas
MarketWatch (press release)
This new device, now available in more than 50 countries outside of the
United States, can automatically suspend insulin delivery when the device
senses ...
WV
doctor helps develop new diabetes drug
West Virginia Public
Broadcasting
Chief Medical Officer, said the goal is to get diabetics off insulin. “And it
does that by causing the cells in the pancreas to develop into ...
Mediterranean
diet reduces drug dependence in Type 2 diabetes
Sawf News
Mediterranean diet reduces sugar lowering drug dependence in patients with
Type 2 diabetes according to a new study based on trials. ...
Low
testosterone predicted incident metabolic syndrome in men
Endocrine Today
Low testosterone levels were a strong predictor for incident metabolic
syndrome, especially in younger men. Researchers assessed the association of
incident ...
Cell
Metabolism Publishes Novel TGR5-Mediated Mechanism for the ...
Reuters
Dr. Mark Pruzanski, founder, President and CEO of Intercept and a co-author
on the paper, commented further, "Diabetes, obesity and other associated
...
Researchers
Make Insulin-Producing Cells From Adult Skin Cells
U.S. News & World Report
31 (HealthDay News) -- Using skin cells from people with type 1 diabetes,
researchers were able to produce cells that made insulin in response to
changing ...
Tethys
Bioscience Announces Personnel Additions and Promotions
Reuters
In the last twelve months the company has launched its first commercial
product - the PreDx Diabetes Risk Score - and has more than doubled in size,
...
Van
Andel Institute scientists discover gene linked to gigantism
MLive.com
The discovery, published last week in the medical journal Endocrine-Related
Cancer, grew out of a fluke encounter with an aboriginal family living in a
...
Hot
chillies can prevent diabetes
Times of India
An Indian researcher has found that the flavour-potent chilli could wallop
diabetes and cardiovascular disease which are the leading cause of mortality
in ...
Think
Zinc: Molecular Sensor Could Reveal Zinc's Role In Diseases
Science Daily (press release)
Scientists believe that zinc plays a role in many diseases; for example, it
helps package insulin in pancreas cells and in people with type 2 diabetes,
...
'They
have given me my life back'
BBC News
By Jane Elliott When Gareth Roberts has a sugary drink and a couple of
chocolate bars his blood sugar levels soar. But within hours they are back to
normal. ...
Kudzu
Extract for Metabolic Syndrome?
MedIndia
Kudzu can be used as a dietary supplement for metabolic syndrome, new
research has indicated. Kudzu is a nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10
million ...
Frustration
drives two diabetes patients to suicide
Times of India
A 70-year-old man, who had been suffering from diabetes for a long time,
jumped from the bedroom window of his fifth floor house at Santacruz (E) on
...
Musings
on the intersection of science, medicine, and culture
ScienceBlogs
She was surprised that I had to bend over backward to get someone insulin.
Pal: "Really? You mean because the State would take care of it?"
Pu: "No. ...
News for Week #34 2009
The
Week in Review: US Clinical Trial of China Diabetes Drug
Emerginvest
The drug, Retagliptin, is an improved version of Merck's (NYSE: MRK) Januvia,
a member of the DPP-4 inhibitor class of drugs prescribed for type 2 diabetes
...
The
Week in Review: US Clinical Trial of China Diabetes Drug
Emerginvest
The drug, Retagliptin, is an improved version of Merck's (NYSE: MRK) Januvia,
a member of the DPP-4 inhibitor class of drugs prescribed for type 2 diabetes
...
Plans
gel for insulin patches
Melbourne Herald Sun
AN insulin patch developed in Victoria may cut the need for - and in some
cases even replace - needles for diabetics. Trials conducted in two Melbourne
...
Man
involved in car accident that killed girl is diabetic
National Post
The man who drove a tow truck involved in accident that killed a two-year-old
girl in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday is an insulin-dependent diabetic, ...
Japanese
Company's Stock Jumps 10 Percent on News of Insulin Nasal ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
A Japanese company whose biggest moneymaker is the sale of synthetic fabrics
announced a few days ago that it has developed an insulin nasal spray for ...
Japanese
Company's Stock Jumps 10 Percent on News of Insulin Nasal ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
A Japanese company whose biggest moneymaker is the sale of synthetic fabrics
announced a few days ago that it has developed an insulin nasal spray for ...
Woman
kills herself by insulin overdose
WalesOnline
“I LOVE you” were the last words a diabetic woman wrote in a suicide note to
her step-daughter before killing herself with an insulin overdose. ...
Man
develops diabetic cookie, first of its kind
Victoria Advocate
To Cookies, the only zero sugar, gluten, starch and net carbohydrate baked
good that does not raise the blood sugar levels. Fulton, an Austin resident,
...
Piramal
completes first phase trial of new diabetes medicine
Sify
The P1736, drug molecule as it is known currently, 'is being developed for
the treatment of Type II diabetes. In the phase I trial, single and multiple
...
Specially
Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics' Insulin ...
Popular Science
In two separate developments, scientists have created a strain of bacteria
that stimulates insulin production in the stomach of diabetic mice, ...
News for Week #33 2009
FDA
Warns of Faulty Read Outs on Some Diabetes Test Strips
dBTechno
Boston (DbTechNo) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning
diabetes patients to take a closer look at their blood-glucose test results
as they ...
SynCo
Bio Partners to Manufacture Versartis Novel Drug for Type 2 ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Versartis has preclinical proof-of-concept for three product candidates in
its pipeline: exenatide and IL-1ra for diabetes, and hGH for growth hormone
...
Chlorella:
the superfood that helps fight disease
Telegraph.co.uk
In 2008, he examined the effects chlorella has on those with metabolic
syndrome – the collection of symptoms that often lead to the cells in our
bodies ...
Syndrome
X may be Cause of Your Weight Gain, Cravings or ...
Natural News.com
Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance, signals
difficulties with the body's ability to use insulin efficiently. ...
Study Links
Great Lakes Fish and Diabetes
Chicago Public Radio
It links diabetes to an old chemical many assumed was long gone. In the early
morning hours, anglers gather on Chicago's Navy Pier. ...
Stevia
- a sweetener that doesn't raise blood sugar, ok for teeth ...
Examiner.com
Unlike other artificial sweeteners, this option is safe for diabetics (check
with your doctor) as it does not raise blood sugar levels. ...
News for Week #28 2009
Police:
Diabetic Seizure Causes Woman To Flip Car
WPBF
Police in Boynton Beach said a diabetic seizure caused a woman to flip her
car into a canal on Saturday. The woman was driving westbound on Golf Road
from ...
Women's
Monthly Cycle Affects Blood Glucose Control, But Not ...
Diabetes Health (press release)
I also know so many women whose blood sugar levels drop. Because there are
such individual and varied results in studies, everyone needs to really
monitor ...
Diabetics
need to stay active
Examiner.com
Keeping active is a major way to help the body process insulin better and
lower blood sugar and blood pressure. It can also lower bad cholesterol while
...
Researcher
Finds Cure for Type 1 Diabetes in Mice
KFBB NewsChannel 5
By KFBB News Team An University of North Carolina researcher who discovered a
cure for Type I diabetes in mice spoke today in Great Falls. ...
Glitazone
'increases fracture risk by 61%'
Pulse - London,UK
... Columbia said: 'Our study adds to growing literature on clinically significant
harm from glitazones compared with alternative oral hypoglycemic drugs. ...
News for Week #32 2009
Family questions
fatal police shooting
Salt Lake Tribune
Tucker's father, Perry Tucker of Sandy, said Friday his son may have been in
insulin shock throughout the events that ended with his death, ...
Wrong-Way
Crash: "Diane Would Not Do This"
CBS News
... forming words," as well as losing parts of vision, as well as
disorientation and panic are ALL symptoms of a hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic
emergency. ...
Stress
Raises Belly Fat, Heart Risks
WebMD
That extra belly fat is why the stressed monkeys are much more likely to
suffer blocked arteries and metabolic syndrome, a constellation of risk
factors for ...
News for Week #31 2009
FDA
approves new drug for type 2 diabetes
The Money Times
David Brennan, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca, said, "Type 2
diabetes is a daily challenge for adult patients and physicians. ...
Drug
cuts diabetics' pancreatic cancer risk: study
National Post
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Diabetics who took the drug metformin, which makes the
body process insulin better, had a 62 percent lower risk of pancreatic cancer
...
Iron-binding
Drug Could Help Diabetics Heal Stubborn Wounds
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (July 31, 2009) — A drug used to remove iron from the body could
help doctors fight one of diabetes' cruelest complications: poor wound
healing ...
News for Week #30 2009
Oramed's
Oral Insulin Moving Through Clinical Trials
Medgadget.com
Oramed, a Jerusalem, Israel firm has developed a tablet form of insulin in
which the hormone's protein structure is supposedly protected by special ...
Indian
herbal extract regulates blood sugar, cholesterol
Thaindian.com -
Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An Indian herbal extract has been found to help
people maintain blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Gymnema sylvestre grows
in the ...
Sanofi's
Lantus drug no cause for concern -EU agency
Reuters - USA
"Due to methodological limitations the studies were found to be
inconclusive and did not allow a relationship between insulin glargine and
cancer to be ...
News for Week #29 2009
Blacks
Have Highest Obesity Rate, Whites Lowest, CDC Says
Bloomberg - USA
The prevalence of obesity, a major cause of diabetes, stroke and heart
attacks has more than doubled in the past 30 years in the US Certain ethnic
groups ...
Reliv
International's GlucAffect(TM) Proven Effective in Clinical ...
PR Newswire (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
"The people in the GlucAffect group achieved statistically significant
lower blood sugar levels as well as significant weight loss compared to both
their ...
Study
Using Novel Treatment for Type I Diabetes Underway at UK
UK News - KY,USA
(July 16, 2009) - A new drug treatment that could improve and even save the
lives of individuals who suffer from type I diabetes mellitus is currently
...
Grapefruit
ingredient could be used for diet pill
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Two groups of mice were both fed the equivalent of a Western diet to speed up
their "metabolic syndrome" – the process which leads to Type 2
diabetes in ...
News for Week #28 2009
Medtronic Recalls
Insulin Infusion Devices
DOTmed.com (press release) - New
York,NY,USA
by Joan Trombetti, Writer Medtronics, the maker of an insulin infusion device
used with an insulin pump has issued a voluntary recall of the Quick-set ...
Scientists
Step Closer To Helping Diabetics Regenerate Insulin ...
Medical News Today - UK
US scientists have come a step closer to finding a way to help treat people
with diabetes by reactivating their own insulin-producing beta cells in the
...
More
men at diabetes risk
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
Men between 35 and 44 are twice as likely to suffer from diabetes as women of
the same age, says a new study. A total of 2.4% of males (92960) in that
group ...
Diabetes cases
on the rise in Kenya
Ethiopian Review -
Washington,DC,USA
Nairobi — This year's Safaricom Diabetes Walk was held Saturday amid concerns
over the rising number of people suffering from the disease in the country.
...
Research
links nicotine, 'pre-diabetes'
United Press International - USA
The insulin resistance creates a condition known as "pre-diabetes,"
in which blood glucose levels are elevated, but not to the point of diabetes,
...
Obesity health
risk cause 'found'
BBC News - UK
The latest research shows that the protein sends a signal to other tissues in
the body, triggering development of insulin resistance - a condition that ...
News for Week #27 2009
Increased
Level Of Insulin Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to
raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to
researchers at Albert Einstein College ...
'Lower' Asian
obesity threshold
BBC News - UK
People of South Asian origin are more likely than white people to develop
heart disease and diabetes. To reflect this, Indian health chiefs have
changed ...
Fewer
calories slows aging in monkeys, a clue for humans
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The researchers also noted that while five of the control monkeys became
diabetic and 11 were classified as pre-diabetic, all the calorie-restricted
animals ...
Court
Nominee Manages Diabetes With Discipline
New York Times - United States
It contains the implements she needs — a blood sugar testing kit, a needle
and insulin — to manage diabetes, a disease she has had for 46 years. ...
Study
reveals new diabetes gene - and its 'off' switch
Cordis News - Brussels,Belgium
EU-funded scientists have identified a gene associated with a higher risk of
diabetes, as well as a 'jumping gene' that disrupts its activity and helps to
...
5-Year Study Published in
Diabetologia Demonstrated Long-Term ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) -
Montvale,NJ,USA
NPH insulin was associated with a significantly greater incidence of severe
hypoglycemia than was insulin glargine (11.1% vs 7.6% respectively, ...
Diabetes
drug helps prevent blindness
Hays Pharma - London,Greater
London,UK
Sanofi-Aventis' latest diabetes drug reduces the chance of blindness in
patients with type two diabetes, according to the company. ...
Sanofi
says diabetes drug not riskier than insulin
Reuters - USA
"The results of the long-term, 5-year study of Lantus versus NPH insulin
on progression of retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes, published
on-line ...
Endocrine
Society Responds to Insulin Glargine Studies
DG News - USA
Taken together, the results of all these studies do not conclusively show
that insulin glargine causes cancer or is otherwise harmful to a patient's
overall ...
News for Week #26 2009
Takeda
shares down on diabetes drug setback
Forbes - NY,USA
TOKYO, June 29 (Reuters) - Shares of Takeda Pharmaceutical , Japan's largest
drugmaker, opened down 1.6 percent on Monday after it said its key diabetes
...
Diabetes
Type 2 Helped By Adult Stem Cells In Research Study
Agoravox - Paris,France
Dr. Roberto Fernandez Vina is scheduled to present a stem cell research study
in which he helped improve Diabetes Type 2 patients with their own Adult Stem
...
Low
Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
GA, USA
MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Being a diabetic and having just one
episode of low blood sugar during a hospital stay was associated with a ...
Q+A-Sanofi's
Lantus linked to cancer: what is known?
Reuters - USA
[ID:nLT465787] Four retrospective studies of registries covering 301136
insulin-treated patients in Germany, Sweden and Britain suggest Lantus may
increase ...
Sangamo
BioSciences To Get Milestone Payment From Genentech ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
June 8, the company said its drug candidate SB-509 substantially improved
nerve function in some patients with diabetic nerve damage. ...
Metabolic
syndrome and the western disease cluster
Examiner.com - USA
It goes by many names including metabolic syndrome, syndrome X, insulin
resistance syndrome, Reaven's syndrome, and CHAOS, but it is actually a set
of ...
Low
vitamin D may raise metabolic syndrome risk
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA
Low levels of serum vitamin D may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, according
to a new study reported in Diabetes Care. The study of 3262 Chinese ...
News for Week #25 2009
ASMBS:
Bariatric Surgery Safe, Effective in Older Patients
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Older patients lost just as much weight as younger ones, and after surgery,
they substantially resolved comorbid conditions, particularly diabetes, ...
Study:
40 percent of diabetics in remission after gastric banding
FierceHealthcare -
Washington,DC,USA
The study, which was done by researchers at the New York University Medical
Center, analyzed 95 diabetic patients who had laparoscopic adjustable gastric
...
Metformin
increased complete response rates in early-stage breast ...
HemOncToday - Thorofare,NJ,USA
In prior clinical studies elevated insulin levels were associated with poorer
outcomes in patients with breast cancer; however, the use of metformin in ...
Pharmacoepidemiology
of insulin initiation in diabetes care
CMAJ - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
However, health care providers and patients are often reluctant to initiate
insulin therapy. Some reasons for this may include clinical inertia, ...
British
Dogs Trained To Identify Diabetes - Sniffing Out Dangerous ...
Post Chronicle - USA
According to reports, Dogs will be trained to warn diabetic owners when their
blood sugar levels are falling to dangerous and life threatening levels. ...
Childhood
Obesity Increases Early Signs Of Cardiovascular Disease
Voice of America - USA
... data from the study to see how exercise, diet and medication affect
markers. She presented her findings at the annual meeting of the Endocrine
Society.
How
Obesity Increases The Risk For Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
ScienceDaily (June 21, 2009) — Obesity is probably the most important factor
in the development of insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the
...
The
battle for CRTC2: How obesity increases the risk for diabetes
EurekAlert (press release) -
Washington,DC,USA
La Jolla, CA—Obesity is probably the most important factor in the development
of insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the chain of events is
...
News for Week #24 2009
Gene
Inhibition May Help Normalize Type 2 Diabetes
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
ScienceDaily (June 19, 2009) — In research that could lead to new approaches
for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, a Yale School of Medicine team has
found ...
Advinus
to start diabetes drug trial
mydigitalfc.com -
Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
By Michael Gonsalves Advinus Therapeutics, are search-based pharmaceutical
company promoted by the Tatas, is developing a new drug for type 2 diabetes,
...
New
Insulin Pump Mimics Pancreas
NBC Los Angeles - Los
Angeles,CA,USA
A new tool for diabetics today: An insulin pump that saves time, hassles,
maybe even lives! And it is being tested here in Southern California, ...
News for Week #23 2009
Nicotine
promotes insulin resistance
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
Nicotine promotes insulin resistance, also called prediabetes, which is a
risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to the new study, ...
Obesity,
depression often occur together
United Press International - USA
"However, depressed adults have slightly elevated cortisol levels at
night the endocrine equivalent of chronic stress." Chronic elevation of
cortisol ...
Blocking
A Muscle Growth-limiting Hormone Protects Against Obesity ...
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
The results were presented June 11 at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual
Meeting in Washington, DC "Obesity increases the risk of atherosclerosis,
...
Generex
Data Presented At The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting
Trading Markets (press release)
- Los Angeles,CA,USA
The meeting focuses on the latest advances in endocrine research and clinical
care. Yesterday, Generex made a poster presentation of the abstract entitled
...
News for Week #22 2009
Pig
cells transform diabetics' lives
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... the company that makes the treatment in New Zealand, said all six of the
type 1 diabetes patients had improved control of their blood-sugar levels.
...
Pig
cells transform diabetics' lives
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... the company that makes the treatment in New Zealand, said all six of the
type 1 diabetes patients had improved control of their blood-sugar levels.
...
Polk
County Governments Offer Incentives to Diabetic Employees
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Yet only 55 percent of adults with diabetes had their blood glucose (blood
sugar) and total cholesterol under optimal control in 2006. ...
Salt
can stymie diabetes drugs
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
AUSTIN Hospital researchers have solved a mystery that could dramatically
improve the health of diabetics: why anti-diabetes drugs works well for some,
...
State
pediatricians meet to confront growing childhood diabetes ...
Chicago Daily Herald -
Chicago,IL,USA
By Jack Komperda | Daily Herald Staff Cynthia Mears has seen firsthand how a
child's poor diet can become a catalyst for developing diabetes later in
life. ...
News for Week #21 2009
Wrong-way
driver's father says he had diabetes, AR
Product Design & Development
- Rockaway,NJ,USA
Heath T. Bakken, 28, had been diabetic since he was 12 and until recently was
housebound in a wheelchair, according to his father, retired police detective
...
'Basalog',
new once in a day treatment for diabetes
TopNews United States - Little
Rock,Arkansas,USA
Biocon Limited launched a new drug for treatment of diabetes. The new drug
known as 'Basalog' can treat patients suffering from both type one and type
two ...
Insulin Resistance Begins
in Utero for Babies of Obese Moms
SYS-CON Media (press release) -
Montvale,NJ,USA
The process by which insulin resistance develops in utero, however, is not
yet fully understood. While researchers continue to explore how maternal
obesity ...
Pfizer
reveals results from investigational anti-insulin growth ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
(RTTNews) - Saturday, Pfizer (PFE: News ) revealed the results from studies
evaluating the company's investigational anti-insulin growth factor- type 1
...
Forced
to Steal for Insulin
Associated Content -
Denver,CO,USA
He was attempting to rob the store for $40 dollars to buy insulin. The clerk
instead gave him $40 from his own pocket. The gentlemen reportedly shook
hands ...
Obesity
And Diabetes Double Risk Of Heart Failure: Patients With ...
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
ScienceDaily (May 30, 2009) — The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2
diabetes will continue to fuel an explosion in heart failure, already the
world's ...
Diabetes
Rise Will Overwhelm NHS - Report
Sky News - UK
The pancreas senses the glucose and releases insulin, the substance which
allows our muscle cells to absorb that glucose and convert it into energy.
...
Compound
Discovered by Local Scientists Holds Hope For Diabetes ...
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Adding Emulin to a brownie or other sugary product would help diabetics
because it would reduce the spike in blood sugar caused by such foods without
the ...
Generex
Announces Educational Lecture on Oral Insulin at Hamad ...
PharmaLive.com (press release) -
Newtown,PA,USA
... of insulin and a shorter total duration of activity, making Generex
Oral-lyn(tm) an ideal prandial insulin with little prospect of hypoglycemia.
...
The
glycemic index: Helpful tool or another diet fad?
WFLX Fox 29 - West Palm
Beach,FL,USA
The glycemic index was created to see if it could help people with diabetes
choose foods that would not cause big blood sugar swings. ...
Amylin
Pharmaceuticals to Present Compelling Efficacy and Safety ...
PR Newswire (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
The annual meeting of the ADA is one of the largest scientific meetings for
endocrinologists and other health care professionals involved in diabetes ...
Lilly
Faces Class Action Over Diabetes Drug
Courthouse News Service -
Pasadena,CA,USA
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - A federal class action claims that Eli Lilly and Amylin
Pharmaceuticals failed to warn that their diabetes drug, Byetta, ...
Only
7.5 Minutes of Exercise a Week Needed for Diabetes Prevention
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
... to a new study conducted by researchers from Heriot-Watt University in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and published in the journal BMC Endocrine Disorders.
...
Man
with low blood sugar drives pickup off Pinellas Bayway
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
PETE BEACH - A man suffering from low blood sugar drove his F-150 pickup
truck off the Pinellas Bayway bridge Thursday night, St. Petersburg fire
officials ...
HALO:
Positive Results Published from Ph I Trial of Insulin-PH20
Trading Markets (press release)
- Los Angeles,CA,USA
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (HALO) announced publication of a Phase 1 study
reporting an acceleration of insulin absorption and increased insulin effects
...
News for Week #20 2009
Drug
may reduce amputation risk in diabetics
NewsChannel 9 WSYR -
Syracuse,NY,USA
There are many complications to having diabetes. One of the most devastating
can be amputation -- most often due to circulation problems and nerve damage
in ...
African Tea May Treat
Type-2 Diabetes
Natural News.com -
Phoenix,AZ,USA
(naturalnews) A simple tea, long used as treatment in traditional Nigerian
medicine has shown great promise as a treatment for type-2 Diabetes mellitus.
...
Diabetes
treatment and heart risk
The Press Association
Despite lacking scientific integrity or credibility, and contrary to
individual study data, a meta-analysis ostensibly pooling information from
five trials purportedly suggests intensive treatment of type 2 diabetes may
leads to fewer heart attacks and less heart disease. ...
Cholesterol
drug cuts amputation risk for diabetics
Reuters - USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - The anti-cholesterol drug
fenofibrate appears to reduce risks of amputation for diabetics by as much as
36 ...
Cholesterol
drug cuts amputation risk for diabetics
Reuters - USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - The anti-cholesterol drug
fenofibrate appears to reduce risks of amputation for diabetics by as much as
36 ...
Seroquel
Lawsuit Uncovers Documents Suggesting Intention to ...
AboutLawsuits.com - USA
Other documents released in March 2009, indicated that AstraZeneca was aware
as early as 1997 that Serquel increased the risk of weight gain and diabetes.
...
News for Week #19 2009
Diabetic
allegedly beaten by police dies
Dearborn Press and Guide -
Dearborn,MI,USA
Reed said Griglen had suffered from hypoglycemic episodes, which is why he
was wearing the insulin pump. He was not wearing a medic alert bracelet, ...
Group
calls for aggressive treatment of prediabetes
USA Today - USA
By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY Diabetes experts have issued new
recommendations for the treatment of prediabetes, a condition that effects 57
million ...
New
Discovery Shows Ancient Herb Fights Inflammation
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
GA, USA
Ginseng also may lower levels of blood sugar and this effect may be seen more
in people with diabetes, the NIH explains. Because of this, diabetics should
...
Cell
implant diabetic patients become insulin independent in tests
Otago Daily Times - Dunedin,New
Zealand
Chief executive of the Auckland-based company Paul Tan said the two patients,
a 37-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, no longer required insulin ...
Triglycerides
implicated in diabetes nerve loss
U-M Health System News - Ann
Arbor,MI,USA
To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor levels of an easily
measured blood fat as closely as they do blood sugar, study suggests. ...
Triglycerides
implicated in diabetes nerve loss
U-M Health System News - Ann
Arbor,MI,USA
To stall progress of neuropathy, doctors should monitor levels of an easily
measured blood fat as closely as they do blood sugar, study suggests. ...
Metabolic
Solutions announces favorable clinical trial results for ...
Michigan Business Review -
MLive.com - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Researchers with Metabolic Solutions tested their drug candidate in people
with Type 2 diabetes and found it "can improve insulin sensitivity and
lower ...
Glucose
control and cardiovascular disease
Clinical Advisor - New York,USA
A large study appears to have answered the question of whether it's more
important to control fasting blood glucose levels or postprandial spikes. ...
Can
New Surgery Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment?
PR Newswire (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
HOUSTON , May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Metabolic surgery, a new surgical
approach to metabolic disease, may provide the key to curing diabetes in some
...
Weight
loss improved depression symptoms in obese people
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
... PhD, research associate at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine in the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, told Endocrine Today
. ...
News for Week #18 2009
Advinus
plans trials for novel diabetes drug
Business Standard -
Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The company, which has a drug development wing in Bangalore and a drug discovery
unit in Pune, considers the diabetes lead the first promising drug ...
Accu-Check Spirit
Insulin Pumps Recalled
Newsinferno.com - New
York,NY,USA
Accu-Check Spirit insulin pumps are being recalled by Disetronic Medical
Systems Inc., a unit of the Roche Group, because of a potential defect in the
“up” ...
Drug
revenues to hit $557m as lifestyle diseases rise
East African - Nairobi,Kenya
This, analysts say, will ultimately improve the ratio of diagnosed cases and
expand the market for anti-diabetic treatments. Elsewhere, other estimates
show ...
News for Week #17 2009
Va. man
files excessive force suit against Kingsport police
Kingsport Times News -
Kingsport,TN,USA
According to the lawsuit, in March 2008 Gordon had parked his vehicle at the
Hardee's on Stone Drive due to having low blood sugar; his wife called 911,
...
Health
Scan: HU-developed material prevents adhesions after surgery
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Type II diabetics who refuse to take insulin because they fear syringes have
hope with the marketing of a new insulin "pen" that works without a
painful ...
Report:
Driver who hit motorcycle was in diabetic shock
The Northwest Florida Daily News
- Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
DESTIN - A man who hit and killed a motorcyclist Friday on US Highway 98 was
in diabetic shock during the accident, state troopers said Saturday. ...
Lacosamide
Safely Reduces Pain of Diabetic Neuropathy: Presented ...
DG News - USA
By Kathlyn Stone SEATTLE, Wash -- May 2, 2009 -- The antiepileptic drug
lacosamide is effective in reducing painful diabetic neuropathy without
serious side ...
Diabetes
drug (Januvia) linked to pancreatitis
United Press International - USA
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may have
unintended effects on the pancreas that could increase pancreatic cancer risk,
...
Body
pulled from river is St. Thomas student
Minneapolis Star Tribune -
Minneapolis,MN,USA
Searchers were told that Zamlen was likely exhausted, if not in a coma, from
low blood sugar and a lack of insulin. They were told to listen for a beeping
...
Risperdal,
Janssen Pharmaceutica under fire - but not in Wisconsin
Lakeland Times - Minocqua,WI,USA
... pancreatitis, hyperglycemia, cardiovascular complications and metabolic syndrome.
And yet Risperdal's original label, and all label changes until 2004, ...
Antidepressant
Response Associated With Pioglitazone: Support for ...
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) -
USA
Several lines of evidence suggest that depression may be mediated by the
pathophysiology underlying metabolic syndrome, ...
Effects
of Normalizing Blood Glucose on Outcomes of Intensive Care
AAP Grand Rounds (registration)
- Elk Grove Village,IL,USA
Intensive insulin therapy for patients in paediatric intensive care: a
prospective, randomized controlled study. Lancet. 2009;373(9663):547–556; ...
Type
2 diabetes drug discovery and development
Nature.com (subscription) -
London,England,UK
Vice President, Endocrine and Cardiovascular Research and Clinical
Investigation, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indiana, USA. A deeper
understanding of the ...
Diabetic
driver escapes prosecution over deaths
The Canberra Times -
Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
BY NOEL TOWELL A car crash that killed a young mother and her unborn child
has prompted a call for diabetic drivers who do not manage their conditions
to be ...
How
sweet it is: The scoop on sugar substitutes
msnbc.com - USA
Foods that boost your blood sugar higher and faster (ie, high glycemic foods)
tend to leave you hungrier sooner than do low glycemic foods. ...
Glaxo,
XenoPort Drug Solzira Fails In Diabetes Study
Wall Street Journal - USA
GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK) and XenoPort Inc. (XNPT) said Monday that their
drug Solzira failed to meet the goals of a Phase 2 study to treat loss of
feeling ...
e-Mosquito
– A New Device To Check Blood Sugar Level
TopNews - Noida,Uttar
Pradesh,India
A sensor in the patch assesses the blood sugar levels. The data can then be
transferred wirelessly to a small monitoring device worn on the wrist. ...
Tas
hospital in medical research breakthrough
ABC Online - Australia
It has long been international practice to lower the blood sugar levels of
critically ill patients. But new research has found that can actually
increase ...
Vegetable
juice may help people with metabolic syndrome lose weight
The Virtual Medical Centre -
Perth,Australia
Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help
overweight people with metabolic syndrome achieve better weight loss results.
...
News for Week #16 2009
Diabetes:
MicroRNA Protects Beta Cells
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
They produce insulin, a hormone that decreases the blood sugar level after eating
by storing glucose in the liver and other organs. ...
Novo:
in constructive dialogue with FDA on Victoza
Reuters - USA
N) said on Friday it was in constructive dialogue with US agencies on its key
new diabetes drug, Victoza, a day after European regulators recommended its
...
Metabolic
Syndrome Hikes Mortality in Hepatitis C
MedPage Today - Little
Falls,NJ,USA
Those two factors as well as the third component of metabolic syndrome --
Type 2 diabetes -- also made death from all causes more likely during the
study ...
New
Diabetes Drug Faces Delay, FDA Extends Review Period
Attorney at Law - USA
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed making a decision on whether to
approve a new Type 2 diabetes drug proposed by Bristol Myers-Squibb Co. and
...
Tight
glycemic control not recommended for all patients with diabetes
Endocrine Today -
Thorofare,NJ,USA
The highest incidence of hypoglycemia was observed in trials with the lowest
HbA1c targets, according to the researchers. Considering recent data, health
...
Costly
diabetes drugs are better than generics
Gerson Lehrman Group - New
York,USA
For example thiazoledinediones and incretins are substantially better in many
ways (less hypoglycemia for one) than the sulfonylureas, and the newer ...
Rats
are fat after long-term exposure to lower levels of atrazine.
Environmental Health News -
Charlottesville,VA,USA
Glucose in the blood is commonly referred to as “blood sugar” and in order to
be useful, it needs to be able to get into the body's cells. ...
Humanin
Peptide May Be New Drug Target For Diabetes, Alzheimer's ...
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
... into how this metabolism may be involved in the development of seemingly
diverse age-related diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and
Alzheimer's. ...
Psoriasis
Might be Linked to Diabetes and High BP
TopNews United States - Little
Rock,Arkansas,USA
According to a new study, women suffering from the chronic skin condition
psoriasis might be at higher risk of getting diabetes and high blood
pressure. ...
Blueberries
May Lower CVD, Diabetes Risk
Food Product Design -
Northbrook,IL,USA
... convention in New Orleans, provides clues to the potential of blueberries
in reducing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome.
...
Ancient
remedy offers hope for diabetics
Vancouver Sun - British
Columbia, Canada
It was taken to control high blood sugar levels. Decades later, Pinto, who is
vice-president of research at Simon Fraser University, has a new scientific
...
Agents
that Speed Up Destruction of Amyloid Beta Found
Genetic Engineering News (press
release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
A group of investigators report that it is possible to enhance
insulin-degrading enzyme's (IDE) ability to destroy amyloid beta (A-beta)
with synthetic ...
Third
of all type 1 diabetes cases misdiagnosed: study
NEWS.com.au - Australia
People with the rarer form of diabetes produce no insulin at all, meaning
they need daily injections and not the less intensive treatments for those with
...
Tight Glycemic
Control May Not Be Best in Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape - USA
The incidence of hypoglycemia was also highest in trials with the lowest
glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) target levels. In all but the metformin vs
...
Apidra(R)
SoloSTAR(R), the Easy-to-Use Insulin Delivery Device ...
PR Newswire (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
The availability of Apidra(R) SoloSTAR(R), approved in the US in February
2009 , follows the approval and launch of Lantus(R) SoloSTAR(R) (insulin
glargine ...
Daily
fits of laughter reduce heart attack risk
Examiner.com - USA
Especially if you have type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood
pressure. A study involving 20 people, average of 50, with type 2 diabetes,
...
News for Week #15 2009
Taiwan
makes breakthrough in new drug for diabetes patients
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
Taiwan has developed a new drug for diabetes patients that will begin its
first clinical trials on humans at a local medical center in 2010, ...
Drug
May Not Help Diabetes-Related Eye Damage
Forbes - NY,USA
About 50 percent of people who have type 1 diabetes and 30 percent of those
with type 2 diabetes develop retinopathy, which is damage to the retina
caused ...
Weight-Loss
Surgery Works Even for Moderately Obese
Newswise (press release) - USA
In these patients, weight reduction was greater two years after surgery and
conditions like diabetes and metabolic syndrome improved, compared to those
in ...
Understanding
diabetes: It's not just about sugar (Part One)
Examiner.com - USA
Different blood insulin levels. Type II is far more common. Insulin is
produced by specialized cells (beta cells) organized in little clusters
(islets) ...
Understanding
diabetes: How it all connects (Part Two)
Examiner.com - USA
Requires insulin from the start. Treatment with long and short acting
insulins, checking blood sugar frequently, rapid fluctuations due to foods,
...
Understanding
diabetes: Escape from sugar land (Part Three)
Examiner.com - USA
Exercise improves insulin sensitivity. Exercise! Smoking causes inflammation
[measured by C-RP] in the arteries, part of the trigger that starts up the
...
Herbs
and spices can be used to control blood sugar levels
Examiner.com - USA
Nor does being Type 2 (non-insulin dependent) grant one immunity from all
these horrendous risks. Adult Onset, as it's often called, is now found frequently
...
Device To
Impact Disease
Daily Nexus - Santa
Barbara,CA,USA
The device contains insulin pumps and blood glucose sensors, which are linked
together by a software control mechanism. The sensors feed blood glucose data
...
Diabetes
Drug Class Linked To Vision-Threatening Complication
Science Daily (press release) -
USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 13, 2009) — Treatment with the glitazone class of diabetes
drugs leads to a "modest" increase in the risk of diabetic macular
edema ...
Doctor
touts stomach surgery as possible diabetes remedy
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
By Wang Xiang | 2009-4-13 | NEWSPAPER EDITION A LOCAL doctor is pioneering a
way of treating diabetes by encouraging more than 40 hospitals nationwide to
...
Carbohydrates
Linked With Infertility in Women
The Epoch Times - New
York,NY,USA
Other evidence has linked higher levels of HbA1c (a measure of blood sugar
control over the last two to three months) and reduced fertility. ...
Economic
woes leave diabetics skimping on care, risking lives
USA Today - USA
The typical monthly bill to treat diabetes runs $350 to $900 for those without
insurance, a price tag that's risen as newer, more expensive medicines have
...
Brown
Fat Helps Battle Obesity: Study
Health Jackal -
Jacksonville,FL,USA
Brown fat is above the collarbone and in the upper chest and appears more in
younger lean people than in older obese ones or those who have diabetes or
use ...
Fat-derived
inflammatory factor may explain diseases that come ...
EurekAlert (press release) -
Washington,DC,USA
An inflammatory factor already linked to several diseases, including
pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and arthritis, may also be responsible for
the insulin ...
News for Week #14 2009
The
University of Arizona College of Medicine and OmegaGenesis ...
PR Newswire (press release) -
New York,NY,USA
Diabetic foot ulcers are painful, open sores that develop on the feet of
people with diabetes. If not diagnosed and treated promptly, diabetic foot
ulcers ...
Orexigen's
Contrave: Generic Would Be No Cheaper
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
In Phase II trials, Contrave not only caused weight loss but also reduced the
prevalence of metabolic syndrome. This is key for potential reimbursement
down ...
Scientists
detect molecular obesity link to insulin resistance ...
News-Medical.net -
Sydney,Australia
A molecular switch found in the fat tissue of obese mice is a critical factor
in the development of insulin resistance, report scientists at the Salk ...
FDA
Faces Tough Choice On New Diabetes Drug
Forbes - NY,USA
Does a promising new class of diabetes drugs boost the risk of a rare thyroid
tumor that may take decades to develop? That's the confusing and almost ...
Saxagliptin
gets FDA nod, while liraglutide not recommended for approval..
TheHeart.Org - New York,NY,USA
Silver Spring, MD - Two new drugs for the treatment of diabetes mellitus got
their turn before a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel this week,
...
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