Medical Breakthroughs
Diabetes
Bedroom
Help for Diabetic Men
Erectile
dysfunction drugs are safe and effective for diabetes patients.
Posted 1/25/07
Big
News in Diabetes!
"It monitors the
blood sugar continuously so that one knows at any point in time during the day
or night what your blood sugar is," John Daniels, M.D., an endocrinologist
at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, tells Ivanhoe.
Posted 3/6/07
Chinese
Plant Product may Battle Diabetes
A natural plant product found in the roots and bark of plants common to
China may one day help treat people with type 2 diabetes.
Posted 8/2/06
Diabetes
Adds 15 Years
People
with diabetes can expect to develop cardiovascular disease about 15
years sooner than people without the condition.
Posted 7/3/06
Diabetics
say Goodbye to Insulin
According to researchers at University of Minnesota, the most recent
data shows using donor islet cells in type 1 diabetics may help
reverse diabetes, making patients insulin-free.
Posted 4/17/07
Diuretics
for Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome affects the lives of 50 million Americans. New
research shows a fairly inexpensive diuretic is a better treatment
than another more expensive medication.
Posted 6/29/06
Gardenia
Fruit Compound may Treat Diabetes
A new study shows the extract contains a
chemical called genipin, which may target some of the pancreatic
dysfunctions of diabetes.
Posted 6/8/06
Gene
Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk
New research confirms a previous finding -- a variant in a gene called
"transcription factor 7-like 2" (TCF7L2) increases the risk of
type 2 diabetes.
Posted 7/20/06
Healing
Painful Wounds -- Full-Length Doctor's Interview
Patients with diabetes may not be able to feel pain. Why is this dangerous?
Posted 1/24/07
Inhaled
Insulin
EXUBERAŽ
(insulin human [rDNA origin]) Inhalation Powder is the first diabetes
treatment that you can inhale. And it could change the way you manage your
blood sugar.
Posted 7/17/06
Medicine's
Next Big Thing: Body Enhancers (Part 2 of 3)
"A person with diabetes would wear the contact lens, and one
piece of it would report on the glucose in the tear fluid," Dr.
Asher tells Ivanhoe. Photonic crystals are set in a standard contact
lens. The crystals simply change color as blood sugar levels rise
and fall. Instead of finger pricks, diabetics just need a mirror.
Posted 2/6/07
New
Diabetes Marker Identified
When doctors want to identify people at risk
for diabetes they assess them for insulin resistance. In the future,
they may also look at blood levels of the RBP4 protein.
Posted
6/15/06
Red
Hot Chili Peppers Cure Diabetes
Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected
a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the
pancreas. "I couldn't believe it," said Dr. Michael Salter,
a pain expert at the Hospital for Sick Children and one of the scientists. "Mice
with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes any more."
Posted
12/18/06
Study Tests Oral Insulin to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes
Researchers have begun a clinical study of oral insulin to prevent or delay type 1 diabetes in at-risk people, the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) announced today. Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet, an NIH-funded network of researchers dedicated to the understanding, prevention, and early treatment of type 1 diabetes, is conducting the study in more than 100 medical centers across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.
Posted
2/12/07
Type
2 Diabetes: Treatment and Prevention
Two new studies reveal promising new ways to treat and prevent type 2
diabetes. A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may also be the way to
prevent the disease from developing in people at high risk, reveals one of
the studies. The other study demonstrates how a different medication can
reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes.
Posted 9/19/06
The
Upside of Coffee
Good news for coffee drinkers. It appears your morning java may help
reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Posted 6/28/06